"I don't think I really knew that it was going to work until it was done" We spoke to @robertakwok.bsky.social about her excellent book "Lost in Curiosity," the messy middle of science, and her A+ recommended reading! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/roberta-kw...

"Seeing how difficult science is was illuminating"

Talking to Roberta Kwok about the research behind the headlines.

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Curious synchronicity! Rebecca wrote BY THE FIRE WE CARRY (CUR007) and the work of Navajo scientist Jani Ingram is the focus of chapter 8 of @robertakwok.bsky.social’s LOST IN CURIOSITY (CUR028) We love to see it!

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A Navajo professor and her students have spent years driving across the reservation testing wells & made a free map so families can find clean water. www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...

In today’s article, spend A Day in the Life of freelance science writer @robertakwok.bsky.social! Between promoting her new book, Lost in Curiosity, communications work, and prepping to teach a workshop, there’s a lot to glean from her current day-to-day. www.theopennotebook.com/2026/09/15/a...

A Day in the Life of Roberta Kwok - The Open Notebook

Roberta Kwok is the author of Lost in Curiosity: Field Notes From Scientists' Adventures into the Unknown, published July 2026. She’s a freelance science writer and former MIT Knight Science…

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Writers & artists, I'm teaching my next investing and retirement planning workshop for creative professionals this fall! Early bird rate ends Oct 8. We'll cover investing 101, asset allocation, retirement accounts, nest egg targets, Social Security, and more. www.robertakwok.com/teaching

The messy business of making science happen: I review Roberta Kwok's (@robertakwok.bsky.social) “Lost in Curiosity” for @undark.org: #science #books undark.org/2026/09/04/b...

Book Review: The Messy Business of Making Science Happen

Roberta Kwok’s “Lost in Curiosity” makes the case for luck and hard work over eureka moments in advancing science.

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great advice from @lhertzel.bsky.social on how to market your book! 💙📚 lauriehertzel.substack.com/p/on-the-roa...

On the road, again and again

How do you get the word out about your book when there are almost no more newspaper reviews?

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It was a treat to revisit some old favorites in this @wsj.com column about books exploring the human side of science. Any others I should add to my TBR? www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Five Best Books on the Human Side of Science

The author of “Lost in Curiosity” on tales of lab mishaps, fieldwork adventures and personal sacrifices in the pursuit of good data.

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Caregivers of kids and adults: At @sciencewriters.org #SciWri26 come listen to @kellydchandler.bsky.social of @oregonstate.edu talk work-family integration. I'll be there with @sarahderouin.com @elandhuis.bsky.social. Early registration rates end tomorrow! sciencewriters2026.org/register/

Insanely good deal on a very cool book. Worth picking up at full price so this is a no brainer

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 4w ago

A short thought in my newsletter: "Remember that one of the things authoritarianism and fascism do to us is try to convince us that facts don’t matter, that words don’t have tangible and material meaning, and that because the people in charge don’t respect facts, neither should we. Don’t give in."

Because I suck at social media, I have completely neglected to post about my July and August columns with @msmagazine.com. July incl. books by @samanthapinto.bsky.social, @robertakwok.bsky.social, Red Jordan Arobateau, Natalie Moss, Edna Bonhomme, and more. msmagazine.com/2026/07/01/b...

July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us

Each month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I wan...

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Do you want to write a story about volcanoes that changed history? the editor asked. Why yes. Yes, I do. My piece in @knowablemag.bsky.social on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days that can transpire after an eruption: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... 🧪🌋

Volcanoes that made history

Long after the lava stopped flowing, enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe

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Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!

Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Had a great time chatting with endlessly curious host Edgar B. Herwick III on WGBH's (appropriately-named) The Curiosity Desk! www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the...

What Comes Before Eureka?

August 6, 2026First up, with all this fervor around the spike in lion’s mane jellyfish sightings off the coast of Massachusetts, GBH’s Craig LeMoult set out to learn about the jellies with experts at ...

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On the Talk Nerdy podcast, I chatted with Dr. Cara Santa Maria about moments of frustration in the field, my realization that I didn't want to do a PhD program, and how narrative is inherent to the scientific process. A fun and wide-ranging conversation! www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/robe...

Hey! My new book, A Brief History of the End of the Universe and Everything in It, joins the world on Jan. 19, 2027. It's decomposition writ large, from cell decay to the end of the universe. Available to preorder! Here's the cover and a link to the book trailer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9RM...

Registration is now up for the @sciencewriters.org annual meeting. I'll be moderating a panel on AI and fielding pitches at the pitch slam. Hope you see you there! sciencewriters2026.org

This is the highest-resolution view of the surface of the Sun. Ever. Taken by the NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, features as small as 19 km across can be resolved. The wispy things are magnetic field boundaries formed by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. The island of Ireland for scale.

Excited to share Lost in Curiosity with the Curious Reading Club! Book club founder Bobbie Johnson writes that while most science books focus on big results, Lost in Curiosity "does precisely the opposite, in a fascinating and exciting way."

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Our book of the month for August is @robertakwok.bsky.social’s brand new “Lost in Curiosity”—a collection of surprising, sharp portraits of researchers at work. It’s pop science that avoids the typical pop science narrative. Sign up to get your copy now! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur028-ann...

Seattle, I'll be giving a book talk at Smarty Pints (science + beer) at the Burke-Gilman Brewing Company on August 17! UW physicist Meg Wynne will also talk about neutrinos and the origins of the universe. Details: www.burkegilmanbrewing.com/smarty-pints About the book: www.robertakwok.com/book

On Emerging Form, I discuss an extremely serious craft question: Should I or should I not have started my book with an F-bomb? @cragcrest.bsky.social weighs in emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-16... (bonus episode for subscribers)

Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on Finding Her Book's Perfect (and Risky) Opening Paragraph

“I did go through kind of an existential crisis at one point,” says science writer Roberta Kwok, talking about the decision she made when writing the first paragraph of her book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Fi...

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Survey alert! Are you a journalist who covers science, health, or environmental issues? If so, @fleerackers.bsky.social wants to hear from you to learn about how open peer review can help your reporting process. Complete the 5-minute survey:

Science Journalism and Open Peer Review

Are you a journalist who reports on health, science, or climate/environmental issues? We welcome you to fill out this 5-min survey about your perceptions of peer review.

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We know you've been waiting for it, and here it is: the Bigfoot Kids Book Festival! 🌲 Join us for our 4th annual event Saturday, 10/10 from 10-4 at the Redmond Senior & Community Center. 50+ kids authors and illustrators this year (full list available at link in bio). Mark those calendars! #booksky

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Is Jimothy OK? A Creature Investigation | Defector

Jimothy crept into our lives like any good cryptid—as a blurry, scuttling thing. Kiana Hall, the Seattle local whose firsthand footage resulted in Jimothy’s newfound fame, first thought she had spotte...

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If you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is

Wonderful review of Lost in Curiosity in Science: "Young scientists’ passion and commitment take center stage in a moving portrait of research in action... Kwok brings readers to the wings of a play whose ending has not yet been written" www.science.org/doi/full/10.... by @vijee.bsky.social

Join us Wed (7/22) at 6:30 for an event with @robertakwok.bsky.social! 🌍 Her book LOST IN CURIOSITY will be available for purchase at the event. Preorder now! Link below. If you'd like us to have the book signed at our event, please note that in your order. See you Wednesday! #booksky

“I hope this book will find its way into your hands, and that you’ll soon be scribbling your own notes in the margins, adding to—maybe even arguing with—the annotations already there.” Read more from @siricarpenter.bsky.social in today's post: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/07/14/a...

It's pub day for Lost in Curiosity -- please re-post widely! "Lively and revelatory" (Elizabeth Kolbert), "beautifully written" (Alan Lightman), "an utter delight" (Sabrina Imbler), "the kind of trip you won't want to miss" (Deborah Blum) www.robertakwok.com/book

On Emerging Form, I chat with @cragcrest.bsky.social and Rosemerry about how my book title was almost Minutiae (yikes!), the role of goosebumps in reporting, and why walking did nothing to solve my creative problems (but unloading the dishwasher did). emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-16...

Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on the Slow Path to Epiphany

“The book is about the opposite of the eureka moment,” says science writer Roberta Kwok about her new book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes From Scientists’ Adventures into the Unknown. Join us in a co...

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