Megha Satyanarayana

Kissing goes back 21.5 million years. How it originated remains a mystery Why the simple act of kissing—which can be traced back 21.5 million years—continues to confound evolutionary biologists

why do we kiss? idk but @sciam.bsky.social tries to find out. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Forget roses—name a roach after your valentine instead The Bronx Zoo is celebrating 15 years of its extremely popular Valentine’s Day “Name a Roach” program

"we met over our love of cockroaches, so naturally i wanted one named after me."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Algorithms are polarizing you. This AI tool could stop them Researchers used a browser extension to reorder people’s X feeds, reducing their polarizing effect

@sciam.bsky.social loves you so much it's telling you how to escape the rabbit hole for valentines day www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-t...

Epstein files show a complicated relationship with science and journalism Jeffrey Epstein aggressively sought access to publishers, mentions of Scientific American and other media in Department of Justice files show

epstein was enthralled with science and scientists...and getting published in science mags. nice work by @danvergano.bsky.social and ari sen for @sciam.bsky.social

www.scientificamerican.com/article/epst...

New study challenges an old assumption about autism diagnosis Boys are more likely to be diagnosed as autistic as children—but by adulthood, that trend changes, according to a new study in Sweden

interesting @sciam.bsky.social story about the childhood gap in autism diagnoses between girls and boys. www.scientificamerican.com/article/wome...

A bunch of incredibly talented journalists are being tossed aside and I want everyone at #WashingtonPost to know about @theopennotebook.bsky.social an incredible free resource for independent journalists. Provides databases of resources and connections to networks of editors and science journalists.

in the most hideously american work culture thinking...can someone please invent the work while sick desk? chair that converts to lounger, blanket that falls from a secret panel, automatic tea dispenser and special never ending tissue compartment? thanks

America has reached peak sauce, and some people won’t leave home without it Just how much do we love our sauces and condiments? We’re stashing them in purses, backpacks and glove compartments.

wapo should have interviewed me for this one. cholula and chapstick in purse, backpack, car, coat pocket when warranted

www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/01...

It’s official, 125 plants and 65 fungi were named NEW to science in 2025!

Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪

See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M

Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Why Does It Have So Much? Trump has cited Venezuela’s oil resources as motivation for capturing the nation’s leader—here’s the geology behind the news

hello. took a social break. back with this.

Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves. Here's a little bit on the geology that makes it so from @meghanbartels.bsky.social at @sciam.bsky.social

www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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Stories by Megha Satyanarayana Megha Satyanarayana is chief projects editor at Scientific American. She is a former scientist who has worked at several news outlets, including the Detroit Free Press and STAT. She was a Knight-Walla...

hi dani. i'm an editor at scientific american. here's a link to my work. can i post on the science feed? thanks. www.scientificamerican.com/author/megha...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

idk why we still fight about this. get your covid booster. it keeps you safer, it keeps me safer, it keeps people out of the hospital, it keeps kids in school.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

More context added. Enjoy will i go take a nap

i've written a few nobel prize stories in my career and honestly the worst part is waiting for western hemi people to wake up and check email/vm to sked interviews. trying europe but gahhhh. update soon, but for now appreciate the committee compared MOFs to Hermione's bag - small space max capacity

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...

Finally! After decades of also-runs, amazing molecular cages-which can do everything from trapping greenhouse gases to delivering and releasing drugs at specific parts of the body- won the Chemistry Nobel. Read @megha.bsky.social 's story, here, and watch for updates today.

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...

welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

the nobel prize for chemistry has gone to the folks who developed MOFs - metal organic frameworks. more to come

alright Texans, my first ever batch of @tacodeli.bsky.social doña salsa is underway as I prep for the #chemistry Nobel (this salsa is an emulsion, some maillard, some acidification, etc).
prepare yourself for max capsaicin/trpv-r action 🔥🌶️🌮

i'll be covering nobel chemistry on wednesday so hmu with all your coffee memes because it will be so so so early.

fun fact: i wrote about this topic and interviewed fred ramsdell years ago. really glad to see a discovery that could change so many lives get the nod.

cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

This year's #medicineNobel was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell & Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering why the body doesn't attack itself—key for organ transplants and autoimmune disease therapies. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

is it poss to be Taylor Swift’s loaf of bread for Halloween

Tylenol Is One of the Most Commonly Used Kids' Meds. Is It Safe? President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen

I wrote about what we know about the safety of Tylenol (acetaminophen) in kids (spoiler alert: it's fine): www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t... Thanks to @megha.bsky.social for editing

a little inadvertent body shaming/diet culture talk today at the dr and this is your and my daily reminder that “cute” is how you feel and not a body size or shape. yada yada ted talk yada

Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.

NEW: Neon, an app that pays you to record your calls so your audio can be used to train AI, and already rose to the top #5 free apps on Apple's App Store, has gone offline after a security lapse.

We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.

Drone Footage Reveals How History Became Habitat in the Potomac Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels

Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels

Join us at the Science Writers meeting in Chicago Nov. 7-9. ("Science" includes health, technology, environment or any scholarship, and "writers" includes any form of communication.) I'm running a session on advice columns with @megha.bsky.social, Hal Koss & Ismael Pérez sciencewriters2025.org

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Scientific American Volume 333, Issue 2 "New Treatments Can Free Kids from the Deadly Threat of Peanut Allergy", "What Happens When an Entire Scientific Field Changes Its Mind", "How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow" and more

hi @sciam.bsky.social fans. our september issue is pretty awesome. please read
* peanuts
* plastic eating microbiome
* puking spiders
* eeyore dogs
www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/202...