Emma Gometz (they/she)
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November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The Open Notebook’s Writers’ Guidelines - The Open Notebook
Landing an assignment, especially a feature, is an exciting moment for any early-career journalist. But what happens next in the reporting, writing, and editing phases can sometimes be ambiguous. This...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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This contest is officially out of my hands but VOTE!!
"Need a costume for Halloween? Go Myxomycetes and see if anyone can guess," writes entrant Dennis. Comment "2" if this is your favorite entry.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This contest is officially out of my hands but VOTE!!
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Have you entered our Halloween costume contest yet? Show us the science-themed outfit you're sporting tonight for a gift bag grand prize—and possibly a chance to chat with Flora on the show. 🥼 🔭 🧬
Enter SciFri's Nerdy Halloween Costume Contest!
It’s Nightmare on Nerd Street—and your science-inspired Halloween costume could win SciFri’s first-ever costume contest.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Have you entered our Halloween costume contest yet? Show us the science-themed outfit you're sporting tonight for a gift bag grand prize—and possibly a chance to chat with Flora on the show. 🥼 🔭 🧬
This is what it's like talking to me, I fear
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is what it's like talking to me, I fear
If you have a favorite Halloween photo, submit it to this form!
It’s Nightmare on Nerd Street! 👻🧪🔮 Enter SciFri's *first-ever* Halloween costume contest. You could win a gift bag filled with surprises—and possibly a chance to chat with Flora on the show: buff.ly/0hFNMoU
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you have a favorite Halloween photo, submit it to this form!
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The most essential science news headlines, plus a spoonful of the awe-inspiring 🥄✨, straight to your inbox every Monday: buff.ly/DkmfNKd
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The most essential science news headlines, plus a spoonful of the awe-inspiring 🥄✨, straight to your inbox every Monday: buff.ly/DkmfNKd
I just took out some paper I bought from Dollar Tree last year and it filled the apartment with a Parmesan cheese smell
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I just took out some paper I bought from Dollar Tree last year and it filled the apartment with a Parmesan cheese smell
IT'S FINALLY HERE!! Thank you to everyone in the duck stamp world who spoke to me for this article. 🦆 @scifri.bsky.social
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Tradition Meets TikTok At The Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest
A new group of social media-savvy wildlife artists is bringing a beloved conservation tradition to TikTok. It’s ruffled some feathers.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
IT'S FINALLY HERE!! Thank you to everyone in the duck stamp world who spoke to me for this article. 🦆 @scifri.bsky.social
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Omg a fun activity that I made with MY MIND (and not generative AI)! I'm Squidithy Snow The Great 🦑
Happy #CephalopodWeek! If you were a cephalopod, you’d deserve a fancy name.
Using your first initial, last initial, and favorite color, you can make one for yourself! 🐙
Share yours in the comments, and check out our cephalo-bration: buff.ly/mlzthqQ
Using your first initial, last initial, and favorite color, you can make one for yourself! 🐙
Share yours in the comments, and check out our cephalo-bration: buff.ly/mlzthqQ
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Omg a fun activity that I made with MY MIND (and not generative AI)! I'm Squidithy Snow The Great 🦑
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“Israel is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is responsible.”
Forceful and necessary pushback to Israeli propaganda by @peterbeaumont.bsky.social
Forceful and necessary pushback to Israeli propaganda by @peterbeaumont.bsky.social
Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
Official and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel’s fault
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July 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Israel is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is responsible.”
Forceful and necessary pushback to Israeli propaganda by @peterbeaumont.bsky.social
Forceful and necessary pushback to Israeli propaganda by @peterbeaumont.bsky.social
@scifri.bsky.social team digital fried our brains coming up with these words: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/wha...
What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
You might think sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler is chopped, but “Algospeak” author Adam Aleksic says we should let Gen Alpha cook.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@scifri.bsky.social team digital fried our brains coming up with these words: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/wha...
Turns out it wasn't society that was keeping me from eating breakfast and having a nice morning. It was me
July 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Turns out it wasn't society that was keeping me from eating breakfast and having a nice morning. It was me
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🦋 Entomologist Dr. Gerard Talavera and an art photographer are chasing painted lady butterflies down changing migration routes. Read more: buff.ly/Dp8OVyE
June 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🦋 Entomologist Dr. Gerard Talavera and an art photographer are chasing painted lady butterflies down changing migration routes. Read more: buff.ly/Dp8OVyE
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Lights, camera, action, and D.A.R.E. we say, don’t lick that toad. 🚨
Science Goes to the Movies to explore the effects of ingesting the amphibian toxins that inspired a psychedelic trip in “Friendship.”
Science Goes to the Movies to explore the effects of ingesting the amphibian toxins that inspired a psychedelic trip in “Friendship.”
Don’t Lick The Toad From ‘Friendship’
In the movie, Tim Robinson seeks a psychedelic experience from an unusual source. Herpetologists want others to just say no.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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He's my perfect angel
June 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
He's my perfect angel
Mission: Impossible was low-key right about one thing-- hard sided decompression chambers. www.sciencefriday.com/articles/mis...
This Mission Was Possible, According To Medical Professionals
In the new “Mission: Impossible,” agent Ethan Hunt takes a death-defying dive. Doctors tell us the science of saving real-life scuba divers.
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May 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Mission: Impossible was low-key right about one thing-- hard sided decompression chambers. www.sciencefriday.com/articles/mis...
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🧪 @claudia-lopez.bsky.social brought together a group of reporters, including @scattercushion.bsky.social, @usha.bsky.social, @martinaigini.bsky.social @nicolakimjones.bsky.social and others to ask what advice they have for tackling major reports in their respective beats.
Roundtable: Reporting on Reports—How Journalists Harness Hundred-Page Documents - The Open Notebook
Reports, often published by leading institutions and organizations, are goldmines for science journalists—packed with data, insights, and leads that can spark compelling stories. These offer journalis...
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May 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧪 @claudia-lopez.bsky.social brought together a group of reporters, including @scattercushion.bsky.social, @usha.bsky.social, @martinaigini.bsky.social @nicolakimjones.bsky.social and others to ask what advice they have for tackling major reports in their respective beats.
I don't need ChatGPT Googling "how can I ever forgive myself" works just fine
May 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don't need ChatGPT Googling "how can I ever forgive myself" works just fine
Several people had to set themselves on fire for this year's awards candidates to be evaluated!
This week, Hollywood celebrated moviemaking innovations at the Sci-Tech Awards.
Darin Grant, co-chair of the awards committee, joins us to discuss new behind-the-scenes technologies, like an on-skin gel that lets performers safely be set on fire.
Darin Grant, co-chair of the awards committee, joins us to discuss new behind-the-scenes technologies, like an on-skin gel that lets performers safely be set on fire.
And The Oscar Goes To … Science
The Sci-Tech Awards honor behind-the-scenes technologies that bring movies to life, from car flippers to safe burn gel for fire stunts.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Several people had to set themselves on fire for this year's awards candidates to be evaluated!
Proud of this resource! Thanks @theopennotebook.bsky.social for a great fellowship year :)
Pre-reporting—or developing a story before it’s been accepted for publication—presents “a complicated calculation” for any journalist, @loisparshley.bsky.social tells @bwfund.bsky.social early-career fellow @emmalgometz.bsky.social. 🧪
What Is Pre-Reporting—and Do You Really Need to Do It? - The Open Notebook
Many reporters hesitate to invest time or money in a potential story without any guarantee of a return, but they overlook pre-reporting—or developing a story before it’s accepted for publication—at th...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Proud of this resource! Thanks @theopennotebook.bsky.social for a great fellowship year :)
@ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social brought us such a great story !!! Listen if you're not a poser
Extreme metal vocalists use a completely different pattern of vocalizing than we see in other styles of music," says Dr. Amanda Stark. She and death metal singer Mark Garrett join us to discuss how to safely scream like a demon.
How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations
Vocal researchers are learning how death metal singers safely produce extreme vocal distortions, in hopes of improving vocal health care.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social brought us such a great story !!! Listen if you're not a poser