🩻 It’s not that AI will replace radiologists. Radiologists who use AI will replace radiologists who don’t, says Curtis Langlotz, director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging at Stanford University. Read more in Knowable's latest... ✍️ Lola Butcher: knowmag.org/4fkOhZN

AI won’t replace radiologists, but will dramatically change their jobs

Ten years ago, a pioneering AI scientist predicted that computers would replace human experts as readers of medical images. It hasn’t exactly worked out that way.

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The illegal bird trade is thriving elsewhere in southeast #Asia, including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. But “Indonesia’s songbird trade is one of the world’s most prolific,” says Chris Shepherd, a #WildlifeTrade expert at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s terrifying.”

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🪹 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. ✍️ Sandy Ong: knowmag.org/3QMv7mi

🦟 The humble (yet deadly) mosquito can now list wildlife genetecist "field assistant" on its resume. ✍️ @alicesunreports.bsky.social: knowmag.org/3PBDznR

Blood, poop and carcasses: How feasting bugs are helping map biodiversity

Critters that dine on flesh and waste also consume the animal’s DNA. That genetic material is helping scientists detect and map elusive species and their pathogens.

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What if our need for the company of others is just as vital as hunger or thirst? I wrote for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the concept of social homeostasis: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... 🧪 featuring @dulaclab.bsky.social @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social et al.

Why we crave company

Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water

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Come work with me @kffhealthnews.org. We're looking for a part-time social media guru. It is definitely not me. Help! drive.google.com/file/d/1iPuu...

⚡️ AI isn't built to save energy. Perhaps it could be. @katarinazimmer.bsky.social takes us through the latest techniques and technologies that researchers are working on to reduce AI's "voracious appetite for energy."

How to tame AI’s voracious appetite for energy

Scientists are exploring new algorithms, hardware and computing methods to lower AI’s power demands. Strategic siting of datacenters and other steps to increase green energy use are also key.

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Sometimes, I can’t think with my gray Hot days in the middle of May Heat waves been cooking my brain Can't act my natural way Really interesting, especially on this stupid hot day here in Boston.

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🥵 There's a growing body of research showing that animals get their minds muddled during heat waves. With climate change making heat waves more common, such cognitive impairments could ripple through entire ecosystems, putting already fragile species at greater risk. ✍️ @mzaraska.bsky.social

What’s the secret to a great cup of tea? From where the Camellia sinensis bush is grown to whether the leaves are withered or fermented, much can influence the popular drink’s molecular and flavor profile 🍵 ✍️ Amber Dance: knowmag.org/Tea_bluesky

What’s the secret to a great cup of tea?

From where the Camellia sinensis bush is grown to whether the leaves are withered or fermented, much can influence the popular drink’s molecular and flavor profile

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In HS biology we learn about DNA, RNA, proteins. My @knowablemag.bsky.social story describes the other major building block of life: #glycans knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

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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For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles. ✍️ Nicola Jones knowmag.org/4lcyNsh

Great read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Beating back the Aedes aegypti mosquito

Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses

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For her 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks, Alexandra Waddell, Digital Content Coordinator & Research Assistant at the Pulitzer Center, selected "The Pernicious Infections Infiltrating Ukraine’s Front Lines," by @richardastone.bsky.social for @knowablemag.bsky.social. 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25

A few months ago I worked with @adance.bsky.social to create a science comic for @knowablemag.bsky.social about the journey sperm makes to reach the egg. Little did I know that that this would involve me being immortalised in cartoon form. Check it out .... knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Journey to the egg: How sperm navigate the path to fertilization

COMIC: Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish

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Have you ever wanted to see the Sperm's Journey portrayed by the Lord of the Rings fellowship? Then you are in luck 😍 Behold, this new comic by @makinaro.com & Amber Dance for @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Journey to the egg: How sperm navigate the path to fertilization

COMIC: Male cells must survive twisty passages, strong currents and immune attacks; millions enter, but only one can finish

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“It’s really easy to make a wolf, because..their diet mirrors their body..But it’s really, really hard to make a moose, because a moose’s diet does not.” Fascinating story by @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on nutritional challenges of herbivores knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

How plant-eaters snag their essential amino acids

Early in evolution, we animals lost the ability to manufacture nine of the 20 building blocks needed to make proteins. Herbivores evolved an impressive array of tricks to ensure their dietary needs ar...

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Explore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with my SciArt Starter Pack. Paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs. 🥳

Who knew that whales blasted snot through their blowholes, or that drones could collect the viscous fluid and teach us so much about whales in the process? Written by @gennarotomma.bsky.social for us at @knowablemag.bsky.social -- and a very fine story it is 🧪

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Genetically engineered color-changing Arabidopsis 🧬📷- attempt #3 I think I finally nailed it with this one.

YAY! this is excellent! From Knowable Magazine: How Arabidopsis thaliana, a humble weed, became a superstar of plant biology | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

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"It is impossible to do justice to the countless discoveries made in this area based on the study of this small yet mighty weed." Those words (on abiotic stress response) from 2015 Tansley Review apply to the whole plant and the research community! thanks for kind words @nikogeldner.bsky.social

@nikogeldner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A really nice telling of the rise of Arabidopsis - mentioning so many of my heroes! We should be grateful for their vision and persistence.

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How a humble weed became a superstar of biology

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

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Today's the big day — we're officially on strike all day! We'll be picketing from 8am to 8pm at 1776 Massachusetts NW. Come show your support! @wbng.org @newsguild.org

Arabidopsis, a little weed in the mustard family, joined the celebrity ranks of Drosophila, E. coli and other model organisms in the 1980s. There was a lot of pushback-- in some circles it was referred to as the "A-word" (!)

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Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era. ✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg knowmag.org/4hImL8e

AI 'slop' has come for herbalism by @aishadown.bsky.social one book is #1 bestseller in Amazon’s skincare, aroma therapies and herbal remedies, subcategories. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI

Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September

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A warm congratulations to @ljevanso.bsky.social, whose feature story, “Getting along with grizzly bears,” is a finalist at the Webster Awards 2025 in the category “Excellence in Feature Reporting – Print/Digital.”

Getting along with grizzly bears

In rural Alaskan and Canadian communities, reducing conflict between people and their wild neighbors means both species must change their behavior

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Happy birthday to us! 🥳 Today, we celebrate Knowable Magazine’s 8th year. That’s 8 years of diving into big questions in science and research; 8 years of burrowing into data and citing our sources; 8 years of evidence-based solutions and forays into wonder and awe...

AI is helping map millions of tiny earthquakes, writes @alexwitze.bsky.social An AI-based quake catalog was 5x more complete than the human-made one & was made in a day rather than months. Here's a terrific (hype-free) look at ways the tech is changing seismology knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

AI is changing our understanding of earthquakes

Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to improve quake forecasts.

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Curating the Art & Sci section is one of my favorite newsletter duties- we feature scientific images; original works by artists; compelling pieces from the history of art and ideas, graphics created by science communicators, maps, fiber arts and more. Tag me with ideas!

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Love beautiful science art? Like this? 👇 Be sure to sign up for @knowablemag.bsky.social's newsletter, edited every week by @rachelscience.bsky.social 👉 knowablemagazine.org/newsletter-s...

Oh hey look at that. My piece Portrait of a Human is featured in @knowablemag.bsky.social #sciart

While Ukraine is resisting Russia's invasion, on the frontlines, doctors and scientists are fighting another war, one against antibiotic-resistant "superbugs". Grantee @richardastone.bsky.social spoke with those containing the deadly bacteria. Story for @knowablemag.bsky.social. bit.ly/47phkY7

The Pernicious Infections Infiltrating Ukraine’s Front Lines

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door. The Pulitzer...

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