Far-reaching, synchronized desert locust outbreaks are strongly coupled to climate, suggests Science Advances study. By Matthew Rozsa in Salon: brnw.ch/21wJkgh

'35-gram Hopcopter revolutionizes robotics with its hops and flight' Interesting Engineering brnw.ch/21wJg4q

'‘Double-edged’ transcription factor affects flu response' Rob Mitchum UIC News brnw.ch/21wJeSg

'Why some people with rheumatoid arthritis have pain without inflammation' Rockefeller University brnw.ch/21wJdgI

'Astronomers unravel the mystery of the 'Dragon's Egg' nebula' Reuters brnw.ch/21wJaLd

'This marine alga is the first known eukaryote to pull nitrogen from air' Jake Buehler Science News brnw.ch/21wJ8mE

'A lab experiment [in Science Advances] has shown that instruments on a spacecraft headed to one of the most promising worlds to find life are sensitive enough to detect a single living cell in a single ice grain.” From New Atlas: brnw.ch/21wJ5CD

Global shift to mostly plant-based “flexitarian” diet can help restrict global warming to only 1.5°C, models in Science Advances suggest. Reported by Aliya Uteuova Guardian US: brnw.ch/21wJ3uS

'A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds' RIP (̴̫̀(̵̱̆(̸̹̉Andrew Paul)̴̮́)̸̣́)̵̪̂ Popular Science brnw.ch/21wJ27j

'Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease shows promise in mouse study' Washington U. Med brnw.ch/21wJ14M

In The Scientist, Nathan Ni uses a recent Science Immunology paper by Lilit Grigoryan, Yupeng Feng, Pulendran, & al. to show how constructing a narrative is crucial to effective scientific writing: bit.ly/3JopEKT

See also: Grigoryan & al (2024)! bit.ly/SI_adi8039

'New Study Finds People and Nature Thrive With Diversified Farming' Matthew L. Miller Cool Green Science brnw.ch/21wIZQN

'Asthma: Scientists find new cause of lung damage' Michelle Roberts BBC Health News brnw.ch/21wIWoY

'These Electronic Textiles Don’t Need Chips or Batteries' IEEE Spectrum brnw.ch/21wIUxV

'A team of scientists has concluded that a single grain of material spewed up by the outgassing moons could contain biosignatures—signs of life—if there are any to detect,” reports @isaac_schultz_for Gizmodo: brnw.ch/21wISoH Science Advances

Extra extra, read all about it! We are thrilled to announce the 2024 class of #MassMediaFellows ! These 20 scientists will spend their summer in news outlets writing, reporting, and working on their #SciComm skills! Learn more about the 2024 class here: aaas.org/news/aaas-anno…

Congratulations to the 2024 AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellows! Before they start using their knowledge of complex scientific topics at #SciComm news outlets nationwide, learn more about them here: aaas.org/news/aaas-anno…

Fossils reveal previously unknown ancient Amazonian river dolphin – related to today’s South Asian river dolphin – that also could be among the largest of all known freshwater dolphins. In Science Advances, reported by CNN: brnw.ch/21wIPlt

Sergio Baranzini of UCSF School of Medicine, recently published in Science Translational Medicine, was featured on the Jon Strum podcast 'Episode 344: Big Data Leads to Big Breakthroughs in MS' brnw.ch/21wIOkh

'Gut bacteria could play role in kidney autoimmune disease, study shows' Theresa Gaffney STAT brnw.ch/21wIN74