Chris Gorski

Bangkok garden in Bethesda

Journo request: I'm working on a story on life after a cancer diagnosis -- late effects of treatment, working with a PCP on specific health needs, and so on. Looking to speak with people with direct experience and doctors who can share their experience learning to provide care/ make decisions.

I feel like I know her better from this piece than from watching every episode she’s been in

Poutine is one of the great dishes out there, it’s just fantastic

Thanks so much, so glad you like it.

Really proud to be part of the team that put this together cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

The funds that fueled chemistry: A visual history Explore a visual tour through the history of chemistry research funding, from alchemy to AI

Early in 2025 we started talking about how our team @cenmag.bsky.social could present immersive scrolling stories. This story is what came out of those brainstorming sessions. We've told a broad story about how chemistry research has been funded over the centuries cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Am busy composing alt text for something I'm really excited about publishing next week: "On the left is a man wearing an apron. On the right is a many wearing a top hat and a coat with tails. He’s wearing a monocle and holding a cane."

Why yes, it is about chemistry.

Machi koro is a fun one — also love so many of the others mentioned here. Wingspan is fun and also beautiful

We have an VW Alltrack station wagon, if they listened to what I wanted they’d still sell those in the us. The buzz vans are so gorgeous, but that price!

Great advice applicable to far more than journalism

This essay is incredible. A drop everything and read this piece on learning and thinking

Please let me know if you find one!

Thanks

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

Wow!

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.

cen.acs.org/policy/MAHA-...

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