zack savitsky
@zacksavitsky.bsky.social
science journalist. agent of entropy.
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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
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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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 💫
one of those “i love my job” stories
According to the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, there is no such thing as objective reality — only perspectives. In a conversation with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social and a new video, Rovelli shares his own perspective on the nature of our world. www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
one of those “i love my job” stories
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The climate is changing. So is the way we understand the climate.
On this week's episode, contributing writer @zacksavitsky.bsky.social joins host @pateljournalist.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the rich history and uncertain future of climate modeling.
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On this week's episode, contributing writer @zacksavitsky.bsky.social joins host @pateljournalist.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the rich history and uncertain future of climate modeling.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Climate Modeling Is at a Crossroads
Podcast Episode · The Quanta Podcast · 09/30/2025 · 27m
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September 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The climate is changing. So is the way we understand the climate.
On this week's episode, contributing writer @zacksavitsky.bsky.social joins host @pateljournalist.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the rich history and uncertain future of climate modeling.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
On this week's episode, contributing writer @zacksavitsky.bsky.social joins host @pateljournalist.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the rich history and uncertain future of climate modeling.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
it was a privilege to contribute to this package. check out my story on how scientists digitally sculpted the planet to predict the future, and how those in power today are dismantling the quest to model the climate
www.quantamagazine.org/how-climate-...
www.quantamagazine.org/how-climate-...
September 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
it was a privilege to contribute to this package. check out my story on how scientists digitally sculpted the planet to predict the future, and how those in power today are dismantling the quest to model the climate
www.quantamagazine.org/how-climate-...
www.quantamagazine.org/how-climate-...
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Alec is a great guy and a great journalist. He recently went for a backpacking trip on a glacier in Norway and is now missing. Please help spread the word in case someone knows something that can help searchers.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier
A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.
www.cbsnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Alec is a great guy and a great journalist. He recently went for a backpacking trip on a glacier in Norway and is now missing. Please help spread the word in case someone knows something that can help searchers.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
in a copper-clad laboratory in Vienna, the textbook understanding of electricity is starting to crack. what’s emerging is a new vision of electronics without the electron.
my latest feature for @science.org
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my latest feature for @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Strange metals’ point to a whole new way to understand electricity
Exotic materials with bizarre electron behavior could pave the road to revolutionary technologies
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
in a copper-clad laboratory in Vienna, the textbook understanding of electricity is starting to crack. what’s emerging is a new vision of electronics without the electron.
my latest feature for @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
my latest feature for @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
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He modeled the logic of induction; traced the contours of the embodied mind; hung out with Einstein, Wheeler, and Bohr; gave away millions for art and conservation; fought for civil and gay rights; and lived as a janitor. My new story in @nautil.us
nautil.us/finding-pete...
nautil.us/finding-pete...
Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind
nautil.us
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
He modeled the logic of induction; traced the contours of the embodied mind; hung out with Einstein, Wheeler, and Bohr; gave away millions for art and conservation; fought for civil and gay rights; and lived as a janitor. My new story in @nautil.us
nautil.us/finding-pete...
nautil.us/finding-pete...
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#SciComm awards winner @zacksavitsky.bsky.social is a freelance science journalist who writes stories about our evolving understanding of the universe and our place within it. 🌌🪐 His reporting seeks to answer some of humanity's deepest questions.
Watch here: youtu.be/j7ntz1K_vr4 #sciencejournalism
Watch here: youtu.be/j7ntz1K_vr4 #sciencejournalism
Zack Savitsky: A Journalist On A Mission to Understand Our Universe
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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May 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#SciComm awards winner @zacksavitsky.bsky.social is a freelance science journalist who writes stories about our evolving understanding of the universe and our place within it. 🌌🪐 His reporting seeks to answer some of humanity's deepest questions.
Watch here: youtu.be/j7ntz1K_vr4 #sciencejournalism
Watch here: youtu.be/j7ntz1K_vr4 #sciencejournalism
big week for physics
March 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
big week for physics
i spent most of this year studying (confronting) disorder, futility, and uncertainty. here’s my optimistic interactive essay on the decay of everything:
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world th...
www.quantamagazine.org
December 27, 2024 at 10:13 PM
i spent most of this year studying (confronting) disorder, futility, and uncertainty. here’s my optimistic interactive essay on the decay of everything:
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...