Registration is now up for the @sciencewriters.org annual meeting. I'll be moderating a panel on AI and fielding pitches at the pitch slam. Hope you see you there! sciencewriters2026.org

This is the highest-resolution view of the surface of the Sun. Ever. Taken by the NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, features as small as 19 km across can be resolved. The wispy things are magnetic field boundaries formed by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. The island of Ireland for scale.

Excited to share Lost in Curiosity with the Curious Reading Club! Book club founder Bobbie Johnson writes that while most science books focus on big results, Lost in Curiosity "does precisely the opposite, in a fascinating and exciting way."

Curious Reading Club@readcurious.xyz · 4d ago

Our book of the month for August is @robertakwok.bsky.social’s brand new “Lost in Curiosity”—a collection of surprising, sharp portraits of researchers at work. It’s pop science that avoids the typical pop science narrative. Sign up to get your copy now! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur028-ann...

Seattle, I'll be giving a book talk at Smarty Pints (science + beer) at the Burke-Gilman Brewing Company on August 17! UW physicist Meg Wynne will also talk about neutrinos and the origins of the universe. Details: www.burkegilmanbrewing.com/smarty-pints About the book: www.robertakwok.com/book

On Emerging Form, I discuss an extremely serious craft question: Should I or should I not have started my book with an F-bomb? @cragcrest.bsky.social weighs in emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-16... (bonus episode for subscribers)

Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on Finding Her Book's Perfect (and Risky) Opening Paragraph

“I did go through kind of an existential crisis at one point,” says science writer Roberta Kwok, talking about the decision she made when writing the first paragraph of her book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Fi...

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Survey alert! Are you a journalist who covers science, health, or environmental issues? If so, @fleerackers.bsky.social wants to hear from you to learn about how open peer review can help your reporting process. Complete the 5-minute survey:

Science Journalism and Open Peer Review

Are you a journalist who reports on health, science, or climate/environmental issues? We welcome you to fill out this 5-min survey about your perceptions of peer review.

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We know you've been waiting for it, and here it is: the Bigfoot Kids Book Festival! 🌲 Join us for our 4th annual event Saturday, 10/10 from 10-4 at the Redmond Senior & Community Center. 50+ kids authors and illustrators this year (full list available at link in bio). Mark those calendars! #booksky

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Is Jimothy OK? A Creature Investigation | Defector

Jimothy crept into our lives like any good cryptid—as a blurry, scuttling thing. Kiana Hall, the Seattle local whose firsthand footage resulted in Jimothy’s newfound fame, first thought she had spotte...

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If you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is

Wonderful review of Lost in Curiosity in Science: "Young scientists’ passion and commitment take center stage in a moving portrait of research in action... Kwok brings readers to the wings of a play whose ending has not yet been written" www.science.org/doi/full/10.... by @vijee.bsky.social

Join us Wed (7/22) at 6:30 for an event with @robertakwok.bsky.social! 🌍 Her book LOST IN CURIOSITY will be available for purchase at the event. Preorder now! Link below. If you'd like us to have the book signed at our event, please note that in your order. See you Wednesday! #booksky

“I hope this book will find its way into your hands, and that you’ll soon be scribbling your own notes in the margins, adding to—maybe even arguing with—the annotations already there.” Read more from @siricarpenter.bsky.social in today's post: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/07/14/a...

It's pub day for Lost in Curiosity -- please re-post widely! "Lively and revelatory" (Elizabeth Kolbert), "beautifully written" (Alan Lightman), "an utter delight" (Sabrina Imbler), "the kind of trip you won't want to miss" (Deborah Blum) www.robertakwok.com/book

On Emerging Form, I chat with @cragcrest.bsky.social and Rosemerry about how my book title was almost Minutiae (yikes!), the role of goosebumps in reporting, and why walking did nothing to solve my creative problems (but unloading the dishwasher did). emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-16...

Episode 169: Roberta Kwok on the Slow Path to Epiphany

“The book is about the opposite of the eureka moment,” says science writer Roberta Kwok about her new book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes From Scientists’ Adventures into the Unknown. Join us in a co...

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Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b.... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment. #Booksky

Cameron talks to Roberta, an ex-LWONer, who says that in her book, she gets a little unhinged about an exo-moon and classifies every food as a salad, a sandwich, or a soup. lastwordonnothing.com/2026/07/17/l...

Lost in Curiosity - The Last Word On Nothing

Our Roberta wrote a book! Roberta Kwok wrote for The Last Word on Nothing for several years — and once a Person of LWON, always a Person of LWON. Her first book, Lost in Curiosity, comes out on July 2...

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Attention, curious minds! 🙋‍♀️ Local author and award-winning journalist @robertakwok.bsky.social will join us Wed, 7/22 for an event celebrating her debut nonfiction LOST IN CURIOSITY. Event will begin at 6:30 PM, and no tickets/registration required. See you Wednesday, folks! #booksky

NSWA members: @robertakwok.bsky.social will be launching her new book, Lost in Curiosity, next week! 🚀 Hope to see you at one of these events:) Tuesday 7/21 at 7pm at Ravenna Books Wednesday 7/22 at 6:30 at Brick & Mortar Books Redmond Thursday 7/23 at 6pm at Village Books & Paper Dreams, Fairhaven

Seattle-area folks, I'll be launching Lost in Curiosity at Third Place Books Ravenna and Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond next Tuesday/Wednesday! And if you're closer to Bellingham, I'l...

Seattle-area folks, I'll be launching Lost in Curiosity at Third Place Books Ravenna and Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond next Tuesday/Wednesday! And if you're closer to Bellingham, I'll be at Village ...

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Animal sex! Illustrated animal sex! This is going to be an amazing talk - #Seattle peeps, you need to go to @townhallseattle.bsky.social tonight to hear Perrin Ireland discuss her new book. After the talk, I’m sure we’ll have plenty to discuss over drinks (sponsored by @nswa.bsky.social). Lol.

NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 4w ago

RSVP HERE: nswa.wildapricot.org/event-6749074

Bay Area folks, I'll be giving a book talk about Lost in Curiosity in Berkeley on July 18! Event is at Mrs Dalloway's and I'll be joined in conversation by the wonderful @svobodster.bsky.social. Event details at mrsdalloways.com/event/2026-0... and more about the book at www.robertakwok.com/book

Excited that Lost in Curiosity has been chosen as an Indie Next August pick (alongside the latest books from Colson Whitehead, Chang-rae Lee, Claudia Rankine, and other amazing authors)! Very grateful to the indie booksellers who read and selected the book. More info at www.robertakwok.com/book

🌊 "The US is no longer a reliable global partner in ocean observation." - Brad deYoung ➡️ You've heard about the OOI; now read about the other ocean-observing networks at risk. By me for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

US funding uncertainties threaten to sink key global oceanography projects

The United States has led the world in observing the oceans – but cuts and threats of cuts have researchers worried it is no longer a reliable partner.

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Meghan is an incredibly smart and versatile science journalist and altogether delightful human and you should absolutely hire her!

Meghan Bartels@meghanbartels.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m so sad to share that yesterday was my last day at Scientific American. It was an honor to work alongside my incredible colleagues and to speak with researchers across the sciences. If you’re looking to hire staff or freelance, please consider me and my other laid off coworkers (🧵)

That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!

STARLOG@starlogmedia.bsky.social · last mo.

THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.

From Tuesday through Friday, Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off sale for upcoming books, including Lost in Curiosity (print, e-book, and audiobook)! Checkout code is PREORDER 25 and the book comes out July 21. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lost-in-cu... #bnpreorder

If you are following layoffs + sale of @sciam.bsky.social ...please check out worker's union perspective. #writing #union

Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · last mo.

Statement by @sciamunion.bsky.social on Springer Nature's sale of Scientific American and massive editorial layoffs right before a successful union vote is counted. www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti...

Today is my last day at Scientific American, which has been sold to LabX media group. For three decades I've led the magazine's coverage of human origins, archaeology, paleontology, animal behavior, ecology, BIRDS. End of an era. Anyway this feels weird to say, but I'm now available for assignments!

Now, more than ever, it is unbelievably important to support publications like bioGraphic, which does incredible work in science and nature journalism even as other publications are being bought up and gutted

bioGraphic@biographic.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 BIG NEWS! 📣 We're re-launching bioGraphic as a completely independent nonprofit! As we make this transition, we're taking a publishing (and social media) break in July and August. Then we'll be back with more inspiring, paywall-free journalism about the natural world. More details below 👇

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

Had a blast speaking with Amani about folktales, Black feminist theory, haunted houses, Never Whistle at Night Part II, queer characters exploring their sexuality, & everything else RABBIT, FOX, TAR on @americanbookseller.bsky.social’s BookED podcast!