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Darren Incorvaia@megadarren.bsky.social |
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Science journalist and silly billy
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Darren Incorvaia
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Stoked that today is my first day as a staff writer at Fierce Biotech! I'll be covering the science, policy, and business of drug development, and since I'm new to this beat please feel free to reach out with tips or to chat about the industry! dincorvaia@questex.com 💻📰
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Lauren
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It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits
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pee wee herman-palladino
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ME: is the carbon footprint of driving my kids to go camping morally permissible if experiencing nature leads them to act more sustainably throughout their lives GOOGLE: we're draining freshwater lakes to tell people to drink bleach
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Mongabay
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Federal Police arrested suspects & seized assets linked to some of Brazil’s largest carbon credit projects last week 🌎 This comes after their alleged crimes were exposed by Mongabay recently Investigators say the group was running land-grabbing and timber laundering schemes in the Amazon:
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Darren Incorvaia
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The safest place to be during a wildfire might just be a wombat burrow...and all the creatures of the forest know it 🔥 I wrote about new work on the importance of these fireproof bunkers for Aussie animals www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/s...
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Darren Incorvaia
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a powerful analysis has charted the extinction of the woolly rhino and found the culprits to be similar to the ones threatening today's rhinos--a changing climate and, you guessed it, us 🦏 new from me for Science! www.science.org/content/arti...
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The Washington Post
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Amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment, conditions in Gaza are “worse now than ever before,” said Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development. At least 36,224 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, local health officials say.
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Darren Incorvaia
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Hadn’t bought a physical newspaper in years, but when you’re on the cover of the New York Times science section you gotta see it in print 😎
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Michael Hobbes
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The UK's ban on puberty blockers includes an exemption for every use other than gender dysphoria — i.e. cis kids will continue to get them with no outcry about side effects or medical evidence.
It's clear what this is really about.
t.co/JVGu6DdCbz
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The Washington Post
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After an Israeli strike on a tent camp in Rafah killed 45 people and drew worldwide condemnation, at least 21 people were killed in another tent encampment in Rafah outside of Israel’s designated “evacuation zones” on Tuesday, officials in Gaza said.
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Darren Incorvaia
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After rats arrived on Lord Howe Island, the island's iconic stick insect was quickly driven to extinction...or was it? I visited the San Diego Zoo to learn about the international effort to bring "tree lobsters" back from the brink 🦞My feature in the NYT! www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/s...
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Darren Incorvaia
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Haha I wish!!
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Darren Incorvaia
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I’ve seen quite a few in the Bay Area, always makes me feel better about my own life choices!
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The Washington Post
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Israeli officials seized equipment from the Associated Press and shut down its long-standing video feed of northern Gaza Tuesday, saying the wire service ran afoul of a new law banning Al Jazeera.
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Darren Incorvaia
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How did the German cockroach conquer the world? It turns out we only have ourselves to blame 🪳 new from me on the origins and spread of these incredible animals! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Mongabay
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Have you heard of “weather whiplash”? Farmers in Nigeria — and other regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa — are currently suffering huge losses due to weather whiplash, a phenomenon where extreme weather shifts happen in quick succession. Read more about this:
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sanjana curtis! 🦦
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can you actually “set fire to the rain”? stardust episode 13: Magnesium, is now available! youtu.be/Pkb2RS9K77I?...
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Mongabay
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A new study published in Science reveals that conservation actions are improving or slowing the decline of biodiversity in two-thirds of the cases analyzed. The study’s lead author emphasizes that addressing drivers of biodiversity loss is also necessary to halt and reverse the decline. Read more:
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Freda Kreier
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🧪🦑Reposting my Nature story from last week on Kongsfjorden, a high-artcic fjord on the frontlines of climate change. A quirk of ocean currents means that the fjord hasn't frozen over in the winter since 2006. How is the new arctic shaping life in the far north?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Darren Incorvaia
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I wrote about an orangutan who smeared a medicinal plant onto his face in order to treat a nasty gash he likely got from a fight with another male 🦧 within a few days his wound had closed! www.sciencenews.org/article/oran...
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The Open Notebook
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In this interview with @megadarren.bsky.social, Rod McCullom shares details of his reporting process, how he finds experts off the beaten path, and how he built a specialized beat out of his interests and lived experiences. 🧪
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Darren Incorvaia
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When vials housing hibernating bumblebee queens accidentally flooded, Sabrina Rondeau thought for sure the bees were dead...instead, she discovered that these sleeping beauties are surprisingly waterproof! I've got the story here 🐝 www.sciencenews.org/article/hibe...
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Darren Incorvaia
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Well-reported and very much urgent story Amanda, nice work!
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Amanda Heidt
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Another of mine, out today in Science, that relies on the intense generosity of my sources. I never expected to be WhatsApping with people in Gaza who are currently sheltering with their families.
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Darren Incorvaia
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Thanks Huei!! Happy to tell you more details that didn’t make the final cut too!
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Darren Incorvaia
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Was it surreal to watch Jane Goodall frolic on the beach with close to 100 dogs? Yes. But it was even more surreal to sit down with her afterwards to discuss her life, career, and one ~noteworthy~ critic 🐶🐾 www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/s...
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Darren Incorvaia
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Wrote about some polite birds, check it out!🐦 www.sciencenews.org/article/flut...
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Darren Incorvaia
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NEW BEE ALERT: These eight newly described bees love the island life, and their discovery helped solve an old bee mystery! 🐝 such a pleasure to write about these beautiful animals www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...
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Darren Incorvaia
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Summer is fast approaching, and it's likely to be sweltering 🥵 I wrote about a thistle in southern Spain with an impressive (and mysterious) ability to cool itself down. Maybe it can teach us some tips to beat the heat! www.sciencenews.org/article/summ...
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Laura Helmuth
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The evidence could not be more clear: abortions with mifepristone, one of the most studied drugs in history, are extremely safe. The few flimsy and biased studies suggesting otherwise were just retracted 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/flim...
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jane c. hu
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my first year freelancing was 2017. of the 11 outlets i worked with, 4 no longer exist, and 3 of the remaining 7 have recently had substantial layoffs ✅ Cancer Today ❌ Pacific Standard ✅ Anthropocene ✅ Science ✅ Sci Am 🪓 Outside ❌ How We Get To Next 🪓 Nat Geo ❌ Catapult ❌ Pop Sci 🪓 Vice (maybe ❌ ?)
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD
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Everyone should follow Darren for his cool science journalism!
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Sierra Magazine
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This company hopes to resurrect extinct species by genetically engineering them into existence.
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/texas...
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Darren Incorvaia
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Thanks Jaclyn!! 😁
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Darren Incorvaia
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I wrote about why de-extinction is greenwashing on a colossal scale 🐘 little evidence of environmental benefits, little engagement with local communities, and a lot of conservationists who think the whole thing is kinda silly—$1.5 billion worth of silly! www.sierraclub.org/sierra/texas...
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Freda Kreier
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The pitfalls of de-extinction: a new story by @megadarren.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/texas...
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Darren Incorvaia
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She is tired of this world
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Assigned Media
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Because it's still so sore for me, my newsletter this week will be Pamela Paul falsely calling me a transgender activist, and how "activist" functions more as a slur than an honest description in this context. The newsletter is paid so the site is free- so if you can, support my work!
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Darren Incorvaia
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Could your guardian angel be an elephant seal? 😇🦭 my latest for the NYT is about a heroic pinniped who went against his nature to save a pup's life www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/s...
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Freda Kreier
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🧪 @sciam.bsky.social republished my story on bathroom taboos in field research! www.scientificamerican.com/article/toil...
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Darren Incorvaia
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As someone who has been battling ants for months now, this story has great personal significance to me 🐜 ants are amazing but also they need to get out of my bathroom!! My first story for Science 🤓 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Darren Incorvaia
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ALERT: Precious angel spotted snoozing in the vicinity. Caution is advised while traveling through the area; waking her will be punished with death.
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Darren Incorvaia
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Congratulations to this impressive class of fellows! Can’t wait to follow their journeys watch them blow us away with their work 🥳
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sanjana curtis! 🦦
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The element we breathe! And why we’re all massive stars! Stardust episode 9: Oxygen is now available on TikTok and YouTube
youtu.be/59uxYXeWSJU?...
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sanjana curtis! 🦦
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It was such a pleasure to talk to Sean, an all time science+communication icon, about various things I like to think about!
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Darren Incorvaia
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I wrote about a study that finally tells us how many fruit we can take from grocery store displays before they collapse 🍎🍊🥭🍐 at long last we can shop in peace! www.sciencenews.org/article/phys...
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Freda Kreier
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I wrote about the hidden complexities of pyschedlic therapies for the Society of Neuroscience. Turns out, all kinds of factors can impact whether these treatments work in mice and rats! www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and...
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Darren Incorvaia
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Had a massive lightbulb moment today regarding my own book ideas, and I think writing this story for TON played a huge part in it 📚 check it out and get inspired too! Featuring wisdom from @sabs.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social @tkdano.bsky.social @1juliarosen.bsky.social and more!
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The Open Notebook
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Is your idea worthy of a book? Agent or no agent? How do you get a publisher? These and so many more questions answered in TON’s latest story, from Burroughs Wellcome Fund early-career fellow, @megadarren.bsky.social www.theopennotebook.com/2023/12/12/a...
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