Scientific American is hiring a multimedia editor to work on our 'Science, Quickly' podcast. Thanks for sharing with anyone who might be interested in the job! careers.springernature.com/job/New-York-M… Scientific American

Excited to announce that I've officially started full-time as an editor at Scientific American! I'm assigning stories about all kinds of science-related news. Please do send pitches my way!

Applications are open now through March 15 for Scientific American's Scientific American internship program. Here's a thread with links to the job descriptions. Thanks for applying or sharing with people who should. Positions are in NYC from June-ish through the end of the year, $20/hour

New from me for Scientific American: Could the Taylor Swift deepfake debacle lead to stronger AI regulations? And if so, what would they look like?

'Do women have to be as famous as Taylor Swift to get these explicit AI images to be taken down?” one victim asked me.

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A fellowship for advancing science journalism in Africa & the Middle East at KSJ at MIT, developed through a gift from Springer Nature, opens for applications. It honours Egyptian science journalist and former colleague, Mohammed Yahia, who died last year: bit.ly/3Ot9SkV

Elon Musk's company Neuralink has taken the next step toward a commercial brain interface trib.al/DkR0iA9

A recent AI survey 'emphasizes baseless speculation about human extinction ... Such vague, hyped-up notions are dangerous because they draw attention away from mundane but much more urgent issues that are happening right now' scientificamerican.com/article/ai-sur… by Chris Stokel-Walker on @SciAm

Feeling like a lunar orbiter ‘cause I’m just over the moon: I’m joining @Sciam as its associate tech editor. So thrilled to get to work with the crackerjack team there. I’ll be editing stories on AI, robots, misinfo, etc — if you have ideas & pitches, please get in touch!

This Popular Science story about the mysteries Roman concrete by Ben Guarino is one of the best #longreads of the week, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a guy who likes history and has also mixed many tons of concrete.

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I wrote about high-priced drugs for years. Then my toddler needed one. It was an *excruciating* lesson in personal futility. But a typical struggle in American health care. washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

I wrote about the absolute nerdiest game in the universe — truly, words fail me — and what it’s doing to help a small group of journalists move away from Twitter. vice.com/en/article/pkg…

Mars’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have oxygen is bullshit.

Power to the people! Breathable air for $8/month.

Editing Philip is a delight--he's the type of uber-thoughtful writer who selects each word with care. You want to work with him!
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Philip is an excellent reporter and any newsroom would be lucky to have him! Snatch him up!

We published a fascinating story the other day about how wastewater is a significant source of nitrogen pollution because people eat so much protein. This is a thread about harassment (1/x)

Cosmic cliffs & a sea of stars. NASA Webb Telescope reveals baby stars in the Carina Nebula, where ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds shape colossal walls of dust and gas. nasa.gov/webbfirstimages #UnfoldTheUniverse

Sandra Sachat and I spoke with pop sci about insect flight and fossils! “When insects got wings, evolution really took off” popsci.com/science/fossil…

Transplanted a bird today

Nuclear submarines are mysterious vessels, but Popular Science was lucky enough to get an inside look at how they're built, thanks to Christopher Payne and the folks at GD Electric Boat

I think the photos here, of Virginia-class attack subs, are fascinating:

popsci.com/technology/bui…

My first-ever concert--Judas Priest--remains my metal highlight, but editing issue this was a close second:
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