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When I heard the theory that the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated at a landfill in Argentina that is popular with birders, I had questions. I visited that dump on a bird-watching trip last year. It seemed like an unlikely infection site. So I did some digging. Here's what I found out 🧪 🪶
The hantavirus cruise outbreak may not have started in a garbage dump in Ushuaia, Argentina, after all
As @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains here, when the US admin ended the NASA climate modeling group's office lease, they were kicked out of their building -- and "have been kind of couch surfing at various NYC universities and libraries" since then. Unbelievable.
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Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges
Another @sciam.bsky.social reader sent me this pic of them reading this memoir meets quantum physics by @kpc.bsky.social 🧪
Come hangout with me on June 1st for a nonfiction panel with Karmela and two other exciting nonfiction writers! @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social at 7:30pm ET đź“š
Kate Wong
Fun bit of news: my @sciam.bsky.social Juno/Jupes feature, "A Planet Revealed", won the @aas.org 2026 Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism award!
Thanks aplenty to my glorious editor @clarakm.bsky.social for shaping it, and always letting me write big space-y tales. :)
Dr Robin George Andrews
Katharine Hayhoe
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Happy Earth Day! 🌍
We've got several stories @sciam.bsky.social, including a look I took at where some blast-from-the-past environmental issues stand. (Hint: not all are in the past, though there has definitely been progress.) 🧪
What does SpaceX's focus on AI mean for its exploration plans?
It's summer reading time! Join the @sciam.bsky.social challenge. We've got fun themes! Fun prizes! #sciambookbingo www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...
I'm feeling genuinely stoked about NASA's attempt to send humans on a trip back to the moon today. Go #Artemis! Keep up to date on the mission with us at @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...
Massive investments in AI may bring synergy and revenue to SpaceX, or could create problems for it and NASA, especially if the AI bubble pops
Pretty wild that we're still learning new things about chemistry and physics from the Trinity Test 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stra...
The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?
The U.S. space agency is targeting Wednesday evening to loft four astronauts on what may be a record-breaking trip around the moon—see the spacecraft live
