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A curated selection of out-of-context nonsense spoken and Slacked by the newsroom of scientists and science-adjacent punks at @cenmag.bsky.social. Any views expressed are those of a couple of chaos muppets on the science team, not our employer.

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Curious if you think we've now got a sufficient tie for referencing Cher
in the lede

06.03.2026 18:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm a little distracted by scone-y things

06.03.2026 15:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MILFs (Macromolecules I'd Like to Find)

04.03.2026 19:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Quiz: C&EN’s periodic table challenge Can you remember all 118 elements in the periodic table without looking at the answers?

I named 28/118 elements in the Periodic Table Minute Challenge on C&EN! Can you beat my score? cen.acs.org/education/sc...

02.03.2026 16:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

If I get stranded in Switzerland, then I'm stranded in Switzerland

02.03.2026 16:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I haven't solved the epistemic crisis since we last talked, unfortunately

27.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I feel like we should all cogitate more.

27.02.2026 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I refuse to celebrate pi day until there's a Euler's number day.

26.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Coming out of the field and I've been doing just fine

23.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cause I'm Mr Rice Guy...

23.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Rice is one of my favorite grains

23.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's an outright maybe.

20.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't have any restaurant reviews to offer. I also don't have 3000 words to offer.

18.02.2026 17:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If there's anything the internet loves, it's debating whether something is a sandwich.

18.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think we need to make cow tipping popular again

17.02.2026 17:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

there are so many ways you can kill people

17.02.2026 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Righteous Buffalonian anger

16.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Mike and google trends!

12.02.2026 20:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Craig's webcam is doing some crazy disco thing

12.02.2026 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's no contrabassoon.

10.02.2026 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Joining the deep sigh of existential... whatever

10.02.2026 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chemistry gives Winter Olympic athletes an edge on the snow and ice From high-tech gear to PFAS-free waxes and precision ice making, materials and chemistry advances define the Milan Cortina games

I'm just back from a ski holiday in time for Prachi's excellent look at some of the new chemistry behind this month's #olympics, including ski wax drama and some sexy carbon fibre skimo boots 🧪⚗️⛷️

cen.acs.org/physical-che...

04.02.2026 09:02 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

It's at the intersection of chemistry and physics. Which some might call physical chemistry.

04.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can anyone for real remind me why mirror cows are scary

04.02.2026 17:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

did i hear science funding?

04.02.2026 15:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Does he contribute to the rubber duck race

03.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wouldn't give glue to a turtle

30.01.2026 16:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today is so unfortunately worded

30.01.2026 16:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Someone ask Mike if we can put poop in a headline

30.01.2026 16:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are you an AI? Because you're hallucinating proteins

23.01.2026 20:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0