Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

Editor in chief @SciAm. @laurahelmuth.bsky.social @[email protected] @ScienceWriters @washingtonpost @NatGeo @Slate @SmithsonianMag @NewsFromScience sciam.com Washington DC Joined August 2010

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Kate Wong @katewong

12 hours ago

It’s National Go Birding Day! Tools like @Team_eBird & @MerlinBirdID make finding and identifying birds easier than ever. There’s never been a better time to be a birder. Here’s my story on falling in love with birds in the golden age of birding for @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/we-are…

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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry @kennaculture

a day ago

For all fellow @SciWriRockies members, be sure to attend this COMING MONDAY's event at @DenverMuseumNS to hear from the brilliant @laurahelmuth and others focusing on #science during the #election year. @alexwitze

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

a day ago

Please join us in Denver or virtually Monday evening for an event on Science in an Election Year. There is a LOT to talk about. institute.dmns.org/events/science… From the Institute for Science & Policy and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science @DenverMuseumNS @InstituteSciPol

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

a day ago

It's just a matter of time before an apocalyptic solar flare or a coronal mass ejection hits Earth and destroys satellites and power grids — and we are so not prepared scientificamerican.com/article/the-th… by @BadAstronomer on @sciam

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

a day ago

Happy cicada silly season! Here's advice from a chef, a veterinarian and a couple of anthropologists about whether they're safe for people or pets & how to eat them scientificamerican.com/article/cicada… by @meghanbartels on @sciam

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

2 days ago

I regret to inform you that a privately launched, NFT-funded art installation on the moon, called Jeff Koons: Moon Phases, will likely survive longer than every single work of art in the Louvre and possibly humanity itself. scientificamerican.com/article/how-je… on @sciam

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

2 days ago

There has never been a better time to be (or become) a birder scientificamerican.com/article/we-are… by @katewong on @sciam

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

2 days ago

Most people are not extroverts or introverts — we're ambiverts scientificamerican.com/article/extrov… by @h_schultheiss on @sciam via @spektrum

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels

3 days ago

Cicadas have been SPOTTED. We are GO for cicadas. Here's how they tell time. scientificamerican.com/article/how-do…

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

3 days ago

Bioluminescence evolved independently about 100 times in different lineages starting 540 million years ago. What a wonderful world scientificamerican.com/article/glow-i… by @meghanbartels on @sciam

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein @IBJIYONGI

3 days ago

I talked to @sciam about the nature of quantum mechanics and how intuition in physics works (or doesn’t). Listen wherever you get your podcasts or read the transcript here: scientificamerican.com/podcast/episod…

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OpenMind @openmind_mag

3 days ago

👉Our stories on the cognitive #science of deception and #disinformation are being republished on @sciam scientificamerican.com/author/openmin… Read about how anti-trans efforts misuse and distort science, how air pollution damages the brain, and more. And stay tuned for the next stories!

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

3 days ago

During the Cold War, the USSR fed the US bogus claims about paranormal weapons, which the US immediately laughed off. Ha no the US spent millions of $$ and decades of effort on psychic spy work that culminated in Havana Syndrome panic scientificamerican.com/article/soviet… @keithkloor @sciam

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Dan Vergano @dvergano

3 days ago

Soviet-Era Pseudoscience Lurks behind ‘Havana Syndrome’ Worries Dodgy studies and fantastic claims have long powered a belief in devious Russian brain weapons, from mind control to microwave devices by @keithkloor scientificamerican.com/article/soviet…

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

4 days ago

Please join us April 29, virtually or in person at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, for a discussion about science in an election year. There's a LOT to talk about! institute.dmns.org/events/science… @DenverMuseumNS

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

4 days ago

"Fauxtomation" is when an AI or robot is assisted by a human behind the curtain -- falsely inflating the value of the supposed automation scientificamerican.com/article/is-the… on @sciam

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

4 days ago

After months of gibberish transmissions, Voyager 1 is finally communicating clearly again & I love how invested we are in this distant, 46-year-old spacecraft 😍 scientificamerican.com/article/after-… by @meghanbartels on @sciam

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

5 days ago

The fist cloned black-footed ferret, named Elizabeth Ann, was born in 2020 (you may have missed it at the time). She just became a triplet. All three are clones of Willa, who lived in Wyoming in the 1980s scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-… on @sciam

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Scientific American @sciam

a week ago

Three types of misinformation are being used against transgender people: oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and misinterpreting research, and promoting false equivalences. trib.al/UVlEfrh

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

a week ago

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers, and you almost certainly know someone who has it. Here's the latest research on diagnosis and treatment, a must-read for anyone trying to figure out how to treat it (or not) at any stage scientificamerican.com/article/treati… on @sciam