When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit.
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
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Finally deactivated my Twitter account, so maybe giving this thing another go?
Follow me for science, nature, cat pics, and scintillating observations like “I bought entire carton of purportedly raw eggs, and every single one was hard boiled.”
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turquoise alpine lake ringed with conifers and a hint of fall color
Not sure what to do with this platform, but hi, here's an alpine lake that made me happy last weekend.
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Retired writer of science who still does some freelance. Lover of science, dogs, long walks at the beach and mountains, all things nature, reading science-related books and mysteries and well-written novels. SCONC and NASW member.
Writer & illustrator The Atlantic, High Country News, Sierra etc. Edits at bioGraphic Magazine. Terra Affirma column at https://www.yesmagazine.org/authors/sarah-gilman Art at http://etsy.me/3llAmpO and https://www.instagram.com/hiddendrawerdesigns/
The friend you send bug pictures to. Also accepting dead-thing-on-beach pictures, dog pictures, and stories about your cats.
Features editor at National Geographic. Science journalist and proud WGAE member.
The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is an ambitious initiative to fast-track research improving quality of life for all — knightcampus.uoregon.edu
Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
Yukoner * freelance writer * book author * devoted servant to a retired sled dog
It's all about plants in the end
(and truffle diversity | soil carbon)
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#WomenInSTEM #botany #fungi #seeds
PhD from UOregon 🇺🇸
Postdoc at the Australian National Uni 🇦🇺
#MSCA postdoc UiBergen '26 🇳🇴
HilaryRoseDawson.wordpress.com
Award-winning journalist and fact-checker writing about ecology, adaptation, and health in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Read my work in Slate, Sierra, SciAm, Atmos and more.
📍Portland, OR
Science journalist covering health, biomedical research & more.
Past president of @ScienceWriters
I post my art & photos on Insta, write mini book reviews on facebook, and have gone silent on Twitter.
She/her, upstate New York.
Electrochemist at the University of Oregon and Director of the Electrochemistry Masters Internship Program. Leading a team researching electrochemical solutions for deep decarbonization.
kempler.uoregon.edu | electrochemistry.uoregon.edu/
Senior video journalist for the @washingtonpost.com, covering climate and the environment. Admirer of all landscapes and critters. Easily distracted by good light. Bay Area resident. Say hi: alice.li@washpost.com
science writer & communicator @ University of Oregon | covering biosciences, health, technology | ucla '23 microbio | uo '27 immersive media | she/her
Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/leilaokahata
Fighting for the free flow of science news since 1934. A 501(c)(6) professional membership organization.
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Nonprofit dedicated to science journalism: articles, tip sheets, courses, mentoring, workshops, pitch database, & more. Our book THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING: http://bit.ly/CoSWbook
Freelance Science Writer
(Old posts auto-delete)
Freelance reporter in Maine. Frequently chemistry. Formerly C&EN.
Co-founder, executive director, & EIC of
@theopennotebook.bsky.social, journalist & editor, @Sciencewriters.org past president. siricarpenter@theopennotebook.com. She/her.
former scientist of all kinds, now Senior Director of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program at University of Oregon
I mostly talk about parenting, pets, and food, but I amplify science and scientists I think are neat
[opinions are my own]
