Brownie batter about to go in the oven to brighten the timeline

Almost 150 years ago, in the very first volume of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, issue 6, published in 1879, Henry Morton begins, “There is a piece of recent chemical history which has already become somewhat involved on account of the oversight of some writers.” #chemsky 🧪

Volume I of JACS came with fabric samples—to prove a point

Analytical chemists study the nearly 150-year-old dyes

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If this banana water stays as tasty when it really scales, it’s gonna be the next coconut water

How could this not mention the Sex and the City episode????? It’s one of the best ones! m.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2x...

Sex and the City---Season 2---Miranda at the gym

YouTube video by Chipper1981

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Luke Winkie@lukewinkie.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ever since I moved into an elevator building I’ve learned the unwritten rule that you must always, *always* let any children in the chamber push the buttons — or risk a meltdown. Made me want to write a quick little story about that dynamic.

Feel like RB Woodward must have invented at least one new word in the B12 paper too right?

Jake Yeston@jakeyeston.bsky.social · 5d ago

Honestly 1973 is shocking. Deniability(?! invented for Watergate?) Food processor(?! am I *that* old😭) Also a banner year for science ACE Inhibitor Excimer Laser Gamma-Ray Burst Global Positioning System Glucagon-like Peptide(!) LCD String Theory

Honestly 1973 is shocking. Deniability(?! invented for Watergate?) Food processor(?! am I *that* old😭) Also a banner year for science ACE Inhibitor Excimer Laser Gamma-Ray Burst Global Positioning System Glucagon-like Peptide(!) LCD String Theory

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

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Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 5d ago

A facility housing large tanks of methyl methacrylate, the monomer form of polymethyl methacrylate was overheating this May. @chemjobber.bsky.social explores the lessons learned & how risky runaway polymerisation can be prevented in the future: www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/earl...

Exclusive: A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected Ebola cases before the government declared an official outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a new report. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4fw0Xxd

Research on the fossil record of mammals in Mexico suggests that the geographic region acted as a biodiversity “holding pen” for 10 million years. Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4xhNmQ9

This isn’t quite the right category but like 10 years ago I was at an ACS talk in a big full room and the guy had a very complicated slide with his setup and spent like 5 minutes walking through it and immediately on cue somebody’s phone’s Siri went “Sorry, I didn’t quite get that”

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · last wk.

Hey 🧪! I was just reminiscing with a friend about the time a very senior academic called a mid-career guy's work "completely meaningless" at a meeting and now I want to hear your best (public, academic) disses

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There's just something surreal about bicyclobutanes. Read how Justin Lopchuk and colleagues figured out how to add these strained bisected bits to covalent drug candidates. My latest in @cenmag.bsky.social #chemsky🧪 cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

The covalent drug arsenal gets a new warhead

A mild, modular approach to adding bicyclobutanes could bring more selectivity to these therapies

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Late to this but it’s a fantastic discussion of how to make a beautiful image accessible to people who have difficulty differentiating colors

Science Magazine@science.org · 2w ago

In a new #ScienceVisualsBlog, Senior Scientific Illustrator Noelle Burgess walks through her process for creating our 25 June cover, which explores how molecular structure shapes our perception of different colors of light. Read more: https://scim.ag/4f5v6Da

In a new #ScienceVisualsBlog, Senior Scientific Illustrator Noelle Burgess walks through her process for creating our 25 June cover, which explores how molecular structure shapes our perception of different colors of light. Read more: https://scim.ag/4f5v6Da

Those cords were optimized for standing up to the handset being dragged into a different room and having the door closed on it while speaking to the cute person you had a crush on via the communal wall phone in the kitchen.

Jameskii@jameskii.pizza · last wk.

i remember landline phones having cords so strong you could stretch them across the entire great wall of china and they would still work, meanwhile modern usb cords rip if you look at them wrong

Look at me, I’m the King of New York

birth college acceptance wedding birth of child Wordle 1,863 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

To be clear, this is not a new position. The NY Times decided nearly 20 years ago, long before Trump, that we would stop attending, which was our policy under Obama and Biden. (The exception was for reporters if they won a prize to be awarded.) Last night made clear why that was a good decision.

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.

Can vouch for this—actually goes up to 11. I’m told the sound effects are part of the appeal (I think it evokes when the ghosts nab pac-man but the kids have no idea about that)

Becky Hammer@beckyhammer.bsky.social · 2w ago

For reasons I don't fully understand, the song of the summer for girls under the age of 10 is "Lush Life" by Zara Larsson (2015)

Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.

Archie contemplates my brother

@science.org and @retractionwatch.com partner on a feature today on a clinical trial death that's the saddest, and longest, science story I've edited. But it's also one of the best IMO. Beautifully written and reported by @bborrell.bsky.social We’re grateful to the parents of "Mei" 1/

Exclusive: A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability. https://scim.ag/3RuHuDB

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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🚨Breaking🚨: NIH is terminating health disparities research grants again. This time, they may successfully avoid legal challenges by giving specific reasons for their decisions. One grant so far, more to come. Exclusive @science.org by me and @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH is again terminating grants that the Trump administration dislikes

With cancellation of health disparities project, agency may be testing new way to legally kill politically sensitive grants

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We talk about a previously unreported death in a gene-editing trial in China -- this week on the @science.org podcast w. Brendan Borrell Listen: www.science.org/content/podc... Read the story: www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NIH, which 1 year ago was slammed by a federal judge for illegally terminating more than 1700 grants funding research on health disparities and other politically sensitive issues, is again killing ongoing projects on those topics. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4pF6Mvy

A new special issue, with papers in Science and #ScienceAdvances, features single-cell and multiomic studies from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund's 4D Nucleome Program, which examines a fourth dimension of nuclear organization. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4wc4SF8

The No Surprises Act has spared millions of Americans from big bills for out-of-network services provided during an ER visit. But the system created to settle payment disputes is not working as expected--and could eventually raise healthcare costs for all of us. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com:

The No Surprises Act Could Be a Shock to the Healthcare System

When the No Surprises Act took effect in 2022, it was a rare feat of bipartisan problem-solving. The law was meant to prevent a once all-too-common scenario: An insured patient would seek emergency ca...

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