Jake Yeston
@jakeyeston.bsky.social
Editor at @science.org, shepherding chemistry papers; views here are my own; he/him
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Jake Yeston
@jakeyeston.bsky.social
· Mar 10
וגר לא תלחץ ואתם ידעתם את נפש הגר כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים
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Scientists have developed a pair of birdlike robotic legs and feet that can enable drones to catch objects and perch on branches.
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Scientists have developed a pair of birdlike robotic legs and feet that can enable drones to catch objects and perch on branches.
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
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In case you missed it last week when many were still on vacation
In a heroic data journalism effort involving scores of records requests, The Washington Post made it possible to search MMR vaccination rates at individual schools in much of the country.
Gift link to look up schools and learn about the post-pandemic plunge in vaccination rates: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link to look up schools and learn about the post-pandemic plunge in vaccination rates: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
In case you missed it last week when many were still on vacation
Closing out winter break in style
January 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Closing out winter break in style
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my kids also informed me that we're leaving 6-7 in 2025. I was just getting the hang of it. 🤦
January 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
my kids also informed me that we're leaving 6-7 in 2025. I was just getting the hang of it. 🤦
10yo has informed me 6-7 is over now, so in honor of that watershed moment, I’d like to revisit my favorite movie clip of all time, which foresaw the humorous potential of 6-7 nearly 30 years ago
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9y5K...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9y5K...
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY Clip - "7 Minute Abs" (1998) Ben Stiller
YouTube video by JoBlo Movie Clips
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January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
10yo has informed me 6-7 is over now, so in honor of that watershed moment, I’d like to revisit my favorite movie clip of all time, which foresaw the humorous potential of 6-7 nearly 30 years ago
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9y5K...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9y5K...
Sorry this is a dumb question but how do LLMs learn new information? Like if I ask ChatGPT the Seahawks 49ers score from last night does it do an ordinary Bing search?
January 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Sorry this is a dumb question but how do LLMs learn new information? Like if I ask ChatGPT the Seahawks 49ers score from last night does it do an ordinary Bing search?
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January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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I've always opposed American attacks on Venezuela and I oppose them now.
You don't need sympathy for Maduro to grasp that attacking another country for unclear, shifting rationales without domestic support or a clear plan for the day after won't make us safer.
You don't need sympathy for Maduro to grasp that attacking another country for unclear, shifting rationales without domestic support or a clear plan for the day after won't make us safer.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I've always opposed American attacks on Venezuela and I oppose them now.
You don't need sympathy for Maduro to grasp that attacking another country for unclear, shifting rationales without domestic support or a clear plan for the day after won't make us safer.
You don't need sympathy for Maduro to grasp that attacking another country for unclear, shifting rationales without domestic support or a clear plan for the day after won't make us safer.
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Kevin Drum was the first journalist to really get into the ties between lead and crime rates (not just serial killers) and I think it is one of the most important articles we’ve ever done www.motherjones.com/environment/...
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Kevin Drum was the first journalist to really get into the ties between lead and crime rates (not just serial killers) and I think it is one of the most important articles we’ve ever done www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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In an accompanying Perspective, Gavin Coleman explains how the method works and discusses how this object might have formed. The most likely origin is a gas giant #exoplanet in a binary star system, which was ejected by gravitational interactions. ☄️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Two views of a rogue planet
A collaboration between ground and space observations unveils a rogue planet
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 PM
In an accompanying Perspective, Gavin Coleman explains how the method works and discusses how this object might have formed. The most likely origin is a gas giant #exoplanet in a binary star system, which was ejected by gravitational interactions. ☄️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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How can astronomers weigh an isolated planetary-mass object that isn't orbiting a star? Dong et al. observe a free-floating planet microlensing event from ground- and space-based telescopes. The time delay indicates it was caused by a Saturn-mass object. ☄️ #exoplanets
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A free-floating-planet microlensing event caused by a Saturn-mass object
A population of free-floating planets is known from gravitational microlensing surveys. None have a directly measured mass, owing to a degeneracy with the distance, but the population statistics indic...
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
How can astronomers weigh an isolated planetary-mass object that isn't orbiting a star? Dong et al. observe a free-floating planet microlensing event from ground- and space-based telescopes. The time delay indicates it was caused by a Saturn-mass object. ☄️ #exoplanets
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Loving this beautiful cover image in this week's @science.org illustrating the paper which came out online late last year
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Plantscience
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#Plantscience
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Loving this beautiful cover image in this week's @science.org illustrating the paper which came out online late last year
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Plantscience
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This is a very good piece on why the American Jewish establishment's strategy to fight antisemitism is doomed to fail unless they rethink some fundamental assumptions: forward.com/news/antisem...
Things are only going to get worse for Jews from here
Nobody seems to be making a dent in antisemitism — even as problematic beliefs about Jews continue to grow.
forward.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This is a very good piece on why the American Jewish establishment's strategy to fight antisemitism is doomed to fail unless they rethink some fundamental assumptions: forward.com/news/antisem...
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Driven by an excess of new capacity, the global chemical industry has endured a brutal downturn. Hardly a week goes by without word of petrochemical and even specialty chemical plant closures in Europe and Japan. cen.acs.org/business/US-... #chemsky 🧪
US chemical industry will see only slow growth
The industry is faring better than in other regions, but a slow economy has hampered real progress
cen.acs.org
January 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Driven by an excess of new capacity, the global chemical industry has endured a brutal downturn. Hardly a week goes by without word of petrochemical and even specialty chemical plant closures in Europe and Japan. cen.acs.org/business/US-... #chemsky 🧪
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Great way for chemsky to kick off 2026 as @fabiojulia7.bsky.social and company repurpose the ferrioxalate system as a versatile photoredox catalyst for dehalogenation, hydrocarboxylation, and cross-coupling reactions!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ferrioxalate photocatalysis: A multitasking platform for reductive iron catalysis
Iron’s abundance motivates its use in sustainable catalyst systems that also offer complementary reactivity manifolds compared to precious metals. However, the challenging reduction of benchmark iron ...
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Great way for chemsky to kick off 2026 as @fabiojulia7.bsky.social and company repurpose the ferrioxalate system as a versatile photoredox catalyst for dehalogenation, hydrocarboxylation, and cross-coupling reactions!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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It’s just like… stop doing the good/bad framing for marginalized groups. It’s gross when it’s about Muslims, it’s gross when it’s about Jews, it’s gross full stop.
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It’s just like… stop doing the good/bad framing for marginalized groups. It’s gross when it’s about Muslims, it’s gross when it’s about Jews, it’s gross full stop.
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2025 was a rough year in many ways. But as Michelle Obama put it, “grief and resilience live together.” My hope for 2026 in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🧪
ScienceAdviser: Welcome 2026! We’re ready for you
Today in Science and science: A special New Year’s Day edition of ScienceAdviser
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
2025 was a rough year in many ways. But as Michelle Obama put it, “grief and resilience live together.” My hope for 2026 in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🧪
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Each year, the photo team at Science reflects on the memorable pictures we published. https://scim.ag/4sfnzq5
Our favorite Science photos of 2025
Each year, the photo team at Science reflects on the memorable pictures we published.
www.science.org
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Each year, the photo team at Science reflects on the memorable pictures we published. https://scim.ag/4sfnzq5
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In the first #ScienceEditorial of 2026, H. Holden Thorp focuses on #AI, discussing how it “will allow the scientific community to do more if it picks the right ways to use it.” He revisits the journals’ policies and approaches related to AI.
Read more: https://scim.ag/4qzSdJ5
Read more: https://scim.ag/4qzSdJ5
January 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
In the first #ScienceEditorial of 2026, H. Holden Thorp focuses on #AI, discussing how it “will allow the scientific community to do more if it picks the right ways to use it.” He revisits the journals’ policies and approaches related to AI.
Read more: https://scim.ag/4qzSdJ5
Read more: https://scim.ag/4qzSdJ5
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In domesticated barley, grains with low levels of dormancy can sprout before harvest in the field after exposure to dew, mist, or rain. Preharvest sprouting in barley and other cereals reduces the quality of mature grain and jeopardizes its end-use value.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/3KVkV86
Learn more: https://scim.ag/3KVkV86
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
In domesticated barley, grains with low levels of dormancy can sprout before harvest in the field after exposure to dew, mist, or rain. Preharvest sprouting in barley and other cereals reduces the quality of mature grain and jeopardizes its end-use value.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/3KVkV86
Learn more: https://scim.ag/3KVkV86
Great way for chemsky to kick off 2026 as @fabiojulia7.bsky.social and company repurpose the ferrioxalate system as a versatile photoredox catalyst for dehalogenation, hydrocarboxylation, and cross-coupling reactions!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ferrioxalate photocatalysis: A multitasking platform for reductive iron catalysis
Iron’s abundance motivates its use in sustainable catalyst systems that also offer complementary reactivity manifolds compared to precious metals. However, the challenging reduction of benchmark iron ...
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Great way for chemsky to kick off 2026 as @fabiojulia7.bsky.social and company repurpose the ferrioxalate system as a versatile photoredox catalyst for dehalogenation, hydrocarboxylation, and cross-coupling reactions!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Great work by my amazing team formed by Carlos, Sergio, Nojus, Partha and visiting students Sara and Ken. Thanks to all the funders as well for trusting us with this project! (5/5)
@erc.europa.eu @ageinves.bsky.social @FundacionSeneca
@um.es
@erc.europa.eu @ageinves.bsky.social @FundacionSeneca
@um.es
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Great work by my amazing team formed by Carlos, Sergio, Nojus, Partha and visiting students Sara and Ken. Thanks to all the funders as well for trusting us with this project! (5/5)
@erc.europa.eu @ageinves.bsky.social @FundacionSeneca
@um.es
@erc.europa.eu @ageinves.bsky.social @FundacionSeneca
@um.es
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This has enabled the development of a new catalytic system able to mediate a wide range of reductive transformations inaccessible under Fe catalysis to date, including 2 unprecedented transformations: indanone assembly and reductive cross-coupling of e-deficient alkenes (4/5).
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
This has enabled the development of a new catalytic system able to mediate a wide range of reductive transformations inaccessible under Fe catalysis to date, including 2 unprecedented transformations: indanone assembly and reductive cross-coupling of e-deficient alkenes (4/5).