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Emily Conover

@econover.bsky.social

Physics reporter at Science News magazine "Absolutely the best journalist to talk to about neutrinos." she/her

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Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first nuclear clocks are here! Two teams report clocks made from atomic nuclei. Such clocks could one day break records for timekeeping precision, and perform new types of physics tests. One already looked for dark matter. My story @sciencenews.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/nucl...

Clocks made from an atomic nucleus just ticked on for the first time

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding the hunt for dark matter.

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Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In my previous reporting on measurements of the size of the proton, one of the main arguments I heard for why we should care is that we need to know the proton's radius to test the standard model. Well, here we go: www.sciencenews.org/article/prot...

A precise proton measurement helps put a core theory of physics to the test

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

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The NewsGuild-CWA@newsguild.org · 7mo ago

NEW: After 625 days of negotiations, workers at Science News (@sn-media-guild.bsky.social) have voted to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement!✊ newsguild.org/science-news...

Science News Media Guild ratifies first contract, securing major gains in pay and leave | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

Science News Media Guild, workers who publish Science News and Science News Explores, have voted to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement.

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Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Annotating Trump's statement on nuclear weapons. (My comments in []): Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. [No it doesn’t.]This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. [No it wasn’t.]

Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · last yr.

Wow. "the agency intends to wind down one of the sites for the celebrated Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).... NSF had previously planned to upgrade LIGO’s facilities and the two sites are both needed to localize the celestial sources of the waves."

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

President Donald Trump today fleshed out his vision for a previously proposed 56% cut in the $9 billion budget of the National Science Foundation, and it’s not a pretty sight. scim.ag/3HhGa1D

Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · last yr.

I only just started reading this book and it's already reshaping how I think about all kinds of stuff. It's a truly bonkers future that some of the most powerful people in tech are envisioning.

Lisa Grossman@astrolisa.bsky.social · last yr.

I've been waiting for @adambecker.bsky.social's book "More Everything Forever" to come out for YEARS. Unfortunately its release has the best/worst possible timing. Go read it, be horrified, get motivated. www.sciencenews.org/article/more...

Lisa Grossman@astrolisa.bsky.social · last yr.

I've been waiting for @adambecker.bsky.social's book "More Everything Forever" to come out for YEARS. Unfortunately its release has the best/worst possible timing. Go read it, be horrified, get motivated. www.sciencenews.org/article/more...

Tech billionaires’ vision of an AI-dominated future is flawed — and dangerous

Adam Becker’s new book, More Everything Forever, investigates the dangers of a billionaire-driven tomorrow, in which trillions of humans live in space, served by AI.

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Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · last yr.

I was in third grade the last time the U.S. tested a nuclear weapon. When I heard from nuclear policy experts that a resumption of testing could be on the horizon, I wanted to understand what that would mean, and if there was any scientific basis for testing. www.sciencenews.org/article/nucl...

Calls to restart nuclear weapons tests stir dismay and debate among scientists

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

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Meghan Rosen@megrosen.bsky.social · last yr.

I wouldn’t call myself a physics person, but dang, this story about the controversy over Microsoft’s qubits chip claim kept me on the edge of my seat. By @econover.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/micr...

Physicists are mostly unconvinced by Microsoft’s new topological quantum chip

Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.

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Emily Conover@econover.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm on my way to #apssummit25 and it seems like half my flight is too! I'm giving an invited talk on misinformation and disinformation and science communication. I'll be participating in the proud tradition of preparing my talk on the airplane. summit.aps.org/events/MAR-W12

Science Communication in an Age of Misinformation and Disinformation

8:00 am – 10:24 am, Friday March 21, Session MAR-W12, Anaheim Convention Center, 156 (Level 1)

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Lisa Grossman@astrolisa.bsky.social · 2y ago

Human astronaut destination: TK Mars sample return: TK General state of space science: TK Continued ability to observe the night sky: TK “If I have one thing to say, everything is unclear,” says political scientist Victoria Samson. www.sciencenews.org/article/spac...

What will space exploration look like under Trump?

A lot is unknown, but the roles of billionaires like Elon Musk and Jared Isaacman suggests a focus on human and private spaceflight.

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