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Christie Wilcox
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Editor of Science’s award-winning newsletter, ScienceAdviser | journalist | author | nerd | mom (not in that order)
Anyone else hear "boop" every time this finger presses on this transistor? Or is it just me? Maybe it's just me... Anyhow, the story of this video and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A new technology allows researchers to glue down extracellular vesicles in precise patterns—allowing them to study how other cells respond to these packages alone. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Is this wolf using a tool to get a seafood snack? Or does it not count, because the animal didn't construct the trap itself? @phiejacobs.bsky.social dives into that debate, plus more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you've ever crunched wintergreen life savers in the dark to see flashes of light, you already know about mechanoluminescence. Some materials work similarly that aren't crystals. That and more from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti...
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This stop-motion video made from 7 years of pictures of the young star IM Lup is the first of a star’s disk winding up to form planets. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
September 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Awkward as it might look, sideways locomotion might have fueled the diversification of crabs and allowed them to conquer new habitats. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Where have all the wildebeests gone? A new AI analysis suggests half as many animals as previous counts. That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
September 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This footage of a teeny hydra was taken with a microscope that's about the size of a grape. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bubbles can be pretty powerful—potent enough to propel this little bot more than a meter into the air! That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
September 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I feel like this beautiful bot needs the right symphony accompanying it. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
August 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM