Physicist Phillip Strasberg makes a pretty good case here for Many Worlds 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Clara Moskowitz
Clara Moskowitz
@clarakm.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering astronomy, physics and math. She/her 🏳️🌈
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Please check out this great deep dive into how AI is rewriting the rules of math, and how humans are trying to figure out how they fit into the equation 🧪
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Our new @sciam.bsky.social Editor in Chief, the great @jeanna.bsky.social, on new directions for our 181-year-old publication! www.scientificamerican.com/article/scia...
"We’ve got the world’s biggest economy, in my view, not because of real estate developers but because of science," says @captmarkkelly.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/mark... #SciAmYoungScientists: sciam.com/youngscientists @sciam.bsky.social
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Just learned about this game -- you're given 10 artifacts / day (from The Met's collection) and have to guess where they were made and when. 🏺🧪 And it's hard! I only got top 35%, which is kinda sad as an archaeologist & author of our Astonishing Artifacts column @livescience.com. anthropeum.com
OK, have to admit that “Find your superposition in Finland” is a brilliant slogan. @sciam.bsky.social @sarahscoles.bsky.social #SciAmYoungScientists: sciam.com/youngscientists
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I’m honored to be selected as one of Scientific American’s inaugural Young American Scientists, a recognition of 28 early-career researchers whose work is shaping the future of science. My interview is here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trev... #SciAmYoungScientists @sciam.bsky.social
More than anything I've read, this piece explains the state of science in the U.S. and how--and why--we got here. It's part of @sciam.bsky.social's special package on #SciAmYoungScientists: sciam.com/youngscienti...
It's summer reading time! Join the @sciam.bsky.social challenge. We've got fun themes! Fun prizes! #sciambookbingo www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...
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When I heard the theory that the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated at a landfill in Argentina that is popular with birders, I had questions. I visited that dump on a bird-watching trip last year. It seemed like an unlikely infection site. So I did some digging. Here's what I found out 🧪 🪶
Pretty wild that we're still learning new things about chemistry and physics from the Trinity Test 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stra...
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Another @sciam.bsky.social reader sent me this pic of them reading this memoir meets quantum physics by @kpc.bsky.social 🧪 Come hangout with me on June 1st for a nonfiction panel with Karmela and two other exciting nonfiction writers! @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social at 7:30pm ET 📚
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Fun bit of news: my @sciam.bsky.social Juno/Jupes feature, "A Planet Revealed", won the @aas.org 2026 Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism award! Thanks aplenty to my glorious editor @clarakm.bsky.social for shaping it, and always letting me write big space-y tales. :)
What does SpaceX's focus on AI mean for its exploration plans?
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I'm feeling genuinely stoked about NASA's attempt to send humans on a trip back to the moon today. Go #Artemis! Keep up to date on the mission with us at @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
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As @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains here, when the US admin ended the NASA climate modeling group's office lease, they were kicked out of their building -- and "have been kind of couch surfing at various NYC universities and libraries" since then. Unbelievable. Read more here:
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Just how massive can a star get? Pretty danged massive... but it depends on when you look. A thing I wrote for Scientiifc American, just like I do every Friday! www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... 🔭🧪
I loved working on this fascinating story about galaxies that seem to defy our understanding of dark matter, part of the April issue out today www.scientificamerican.com/article/gala...
If you’re a worrier like me, it may surprise you to know that kids these days are doing better than previous generations in many ways. Join me to discuss the latest research during a live webinar this Thursday at 1pm ET, open to @sciam.bsky.social subscribers www.scientificamerican.com/page/events/
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NEW: Sad news for those wanting the Moon to be hit by a sizeable asteroid: it ain’t happening, at least not in 2032. But at least we now that JWST is a surprisingly good asset for tracking dangerous space rocks! :) Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/noto...
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In a "Jeffrey Epstein and the scientists" podcast w/ @iansample.bsky.social of The Guardian, we delve into the ugly world of Epstein and the scholars hurt by the misogyny in science that the files reveal: www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, but that doesn’t mean quantum physicists have solved all its mysteries. Chief among them: What, exactly, does it mean to incorporate observers into the gnarly math? By Joseph Howlett. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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NASA astronaut and ISS leader Mike Fincke transferred station command to a Russian cosmonaut ahead of an unprecedented medical evacuation
This is a first for NASA--hope the astronaut is ok!
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This is such a cool finding--the oldest direct evidence of poisoned arrows. Poisoned hunting weapons were a game-changing innovation for our ancestors. Absolutely incredible that researchers found traces of plant toxins on these tiny arrowheads from 60,000 ago 🤯🏹 🧪
May I recommend this lovely long read, from one of my favorite writers on the planet, @annfinkbeiner.bsky.social, about the strange and surprising explosions astronomers are discovering in the night sky 🧪
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Just a reminder that this year's Geminids meteor shower peaks tomorrow night! Do you have a plan to try to catch the spectacle?
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Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble. One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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Is ESA benefitting from increased international partnerships and funding due to countries/orgs looking to it rather than to a less stable/less well-funded NASA? "I think the answer is yes, in short." - David Phillips of @esa.int at #Appleton2025. Canada's ESA contribution is up 400% e.g. 🧪🔭
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"A fascinating exploration, packed with surprising insights & eye-opening explanations of cutting-edge physics." — @clarakm.bsky.social, senior editor at Scientific American James Riordon's book "Crush" takes readers on a memorable tour of gravity. Available now: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205098...
Wouldn't it be a ginormous waste to send a rover all the way to Mars to collect rock samples for study back on Earth and then to just...abandon them? By @astrojonny.bsky.social 🧪
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Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-... 🔭 🧪
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True nightmare fuel: Scientists just confirmed the first known death from a severe meat allergy caused by a tick bite. The man, who died in 2024 after eating a burger, had alpha-gal syndrome, a bizarre disease triggered by tick bites. www.scientificamerican.com/article/man-...
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Replying to @nasawatch.bsky.social
For what it's worth, the Planetary Society's @caseydreier.bsky.social will discuss Isaacman's renomination and other issues relating to space science policy at #ScienceWriters2025 in Chicago on Sunday, in conversation with @clarakm.bsky.social: sciencewriters2025.org/schedule/
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: After a leaked memo and a dust-up with NASA’s interim chief, Jared Isaacman’s renomination to lead the space agency portends potentially profound changes for U.S. space science and exploration. By @danvergano.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
Russia's nuclear missile is a very bad idea, by @danvergano.bsky.social
It's never aliens. By @astrojonny.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-...