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The Open Notebook's avatar The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social
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Science isn’t a “lone wolf enterprise.” Featuring student researchers, lab technicians, and overlooked or historically marginalized contributors, can help journalists correct this imbalance and find unique story angles, writes @goesbykim.bsky.social.

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Max G. Levy's avatar Max G. Levy @maxlevy.bsky.social
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Yes!!!! Couldn't agree more

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Max G. Levy's avatar Max G. Levy @maxlevy.bsky.social
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Thank you for sharing this Matt! The support means a lot and act of supporting the work of journalists (not just Sequencer's content) is a big part of our mission!

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Max G. Levy's avatar Max G. Levy @maxlevy.bsky.social
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Bone marrow transplants are hard to come by. The timing has to be right and the transplant has to match the recipient closely. Those tough odds compound for minority groups

Blood from a newborn's umbilical cord has shaped up to be solid alternative.

www.drugdiscoverynews.com/umbilical-co...

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Bethany Brookshire's avatar Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social
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I also love that @carlzimmer.bsky.social noted it was Ernst Mayr who came up with the "if they can bang they are the same species" concept.

There's an Ernst Mayr library at Harvard.

And every time I was there I'd think "hehe this guy defined species by whether they f***ed" 🧪

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Yvette Cendes's avatar Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social
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Hi all- who out there is a young science communicator (not scientist) who’s been covering JWST? Might have an interesting opportunity… 🔭🧪

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Laura Helmuth's avatar Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social
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Applications are open now through March 15 for Scientific American's internship program. Here's a thread with links to the job descriptions. Thanks for applying or passing this info to people who should. Positions are in New York, to work from June-ish through the end of the year, $20/hour 🧵

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Shi En Kim's avatar Shi En Kim @goesbykim.bsky.social
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Last year, near the end a family vacation in Japan, I decided to go off on my own to look for local stories. I stumbled upon a really cool one in Osaka—the iconic Dotonburi River is hiding an endangered yet familiar species: Japanese eels!

So, I wrote the story up for @natgeographic.bsky.social:

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SSRIs often don’t work, and when they do, the mood change takes several weeks to kick in. Neuroscientists told me that it's been a "puzzle" and a "paradox" without satisfying answers. An answer is emerging based on previously unseen physical changes in the brain

www.wired.com/story/why-an...

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