Chris Gorski

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I see six seasons of it on Pluto (and the terrific champions set is there too) Are you finding more seasons somewhere else?

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At MAHA Summit, the NIH head pushes for research that risks failure And 4 other takeaways for life scientists from the ‘off-the-record’ Make America Healthy Again conference

So, remember that MAHA summit 2 weeks ago that @statnews.com broke the news of and @maxkozlov.bsky.social somehow got into for Nature, even though it was closed to the press?

The organizers posted the entire 6.5-hour conference proceedings to YouTube last week.

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I remember these quite fondly. Can’t believe they were supposed to be healthy!

I’ve got both of those! Well, got one for my son.

Love it when I look at a list of important tasks I jotted on a post-it note. Item 4 full text: "Think about this"

Super helpful past Chris. Well done.

#chemsky, what made you want to be a chemist? How did you overcome a difficult obstacle? What did it feel like to solve a problem you'd been working on for years? I'm editing this series about how life and chemistry interact. Reach me at c_gorski@acs.org, or encrypted at contactcen@protonmail.com

Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review DECATUR, IL—A three-member panel of 10-year-old Michael Nogroski’s fellow classmates at Nathaniel Macon Elementary School unanimously agreed Tuesday that his 327-word essay "Otters" did not meet the r...

Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review

The fine print on this entry is interesting: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License." grokipedia.com/page/Heterog...
It looks a lot like a copy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterog...

Working on this with Victor for @cenmag.bsky.social was fascinating

If you have a story to share, please DM me here, email me at c_gorski@acs.org, or reach us securely at contactcen@protonmail.com (5/5)

Does anyone else on #chemsky have a story to share about what inspired you to work in chemistry? Of another experience that you'd like to share? Was it a book, movie, or other piece of art? At @cenmag.bsky.social we'd like to hear more of your stories about the people behind the science. 4/5

The novel is still inspiring new adaptations. Victor hasn't really enjoyed any of the previous adaptations, but I'm fascinated by his description of why the book is so much richer than any of the movies that have come out thus far. (He hasn't seen the new Guillermo del Toro movie.) 3/5

The novel's remarkable scope covers so many issues so brilliantly that it's mind boggling to think it was a first novel, written more than 200 years ago, and came out of a contest among friends. It's remarkable that this great art lives on, not just as an inspirational touchstone for Victor(2/5)...

My Chemical Story: How ‘Frankenstein’ made me want to be a scientist The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen

Reading Frankenstein made him want to be a chemist!?! At this year's ACS fall meeting, Victor Olet said this and caught the attention of several of our editors. What a thrill to work with him on this piece about what he's gained by reading the book 25 times cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

Two books side by side, the Penguin book of Brexit Cartoons is on the left and project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is on the right

Very happy about today’s little library findings

Annie! Cool story. Hi!

Spooky will-o’-the-wisps finally explained A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries

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At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social

My Chemical Story: How ‘Frankenstein’ made me want to be a scientist The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen

Reading the novel ‘Frankenstein’ made Victor Olet want to be a scientist working in this was so much fun cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...

Some art has perfect moments and that’s amazing.

I love this way of thinking about the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I think of the 4th season of “the bear” as having such ordinary moments. It also excels at showing people loving their work and struggling with their boundaries. Not every scene can be so moving, they just have to push ahead

I’m at the Baltimore comic con today in a session about the logistics of making a comic. So much of this guidance is applicable for science journalism too. Timelines, what to do first, etc

Trump administration reverses course on shutdown layoffs at CDC More than half of the approximately 1,300 reduction-in-force notices sent to the agency's employees on Oct. 10 were in error, the Department of Health and Human Services determined as it reinstated st...

Several employees at the CDC’s Office of Science Quality and Library Services, for example, remain RIF’d. Without those clearances, “CDC can’t publish any scientific documents,” says a recently RIF’d CDC employee. cen.acs.org/policy/regul...

I was injected with dengue virus to learn about clinical trials I became a test subject in a clinical trial for a new dengue treatment. Here’s what I discovered

In need of a weekend read? May I recommend Max's latest

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This MOF is hot to go A ZnH-studded material that works at high temperatures could snatch CO₂ from industrial exhaust

We agree (research news from last year) cen.acs.org/materials/me...

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

MOFs are pretty darn cool. Here's our story, in @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

Kitagawa rides the train and uses the time to revise manuscripts "Many professors like driving, but I think driving is a waste of time. Everyday there are traffic jams, and you get nothing to do but to listen to music, that’s too bad."

This interview!--"50 is a magic age. Before my age of 50s, my research was not recognized in all the areas of chemistry, and I did not even receive any big research funds... when I was 46, I published the first paper on robust MOF . After my age of 50s, I received quite a lot of research funding."