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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 6d

Authors, @sciencewriters.org find your book in the Anthropic settlement database (try different spellings of your name and titles to catch small errors)

Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI, the official database of books included in the Anthropic class-action copyright settlement is now live: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

You can now file claims.

Submit a Claim

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9d

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🦑🌎🧪

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures

The photographer spent five years documenting humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench

www.theguardian.com

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 9d

Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer

Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 10d

Will your next EV have a solid-state battery — and improved performance?

Superionic materials have spawned hope for a new generation of power packs for electric cars, with a promise of greater range, faster charges and more safety. But scaling up won’t be easy.

Our recent article, @yahoonews.com👇

Will your next EV have a solid-state battery — and improved performance?

Superionic materials have spawned hope for a new generation of power packs for electric cars, with a promise of greater range, faster charges and more safety. But scaling up won’t be easy.

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 11d

Drug-resistant bacteria are spreading and strengthening amid the chaos of the war in Ukraine. Read this important piece by @richardastone.bsky.social (reported from the field w help from @pulitzercenter.org); edited by the terrific @rosiemestel.bsky.social

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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.

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 18d

Oof. 🖤

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 20d

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk. ✍️ Elie Dolgin

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The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help save wildlife from collapse

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 23d

lovely indeed

Ann Finkbeiner @annfinkbeiner.bsky.social · 23d

Neil's tooth hurts but he's in Greenland looking at teeth of ancient Greenlanders, which remind him of the teeth of Appalachian Virginians who couldn't afford dentists, which reminds him of his own tooth. This essay is lovely, only slightly alarming. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/19/t...

The Last Word On Nothing | The Tales Teeth Tell

www.lastwordonnothing.com

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 24d

that sounds like a very satisfying way to spend a Thursday #jealous

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · 24d

It's Thursday and that means I'm putting together the @knowablemag.bsky.social newsletter, which features our new stuff plus other smart takes on what's going on the world of science. If you read/wrote/helped make something especially good recently, let me know!

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 25d

If you suffer from migraines, or know someone who does, her story is an essential read. Check it out 👇

Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies

One class of drugs has already found success in treating the painful, disorienting and common attacks. Excitement is building about a slew of additional drug targets.

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Jens Lund @lundjens.bsky.social · Sep 13

If our environment promotes obesity, why do some people stay thin? 🤔

This new popular scientific article by Ute Eberle in
@knowablemag.bsky.social delves into this question 👇 1/8

@cbmr.science

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The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

thanks @biographic.bsky.social ! will take a look

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

this is fascinating- Amber Dance wrote a piece for us recently on how cancer cells hijack & manipulate their surroundings- astonishing, really, & may inspire therapies @erictopol.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

and..
-See the giants of grocery and ag that dominate our food system @thefern.org
-Some therapists are secretly using chatbots @technologyreview.com
-Are you cleaning your ears correctly? @washingtonpost.com
-Thumbnails gave rodents an evolutionary edge, from @sciencenews.bsky.social

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

last week, we flagged:

-CDC cuts surveillance of six foodborne pathogens @nbcnews.com
-Feds stop funding network that develops therapies for kids with brain cancer @nytimes.com
-States go their own way on vaccines @kffhealthnews.org
-Test your tariff and trade knowledge @graphics.reuters.com

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

One of my duties is helming the @knowablemag.bsky.social newsletter. It features our new stuff, cool #sciart and smart takes on goings-on in science (the bad news & good reads)

Tag me if you read/wrote/made something especially good & get our newsletter here!
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Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. A digital magazine from Annual Reviews.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Sep 4

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

✍️ Ute Eberle

knowmag.org/4ndXiVE

The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

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Olena Shmahalo @natureintheory.bsky.social · Sep 3

#3Dart about #antimatter — by me for Knowable Magazine [email protected]

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#SciArt #scienceillustration #3D #C4D #ZBrush
#NoAI #science #physics 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭

How a mysterious particle could explain the universe’s missing antimatter

The Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter, which would have annihilated each other in a spectacular burst of pure energy. But it didn’t. New experiments focused on under...

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you for the great work @natureintheory.bsky.social I love the mirror for conveying the mystery of the missing antimatter

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Aug 27

What have researchers learned about the physiology and genetics of pregnancy at high elevation? This was discussed at a meeting convened last year in Cambridge, England.

👉 Read @timvernimmen.bsky.social's report knowmag.org/4hmhwsU

And check out the proceedings from the meeting (quoted below 👇) 🧪

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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · Aug 19

“Pollen is a very, very interesting biomaterial.” It might seem like useless dust, but pollen has some fascinating materials science -- including a rigid outer shell called “the diamond of the plant world” via @KnowableMag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Using pollen to make paper, sponges and more

Reengineered, the powdery stuff could become a range of eco-friendly objects

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Jul 15

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease.

✍️ Katarina Zimmer

Super-resolution microscopes showcase the inner lives of cells

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease

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Rachel Ehrenberg @rachelscience.bsky.social · Jul 1

shared this story with family and friends in New England, delighted to learn that eastern North America's continental margin has "so much going on there that some geologists have humorously dubbed it a “passive-aggressive margin.”

Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · Jul 1

How did eastern North America form? With many collisions and much crumpling of rock, down the ages.

How did eastern North America form?

With many collisions and much crumpling of rock, down the ages. The story holds lessons for how the edges of continents are built and change over time.

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