Ms. Frizzle meets Morticia Addams. Science writer, views my own. She/her. đŠ
Chicago, IL
Joined July 2017
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Brown dwarfs are sometimes called âfailed stars,â and theyâre ânot very bright.â Stars: theyâre just like us!
nytimes.com/2023/07/13/scienâŠ
I loved learning about this star thatâs cooler than a campfire with @funfactscience and @taraxmurphy for my latest @NYTScience piece, and editing it with @michaelroston! âš
Any piece that works in the phrase âsexual pyrotechnicsâ is a good one. Gorgeous, funny, sobering, delightful work by @dino_grandoni, @hailey_haymond, and @itsclaudiaher.
In non-SCOTUS news, if you need some, read this from me on fireflies đ„đȘ°
đĄwhy they're disappearing â almost 1 in 3 (!) in the U.S. & Canada may be threatened with extinction, according to one estimate
đĄand what you can do about it
washingtonpost.com/climate-eâŠ
My friend, mycologist extraordinaire @mpnelsen, getting noticed by the folks behind The Last of Us for his fungal knowledge!
Super cool to see @Naughty_Dog & OG #TheLastOfUs @arnemeyer (& fellow @UChicago alumnus) reading this article in @UChicagoMag! Always happy to chat about #fungi @TheLastofUsHBO #TheLastOfUsHBO @FieldMuseum Thanks Maureen Searcy & @kategscience!! See also: news.uchicago.edu/story/mycoâŠ
One of those essays thatâs so lovely that it makes me mad that I didnât write it. Beautiful work, @AdamFrank4 !
Whatâs the astonishing âŠ@NANOGravâ© result good for if youâre not an astrophysicist? The answer is simple. Wonder. My new piece for âŠ@TheAtlanticâ© theatlantic.com/science/archâŠ
I loved this article by @FKreier in @NYTScience about doomed, smiling ancient reptiles. nytimes.com/2023/06/16/scienâŠ
My latest for @NYTScience!
To make a migration over thousands of miles, more spots on their wings may help monarch butterflies nyti.ms/3p8CtTj
Proceeds from this article will go towards buying my cat more of her disgusting squeezy meat tubes. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/06/wâŠ
Buzzing with excitement about how this big bug spread for @nytimes for Kids turned out! Hugely grateful to the scientific advisors, illustrators, and editors for making it come to life!
My latest for @NYTScience!
âIf youâre an arachnophobe, theyâre the stuff of your nightmares,â one biologist said. But a study found that they spook easily. nyti.ms/4388Rnl
Everyday is Halloween for overgrown mall goths like me, so Iâm very excited to be part of @atlasobscuraâs spooky Rites of Spring. I got to write about something I love, botanical horror, with an editor I love working with, @gemmatarlach!
atlasobscura.com/articles/scâŠ
Thank you for sharing your expertise, @dawnkeetley, @SimmonsKali, and Kaliyamurthy Karthigeyan!
I love hellbenders and am utterly delighted by this piece in @NYTScience by @ElieDolgin. "Old lasagna sides!" nytimes.com/2023/04/20/scienâŠ
And my latest for @NYTScience! Dedicated to the melanocyte stem cells around my right temple that are apparently on strike.
nytimes.com/2023/04/19/scienâŠ
Carnivorous plants! My latest for @CNN amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/19/wâŠ
I love thermodynamics, and I love this article by Rahul Rao. "Think of it like a vase, teetering at the edge of a table. The universe wants to push that vase over and make it shatter across the floor. To piece it back together, you have to put in the energy."
Some of todayâs quantum physicists are tinkering with an esoteric phase of matter that seems to disobey some of our laws of physics. trib.al/cJZRDfU
This story, my latest for @nytscience, is dedicated to Bob Chinn's Crab House in Wheeling, Illinois. IYKYK
nytimes.com/2023/02/07/scienâŠ
Come for the zombie fungi, stay for the real thing we should be scared of: climate change. My latest for @CNN, starring @joaofungo, @CharissaB, and @DH_PlantVillage. cnn.com/2023/01/25/world/zomâŠ
Kate Golembiewski retweeted
Perhaps the most mesmerising, the Schizophyllum commune (Splitgill Commune). They have 23,328 biological sexes (distinct mating types) -- individuals of any mating type are compatible for mating with most other mating types. They remind me of ballgowns and fractals.
My latest for @NYTScience, ft Eva-Maria Sadowski of @mfnberlin, @ReganDunn5, and George Poinar, the scientist whose work with amber helped inspire Jurassic Park! đđž
A reexamination of the fossil flower trapped in amber offered new clues to what Northern Europe was like 35 million years ago nyti.ms/3H9rsHD
