Tylenol & autism!
Scientists "find no link between maternal use of acetaminophen ... during pregnancy and excess risk of autism in children, adding to mounting evidence that the drug is safe to use in pregnancy."
Read: www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science...
Listen👇🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/0afn...
I'll be speaking about my book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, at the @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social SOE/SAS/SEBS Spring 2026 Seminar Series on Cinco de Mayo (Tues May 5):
I'm not usually behind the mic on our show, but I had a lot of fun making this ep. Got to dust off my degree in Population, Family & Reproductive Health ...
Aspirational correction
"Everybody forgets about memory foam."
MOON MOON MOON
Loving how the #artemis announcer is giving so much credit to the importance of the crew's qualitative observations of the moon's surface, going so far as to say we can provide critical context and relational understanding of the moon's features with our own eyes that cameras and computers cannot.
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The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states under a reorganization plan announced this week, threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests.
this is the platonic ideal of a baseball food, the ballpark is the absolute best place in the world for nonsense gimmicks like this
you're there to hang out in the sunshine with your buddies and watch dudes hit ball far, why not have a nacho hat while you're at it
If you want to spend less time on mindless scrolling, this ep is for you!
I started trying the best research-backed method for about six weeks now & my phone screen time is down down down 🧪
Listen to find out what it is!
Oh did you want 3300 words from me on today's IOC sex testing rules? An essay on the nature of evidence and why we can't seem to stop getting stuck in the same traps around sex and gender in sports? Wow lucky you!! www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...
OK, I'm obsessed with this study in @science.org
It took Reddit "Am I The Asshole" posts & asked LLMs if the poster was the asshole. Aaand (surprise) AI was more likely to tell people they were NOT the asshole ... even when humans said yeah YTA 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Four portraits of Minnesota residents inside and outside their homes. From left to right: A woman in a hijab, an older woman wearing a red whistle, an elderly couple in winter coats standing in the snow, and a woman wearing a buttoned-up cardigan and dark blue jeans.
The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis.
My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives?
So I picked up my camera 👇
This Mary Roach interview is everything I needed today. Enjoyyyyyy!
I had a really delightful time speaking at Podcast Movement Evolutions about being weird (focusing on our ep on the science of Squirting 🧪 ...)
If you'd like to watch, it's 10 minutes and it lives here on the internet for all time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Es5...
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Without too much of a spoiler, I think it is wild that something so early on could have that much of an effect later.
Great episode - and truly heart-achingly brutal listening to the stories of these young adults... Well worth a listen.
This one freaked me out a little, tbh 🧪
What's going on with colorectal cancer in younger people??
E. coli outbreak in raw cheese & the CDC language is: "If you have any of these affected cheeses in your home, consider not eating them. ... Consider washing surfaces and containers that may have touched these cheeses using hot soapy water or a dishwasher."
Consider?? 🤔
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
"The ruling, which will likely be appealed by the Trump administration, also temporarily blocks all decisions made by the ACIP, whose current members have been hand-picked by Kennedy, and puts Kennedy’s appointments on hold." 🧪
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Poster of a woman promoting her talk at SXSW 2026/Podcast Movement Evolutions the weekend of March 13-15 in Austin, Texas.
Gonna be in Austin this weekend for Podcast Movement or SXSW? Or are you lucky enough to live there??
Come hear me talk at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Skybox, 501 W 6th St.
I'll be talking about why podcasts need to stay weird.
Free, no SXSW badge required!
I had never heard of "sad nipple syndrome," and ... it is fascinating 👇
I suspect this is just the beginning. Get your measles vaccines, folks!
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cdc-...
It's OK to admit that you were wrong.
A woman named Blythe Terrell on a poster advertising that she is a speaker at SXSW 2026 / Evolutions by Podcast Movement, March 13-15, in Austin, Texas
HELLO! If you'll be at SXSW or Podcast Movement Evolutions OR you live in ATX, come to my talk next weekend!
It is about how podcasts need to keep being weird. It is short & free (no SXSW badge needed!). 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 501 W. 6th.
Mandy Patinkin prominently featured tho (likely) not present
(Most of) the U.S. springs forward this weekend. What does the science really say about how Daylight Saving Time affects us?? 🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/1qYR...
Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky
