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The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications encourages high-quality #scicomm.
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Filmmaker Eli Yetter-Bowman founded Ethereal Films to help solve problems with media, storytelling, and impact campaigns.
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Filmmaker Eli Yetter-Bowman founded Ethereal Films to help solve problems with media, storytelling, and impact campaigns.
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
Everything depends on water. 💧 It underpins the systems that sustain life, but when polluted or mismanaged, it can also pose serious risks to human health and wellbeing.
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
Water: Essential to Life, Shaping Our Future
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December 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Everything depends on water. 💧 It underpins the systems that sustain life, but when polluted or mismanaged, it can also pose serious risks to human health and wellbeing.
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
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Last month I had the amazing opportunity to attend a storytelling workshop by Transom Story Lab. It’s so scary to stand up there with no notes 🫣 huge thanks to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org and Transom for giving me the training and the courage to tell my story youtu.be/MM3-S55LGAw?...
You've Got Mail by Dr. Sanjana Curtis
YouTube video by Schmidt Sciences
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December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Last month I had the amazing opportunity to attend a storytelling workshop by Transom Story Lab. It’s so scary to stand up there with no notes 🫣 huge thanks to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org and Transom for giving me the training and the courage to tell my story youtu.be/MM3-S55LGAw?...
How can we help science and facts travel farther and reach everyone who needs them?
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
WATCH: Ask us anything about fighting science misinformation during a special Reddit AMA
During this mega AMA, science correspondent Miles O’Brien and digital anchor and correspondent Deema Zein interviewed scientists, academics, digital creators, influencers and others about the challeng...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How can we help science and facts travel farther and reach everyone who needs them?
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
Though some killer #whales are known to prey on dolphins 🐬 2024 award winner @alecluhn.com was on @newscientist.com’s podcast last week sharing a surprising finding — that orca whales and dolphins are working together to hunt salmon.
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
Orcas and Dolphins Are Now Hunting Together
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December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Though some killer #whales are known to prey on dolphins 🐬 2024 award winner @alecluhn.com was on @newscientist.com’s podcast last week sharing a surprising finding — that orca whales and dolphins are working together to hunt salmon.
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
In her upcoming book, The Edge of Space-Time, 2022 award winner @chanda.blacksky.app embraces cosmic wonder and draws on poetry and pop culture to take readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe. 🌌
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In her upcoming book, The Edge of Space-Time, 2022 award winner @chanda.blacksky.app embraces cosmic wonder and draws on poetry and pop culture to take readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe. 🌌
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
For millennia, humans have lived closely with plants 🌱 — yet the hidden world below ground has remained largely a mystery.
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
The Hidden World of Plant Roots with Stanford Biologist José R. Dinneny
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December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
For millennia, humans have lived closely with plants 🌱 — yet the hidden world below ground has remained largely a mystery.
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
Environmental hazards don’t make headlines every day, but their impact on human health lasts for generations.
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
From Lead to PFAS: Uncovering Environmental Risks to Our Health
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December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Environmental hazards don’t make headlines every day, but their impact on human health lasts for generations.
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
2024 award winner @alecluhn.com’s recently released newsletter, Ice Mushroom, features ongoing climate stories from icy and mountainous places, highlighting how places like these are changing and the wild schemes to try to save them.
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Welcome to Ice Mushroom
A newsletter with my climate reporting and stories from icy and mountainous places
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December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
2024 award winner @alecluhn.com’s recently released newsletter, Ice Mushroom, features ongoing climate stories from icy and mountainous places, highlighting how places like these are changing and the wild schemes to try to save them.
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories.
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
Behind the Headlines: Challenges Reporting on Science
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November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories.
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
On Nov. 14th @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social celebrated the 2025 winners of the Awards for Excellence in #SciComm.
Learn more about the 24 winners whose creative storytelling and communication bring #STEM to people around the world: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...
Learn more about the 24 winners whose creative storytelling and communication bring #STEM to people around the world: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On Nov. 14th @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social celebrated the 2025 winners of the Awards for Excellence in #SciComm.
Learn more about the 24 winners whose creative storytelling and communication bring #STEM to people around the world: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...
Learn more about the 24 winners whose creative storytelling and communication bring #STEM to people around the world: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...
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What happens when half a million barrels of toxic waste disappear into the ocean? Join us on December 11 for a special @dceff.bsky.social screening of "Out of Plain Sight" at the NAS Building, followed by a discussion with director Rosanna Xia and scientists. Register: www.cpnas.org/event/specia...
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What happens when half a million barrels of toxic waste disappear into the ocean? Join us on December 11 for a special @dceff.bsky.social screening of "Out of Plain Sight" at the NAS Building, followed by a discussion with director Rosanna Xia and scientists. Register: www.cpnas.org/event/specia...
2024 award winner @cbo.bsky.social will be part of an @issuesinst.bsky.social panel tomorrow from 3-4pm ET discussing science's "social contract."
Tune in and register at: issues.org/event/was-sc... #scicomm #stem
Tune in and register at: issues.org/event/was-sc... #scicomm #stem
Was Science’s Social Contract “Just a Myth”?
Join us for a conversation on the legacy of the social contract, and what its role might be in the future of the scientific enterprise.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2024 award winner @cbo.bsky.social will be part of an @issuesinst.bsky.social panel tomorrow from 3-4pm ET discussing science's "social contract."
Tune in and register at: issues.org/event/was-sc... #scicomm #stem
Tune in and register at: issues.org/event/was-sc... #scicomm #stem
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Congratulations to LabX and The Science & Entertainment Exchange on their Silver Anthem Awards win for the "I Was Born" video series! Through interviews with scientists working in exciting frontiers, the series brings to life the wide range of possibilities in STEM careers. 🧑🔬 #AnthemAwards
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Congratulations to LabX and The Science & Entertainment Exchange on their Silver Anthem Awards win for the "I Was Born" video series! Through interviews with scientists working in exciting frontiers, the series brings to life the wide range of possibilities in STEM careers. 🧑🔬 #AnthemAwards
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I’m in DC this week to celebrate with amazing scientists, videographers, podcasters, writers, and people who combine these categories to share science. We really do care about helping you understand our world. It’s an honor to be recognized for the work ✨
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m in DC this week to celebrate with amazing scientists, videographers, podcasters, writers, and people who combine these categories to share science. We really do care about helping you understand our world. It’s an honor to be recognized for the work ✨
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A number of factors have contributed to the declining quantity and quality of #ScienceNews, making it easier for science #misinformation to spread.
Our November 13 webinar will examine these new challenges and suggest ways to bolster science #journalism: https://ow.ly/Zm2Q50Xm4S3
Our November 13 webinar will examine these new challenges and suggest ways to bolster science #journalism: https://ow.ly/Zm2Q50Xm4S3
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A number of factors have contributed to the declining quantity and quality of #ScienceNews, making it easier for science #misinformation to spread.
Our November 13 webinar will examine these new challenges and suggest ways to bolster science #journalism: https://ow.ly/Zm2Q50Xm4S3
Our November 13 webinar will examine these new challenges and suggest ways to bolster science #journalism: https://ow.ly/Zm2Q50Xm4S3
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"Take advantage of these tools that evolution has given us in order to contextualize our existence, bring meaning to the meaningless." A must watch.
Halloween is also #DarkMatterDay! 🎃🌌
Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫
Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫
Cosmology: Our Quest to Understand the Universe
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October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Take advantage of these tools that evolution has given us in order to contextualize our existence, bring meaning to the meaningless." A must watch.
Halloween is also #DarkMatterDay! 🎃🌌
Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫
Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫
Cosmology: Our Quest to Understand the Universe
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October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Halloween is also #DarkMatterDay! 🎃🌌
Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫
Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫
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Truly proud to be among this group of journalists, researchers, and science communicators. Thank you, @nationalacademies.org and @schmidtsciences.bsky.social.
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Truly proud to be among this group of journalists, researchers, and science communicators. Thank you, @nationalacademies.org and @schmidtsciences.bsky.social.
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It is a true pleasure to celebrate these outstanding #scicomm innovators, who engage on everything from whale farts to vaccine safety.
Highly recommend clicking through & following their feeds 🎉
A huge thank you to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @nationalacademies.org too!
Highly recommend clicking through & following their feeds 🎉
A huge thank you to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @nationalacademies.org too!
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It is a true pleasure to celebrate these outstanding #scicomm innovators, who engage on everything from whale farts to vaccine safety.
Highly recommend clicking through & following their feeds 🎉
A huge thank you to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @nationalacademies.org too!
Highly recommend clicking through & following their feeds 🎉
A huge thank you to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org @nationalacademies.org too!
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Nos complace compartir que el periodista Iván Carrillo es uno de los ganadores de los Premios Eric y Wendy Schmidt a la Excelencia en la Comunicación Científica de las Academias Nacionales de Ciencias de EE.UU. de 2025.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nos complace compartir que el periodista Iván Carrillo es uno de los ganadores de los Premios Eric y Wendy Schmidt a la Excelencia en la Comunicación Científica de las Academias Nacionales de Ciencias de EE.UU. de 2025.
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We are thrilled to share that writer Iván Carrillo is a winner of the 2025 National Academies of Sciences Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We are thrilled to share that writer Iván Carrillo is a winner of the 2025 National Academies of Sciences Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
#ICYMI - yesterday our program welcomed 24 new award winners! 🏆🥳🎉
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#ICYMI - yesterday our program welcomed 24 new award winners! 🏆🥳🎉
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
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Congratulations to all the tremendous science communicators honored this year!
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations to all the tremendous science communicators honored this year!
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Congratulations to all the winners of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! I've served on the jury for the @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org awards for the past 4 years, and it's a highlight of the year to sink into so much outstanding storytelling!
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Congratulations to all the winners of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! I've served on the jury for the @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org awards for the past 4 years, and it's a highlight of the year to sink into so much outstanding storytelling!