The Fight Against the Ambler Road in Alaska Is Far From Over Despite a wave of recent victories for project proponents, numerous obstacles remain

The State of Alaska wants to build a 211-mile road across one of the largest remaining roadless wildlands on Earth. The Ambler Access Project would enable a series of mines for copper and other metals. President Donald Trump and other road proponents are acting like it’s a sure thing. But is it? 🌎

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We Mindlessly Interact With Plants Every Day. Here’s How to Do It Intentionally. Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob S. Suissa offer 101 ways to rediscover the familiar with “Let’s Botanize!”

The founders of Let’s Botanize, which aims to spread plant appreciation through the hobby of botanizing, recently published Let’s Botanize! 101 Ways to Connect With Plants. Its prompts encourage readers to make their own plant observations and to do it anywhere, even with the most familiar plants.

Meet the Kriller Queens Next-gen polar scientists challenge the status quo in Antarctica

The National Science Foundation funds a chief scientist training program through which early-career scientists spend weeks on a research vessel to conduct research in their respective fields. In January, six women from universities across the US traveled to Antarctica to understand changing sea ice.

How Pixar Got the Science Right in Hoppers Meet the researcher who informed the writers about beaver behavior and threats to their habitat

I could probably talk about wetlands and beavers for hours, so I naturally had such a fun time talking to @emilyfairfax.bsky.social and @jesseandrews.bsky.social about Pixar’s newest film, Hoppers. Big thanks and kudos to both of them!

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How Pixar Got the Science Right in Hoppers Meet the researcher who informed the writers about beaver behavior and threats to their habitat

How Pixar Got the Science Right in Hoppers (via @sierramagazine.bsky.social)

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A Winter With Less Snow Could Create Huge Problems for the West State leaders fret about the threats that could extend well into summer and beyond

A Winter With Less Snow Could Create Huge Problems for the West (via @sierramagazine.bsky.social)

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How Pixar Got the Science Right in Hoppers Meet the researcher who informed the writers about beaver behavior and threats to their habitat

Pixar’s latest film is just as informative as it is fun. That’s partly because of the experts behind the film. Here’s how one beaver expert helped ensure the animated film got its facts right.

A Winter With Less Snow Could Create Huge Problems for the West State leaders fret about the threats that could extend well into summer and beyond

This winter has been one of warm temps and little snow for much of the West. Now, state leaders are fretting about how this snowless winter could impact the coming summer season. With little snow to insulate the area from fire, some expect this fire season to be one for the record books.

Two people hold up a red banner that reads “Stand Up For Science” in front of a crowd and under a large red statue.

first protest while *not* on journalist duty is in the books!🥳🌷🧬🦫

thank you @standupforscience.bsky.social in chicago!

Private money cannot replace public funding of science Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula...

"Businesses are not charities, so corporate research is profit-driven, and the largest profits are not necessarily to be made by addressing the largest societal needs...In contrast, publicly funded science can be explicitly focused on public needs."

Exactly right, from @naomioreskes.bsky.social

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

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Neglected but Necessary Fieldwork Conversations Making field sciences inclusive means acknowledging women’s biological realities

Very excited to share my first published piece during my time as editorial fellow for @sierramagazine.bsky.social !

I look forward to continue covering more enviro issues and improving my journalism skills🌲🌷

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Neglected but Necessary Fieldwork Conversations Making field sciences inclusive means acknowledging women’s biological realities

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Thank you for sharing!

It was a pleasure writing this piece for the Latino News Network. When I’m not working on science pieces, I’ll always love writing for communities, especially about issues as pressing and these.

Latino Communities Say ICE Presence is Changing How They Gather and Celebrate - ILLN Latino communities in Chicago are adjusting public celebrations and cultural traditions amid growing concerns over immigration enforcement.

Latino Communities Say ICE Presence is Changing How They Gather and Celebrate (via @latinonewsnetwork.bsky.social )

#Latino #ICE #Community
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A brown lunch bag sits on a table surrounded by other brown bags, all to be labeled by the young scientist over the course of the next five hours. luckily, she enjoys labeling.

sometimes science means fieldwork, and sometimes it means spending five hours pre-labeling bags so you aren’t miserable in said field

A new package of Great Value giant lunch bags sits to the left of a brown bag labeled “N24 48” on a table.

In case this is of use to anyone running trials or packing sack lunches, the Walmart brand brown bag packages routinely have 48 bags — not 50. Calculate accordingly!

Picture shows pointed leaf tick trefoil seeds stuck to black hiking pants with a container of picked-off seeds sitting above the pants.

learned that hiking pants are not the best if you want to avoid collecting hundreds of Illinois and pointed leaf tick trefoil seeds!

picking them off at least makes for a relaxing afternoon in the sun :)

From the Magic School Bus to Cyberchase: How 2000s PBS science shows inspired current STEM students Art and entertainment influence almost every generation to an extent.

SCIENCE: From the Magic School Bus to Cyberchase: How 2000s PBS science shows inspired current STEM students (via @mckennasweet.bksy.social)

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Pre-med isn’t a major: it's a mindset When students say they’re “pre-med,” they’re not referring to an academic program. They’re describing a laborious march toward medical school. At its core, being pre-med means preparing for the academ...

SCIENCE: Pre-med isn’t a major: it's a mindset (via @arielbrennan.bsky.social )

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UW department of environmental & occupational health sciences prepares to lose NIOSH funding despite absence of formal notification Many researchers continue learning of upcoming funding eliminations before formal notifications are administered in the era of DOGE’s near-constant budget cuts across the federal government. For organ...

SCIENCE: UW department of environmental & occupational health sciences prepares to lose NIOSH funding despite absence of formal notification (via @leahjdowning.bsky.social )

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Being punk means radical inclusivity at the Vera Project James Keblas left Tacoma for the Art Institute of Seattle a week after his high school graduation, after recognizing that he was on a bad path and a menace.

ARCHIVES: Being punk means radical inclusivity at the Vera Project (via @mckennasweet.bksy.social)

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Naselle Water Company requests 24-month pause on DNR operations near Naselle watershed NASELLE, Wash. – The Naselle Water Company is requesting that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) pause logging operations for the next 24 months, according to a statement

SCIENCE: Naselle Water Company requests 24-month pause on DNR operations near Naselle watershed (via @mckennasweet.bsky.social )

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wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House celebrates 10 years, prepares for phase two After 10 years of community gathering and celebration in wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ — Intellectual House (pronounced “wah-sheb-altuh”), the UW Native community looks towards completing the original version of the sp...

NEWS: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House celebrates 10 years, prepares for phase two (via @betty4thedaily.bsky.social )

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The cross-section of research and motherhood: Two mothers reflect on their experiences As a researcher, it is expected that your data, study, or paper is your highest priority: that you are devoted to it. As a mother, it is expected that you

SCIENCE: The cross-section of research and motherhood: Two mothers reflect on their experiences (via @abbymeyers.bsky.social)

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Recycling Reform Act signed into law, shifts responsibility onto producers Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the Recycling Reform Act into law May 17, marking a major step toward overhauling Washington’s fragmented recycling system. Senate Bill 5284 introduces a statewide list of

SCIENCE: Recycling Reform Act signed into law, shifts responsibility onto producers (via @sophiasostrin.bsky.social )

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‘Goth biology’ theory offers an alternative approach to life sciences Phillip Thurtle, a professor in the comparative history of ideas department (CHID), explores biology and its relationship to society in his class CHID 222: BioFutures. One topic under this umbrella

SCIENCE: ‘Goth biology’ theory offers an alternative approach to life sciences (via @daphnebunks.bsky.social )

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Critical conversations on the benefits, healing, and inequitable distribution of nature access at Northwest Nature and Health Symposium On some level, humans intuitively understand that a connection with nature is healthy for our physical and mental well-being. Yet, the benefits of nature remain inequitably distributed due to historic...

SCIENCE: Critical conversations on the benefits, healing, and inequitable distribution of nature access at Northwest Nature and Health Symposium (via @la-belle-anouk.bsky.social )

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