Flora Graham

Flora Graham

@floragraham.bsky.social

I write the Nature Briefing, a daily email for Nature (@nature.com) about all the science, which I hope you will enjoy.

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Flora Graham
@floragraham.bsky.social

I'm just saying I will email you this newsletter for free 😘 (Should you wish to build bridges over the yawning trenches of the 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒)

Flora Graham
@floragraham.bsky.social

Thank you so much @interspecies.agency for these incredibly kind words! It is a labour of love, and I think about to get even better thanks to our new reporter James Dinneen. (Here's the sign-up page should anyone wish to take Matthew's excellent advice 😉 www.nature.com/briefing/ant...)

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Matthew Ponsford@interspecies.agency

It is rare to find anything in the world of science writing that is so lovingly conceived and executed every week as @floragraham.bsky.social's Anthropocene briefing for Nature. Not sure how best to share a newsletter but here's trying mailchi.mp/nature/anthr... Sign up!

mailchi.mpAnthropogenic fire — the long history of people using fire as a tool

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Amy Maxmen, PhD
@amymaxmen.bsky.social

I'm stunned by the news of Helen Branswell's passing. She was a force in science journalism. Gone too soon. 💔https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/helen-branswell-stat-reporter-obituary/

statnews.comHelen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Amanda Katz
@katzish.bsky.social

This was my reaction too and I don't even know whether the "we" is humanists, women, people with the ability to read, Canadians, fans of Sappho, fans of Emily Dickinson, translators, classicists, or people who appreciate the feelings of sad red monsters. Either way, yes

the beggars out of here getter@milesklee.bsky.social

oh my god we won

Flora Graham
@floragraham.bsky.social

Honestly this advice changed my life. "Just say ‘I disagree’." You have do that, but you don't have to do more than that. Don’t make some elaborate argument, don't call the person scum, just make it clear that you don't think like that. And get your mates to chime in, too.

Complexity Science Hub@csh.ac.at

𝗠𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲! 👏 In a Q&A, Mirta Galesic, who co-leads CSH's Collective Minds research group, talked about the best way to respond to hate speech – and why simply saying “I disagree” matters a lot. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41... 👉 Collective Minds research group: shorturl.at/xDr30

Flora Graham
@floragraham.bsky.social

Am I going to get my free movement back... as a Canadian ?!?! 🥹

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.

Flora Graham
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Possibly one of the best moments of my scientific life as Swiss astrophysicist Michel Mayor, on his home turf, dons a pair of Ig-Nobel-winning underpants on his head

Flora Graham@floragraham.bsky.social

Have you lived till you’ve watched Nobel prizewinners dressed as mushrooms perform an opera about fungi? NO

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The wonderful Ig Nobels of course! This year, lucky for us, in Europe for the first time ever bsky.app/profile/npr....

NPR@npr.org

The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded this week for humorous yet thought-provoking research. This year, the ceremony came with a twist. n.pr/4cnz08L

n.prKissing apes, anti-splash urinals: This year's Ig Nobels showcase surprising scienceThe Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded this week for humorous yet thought-provoking research. This year, the ceremony came with a twist.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
@shaneburley.bsky.social

This reinstatement happened for one reason: a union contract. She was brought back against managements wishes because she won the highest level of the grievance procedure, arbitration. This is how you can take the power back from people like Jeff Bezos: form a union.

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
Flora Graham
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I'm very sympathetic to the feelings underlying this post, but vaccine-questioning and vaccine-hesitant parents are ALSO trying their best to protect their children. Attacking each other is playing right into the hands of those who profit from anti-vaccine lies ❤️

Jessica Ellis@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

My whole childless life I’ve been told when you become a parent your heart opens up to a new special magical kind of love, apparently a love so strong it will let children die of entirely preventable illnesses.

Flora Graham
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If we really want to protect children we must learn from research that studies how to build and rebuild trust in vaccines; it's hard work but demonizing parents isn't it (totally understand why people are enraged tho)

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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

Flora Graham
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Nine years since I started writing the Nature Briefing, and while searching for the very first issue I found this 😁 Thanks to my dad, my godfather and all the other dads who contact me via the Briefing inbox

Flora Graham
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GET HEARING AIDS ❤️ stop worrying if they're cool they're like glasses just get them and wear them this one's for the dads out there (except my dad, he's cool and wears his aids)

Flora Graham
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ITS HAPPENING www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

cbc.caCanada will enter the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest | CBC NewsCBC/Radio-Canada and the European Broadcasting Union have announced Canada will participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.
Flora Graham@floragraham.bsky.social

OMG YOU GUYS www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

cbc.caCanada can now enter Eurovision, but CBC won't say whether it will | CBC NewsCBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union on Thursday, which means Canada is now eligible to enter the Eurovision Song Contest, but the country’s public broadcaster won’...

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another morgan
@mheslin.bsky.social

imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar

NBC News@nbcnews.com

She has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.

nbcnews.toSearchers are on high alert for a missing giraffe in TexasGracie vanished a week and a half ago from a ranch northwest of San Antonio. Her owner is offering a reward of $5,000 for her capture and safe return.

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Dan Vergano
@danvergano.bsky.social

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

group.springernature.comSpringer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses | Springer Nature Group | Springer NatureStrategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development
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Should you switch on a fan during a heatwave? The answer depends on both temperature and humidity. "The findings lend support to a simple public health message: Avoid fan use above ~40°C."

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Via Ollie Jay, Professor of Heat and Health and Director of the Heat and Health Research Centre and Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney, on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/ollie-...

linkedin.com#hot #fan #heatwave #humidity #heathealth #heatwaves #extremeheat #climateandhealth #publichealth | Ollie JayIt's going to be #hot across parts of Europe and the UK all this week. But if you don't have air conditioning, should you switch on a #fan during a #heatwave? The answer appears to depend on both tem...