New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.

No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.

And no indication how long the pause will last.

With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

My 4-page 📊 spread for the Feb issue of @sciam.bsky.social is now live in digital format! I take a look at everyone who has been to space or earned their astronaut wings.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ever...

Constructive feedback is welcome. This was a labor of love & I'm very proud of it.

Please, take my job! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

This rules: A taxonomy of spiders in Magic the Gathering
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As data centers cause America to run out of power, Arizona is emblematic of the sacrifices ordinary people face to fuel the boom.

Amtrak v borked today

It’s the happiest day of the year 🥳📚 @sciam.bsky.social end-of-year book recommendations list here’s a behind the scenes look into how we put together www.scientificamerican.com/article/78-b...

“Well, why not just try shooting one down?”

Here's Why

www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-i...

"Please Don’t Shoot at New Jersey ‘Mystery Drones’"

What do you call a funny orangutan? A great jape

www.scientificamerican.com/article/grea...

Did you know Scientific American publishes original poetry every month? Each poem is previously unpublished and hand selected by the amazing Dava Sobel. This year we had poems about math, DNA, rocket launches, owls, fractals, plate tectonics and more. Here are a few of my favorites (a thread)

The bird flu virus circulating in dairy cows/workers is only one mutation away from binding more strongly to human airway cells, inching us closer to a pathogen that could spread person to person. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird... 🧪

Elon Musk is too rich.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/enough-wea...

Went magnet fishing, caught a hammer and a scooter

Some extremely good reads on this list
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

Scientific American endorses Kamala Harris for president. www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote... 🧪

This is how Scientific American's logo has evolved from 1845 to today 🧪

The story of Elon Musk's success is more evidence for taxing tech billionaires out of existence www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon...

“Google conducted a quality degradation study, which showed that it would not lose search revenue if [it] were to significantly reduce the quality of its search product." A company that makes its product worse “without concern of losing consumers is proof of monopoly power” 🧪 @bbguari.bsky.social

My colleagues @bbguari.bsky.social ,
@tanyalewis.bsky.social, Lauren Young and I read through the Project 2025 documents so you don't have to. It's ... bad.