Blythe Terrell

I did not take any photos of my last day at the Nuclear Media Summit by @outrider.org 🫠 but this event was fascinating and expertly run! Loved talking about how to share complicated science while making doofy jokes. And I played some tape about balls while others talked smartly about nuclear war 💁‍♀️

Ooof.

I know this is not a fresh take, but I had so many (fascinating) convos about gen AI this week, and my takeaway is that THINKING WORK SHOULD BE HARD AND IS IMPORTANT.

Does testosterone put some pep in your step? And what are the risks?? Come for the science, stay for the John Wick reference I once again forced the team to make 💃💃💃 #ScienceSky

BREAKING: The hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau "will not move forward," the lead researcher says. “The solution is clear here: Take the money and vaccinate as many kids as you can,” @pauloffit.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

66 (!!) pregnant people with measles this year in Pennsylvania, which is scary 🧪 Also 👀👀👀 "According to NBC News, there is also no national database on congenital measles, likely because the disease hasn’t been routinely seen in the United States for decades." www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/penn...

On my wayyyy! Come to my talk on Friday morning — about how to talk about complex science + intense topics without bumming everybody out. PLUS I'll chat about how @sciencevs.bsky.social made our audio-first show into a video show as well 🧪🎉

New menopause guidelines are out from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists — the group is updating its position on hormone therapy. www.acog.org/news/2026/10... We covered the COMPLICATED science behind all this in our menopause ep 👇🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/0yuH...

Skyline cleanse, do the mash

"Stop touching birds" just generally good advice imho www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

This whole chat about poo + fiber + the gut-brain connection is an absolute ROMP

Our friends at Pablo Torre Finds Out are doing the lord's work here

Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

Six months ago:

In 2021, researchers from Boston University & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute aboard the Schmidt Ocean research vessel Falkor had a rare encounter with Vitreledonella richardi, the GLASS OCTOPUS. This mesmerizing creature, rarely seen, has a nearly transparent body with visible eyes & gut.

Are you collagen curious?? Get the science here 🤓

Not to brag, but I'm getting mine tonight 😎

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

It's easy to forget that states (all of them) are varying shades of purple 19thnews.org/2026/08/kans...

So impressed by how these journalists pushed and pushed to get answers. Time and again, it's student press 💪 www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Truly loved this interview on the teenage brain — lol'd every time I watched ♥️ & it left me with a sparkly new appreciation for teenagers (MAN that time is bananas)

Is anyone out there just printing odd or even pages of documents?? What use case am I missing

One scientist I spoke to for our raw milk ep got the most heated when he talked about how LOTS of the people who get sick from this stuff are kids

I have employed the lessons from this stress episode SO MANY TIMES already (today) 🧪

Exxon's planning for 2.5-3°C of warming by 2050. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

A JAMA study out this week finds no evidence of an autism "epidemic": “This pattern suggests improved detection rather than increased ASD occurrence and does not support an ASD epidemic.” 🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt... We did an ep on this: open.spotify.com/episode/2eKg...

Ooof was fully drowning in AI prediction madness this week & truly appreciated this piece from @garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/could-rogu...

Really fascinating @merylhorn.bsky.social ep where we try to put some actual research around all these batshit #AI predictions 🧪 P.S. We know the Cambrian explosion wasn't worms to elephants, don't @ us #ScienceSky

Science Vs' latest ep is a lovely interview with @amnh.org entomologist @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social Not to brag, but we covered why scientists work with gold-plated dragonfly penises 💅 AND why we love cockroach mums 🧪 PLUS she and Wendy accidentally matched 🎉 open.spotify.com/episode/5UjL...

How long have my pants been unzipped? — my WFH memoir

This just makes me SO SAD YOU GUYS www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/four...

We get google analytics on the NASA Exoplanet Archive every month and occasionally one specific planet will really shoot up the ratings and we have to hunt down what media property it appeared in this time. 😂

Hello hellooooo, journalist friends! I'll be speaking at the 2026 @outrider.org Nuclear Reporting Summit in LA next month — on Friday, Oct. 23. I'll be talking about how to discuss intense science topics without bumming everyone out. COME! It's free! We'll have fun! outrider.org/conference/2...

Today's ep is this DELIGHTFUL interview with the extraordinary Dr. Jessica Ware of the @amnh.org. Come to find out wtf is going on with insects, and stay to hear about the absolutely WILD world of dragonfly sex. Plus — how to milk a cockroach (!!!) 🧪 #ScienceSky

Sharing from Internet Archive: “Much of BET’s digital journalism is no longer available on the web Internet Archive has preserved more than 199,000 BET articles over the years. They can now be accessed through the Wayback Machine & a new pilot explorer: wayback-labs.sf.archive.org/bet-explorer/

YES I got into our Ioniq & immediately knew I wanted to drive it off the lot. We had to wait bc we didn't have our checkbook and Diane from finance wasn't there to help us sort it out. BUT it's been a great car & we call her Carmen Electra, obv

Truly, what is going on with protein

so why does the White House want you* to take testosterone SO badly ... I wrote a story about this! *cis people only

Welllllllp wasn't Cocomelon already the most AI non-AI content ever?! www.404media.co/cocomelons-s...

We get sooooo many questions about sunscreen, so producer Michelle Dang sat down to sort through the science. And the answers aren't nearly as straightforward as I expected ... 🧪 #ScienceSky

#ScienceSky 🧪 In order to inform the public, we got to reach the public. In order to reach the public, we got to first "game" the algo. Let's see what Hank has learned from the trenches.

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

We've talked at the show about EVs — benefits, drawbacks. It's obv better to use public transit or bikes, but if you have to drive (as I do), this study says switching is worth it. ALSO we have two EVs & have taken them on road trips (20+ hours) so AMA www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

INVESTIGATION ALERT 🧪

Good lord. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Nooooo

Crap, I totally forgot that my life goal after the 2017 solar eclipse was to become an eclipse chaser and do nothing but travel the world seeing eclipses forever

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