Hannah Thomasy
@hannahthomasy.bsky.social
Science journalist & biology nerd. ❤️🧪 Lover of brains & microbes & weird animals. Opinions mine obviously.
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Hannah Thomasy
@hannahthomasy.bsky.social
· Nov 19
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: An Arrested Development scene where Tobias shouts "There are dozens of us! Dozens!"
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Are you a science communicator in British Columbia who wants to connect with other scicommers?? Shoot me a message, we're trying to start a group. 🧪🇨🇦
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My nonprofit @your.neighborhoodscientist.org is looking for scientists to share their stories with us in 2026! Is your New Year's resolution to communicate & interface more with your community as a scientist? Send us a pitch at audrey@neighborhoodscientist.org ! 🧪🧠🇺🇸
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My nonprofit @your.neighborhoodscientist.org is looking for scientists to share their stories with us in 2026! Is your New Year's resolution to communicate & interface more with your community as a scientist? Send us a pitch at audrey@neighborhoodscientist.org ! 🧪🧠🇺🇸
Hey can any rodent folks tell me why this rat appears to be waiting to be let into my house?? He’s been there for at least half an hour & doesn’t seem to be eating anything, just hanging out. Seems like weird behavior for a rat??
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December 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hey can any rodent folks tell me why this rat appears to be waiting to be let into my house?? He’s been there for at least half an hour & doesn’t seem to be eating anything, just hanging out. Seems like weird behavior for a rat??
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Early career science journalists: Need something to do next summer? Apply to work with me as @science.org's newsletter intern! bit.ly/44yCu4o
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ALT: a cartoon character laying on top of a keyboard with the letter g on it
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December 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Early career science journalists: Need something to do next summer? Apply to work with me as @science.org's newsletter intern! bit.ly/44yCu4o
This is such an astonishingly bad take I don’t even know where to start??
During my PhD and my time as a science journalist I have spoken to a LOT of scientists. Almost every single one has more ideas than they have the time or funding to pursue.
Please do better @vox.com
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During my PhD and my time as a science journalist I have spoken to a LOT of scientists. Almost every single one has more ideas than they have the time or funding to pursue.
Please do better @vox.com
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We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This is such an astonishingly bad take I don’t even know where to start??
During my PhD and my time as a science journalist I have spoken to a LOT of scientists. Almost every single one has more ideas than they have the time or funding to pursue.
Please do better @vox.com
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During my PhD and my time as a science journalist I have spoken to a LOT of scientists. Almost every single one has more ideas than they have the time or funding to pursue.
Please do better @vox.com
🧪
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Download our large database of postdoc fellowships in all fields of research.
Database freely available to all; 281 fellowships.
Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
Database freely available to all; 281 fellowships.
Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Download our large database of postdoc fellowships in all fields of research.
Database freely available to all; 281 fellowships.
Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
Database freely available to all; 281 fellowships.
Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
Ah yes the classic strategy to make America healthy again by failing to protect babies from infectious disease. 🦠🧪
I’m not surprised that these folks don’t care about science or children’s health but like… to what end?? Surely the vaccine costs less than hep b treatment?? What is the point of this?
I’m not surprised that these folks don’t care about science or children’s health but like… to what end?? Surely the vaccine costs less than hep b treatment?? What is the point of this?
RFK Jr.-appointed panel removes universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for U.S. infants | CBC News
A panel of advisers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has voted to remove the long-standing recommendation to universally vaccinate American infants against hepatitis B.
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ah yes the classic strategy to make America healthy again by failing to protect babies from infectious disease. 🦠🧪
I’m not surprised that these folks don’t care about science or children’s health but like… to what end?? Surely the vaccine costs less than hep b treatment?? What is the point of this?
I’m not surprised that these folks don’t care about science or children’s health but like… to what end?? Surely the vaccine costs less than hep b treatment?? What is the point of this?
Big news about the Toronto Subway Deer! Dug up in 1976 Torontoceros hypogaeus is a prehistoric cervid known only from 1 incomplete specimen. Originally classified as a caribou relative, ancient DNA analysis now suggests it belongs to the genus Odocoileus which includes mule deer & white-tailed deer🧪
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Big news about the Toronto Subway Deer! Dug up in 1976 Torontoceros hypogaeus is a prehistoric cervid known only from 1 incomplete specimen. Originally classified as a caribou relative, ancient DNA analysis now suggests it belongs to the genus Odocoileus which includes mule deer & white-tailed deer🧪
Artificial light at night (ALAN) can be bad for bugs - Pacific field crickets exposed to ALAN during development laid fewer eggs & produced fewer viable sperm as adults. But why? Like us, insects have natural rhythms of melatonin production, which can be disrupted by light. 🧪🪲
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Artificial light at night (ALAN) can be bad for bugs - Pacific field crickets exposed to ALAN during development laid fewer eggs & produced fewer viable sperm as adults. But why? Like us, insects have natural rhythms of melatonin production, which can be disrupted by light. 🧪🪲
This is cool as hell 🤩
Don’t forget about the #FindThatLizard Scholarship!! Please share
#science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
#science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is cool as hell 🤩
Researchers change the locations of spider mite "bathrooms," shedding light on important aspects of social evolution.🧪🪲
It seems logical that having a designated place to poop is a key part of group living, from invertebrates to humans. But it can be tricky to demonstrate this empirically.
It seems logical that having a designated place to poop is a key part of group living, from invertebrates to humans. But it can be tricky to demonstrate this empirically.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Researchers change the locations of spider mite "bathrooms," shedding light on important aspects of social evolution.🧪🪲
It seems logical that having a designated place to poop is a key part of group living, from invertebrates to humans. But it can be tricky to demonstrate this empirically.
It seems logical that having a designated place to poop is a key part of group living, from invertebrates to humans. But it can be tricky to demonstrate this empirically.
Browsing through some aquatic ecology papers (as one does) & the authors casually toss in the term "crayfish plague." As someone with a strong (unhealthy?) interest in weird diseases I had to learn more.
Apparently, crayfish around the world* are getting absolutely obliterated by this pathogen🧪🦠
Apparently, crayfish around the world* are getting absolutely obliterated by this pathogen🧪🦠
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Browsing through some aquatic ecology papers (as one does) & the authors casually toss in the term "crayfish plague." As someone with a strong (unhealthy?) interest in weird diseases I had to learn more.
Apparently, crayfish around the world* are getting absolutely obliterated by this pathogen🧪🦠
Apparently, crayfish around the world* are getting absolutely obliterated by this pathogen🧪🦠
Did you know that some fungi are CARNIVOROUS? There are lots of species that do this, but I think Arthrobotrys oligospora is especially bonkers. These fungi sense when their prey (nematodes) are nearby by eavesdropping on the chemical signals that the nematodes use to communicate with each other 🧪🪲🍄
The predation process of the nematode trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora.
YouTube video by Fungal-Worm Lab IMB Academia Sinica
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November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Did you know that some fungi are CARNIVOROUS? There are lots of species that do this, but I think Arthrobotrys oligospora is especially bonkers. These fungi sense when their prey (nematodes) are nearby by eavesdropping on the chemical signals that the nematodes use to communicate with each other 🧪🪲🍄
Are you a science communicator in British Columbia who wants to connect with other scicommers?? Shoot me a message, we're trying to start a group. 🧪🇨🇦
@uvicscience.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @sfu.ca @rascvancouver.bsky.social @viuniversity.bsky.social @thetyee.ca @pme.ubc.ca @wildernews.bsky.social
@uvicscience.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @sfu.ca @rascvancouver.bsky.social @viuniversity.bsky.social @thetyee.ca @pme.ubc.ca @wildernews.bsky.social
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: An Arrested Development scene where Tobias shouts "There are dozens of us! Dozens!"
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Are you a science communicator in British Columbia who wants to connect with other scicommers?? Shoot me a message, we're trying to start a group. 🧪🇨🇦
@uvicscience.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @sfu.ca @rascvancouver.bsky.social @viuniversity.bsky.social @thetyee.ca @pme.ubc.ca @wildernews.bsky.social
@uvicscience.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @sfu.ca @rascvancouver.bsky.social @viuniversity.bsky.social @thetyee.ca @pme.ubc.ca @wildernews.bsky.social
I love unserious Google Reviews of places especially if they involve weird/niche history. Wager Island, in southern Argentina, has 3.4 stars - almost all the reviews are cheeky references to the 1741 wreck of the HMS Wager, e.g.
"Crashed my ship here. Had to eat my fellow sailors. 2/5"
"Crashed my ship here. Had to eat my fellow sailors. 2/5"
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I love unserious Google Reviews of places especially if they involve weird/niche history. Wager Island, in southern Argentina, has 3.4 stars - almost all the reviews are cheeky references to the 1741 wreck of the HMS Wager, e.g.
"Crashed my ship here. Had to eat my fellow sailors. 2/5"
"Crashed my ship here. Had to eat my fellow sailors. 2/5"
Truly there was never a point in this sentence where I could have guessed what the next word would be🧪
OK, this is extremely cool. Comparable to the alligator bungie genitalia or the lid that keeps tarsiers' eyes in their head when they jump!
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A paper in Scientific Reports shows that chameleons have evolved a longer, coiled optic nerve that is likely to provide “slack” to reduce tension on the optic nerve during the extensive rotations characteristic of the chameleon eye. go.nature.com/3JTSgQ1 #evosky 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Truly there was never a point in this sentence where I could have guessed what the next word would be🧪
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Hello internets, there's a paleontological museum in danger of being closed. Please help.
Well it seems it is going to be to late for @lastweektonight.com to help with their hiatus. Any suggestions for a big sci com/science interested news account I should play with to help save PRI?
Tag them in the comments with your pitch for why they should help out this museum maybe
Tag them in the comments with your pitch for why they should help out this museum maybe
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hello internets, there's a paleontological museum in danger of being closed. Please help.
This is an Eastern Cape giant cycad. This specimen at Kew Gardens is the world's oldest potted plant* & it is older than the United States.
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is an Eastern Cape giant cycad. This specimen at Kew Gardens is the world's oldest potted plant* & it is older than the United States.
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
I found this oddly comforting? Certain systems seem deeply entrenched & unchangeable but in reality there are houseplants that have been around longer.🧪🌿
Sometimes I think about how difficult human pregnancy is compared to a panda or kangaroo & shake my fist at evolution. But you know what AT LEAST WE AREN'T BATS Imagine having to literally fly while preggers with a baby that is (on average) 23% of your weight. Which would be like a 35lb baby for us🧪
www.auburn.edu
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sometimes I think about how difficult human pregnancy is compared to a panda or kangaroo & shake my fist at evolution. But you know what AT LEAST WE AREN'T BATS Imagine having to literally fly while preggers with a baby that is (on average) 23% of your weight. Which would be like a 35lb baby for us🧪
Who is this??
Weird lil bug that almost looks like it’s just poking its head out of its shell to scootch up the wall?? 🧪
Weird lil bug that almost looks like it’s just poking its head out of its shell to scootch up the wall?? 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Who is this??
Weird lil bug that almost looks like it’s just poking its head out of its shell to scootch up the wall?? 🧪
Weird lil bug that almost looks like it’s just poking its head out of its shell to scootch up the wall?? 🧪
My latest for Undark:
Biological control - introducing one non-native species to control another - has gotten a bad rap. Does it deserve it? I spoke with experts in biocontrol, botany, and entomology to find out.
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undark.org/2025/11/10/i...
Biological control - introducing one non-native species to control another - has gotten a bad rap. Does it deserve it? I spoke with experts in biocontrol, botany, and entomology to find out.
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undark.org/2025/11/10/i...
Is It Time for a New Era in Invasive Species Control?
Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.
undark.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My latest for Undark:
Biological control - introducing one non-native species to control another - has gotten a bad rap. Does it deserve it? I spoke with experts in biocontrol, botany, and entomology to find out.
🧪
undark.org/2025/11/10/i...
Biological control - introducing one non-native species to control another - has gotten a bad rap. Does it deserve it? I spoke with experts in biocontrol, botany, and entomology to find out.
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undark.org/2025/11/10/i...
More questions for the 🧪 hivemind:
For people that have school-age kids - are they still taught the warm blooded/ cold blooded thing? 🦊🦎
For people that have school-age kids - are they still taught the warm blooded/ cold blooded thing? 🦊🦎
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
More questions for the 🧪 hivemind:
For people that have school-age kids - are they still taught the warm blooded/ cold blooded thing? 🦊🦎
For people that have school-age kids - are they still taught the warm blooded/ cold blooded thing? 🦊🦎
Hey science hivemind can you help me?
A while ago I came across a great quote about how science/biology is really complicated and if you study or think about it long enough it only gets more complicated
Cannot for the life of me find it again. It was maybe from a scifi author in the 60s or 70s? 🧪🧬
A while ago I came across a great quote about how science/biology is really complicated and if you study or think about it long enough it only gets more complicated
Cannot for the life of me find it again. It was maybe from a scifi author in the 60s or 70s? 🧪🧬
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey science hivemind can you help me?
A while ago I came across a great quote about how science/biology is really complicated and if you study or think about it long enough it only gets more complicated
Cannot for the life of me find it again. It was maybe from a scifi author in the 60s or 70s? 🧪🧬
A while ago I came across a great quote about how science/biology is really complicated and if you study or think about it long enough it only gets more complicated
Cannot for the life of me find it again. It was maybe from a scifi author in the 60s or 70s? 🧪🧬
Both options are such a disrespectful name for a species lol
Like who did the fat/ edible dormouse piss off?
ptes.org/get-informed...
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Like who did the fat/ edible dormouse piss off?
ptes.org/get-informed...
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Fat (or Edible) dormouse - People's Trust for Endangered Species
Discover facts and figures about the Fat (or Edible) dormouse. Learn about its conservation status, habitat, diet and more.
ptes.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Both options are such a disrespectful name for a species lol
Like who did the fat/ edible dormouse piss off?
ptes.org/get-informed...
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Like who did the fat/ edible dormouse piss off?
ptes.org/get-informed...
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10/10 headline
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
10/10 headline