Emily Conover
@econover.bsky.social
Physics reporter at Science News magazine
"Absolutely the best journalist to talk to about neutrinos."
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"Absolutely the best journalist to talk to about neutrinos."
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Annotating Trump's statement on nuclear weapons. (My comments in []):
Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. [No it doesn’t.]This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. [No it wasn’t.]
Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. [No it doesn’t.]This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. [No it wasn’t.]
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Annotating Trump's statement on nuclear weapons. (My comments in []):
Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. [No it doesn’t.]This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. [No it wasn’t.]
Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. [No it doesn’t.]This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. [No it wasn’t.]
I had fun speaking today at the Quantum World Congress panel on Demystifying Quantum: How to Communicate Cutting Edge Science to Diverse Audiences. Alongside the fantastic moderator @csrday.bsky.social and esteemed panelists @nicoleyh11.bsky.social and Ben Stein #QWC2025
September 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I had fun speaking today at the Quantum World Congress panel on Demystifying Quantum: How to Communicate Cutting Edge Science to Diverse Audiences. Alongside the fantastic moderator @csrday.bsky.social and esteemed panelists @nicoleyh11.bsky.social and Ben Stein #QWC2025
"Notice, please, how gracious it is, how welcoming, like an outstretched arm guiding you over a tricky step." www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please
Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.
www.theringer.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Notice, please, how gracious it is, how welcoming, like an outstretched arm guiding you over a tricky step." www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
Frilly bug feet for your Friday www.sciencenews.org/article/ripp...
Frilly bug feet inspire a water-striding robot
Ripple bugs’ nimble movements on the surface of water inspired a robot with automatically unfurling fans on its feet.
www.sciencenews.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Frilly bug feet for your Friday www.sciencenews.org/article/ripp...
Rubin in motion was like a dragon waking up. 🐲🤩 www.sciencenews.org/article/vera... Beautiful words about Vera Rubin Observatory (and a fascinating peek at troubleshooting) by @astrolisa.bsky.social
The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy
Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.
www.sciencenews.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Rubin in motion was like a dragon waking up. 🐲🤩 www.sciencenews.org/article/vera... Beautiful words about Vera Rubin Observatory (and a fascinating peek at troubleshooting) by @astrolisa.bsky.social
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Not good news for gravitational-wave or multimessenger astronomy "In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two [LIGO] sites and will support a reduced level for technology development"
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Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not good news for gravitational-wave or multimessenger astronomy "In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two [LIGO] sites and will support a reduced level for technology development"
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Wow. "the agency intends to wind down one of the sites for the celebrated Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).... NSF had previously planned to upgrade LIGO’s facilities and the two sites are both needed to localize the celestial sources of the waves."
President Donald Trump today fleshed out his vision for a previously proposed 56% cut in the $9 billion budget of the National Science Foundation, and it’s not a pretty sight. scim.ag/3HhGa1D
Final NSF budget proposal jettisons one giant telescope amid savage agencywide cuts
Trump’s 57% proposed cut to agency would drop grant success rates to 7% and gut education and training
scim.ag
May 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Wow. "the agency intends to wind down one of the sites for the celebrated Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).... NSF had previously planned to upgrade LIGO’s facilities and the two sites are both needed to localize the celestial sources of the waves."
Scientists on Golden Dome: "Even the most optimistic assumptions ... would suggest that that is impossible.” www.sciencenews.org/article/gold... My story for @sciencenews.bsky.social
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ plan has a major obstacle: Physics
Scientists suggest the missile defense plan will face big hurdles, especially given its projected timeline and cost.
www.sciencenews.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Scientists on Golden Dome: "Even the most optimistic assumptions ... would suggest that that is impossible.” www.sciencenews.org/article/gold... My story for @sciencenews.bsky.social
We love a @astrolisa.bsky.social knowledge bomb www.sciencenews.org/article/alie...
A claimed hint of alien life whips up spirited debate
Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We love a @astrolisa.bsky.social knowledge bomb www.sciencenews.org/article/alie...
I only just started reading this book and it's already reshaping how I think about all kinds of stuff. It's a truly bonkers future that some of the most powerful people in tech are envisioning.
I've been waiting for @adambecker.bsky.social's book "More Everything Forever" to come out for YEARS. Unfortunately its release has the best/worst possible timing. Go read it, be horrified, get motivated.
www.sciencenews.org/article/more...
www.sciencenews.org/article/more...
Tech billionaires’ vision of an AI-dominated future is flawed — and dangerous
Adam Becker’s new book, More Everything Forever, investigates the dangers of a billionaire-driven tomorrow, in which trillions of humans live in space, served by AI.
www.sciencenews.org
April 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I only just started reading this book and it's already reshaping how I think about all kinds of stuff. It's a truly bonkers future that some of the most powerful people in tech are envisioning.
Reposted by Emily Conover
I've been waiting for @adambecker.bsky.social's book "More Everything Forever" to come out for YEARS. Unfortunately its release has the best/worst possible timing. Go read it, be horrified, get motivated.
www.sciencenews.org/article/more...
www.sciencenews.org/article/more...
Tech billionaires’ vision of an AI-dominated future is flawed — and dangerous
Adam Becker’s new book, More Everything Forever, investigates the dangers of a billionaire-driven tomorrow, in which trillions of humans live in space, served by AI.
www.sciencenews.org
April 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I've been waiting for @adambecker.bsky.social's book "More Everything Forever" to come out for YEARS. Unfortunately its release has the best/worst possible timing. Go read it, be horrified, get motivated.
www.sciencenews.org/article/more...
www.sciencenews.org/article/more...
Always proud to be a Brown graduate. #EverTrue www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Always proud to be a Brown graduate. #EverTrue www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
I was in third grade the last time the U.S. tested a nuclear weapon. When I heard from nuclear policy experts that a resumption of testing could be on the horizon, I wanted to understand what that would mean, and if there was any scientific basis for testing. www.sciencenews.org/article/nucl...
Calls to restart nuclear weapons tests stir dismay and debate among scientists
Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.
www.sciencenews.org
March 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I was in third grade the last time the U.S. tested a nuclear weapon. When I heard from nuclear policy experts that a resumption of testing could be on the horizon, I wanted to understand what that would mean, and if there was any scientific basis for testing. www.sciencenews.org/article/nucl...
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I wouldn’t call myself a physics person, but dang, this story about the controversy over Microsoft’s qubits chip claim kept me on the edge of my seat. By @econover.bsky.social
www.sciencenews.org/article/micr...
www.sciencenews.org/article/micr...
Physicists are mostly unconvinced by Microsoft’s new topological quantum chip
Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.
www.sciencenews.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I wouldn’t call myself a physics person, but dang, this story about the controversy over Microsoft’s qubits chip claim kept me on the edge of my seat. By @econover.bsky.social
www.sciencenews.org/article/micr...
www.sciencenews.org/article/micr...
A truer statement has never been said.
March 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A truer statement has never been said.
Standing ovation for federal employees at #apssummit25 Protecting Science town hall
March 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Standing ovation for federal employees at #apssummit25 Protecting Science town hall
Hints of varying dark energy persist! My story on the new DESI result at #apssummit25 www.sciencenews.org/article/map-...
A map of 14 million galaxies and quasars deepens a dark energy mystery
The DESI experiment shocked cosmologists with a hint that dark energy varies over time. Now, with more data, the conclusions hold up.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hints of varying dark energy persist! My story on the new DESI result at #apssummit25 www.sciencenews.org/article/map-...
I'm on my way to #apssummit25 and it seems like half my flight is too! I'm giving an invited talk on misinformation and disinformation and science communication. I'll be participating in the proud tradition of preparing my talk on the airplane. summit.aps.org/events/MAR-W12
Science Communication in an Age of Misinformation and Disinformation
8:00 am – 10:24 am, Friday March 21, Session MAR-W12, Anaheim Convention Center, 156 (Level 1)
summit.aps.org
March 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm on my way to #apssummit25 and it seems like half my flight is too! I'm giving an invited talk on misinformation and disinformation and science communication. I'll be participating in the proud tradition of preparing my talk on the airplane. summit.aps.org/events/MAR-W12
Reposted by Emily Conover
More of us are here now so it's time for a starter pack of Science News & Science News Explores journalists 🧪
Covering what's new, what's important and what's amazing about science (since 1921!), for adults and kids
go.bsky.app/2toDaa8
Covering what's new, what's important and what's amazing about science (since 1921!), for adults and kids
go.bsky.app/2toDaa8
March 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
More of us are here now so it's time for a starter pack of Science News & Science News Explores journalists 🧪
Covering what's new, what's important and what's amazing about science (since 1921!), for adults and kids
go.bsky.app/2toDaa8
Covering what's new, what's important and what's amazing about science (since 1921!), for adults and kids
go.bsky.app/2toDaa8
Science News and I both got a redesign at the same time! (New magazine and new glasses!)
January 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Science News and I both got a redesign at the same time! (New magazine and new glasses!)
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Nice article by @econover.bsky.social gotta say that scientists actually build way cooler looking things than what you see in movies
January 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Nice article by @econover.bsky.social gotta say that scientists actually build way cooler looking things than what you see in movies
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Human astronaut destination: TK
Mars sample return: TK
General state of space science: TK
Continued ability to observe the night sky: TK
“If I have one thing to say, everything is unclear,” says political scientist Victoria Samson.
www.sciencenews.org/article/spac...
Mars sample return: TK
General state of space science: TK
Continued ability to observe the night sky: TK
“If I have one thing to say, everything is unclear,” says political scientist Victoria Samson.
www.sciencenews.org/article/spac...
What will space exploration look like under Trump?
A lot is unknown, but the roles of billionaires like Elon Musk and Jared Isaacman suggests a focus on human and private spaceflight.
www.sciencenews.org
December 18, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Human astronaut destination: TK
Mars sample return: TK
General state of space science: TK
Continued ability to observe the night sky: TK
“If I have one thing to say, everything is unclear,” says political scientist Victoria Samson.
www.sciencenews.org/article/spac...
Mars sample return: TK
General state of space science: TK
Continued ability to observe the night sky: TK
“If I have one thing to say, everything is unclear,” says political scientist Victoria Samson.
www.sciencenews.org/article/spac...
What's the science behind the phenomenon that writing on a train is 1000x easier than writing in an office?
November 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
What's the science behind the phenomenon that writing on a train is 1000x easier than writing in an office?
You know a piece of mail is gonna be good if it comes in a ripped manilla envelope and for no discernible reason your name is followed by the phrase "[LightPhoton]."
November 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
You know a piece of mail is gonna be good if it comes in a ripped manilla envelope and for no discernible reason your name is followed by the phrase "[LightPhoton]."