🚨🚨Regardless of today, Sept. 27, 2026, being the last planned day for the Academy of Natural Sciences’ public museum, this is NOT the end of the fight.🚨🚨 In the coming days and weeks we will need you more than ever. Drexel and the board thinks the pressure will let up. It will only increase.

As the executive director of a small nonprofit working my absolute ass off to bring science to this city, hearing that the people negotiating with Drexel and the academy might brush off funding that would provide the kids of our city with access to a science museum *for a year* is boiling my blood.

Anybody who would decide to close this museum does not have Philadelphia’s best interests at heart.

As more information emerges, it’s seeming like intentional financial mismanagement from Drexel. They must be held accountable.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 3w ago

The doors of the Academy of Natural Sciences will be closing on Sunday...for now. But this isn't over. We're meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences when doors close to gather for a moment of resolve followed by a march to City Hall. Join us. art by @lindzeamays.bsky.social luma.com/7ggkgtjb

🌡️ Temperatures are heating up in Philadelphia this week 🥵 A new report on extreme heat is out from @xuekeli.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social , @sh-christiansen.bsky.social, and @heatherkostick.bsky.social @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/pub...

Rethinking Extreme Heat and Urban Resilience through Scales Connectivity

Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

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It’s been a hard week. Joe was always encouraging during my PhD and he will be missed by many.

Penn Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media@penncssm.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...

A new commentary from PCSSM Associate Director @heatherkostick.bsky.social on potential impact of noise pollution from data centers on zoo animals. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/commen... #climate #datacenters #nashvillezoo #noisepollution

No One Likes Data Center Noise Pollution – The Zoo Animals Won’t Either

Recently, the Nashville Zoo has made headlines for opposing the proposed data center that would be built near animal habitats. The zoo had planned to eventually buy part of the land for a future educa...

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These are the bees you should think of when you hear “save the bees”. Little native bee on my strawflower (not a native plant since this is in my veggie garden but I have other native plants in my yard). #bees #hymenoptera

Very excited to start teaching in the spring!

Penn Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media@penncssm.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Check out our new Strategic Climate Comms Certificate thru PennLPS! This certificate is a blend of science & comms courses & culminates in a capstone taught by PCSSM Associate Director @heatherkostick.bsky.social. More info: lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/academics/ce.... @michaelemann.bsky.social

Obsessed with the mini art prints that can be found around Philly maps.app.goo.gl/Ux6sTk58PWJD... #art #philly #miniprints

Join us for the Climate Week at Penn keynote event on 10/17 at 12pm for "A Conversation with Bill Nye The Science Guy"! Registration and more information here: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa... #PennClimate #ClimateWeekatPenn @michaelemann.bsky.social @pennenvironment.bsky.social

I take him at his word: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · last yr.

Sadly, there are documented cases:

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Pasta was found by an uber driver in Philly before going to ACCT before coming to us for foster through Fishtails Animal Rescue - she’s so cute & our cats are having fun with her. She’s a good kitten, but she’s going to make a great cat! #philly #cats #kittens #pasta

One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted. These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants

Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.

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It’s early June but my garden is blooming already 👀 #gardening #climatechange

An extinct wombat…the size of a hippo? According to new research, you read that right. Plus, scientists have long thought that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies were on a collision course. Is it actually true? 🌌

Ancient Bone Proteins May Offer Insight On Megafauna Extinction

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

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share the money pigeon for 10,000 years good luck 💸🍀🤞

Several tornadoes swept across Oklahoma and Arkansas on Monday as part of a menacing storm system that forecasters warned was capable of producing large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding in several areas.

Tornadoes Reported as Central U.S. Faces Another Round of Severe Weather

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No, global temperatures are not "rising faster than climate models seem able to explain". They are rising EXACTLY as fast as climate model predicted. AND THAT'S BAD ENOUGH! bsky.app/profile/mich... #TruthIsBadEnough

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last yr.

Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.

Spreading the word that for this local election in Upper Darby, PA area: this incumbent candidate is not a democrat - she’s a republican that cross-lists in the primary bc she can. Also has no formal legal education. Is a realtor by profession. Vote for #GabbyColemenforMDJ #election

Coverage our event happening now from The Daily Pennsylvanian with quotes from @heatherkostick.bsky.social on what PCSSM Research Day is all about: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media hosts first Research Day

Showcasing the ongoing work at PCSSM, the Research Day will include research talks by a number of PCSSM staff and researchers, as well as a poster and networking session.

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It will cost an extra $714 billion in tariffs to bring shoes, TVs and all other imports into the U.S. under President Trump's tariffs, a new analysis of trade data shows. nyti.ms/4j5bD4U

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

Protecting urban tree canopies is a matter of public health, biodiversity conservation, and mitigating the impacts of climate change. Be part of protecting (and improving!) your city’s native tree canopy!

There's more happening than coincidence. This just didn't happen at this severity and scope under Biden. It's likely not a single issue deal, but a multifaceted problem that has quickly developed.

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW: A military fighter jet has crashed into San Diego Bay. This is the 6th plane collision (and 2nd military collision) since Trump took office.

Trump has dismissed the director of the Office of Government Ethics. David Huitema, the former director, played a key role in vetting Trump administration appointees for conflicts of interest.

It’s #BlackHistoryMonth so it’s a good time to celebrate the extraordinary mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬🧮 #histsci One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex 🧵

Reminder! Science IRL mini-grant applications are due February 14! These grants are to support IN PERSON science communication projects in the US that reach science disinterested people, and ideally encourage concrete action in the audience. Apply here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant

Skype a Scientist is offering $300-$1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science mess...

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