Check out our @nature.com collection for International Women's Day #IWD26! Featuring great work by @smjyoti.bsky.social @scattercushion.bsky.social @sarahemilywild.bsky.social @lindanordling.bsky.social &c, plus editorial direction by @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social www.nature.com/immersive/iw...
Most health and medical data are drawn from research on male bodies. That leaves a big research gap that impedes progress on improving treatments for women, writes @smjyoti.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy International Women's Day! @nature.com put together a collection of recent women's health and women in science stories--by @smjyoti.bsky.social, @scattercushion.bsky.social, @lindanordling.bsky.social , @sarahemilywild.bsky.social, and myself
--to commemorate.
As the final @nature.com Changemakers in science Q&A, it's truly fitting to highlight the work of Robert Bullard @bullardcenter.bsky.social to put action behind environmental justice research in the most vulnerable communities. As told to @virginiagewin.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is such a fascinating and well-reported story.
I've wanted to write about Morgellons for more than a decade. But it took me a long while to trust my curiosity and realize that sometimes, what's new is where your questions lead the story.
Big thanks to @ashleythesmart.bsky.social for edits on this one - undark.org/2026/02/24/m...
Journo request: I'm working on a story on life after a cancer diagnosis -- late effects of treatment, working with a PCP on specific health needs, and so on. Looking to speak with people with direct experience and doctors who can share their experience learning to provide care/ make decisions.
It's often taken for granted that ADHD is caused by a shortage of dopamine in the brain. But as @smjyoti.bsky.social found, it's much more complicated than that. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Journo request: Looking to speak with people who have/ had cancer and needed to navigate questions like "how do I time my flu shot with my cancer treatments" or struggled to find help for treatment side effects that persisted after cancer care ended.
illuminating piece on tight links between cardiovascular, pancreas (insulin/diabetes), and kidney diseases - really all 1 condition! by @smjyoti.bsky.social
🧪Source request: Are you a father in academia trying your best to be an equal partner in parenting? Do you want to tell me about why you think that is important? If so, please reach out! I'll only be able to speak to 1 source (it's a short piece), but tell me about your situation & it could be you!
New investigation: After Oregon invested $20m for drug addiction services, counties spent the funds on prosecutors, sheriffs, police gadgets + cars.
I got records revealing how law enforcement used $ meant for treatment, as providers face major cuts + patients are stuck on waiting lists to get help
For a Nature story: Looking to speak with researchers who have gotten (human) samples from biobanks for their work. If this is you or someone you know, please reach out!
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I'm working on a @niemanlab.org story about what’s come of media companies' 2020 DEI promises.
How have newsrooms' DEI priorities changed over the last 5 years? What impact have DEI initiatives had on journalism/journalists?
DM me here, on Signal, or email (hanaa@niemanlab.org).
Taking the drug made one writer feel so sick she quit and focused on healthy habits instead of her body size. Turns out, 65% of people using GLP-1 drugs for weight loss quit within a year.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
BE IN COMMUNITY: Join us TODAY for a mental health check-in hosted by the NASW Freelance Committee at 1 pm Eastern. All members are invited.
Join the March 19 Event:
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Our library has a "Library of things" that includes everything from toys and telescopes to fancy cake molds and tools, truly the best option for those one-off needs.
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
"Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years." My kid is the one thing that keeps me going on the rough days. Children as a generation keep our species going. We are genetically, evolutionarily hardwired to care more about this number than anything else. "But the economy" is not an alternative.
🚨 NEW Fellowship Alert! 🚨 AHCJ’s Firearm Violence Reporting Fellowship gives journalists the tools, training & expert access to cover this critical public health issue with depth & accuracy. Apply now! ⏳ Deadline: April 4 healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
Journalists! Check out this great new fellowship opportunity from @healthjournalism.org healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
CBC hiring new correspondents in (takes deep breath):
-Banff
-Red Deer
-Lethbridge
-Medicine Hat
-Fort McMurray
-Lloydminster
-Hinton/Jasper
Plus a slew of other cities outside Alberta.
Apply. cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CBC_Radio-Ca...
OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
UPDATE: We remain committed to organizing a conference this year after #SciWri25 hosts withdraw. More than ever, providing an opportunity for the professional science writing community to convene, learn, and support each other is critical.
READ MORE+HELP OUT: www.nasw.org/article...
As reported, the entire staff of 538 was laid off this morning. This is a severe blow to political data journalism, and I feel for my colleagues. Readers note: As we were instructed not to publish any new content, all planned updates to polls data and averages are canceled indefinitely. Huge loss :(
w/ thanks to @ashleythesmart.bsky.social @brookeborel.bsky.social for edits!
Over the past few years, my work has orbited one central question: What does it mean to live at the cutting edge of science, experiencing a disease researchers don't fully understand? This story, my latest for Undark, probably comes closest to describing what that's like: undark.org/2025/03/03/m...
Handy advice!
