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Dan Fagin

@danfagin.bsky.social

Professing science journalism, directing NYU's SHERP. 62-time loser, 1-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Probably off chasing 🦋 somewhere.

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Living on Earth@livingonearthradio.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Monarch butterflies can travel thousands of miles each year using the sun and Earth's magnetic field to navigate. @danfagin.bsky.social speaks on how tiny Bluetooth trackers are giving us a new glimpse into these epic journeys. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Living on Earth: Bluetooth Butterfly Tracking

Monarch butterflies can travel thousands of miles each year between Mexico and North America in an epic relay race of multiple generations. And thanks to new technology, our phones and other Bluetooth...

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Dan Fagin@danfagin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey, it’s the mako shark specimen at the American Museum of Natural History that inspired you-know-what! No it wasn’t a great white, it was a mako caught in New Zealand in 1939.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 9mo ago

For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys. It could provide crucial insights into the life cycles of hundreds of flying insects at a time when many are in steep decline.

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.

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Alex Lando@alexlando.bsky.social · last yr.

Went to a science journalism talk from @danfagin.bsky.social, who shared this mind-blowing idea: people are not irrational for ignoring scientific evidence, they're being TOO rational. They recognize that the social cost of going against their "tribe" is just not worth what they gain from the truth.

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Dan Fagin@danfagin.bsky.social · 2y ago

2nd inaugurals then & now: "With malice toward none with charity for all with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds." "We are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."

Ferris Jabr@ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 2y ago

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep WaterA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof BeatsA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our MoonA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember
Scienceline@scienceline.org · 2y ago

How well do you know the depths of New York City? Dive deep in Scienceline's latest Special Project: NYC Under the Surface scienceline.org/special-proj... #nyc #sciencejournalism #sciencenews #healthnews #environmentnews

NYC Under the Surface - Scienceline

Plunge into the depths and peel back the surface hiding the city’s secrets: mussels of Newtown Creek, the National Guard stationed in subways, the beavers of Astor Place — and more! Click the icons to...

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Dan Fagin@danfagin.bsky.social · 2y ago

Bear with me, it's a thread... Long before Senator Harris of California, there was another Senator Harris who ALSO ran twice for president: Oklahoma's own Fred Harris. He was a very interesting guy -- a liberal(ish) populist who managed to be elected twice to the Senate from an arch-conservative...