Putting the multi in multimedia for the second time this week! I love cool space photos 🌌

Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This sparkling galaxy is home to a set of supernova remnants that showed variable brightnesses over 14 years of data

Two weeks into #SciAmBookBingo and finished two books over the weekend! 🤗 Sublimation which I’m buddy reading with several lovely SciAm staff 🌕 When the moon hits your eye (which I emphatically recommend) which checks off award winning and reviewed by SciAm #SciAmSummerReading

Started a new book on my commute yesterday and I am thoroughly enjoying! And as a bonus it checks off some #SciAmBookBingo boxes including (but not limited to): 📝 Reviewed by SciAm! 👩‍🔬 Scientists protagonist 📚 Borrowed from library #SciAmSummerReading

A few days in to the @sciam.bsky.social summer reading challenge and I've got my first bingo! 🎧 The Botanist's Assistant ☀️ It's Hard to Be an Animal 📝 Started the journal! 🧑‍🚀 Dinner With An Astronaut 📚 Event at Greenlight Bookstore Happy reading! #SciAmSummerReading #SciAmBookBingo

Let the SciAm summer reading challenge begin!!! I am returning to my original form (an elementary schooler who is VERY invested in reading challenges) and so excited to read lots of fun science books this summer! Send me your book recs :) #SciAmReading #SciAmSummerReading

Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first-ever Scientific American Summer Reading Challenge is here! 📚☀️ All summer long, we’re reading nonfiction deep dives, page-turning thrillers, and fiction that sparks scientific curiosity. (1/2) #SciAmReading #SciAmSummerReading

Another SciAm staff reader getting a head start on Fall reading, this time featuring a lovable bear hired to break things for science! What can I say @martajhill.bsky.social has seriously great taste in books 🐻🧪📚 thanks for the ARC of this one @wwnorton.com 💫

As I get ready for another cozy weekend of Olympics watching, I'm seeing lots of chatter about ice quality for different sports. As a Minnesotan and a science journalist, just wanted to reshare this video about why ice temps matter!

Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters." 🎤✏️: Marta Hill 📸: Getty Images

It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters." 🎤✏️: Marta Hill 📸: Getty Images

Contested paper on vaccines, autism in rats retracted by journal @martajhill.bsky.social in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Contested paper on vaccines, autism in rats retracted by journal

The editor-in-chief cited “inconsistencies in the number of subjects” as the reason for the retraction.

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More than a year after garnering pushback on social media for its methods, a study claiming prenatal COVID-19 vaccine exposure caused autism-like behaviors in rats has been retracted. By @martajhill.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...

Contested paper on vaccines, autism in rats retracted by journal

The editor-in-chief cited “inconsistencies in the number of subjects” as the reason for the retraction.

thetransmitter.org

Some parts of the Drosophila olfactory circuit have evolved more than others, according to a new comparison of two fruit fly species’ connectomes. By @martajhill.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/c...

Cross-species connectome comparison shows uneven olfactory circuit evolution in flies

The findings start to reveal evolutionary changes that may have helped two species develop different olfactory preferences and adapt to their particular environments.

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second story for the transmitter is now out! chick-a-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee brains are wild 🐦

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

For black-capped chickadees, looking out at a location activates the same place cells as actually being there, a study from Columbia University shows. By @martajhill.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/hippocampus/...

My first story at The Transmitter came out today! I'm spending the summer as their news intern, and am so excited to continue diving into all things neuroscience 🧠 send any tips my way!

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

A paper investigating the effects of psychedelics on brain-derived neurotrophic factor was retracted last month following reader concerns about data use. By @martajhill.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/p...