Megha Satyanarayana
@megha.bsky.social
Chief of Special Projects at Scientific American
meghas@sciam.com
Extremely Nerd
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meghas@sciam.com
Extremely Nerd
Views are mine
Signal: Sparrow.439
idk why we still fight about this. get your covid booster. it keeps you safer, it keeps me safer, it keeps people out of the hospital, it keeps kids in school.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
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October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
idk why we still fight about this. get your covid booster. it keeps you safer, it keeps me safer, it keeps people out of the hospital, it keeps kids in school.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
More context added. Enjoy will i go take a nap
welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment
Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
More context added. Enjoy will i go take a nap
i've written a few nobel prize stories in my career and honestly the worst part is waiting for western hemi people to wake up and check email/vm to sked interviews. trying europe but gahhhh. update soon, but for now appreciate the committee compared MOFs to Hermione's bag - small space max capacity
welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment
Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i've written a few nobel prize stories in my career and honestly the worst part is waiting for western hemi people to wake up and check email/vm to sked interviews. trying europe but gahhhh. update soon, but for now appreciate the committee compared MOFs to Hermione's bag - small space max capacity
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
Finally! After decades of also-runs, amazing molecular cages-which can do everything from trapping greenhouse gases to delivering and releasing drugs at specific parts of the body- won the Chemistry Nobel. Read @megha.bsky.social 's story, here, and watch for updates today.
2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment
Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Finally! After decades of also-runs, amazing molecular cages-which can do everything from trapping greenhouse gases to delivering and releasing drugs at specific parts of the body- won the Chemistry Nobel. Read @megha.bsky.social 's story, here, and watch for updates today.
welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment
Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
the nobel prize for chemistry has gone to the folks who developed MOFs - metal organic frameworks. more to come
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
the nobel prize for chemistry has gone to the folks who developed MOFs - metal organic frameworks. more to come
alright Texans, my first ever batch of @tacodeli.bsky.social doña salsa is underway as I prep for the #chemistry Nobel (this salsa is an emulsion, some maillard, some acidification, etc).
prepare yourself for max capsaicin/trpv-r action 🔥🌶️🌮
prepare yourself for max capsaicin/trpv-r action 🔥🌶️🌮
October 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
alright Texans, my first ever batch of @tacodeli.bsky.social doña salsa is underway as I prep for the #chemistry Nobel (this salsa is an emulsion, some maillard, some acidification, etc).
prepare yourself for max capsaicin/trpv-r action 🔥🌶️🌮
prepare yourself for max capsaicin/trpv-r action 🔥🌶️🌮
i'll be covering nobel chemistry on wednesday so hmu with all your coffee memes because it will be so so so early.
October 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
i'll be covering nobel chemistry on wednesday so hmu with all your coffee memes because it will be so so so early.
fun fact: i wrote about this topic and interviewed fred ramsdell years ago. really glad to see a discovery that could change so many lives get the nod.
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cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
fun fact: i wrote about this topic and interviewed fred ramsdell years ago. really glad to see a discovery that could change so many lives get the nod.
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...
is it poss to be Taylor Swift’s loaf of bread for Halloween
October 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
is it poss to be Taylor Swift’s loaf of bread for Halloween
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I wrote about what we know about the safety of Tylenol (acetaminophen) in kids (spoiler alert: it's fine): www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t... Thanks to @megha.bsky.social for editing
Tylenol Is One of the Most Commonly Used Kids' Meds. Is It Safe?
President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen
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September 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I wrote about what we know about the safety of Tylenol (acetaminophen) in kids (spoiler alert: it's fine): www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t... Thanks to @megha.bsky.social for editing
a little inadvertent body shaming/diet culture talk today at the dr and this is your and my daily reminder that “cute” is how you feel and not a body size or shape. yada yada ted talk yada
October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
a little inadvertent body shaming/diet culture talk today at the dr and this is your and my daily reminder that “cute” is how you feel and not a body size or shape. yada yada ted talk yada
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
NEW: Neon, an app that pays you to record your calls so your audio can be used to train AI, and already rose to the top #5 free apps on Apple's App Store, has gone offline after a security lapse.
We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.
We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.
Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts
Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.
techcrunch.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
NEW: Neon, an app that pays you to record your calls so your audio can be used to train AI, and already rose to the top #5 free apps on Apple's App Store, has gone offline after a security lapse.
We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.
We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels
Drone Footage Reveals How History Became Habitat in the Potomac
Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels
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September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
Join us at the Science Writers meeting in Chicago Nov. 7-9. ("Science" includes health, technology, environment or any scholarship, and "writers" includes any form of communication.) I'm running a session on advice columns with @megha.bsky.social, Hal Koss & Ismael Pérez sciencewriters2025.org
Welcome - ScienceWriters2025
ScienceWriters is an annual conference for professionals and students who produce material about science, health, engineering, and technology for the public.
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September 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Join us at the Science Writers meeting in Chicago Nov. 7-9. ("Science" includes health, technology, environment or any scholarship, and "writers" includes any form of communication.) I'm running a session on advice columns with @megha.bsky.social, Hal Koss & Ismael Pérez sciencewriters2025.org
look a rock
Scientists just shared their best look to date at what might be the most tantalizing rock on Mars: 🧪 🛰️ www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
This Martian Rock Might Be the Closest We’ve Come to Finding Alien Life
The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once inhabited the Red Planet
www.scientificamerican.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
look a rock
hi @sciam.bsky.social fans. our september issue is pretty awesome. please read
* peanuts
* plastic eating microbiome
* puking spiders
* eeyore dogs
www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...
* peanuts
* plastic eating microbiome
* puking spiders
* eeyore dogs
www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...
Scientific American Volume 333, Issue 2
"New Treatments Can Free Kids from the Deadly Threat of Peanut Allergy", "What Happens When an Entire Scientific Field Changes Its Mind", "How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow" and more
www.scientificamerican.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
hi @sciam.bsky.social fans. our september issue is pretty awesome. please read
* peanuts
* plastic eating microbiome
* puking spiders
* eeyore dogs
www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...
* peanuts
* plastic eating microbiome
* puking spiders
* eeyore dogs
www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
4/ “The CDC had gone dark,” said Terri Burke, executive director of the Texas nonprofit, the Immunization Project.
“We had anticipated a measles outbreak, but we didn’t expect the federal government to be in collapse when it hit.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
“We had anticipated a measles outbreak, but we didn’t expect the federal government to be in collapse when it hit.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered. - KFF Health News
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together...
kffhealthnews.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
4/ “The CDC had gone dark,” said Terri Burke, executive director of the Texas nonprofit, the Immunization Project.
“We had anticipated a measles outbreak, but we didn’t expect the federal government to be in collapse when it hit.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
“We had anticipated a measles outbreak, but we didn’t expect the federal government to be in collapse when it hit.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Reposted by Megha Satyanarayana
🚨🧵My latest:
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered. - KFF Health News
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together...
kffhealthnews.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨🧵My latest:
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
"“Kaboom” is not the sound you want a rocket ship to make, as a rule."
the future of spaceflight needs to stop exploding.
good read in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
the future of spaceflight needs to stop exploding.
good read in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
SpaceX’s Starship Is Supposed to Be the Future of Spaceflight—So Why Does It Keep Exploding?
After a string of fiery failures, SpaceX’s biggest rocket faces another test flight with sky-high stakes for U.S. space ambitions
www.scientificamerican.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"“Kaboom” is not the sound you want a rocket ship to make, as a rule."
the future of spaceflight needs to stop exploding.
good read in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
the future of spaceflight needs to stop exploding.
good read in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
the words we use to search the internet can feed into our biases. nice story in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Way You Search the Internet Can Fuel Echo Chambers—Without You Realizing It
Users’ Internet search questions can strengthen echo chambers, even on factual topics, but there are simple ways to lessen the effect
www.scientificamerican.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the words we use to search the internet can feed into our biases. nice story in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
no. absolutely no.
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
no. absolutely no.