NEW: for @nytimes.com, I wrote about a new study showing that queen bumblebees can breathe underwater, surviving submerged for a week
the “remarkable” study stems from a lab snafu, when a co-author thought she accidentally drowned several bees—but later found that they were alive 🧪
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I’m devastated that this (very interesting) article isn’t about chimpanzees getting into New Age spirituality. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...
The Buster Bluths of the Galapagos Islands www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/s...
NEW: In 2023, twin earthquakes devastated parts of southern Turkey and Syria. All eyes are now on Istanbul, which has its own worrying fault system—one that will, inevitably, produce a large and tremendously devastating earthquake.
Me @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/s...
With apologies to @rdzombak.bsky.social who wrote a very nice story www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
Sometimes I worry I'm trying too hard, and then other times I decide you know what, just let the Billy Ocean-inspired headline rip, even if 2 out of 3 colleagues didn't get the reference:
First of all, rude
The sculptor Jim Sanborn has sold the secret to his Kryptos sculpture for nearly a million bucks — here's the story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
NEW: Not long after Earth formed, it received a giant sucker punch when an object named Theia crashed into it, unleashing debris that made the Moon. But where did Theia come from—the outer solar system?
Nope. The Moon-making impact was an inside job.
Me @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
I did a little research and I think under some circumstances, jet fuel can melt regolith
If you're looking to launch Dark Pixar, here's your plot:
"Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
ME (sobbing, folorn, bereft of hope): I don't think I'll ever know what a vindicated iguana looks li-
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
That iguana DOES look vindicated I have to say 😂
A screenshot from The New York Times website shows a portrait of an iguana in profile and the headline "This is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like."
Take your victory lap, girlfriend.
Nyt says “this is what a vindicated iguana looks like” and includes a photo of an iguana looking incredibly smug
when you’re mean to me but it turns out I’m right this is who you’re being mean to that turned out to be right
we need @darthbluesky.bsky.social out here exclaiming that "the iguana IS INNOCENT"
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
“The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.”
Just occurred to me that “6,7” yields the answer to life, the universe and everything, Gen Alpha is profound
NEW: this genetically engineered fungus lures mosquitoes to their death—by smelling absolutely divine
my latest in @nytimes.com, with sharp edits from @michaelroston.bsky.social 🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
This story rules www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
This story is BONKERS, and I’m so happy to see @jswatz.bsky.social ‘s byline on it
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
Great story that takes a lot of turns but the top part, about how the solution was found, reminds me of a 1990s @ajjacobs.bsky.social article where he brought a police detective to a murder mystery weekend at a hotel, and while the other guests were playing by the rules...
Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
The ‘golden’ rule of the deep-sea: if you want to survive near hydrothermal vents, be prepared to fight poison with poison!
My latest for @nytimes.com about an incredible worm that uses biomineralization as a detox strategy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
