Kimberly Hickok

BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.

The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.

The recent #LAfires have caused a resurgence in concern, however, with Sestak and her colleagues receiving 42 requests for home assessments since January, compared with zero in the same period last year. 📷: @khickok.bsky.social

Read all about it at KneeDeep Times: https://buff.ly/3EW8m8Z
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Inside the CIA’s Clandestine Mission to Turn Psychics Into Government Spies During the height of the Cold War, the CIA ran tests on people with paranormal abilities in an effort to unlock top-secret intel on foreign targets.

hello hello! kind of forgot I had a bluesky account there for a min 😅 Here is a fun article I wrote recently for popular mechanics (apologies for the paywall 🙁)
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a605...

There is a huge gap between scientists and the public, but graduates of the Science Communication Masters Program at UCSC are working to bridge that gap. The... Science Communication Master's Program at UCSC

The UCSC Science Communication Program is now on BlueSky!

We're the world's leading science journalism training program. Our students work to bridge the gap between scientists and the public to create a better future for us all!

Click here to learn more 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbjg...

😂😂😂

Me: Definitely highlight your social media prowess on your resume, that's a HUGE sell right now.

Gen-Z students: I loathe social media and absolutely do not want that job.

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Colleagues, are you currently recruiting for your paid science writing internships coming this summer/fall? Consider tabling at our 2024 NASW Virtual Internship Fair! Details for recruiters and students here:

Read this compassionately informative piece: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NASA already sent human remains to the moon, then realized their mistake in not consulting Indigenous communities. And now two commercial companies tried to do the same (their spaceship is failing, so they won't make it), and NASA didn't speak up. What kind of message does this send?

UC Santa Cruz researchers build AI to prevent drownings In partnership with NOAA and funded by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, Alex Pang and his team are working on algorithms — sets of programmed instructions — that can monito...

Super cool and potentially life-saving AI technology for those of us who enjoy being in the ocean (but have no idea what a rip current looks like 🙈😬) 🌊🧪

bit.ly/3RkvPEz

It's a competitive bracket but for state birds

Here's something you can print out and fight with your family about this Thanksgiving:

The Ultimate State Bird Bracket

Dr. Michelle Wong Brings the Science of Skincare to New Audiences Misinformation about skincare runs rampant on social media. The chemist behind the Lab Muffin Beauty Science blog is here to clear things up.

I’m really excited to be working on a series of profiles of women in science for Wired, and the first one is up.

Beauty science is underrated, and I so appreciate Michelle Wong for her beauty science breakdowns. Scicomm on social media is hard and she does it SO WELL: www.wired.com/story/women-...

"Don't engage, just block," to trolls, sea lions, bigots and anyone else whose purpose on the site appears to be to make others as unhappy as they are. Also, you don't have to wait for these folks to be unpleasant to you directly; when you see them treat others terribly, that's when to cut them out.

Lol glad I'm not alone!

Everyone I've emailed today has responded SO FAST and so POLITELY. This is amazing, but...what is going on?!?!?!

Thank you/Shout out to @katetravis.bsky.social, @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social, @smjyoti.bsky.social, @neeldhan.bsky.social, and @deborahb.bsky.social for putting together this super informative webinar and taking amazing notes 💕🙏
Such a wonderful resource for #sciencejournalists!

Can we fit the universe in a box? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a computer answer all of the biggest questions in the universe?

Wouldn’t it be amazing if a computer could just answer all of the biggest questions in the universe?
No no, not like ChatGPT – I'm talking about simulating the ENTIRE FREAKIN' UNIVERSE.
Yeah, we'll prob never be able to do that, but scientists are talking about it...👀
bit.ly/47q9FWQ