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@knowablemag.bsky.social🐳 Colder oceans are full of animals that need to fatten up to survive, but a key source of lipids — a tiny, oil-stuffed critter called a copepod — is feeling the heat, affecting a vital food web.
@lelanargi.bsky.socialReposted by @knowablemag.bsky.socialClimate change is threatening C. finmarchicus, a fatty copepod that props up life in the cold northern ocean + is essential food for endangered right whales, who suck it up like spaghetti. My latest for @knowablemag.bsky.social
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@knowablemag.bsky.socialHot neutrino news this week: The Physics Nobel prize has been awarded to the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from beyond our solar system. Neutrinos are still a very hot topic and a source of ongoing mystery: how much do they weigh, and how and why do they have mass at all? Read all about it:
@knowablemag.bsky.social“Transmissible cancers show us the imperfections in our models of the world in which things are cleanly separated into species and non-species, or even individuals and not-individuals,” says biologist Michael Metzger.
✍️ Nala Rogers: knowmag.org/4rRPvAl
@knowablemag.bsky.socialIn rare cases, brain inflammation can cause psychosis. When antipsychotics are replaced with immune-suppressing drugs, patients can recover completely. But how do we identify these cases?
✍️ Georgia Michelman: knowmag.org/4e0LmnV
@knowablemag.bsky.socialTake a peek into a pitcher plant's deadly plumbing 🪰 ☠️
✍️ Georgia Michelman, for our new #BioWonders column: knowmag.org/4yNCZEe
@knowablemag.bsky.social🌎 LATEST: Tracking air pollution with a new NASA satellite
@coveringclimatenow.orgReposted by @knowablemag.bsky.socialGreat journalism doesn’t just explain potential solutions, it interrogates them: Do they achieve what they promise and are they just?
🏆️ Victoria Uwemedimo & @katarinazimmer.bsky.social | @knowablemag.bsky.social
🏆️ Molly Bentley & team | @bipisci.bsky.social
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@virginiagewin.bsky.socialReposted by @knowablemag.bsky.social"[TEMPO] is a game changer," says @uwmad-aos.bsky.social's Tracey Holloway.
My @knowablemag.bsky.social story highlights how the geostationary satellite is helping researchers, air quality specialists and communities track pollution dynamics from space.
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@knowablemag.bsky.social🪱 Enter the weird and wacky world of bristle worms. From bio-metallic jaws to detachable butts, these creatures have all sorts of tricks for living the life aquatic.
✍️ Sandy Ong: knowmag.org/4deh2G4
@knowablemag.bsky.social🪢 “It’s only called the Stone Age because all we find is stone, not because there was only stone.” - archaeologist Nicholas Conard
✍️ Benjamin Taub: knowmag.org/4h7xNnH
@knowablemag.bsky.social🗣️ Researchers are testing AI tools that identify subtle signatures of schizophrenia in speech patterns.
✍️ Astrid Landon: knowmag.org/4ytvGRU
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@knowablemag.bsky.social📣 We're hiring! Knowable Magazine seeks an organized, detail-oriented & self-motivated Temporary Editorial Assistant. Ideal candidate: 💡 excellent proofreading skills 💡 great communication skills 💡 experience with digital publishing tools 💡 strong administrative capabilities 💡 interest in science
@knowablemag.bsky.social👀 Some more social media legislation news from Australia. To learn more about previous efforts, check out our reporting on social media minimum age laws (linked below 👇)
@knowablemag.bsky.social🫂 Empathy is a skill that can be learned and enhanced. But it has its limits, and can even promote conflict. Here’s what some experts say about how it works.
✍️ Katherine Ellison: knowmag.org/4ydXp9f
@knowablemag.bsky.social🐝 Air pollution can alter plant odors and warp insects’ senses, disrupting the process of pollination.
✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4i5ddGt
@knowablemag.bsky.social📚 Today is #ReadABookDay. Revisit our 2021 story on the benefits and detriments of e-books for kids.
✍️ Cypress Hansen: knowmag.org/4ycqmSL
@knowablemag.bsky.social🎗️ Thinking of others enhances your well-being, while selfishness just adds to stress, studies show.
✍️ @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4wYLHOI
