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The silk in spiderwebs moves with sounds—and is inspiring a new kind of microphone that could work better and be smaller. That story and more of the best in Science and science in today's #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🕷🕸

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"I asked her why, as a scientist who was trained to ask questions, she hadn’t been more skeptical of claims that PFOS was harmless. In the awkward silence that followed, I looked out the window at some hummingbirds." Incredible story by Sharon Lerner www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safewww.propublica.org Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

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I have gotten a few questions about how to donate to student journalism outlets without supporting Columbia itself. The Columbia Spectator is an independent nonprofit with zero financial ties to the university, if you want to kick them some money.

General Donation — Spectator Publishing Companywww.specpublishing.com

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"Merely plant trees, and [you get] a tree plantation, not a forest. Bringing back a [real] forest is a much different endeavor. It’s more about restoring relationships." Lovely piece on Daniel Janzen's pioneering ecological restoration work in Costa Rica. 🌎 www.theverge.com/24137380/for...

They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hitwww.theverge.com “This is what gives me hope.”

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what if the box is giving itself a pep talk

I am trying Mr. Box.

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looks like a wonderful resource for teaching science communication rdcu.be/dFXGg

A guide to science communication training for doctoral studentsrdcu.be Nature Neuroscience - Effective science communication is necessary for engaging the public in scientific discourse and ensuring equitable access to knowledge. Training doctoral students in science...

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Can’t stress how amazing this feed of all gift links/gift articles shared on Bluesky is. It’s largely the best of the stuff in traditional papers without the bullshit and fluff, shared by people who liked it enough to pay for it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Gift Links/Gift Articles

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‘Boeing’s pivot from quality manufacturing to streamlined plane-building for the sake of profit led to a series of fatal crashes. Former whistleblower John Barnett, who worked in quality control, sought to hold the company accountable.’

Suicide Missiont.co What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane

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"Bottom line up front: available evidence strongly indicates that famine is getting underway in Gaza. The window to 'avert' it has closed, and the focus must now pivot to containing the damage." Famine in Gaza is a choice made in Jerusalem and enabled in Washington.

Gaza's Famine is Underwaywww.justsecurity.org Unfettered humanitarian relief can mitigate a famine death toll in the tens of thousands.

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the really disheartening thing about the prevalence of scams is that instead of talking about it like a public policy problem, we all act like it’s on every grandma to stay vigilant

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I found it hard to believe this was real. But here is a gift link so people can see for themsevles. wapo.st/42CT5Se Even before this war, most children in Gaza were undernourished.

Young Israelis block aid to Gaza while IDF soldiers stand and watchwapo.st Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel to ensure the passage of aid into Gaza. But there’s no apparent effort to stop protesters from shutting down a key crossing.

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A while back @mikecaulfield.bsky.social spoke to me about a v smart theory he had. It helps explain how we get shit like 'DEI Made Airplanes Unsafe' and why discourse is so exhausting/poisoned. His theory is that we live in The Age of Evidence Maximalism, where Everything is Evidence. (gift link!)

Gift Article: A Simple Theory for Why the Internet Is So Conspiratorialwww.theatlantic.com Welcome to the era of “evidence maximalism.”

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My new paper is out now in PNAS Nexus. We found that perceived experts were a sizable group within an anti-vaccine community on Twitter, and they were significantly more influential than other users in the community. 🧵SciSky MedSky academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Perceived experts are prevalent and influential within an antivaccine community on Twitteracademic.oup.com Abstract. Perceived experts (i.e. medical professionals and biomedical scientists) are trusted sources of medical information who are especially effective at en

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New philosophical text from the ancient world (not an everyday thing)

First passages of rolled-up Herculaneum scroll revealedwww.nature.com Researchers used artificial intelligence to decipher the text of 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scripts, unveiling musings on music and capers. Researchers used artificial intelligence to decipher the...

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Allen's hummingbird. You might have to view this one large. 🪶

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