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May 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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While Ukraine is resisting Russia's invasion, on the frontlines, doctors and scientists are fighting another war, one against antibiotic-resistant "superbugs".

Grantee @richardastone.bsky.social spoke with those containing the deadly bacteria.

Story for @knowablemag.bsky.social. bit.ly/47phkY7
The Pernicious Infections Infiltrating Ukraine’s Front Lines
Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door. The Pulitzer...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A hopeful EV story from @knowablemag.bsky.social
Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer
Will your next EV have a solid-state battery — and improved performance?

Superionic materials have spawned hope for a new generation of power packs for electric cars, with a promise of greater range, faster charges and more safety. But scaling up won’t be easy.

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October 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer
Will your next EV have a solid-state battery — and improved performance?

Superionic materials have spawned hope for a new generation of power packs for electric cars, with a promise of greater range, faster charges and more safety. But scaling up won’t be easy.

Our recent article, @yahoonews.com👇
Will your next EV have a solid-state battery — and improved performance?
Superionic materials have spawned hope for a new generation of power packs for electric cars, with a promise of greater range, faster charges and more safety. But scaling up won’t be easy.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fascinating and important look at the other arms race in Ukraine — a battle against multi-drug resistant infections on the front. @knowablemag.bsky.social story by the inimitable @richardastone.bsky.social, edited by @rosiemestel.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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“When an animal’s biological age runs higher than its chronological one, it can signal physiological strain — a kind of molecular distress flare that may go off before any other visible signs of problems.”

Highlighting research in Canada too.
🧪 #Canada #Stress
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The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help save wildlife from collapse
In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk
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September 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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You can read this 2019 piece of mine examining research@ the time, which hasn't changed much since.

I'll add that "environment" doesn't just mean *waves hands* the air or uterus or food or medications. It also involves the influence of your own *gene products*

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The quest for autism’s causes, and what it reveals about all of us
The more researchers look, the more multifaceted the risk factors appear — and the more we learn about how the brain works and develops
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September 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Friday afternoon after a long week: cave-dwelling lifestyle sounding appealing? Dr. Misty Riddle interview may be of interest!

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How the cavefish lost its eyes — again and again
Mexican tetras that got swept into pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. They lost their eyes in multiple ways — and gained some nifty traits too.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
When someone does something you don't like, what do you do? Call the cops? Complain on your local listserv? Keep silent? The impulse to tell is deeply human, but deciding to do it it is far from straightforward. A pleasure to edit this story by Emily Laber-Warren for @knowablemag.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Pollen power is nothing to 🤧 at
August 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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July 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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“With huh?  you say not just ‘I didn’t understand,’ says Dingemanse. It’s ‘I understand you’re trying to tell me something, but I didn’t get it.’ That reflexivity enables more sophisticated speech and thought." —Bob Holmes for @knowablemag.bsky.social

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Huh? The valuable role of interjections
Utterances like um, wow and mm-hmm aren’t garbage — they keep conversations flowing
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April 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A fun little article about thermogenesis in plants that I am happy to have been interviewed for. I love talking about Cycads to anyone who will listen! Thanks @knowablemag.bsky.social
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Rotten tricks: How hot and stinky plants woo pollinators
To attract insects, thermogenic plants turn up the heat, emit strong odors and even disguise themselves as corpses
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April 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The connection between stress and cancer is messy, the research difficult to do. But a clearer picture is emerging, which this @knowablemag.bsky.social story by @dianakwon.bsky.social. conveys with grace and restraint! I learned a lot, editing her story.
April 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Stunning job on this exhaustively reported story by Amber Dance, edited by @rosiemestel.bsky.social. It's full of important info but reads like a thriller.
How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way for the outbreak we’re seeing today.

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April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Understanding these astonishing migrations through the human body, known as metastases, could suggest novel treatments.

✍️ Amber Dance

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How cancer cells travel to new tissues and take hold
Understanding these astonishing migrations through the human body, known as metastases, could suggest novel treatments
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March 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Huh? Hm? What? Wow! Our recent story, "The valuable role of interjections" is now available in podcast form 🎙️

🎧 Listen now on the Grammar Girl podcast 👇
Have you ever wondered about things we say that hardly even seem like words, like "huh" and "mm-hmm"?

Classified as interjections, they have hidden power — helping us negotiate meaning and keep conversations flowing. 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM