Kristina Killgrove
@killgrove.bsky.social
Staff writer @LiveScience.com
Email: kkillgrove@livescience.com
Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove
PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Time zone: US Eastern
Email: kkillgrove@livescience.com
Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove
PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Time zone: US Eastern
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Being a science writer right now is like…
9am - Coffee and constitutional crisis!
10am - Read a neat study on 5000-year-old beads.
11am - US science funding is off/on/off/on!
Noon - Email a researcher about Iron Age skeletons.
Afternoon - More constitutional crises and screaming into the void!
9am - Coffee and constitutional crisis!
10am - Read a neat study on 5000-year-old beads.
11am - US science funding is off/on/off/on!
Noon - Email a researcher about Iron Age skeletons.
Afternoon - More constitutional crises and screaming into the void!
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This interesting-looking iron implement discovered at a Celtic site in Poland may have been a trepanation tool. 🧪🏺
2,300-year-old tool used for skull surgery unearthed at Celtic settlement in Poland
The uniquely shaped iron surgery implement dates to the fourth to third centuries B.C.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This interesting-looking iron implement discovered at a Celtic site in Poland may have been a trepanation tool. 🧪🏺
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today [SATIRE] theonion.com/hungover-egy...
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
CAIRO—Admitting he was unable to face a lengthy session of indexing artifacts after drinking too much the night before, hungover Egyptologist Henry Chapman confirmed Tuesday he was just gonna call in ...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today [SATIRE] theonion.com/hungover-egy...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
Breaking: Canada has lost its measles elimination status - CTV
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada has lost its measles elimination status, says Ottawa
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades, the country’s public health agency said in a statement on Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Breaking: Canada has lost its measles elimination status - CTV
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
This week’s astonishing artifact is an ancient Egyptian human-hair wig found in the tomb of a royal architect and his wife. 🏺🧪
Merit's wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel
Merit's head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This week’s astonishing artifact is an ancient Egyptian human-hair wig found in the tomb of a royal architect and his wife. 🏺🧪
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Just a heads up this isn't just about trans women. "Olympic chiefs are also looking at prohibiting athletes with DSD (differences of sex development) from women's events given testosterone advantages."
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just a heads up this isn't just about trans women. "Olympic chiefs are also looking at prohibiting athletes with DSD (differences of sex development) from women's events given testosterone advantages."
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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The Roman intaglio — which features cupids picking grapes and a cute lil goat — was found at Bremenium. 🏺🧪
Archaeologists find 'unique' blood-red gemstone at Roman fort beyond Hadrian's Wall
Archaeologists discovered the engraved gemstone at Bremenium, a fort north of Hadrian's Wall.
www.livescience.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Roman intaglio — which features cupids picking grapes and a cute lil goat — was found at Bremenium. 🏺🧪
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Anyone else want to pet the medieval sealskin songbook, or just me...? 🦭 🧪🏺
13th-century Christian songbook made of furry sealskin may be Norway's oldest surviving book
Experts at the National Library of Norway believe the liturgical songbook was made by a local artisan around A.D. 1200.
www.livescience.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Anyone else want to pet the medieval sealskin songbook, or just me...? 🦭 🧪🏺
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
100!!!
Ohio State to hire 100 new faculty with AI expertise
The Ohio State University has announced a major Artificial Intelligence (AI) Faculty Hiring Initiative that will add 100 new tenure-track faculty with expertise in AI over the next five years. The ini...
news.osu.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
100!!!
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It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
James D. Watson died on Thursday in East Northport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 97.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Them: You can't tell what generation you are from a typo.
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Them: You can't tell what generation you are from a typo.
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
Me: That's truly outrageous. Of course you can:
Anyone else want to pet the medieval sealskin songbook, or just me...? 🦭 🧪🏺
13th-century Christian songbook made of furry sealskin may be Norway's oldest surviving book
Experts at the National Library of Norway believe the liturgical songbook was made by a local artisan around A.D. 1200.
www.livescience.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Anyone else want to pet the medieval sealskin songbook, or just me...? 🦭 🧪🏺
Reposted by Kristina Killgrove
Here friends, enjoy a cool little blog with two finds from 1990s archaeological excavations in Philadelphia (specifically North 7th and Arch Street area). It's always neat to find evidence of children at archaeological sites! 🏺
pahistoricpreservation.com/urban-archae...
pahistoricpreservation.com/urban-archae...
Urban Archaeology Finds in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania Historic Preservation
In the 1990s, a federal construction project for a new detention center in Philadelphia resulted in the identification of an urban archaeological site in the area of North 7th and Arch Streets. The ar...
pahistoricpreservation.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here friends, enjoy a cool little blog with two finds from 1990s archaeological excavations in Philadelphia (specifically North 7th and Arch Street area). It's always neat to find evidence of children at archaeological sites! 🏺
pahistoricpreservation.com/urban-archae...
pahistoricpreservation.com/urban-archae...
The Roman intaglio — which features cupids picking grapes and a cute lil goat — was found at Bremenium. 🏺🧪
Archaeologists find 'unique' blood-red gemstone at Roman fort beyond Hadrian's Wall
Archaeologists discovered the engraved gemstone at Bremenium, a fort north of Hadrian's Wall.
www.livescience.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Roman intaglio — which features cupids picking grapes and a cute lil goat — was found at Bremenium. 🏺🧪