Katie Fleeman
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Audience engagement at @knowablemag.bsky.social, Katina Magazine, @chashub.bsky.social and the @annualreviews.bsky.social group | Cat mom to the Little Ray
🍫 Hungry for some new bites of chocolate science? Take a look at our latest, by Georgia Michelman: knowmag.org/4q0vAyg
How scientists are perfecting chocolate
Researchers are probing cocoa’s confections to better understand flavor, crystals and bloom
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“The problem is that automation is really reliable, and there’s not much to do. The brain isn’t engaged in the task. And it’s difficult to pay attention, to acquire information, to understand what’s happening, if you’re not mentally engaged in the task.” — Ron McLeod via @knowablemag.bsky.social
Who’s in charge? The fraught union of automation and human behavior
As more and more tasks are done by machines — especially now, with AI — people increasingly move from manual controller to supervisor. Designs must factor in human psychology or risk disastrous…
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🔭 Tidally locked worlds are places of extremes. On one side it’s an endless day, the other a perpetual night. Yet scientists speculate that some may harbor conditions that could support life. ✍️ Nathaniel Scharping: knowmag.org/4aHCjGX
Beyond the twilight zone
Tidally locked worlds are places of extremes. On one side it’s an endless day, the other a perpetual night. Yet scientists speculate that some may harbor conditions that could support life.
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🦈 It's #SharkAwarenessDay! Despite increasing protection measures, sharks are among the world’s most endangered animals. New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them. ✍️ @angelapswafford.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4yaMQV2
A scientific mission to save the sharks
Despite increasing protection measures, these fish are among the world’s most endangered animals. New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
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By treating ebooks as inherently different from physical books, regulations in Ireland and across Europe impede libraries’ ability to acquire, own, and lend ebooks. Here’s how the law should change. ✍️ Martin Bradley, Katina Magazine
Ebooks Are Books. The Law Should Say So.
By treating ebooks as inherently different from physical books, regulations in Ireland and across Europe impede libraries’ ability to acquire, own, and lend ebooks. Here’s how the law should change.
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"The core issue here isn’t actually that difficult. It’s just about good design," says human factors specialist Ron Mcleod in our latest expert Q&A about the fraught union of automation and human behavior. ✍️ Amber Dance: knowmag.org/4fzvLgg
Who’s in charge? The fraught union of automation and human behavior
As more and more tasks are done by machines — especially now, with AI — people increasingly move from manual controller to supervisor. Designs must factor in human psychology or risk disastrous…
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🐜 We know ants can build castles — it turns out some species farm, too! Check out our latest Q&A with biologist Guillaume Chomicki on mutualistic partnerships in nature. ✍️ @timvernimmen.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4ffg6BB
Plants and their ants: When flora and fauna team up
Mutualistic partnerships between species abound across nature — but it’s a tricky dance to make sure both parties keep pulling their weight
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“But the gradual erosion of search traffic in recent years has, paradoxically, given publishers more agency to consider walking away from the platform.” Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search, via AdWeek www.adweek.com/media/publis...
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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“The silent forest is really happening.” Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it's fueling a crisis. via @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
The lucrative bird-singing contests that are pushing species to the brink
Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it's fueling a crisis.
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Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier. @knowablemag.bsky.social vist.ly/59yas
Sweet! The Cell’s Sugary Coating Comes Into View
Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier.
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🍫 Happy #WorldChocolateDay to all who celebrate! From 2018: A newfound peace has spurred the hunt for disease-resistant wild cacao within Colombia’s borders. What scientists find could help the country expand its role in the global trade. ✍️ Lindzi Wessel
Searching for chocolate’s roots, and enemies, in Colombia’s wilderness
A newfound peace has spurred the hunt for disease-resistant wild cacao within the nation’s borders. What scientists find could help the country expand its role in the global trade.
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“The world is creating digital records at a pace no organization anticipated.” History depends on records that weren’t built to last | www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why digital government records are so hard to preserve
Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace
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There’s lots to like about EBSCO’s Mathematics Source. But not every institution will see demand to justify the cost. ✍️ By Joe Badics, Katina Magazine #ResourceReview katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
A New Mathematics Database Has Niche Appeal
There’s lots to like about EBSCO’s Mathematics Source. But not every institution will see demand to justify the cost.
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When it comes to #AI in academic libraries, we’ve organized ourselves into a polarity: skepticism vs. enthusiasm. Our professional future depends on our figuring out not how to resolve that tension, but how to use it. ✍️ By Tim Schlak, Katina Magazine #ScholComm katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
AI Skepticism Makes Moral and Practical Sense. We Should Still Move Full Speed Ahead.
When it comes to AI in academic libraries, we’ve organized ourselves into a polarity: skepticism vs. enthusiasm. Our professional future depends on our figuring out not how to resolve that tension, bu...
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“In the age of generative AI, scientific institutions can no longer assume audiences will automatically trust their visuals. Trust now depends on transparency, documentation and clear communication about how visual evidence is produced.”
Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals – and undermining trust in science
Several scientific fields rely on visual evidence to illustrate their claims. Inaccurate AI-generated images put the credibility of science at risk.
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Diamond open access pushed the conversation from free-to-read to free-to-publish. It’s time to think of equity more broadly. ✍️ Johan Rooryck, Katina Magazine katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Equity in Open Access Means Thinking Beyond Fees
Diamond open access pushed the conversation from free-to-read to free-to-publish. It’s time to think of equity more broadly.
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“Equity should extend beyond authors and readers to reviewers and editors, who make essential contributions to knowledge production, and should include dimensions beyond the financial or economic: linguistic and epistemic diversity as well as quality assurance in publishing.” via Katina Mag
Equity in Open Access Means Thinking Beyond Fees
Diamond open access pushed the conversation from free-to-read to free-to-publish. It’s time to think of equity more broadly.
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“Influential donors such as JD Rockefeller Jr. argued that these students could & should pay for their education. And he convinced college administrators that students from wealthy families went to college because they wanted to have a good time & because they wanted to make money after graduation.”
College is unaffordable for many Americans – but don’t just blame rising tuition
College tuition has not significantly risen since 1990, at least compared to tuition changes over the previous decades.
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“In January 2026, three nonprofit presses convened a small, informal workshop in Berlin to explore a shared question: How might established nonprofit presses helpfully meet existing needs in diamond publishing, particularly for smaller institutional and community-based publishers?” -Katina Magazine
How Can Nonprofit Presses Advance the Diamond Ecosystem?
Earlier this year, three nonprofit presses convened a workshop to explore how established nonprofits might meet existing needs in diamond publishing. Here are some of the tensions and opportunities…
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As #AlzheimersAndBrainAwarenessMonth shines a spotlight on brain health this month, our new collection brings together insights into cognition, memory, and behavior from leading neuroscientists. Explore ‘The Brain: A Practical Guide’ 🧠 Freely available to read here: arevie.ws/4eqt6nA
🔥 “We should fight fire with fire.” - @jevinwest.bsky.social, expert on misinformation and generative AI, talking about using AI to help sort fact from fiction online ✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social
AI shows promise in the fight against fake news
In an epidemic of online misinformation, experts look to artificial intelligence to help sort fact from fiction
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🤖 Behind every machine and chatbot is a moral psychology — datasets and information that drive the decisions they make for us. Trouble is, we don’t quite yet understand it. @timvernimmen.bsky.social talks to computer scientist @iyadrahwan.bsky.social about the moral dilemmas AI may soon be facing.
How will AI make moral decisions for you and me?
There’s an urgent need to study how artificial intelligence makes ethical choices because it soon will make many such decisions in our stead, says computer scientist Iyad Rahwan
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👃 We smell with our brains. Loss of the sense is pointing scientists to new insights about neurological disorders. ✍️ Victoria Clayton: knowmag.org/43MCtsT
When the ability to smell goes away
Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with brain health, researchers are learning
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My latest story for @knowablemag.bsky.social is a Q&A with the one and only @iyadrahwan.bsky.social on the moral psychology of AI, illustrated by his own art! knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How will AI make moral decisions for you and me?
There’s an urgent need to study how artificial intelligence makes ethical choices because it soon will make many such decisions in our stead, says computer scientist Iyad Rahwan
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Slums are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis — and devising solutions knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Slums are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis — and devising solutions
As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.
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There’s an urgent need to study how artificial intelligence makes ethical choices because it soon will make many such decisions in our stead. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... via @knowablemag.bsky.social #AI #Robotics #society #science #SciChat
How will AI make moral decisions for you and me?
There’s an urgent need to study how artificial intelligence makes ethical choices because it soon will make many such decisions in our stead, says computer scientist Iyad Rahwan
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Academic librarians face growing pressure to adapt to AI quickly. A reflective writing practice can help them develop a more flexible, personal, and durable approach. ✍️ Lan Li, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
To Keep Up with AI, First Slow Down
Academic librarians face growing pressure to adapt to AI quickly. A reflective writing practice can help them develop a more flexible, personal, and durable approach.
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