Rachel Ehrenberg
Journalist. Editor @KnowableMag, @KSJatMIT, @ScienceNews alum; lapsed botanist, Vermont ex-pat
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergGreat read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergFor her 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks, Alexandra Waddell, Digital Content Coordinator & Research Assistant at the Pulitzer Center, selected "The Pernicious Infections Infiltrating Ukraine’s Front Lines," by @richardastone.bsky.social for @knowablemag.bsky.social. 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
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- “It’s really easy to make a wolf, because..their diet mirrors their body..But it’s really, really hard to make a moose, because a moose’s diet does not.” Fascinating story by @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on nutritional challenges of herbivores knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergExplore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with my SciArt Starter Pack. Paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs. 🥳at://did:plc:4vjdrhro4bxoawbyjgixesij/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3kw5p6nous62f
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergWho knew that whales blasted snot through their blowholes, or that drones could collect the viscous fluid and teach us so much about whales in the process? Written by @gennarotomma.bsky.social for us at @knowablemag.bsky.social -- and a very fine story it is 🧪
- Here's your Wednesday whale snot story knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergGenetically engineered color-changing Arabidopsis 🧬📷- attempt #3 I think I finally nailed it with this one.
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergYAY! this is excellent! From Knowable Magazine: How Arabidopsis thaliana, a humble weed, became a superstar of plant biology | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- "It is impossible to do justice to the countless discoveries made in this area based on the study of this small yet mighty weed." Those words (on abiotic stress response) from 2015 Tansley Review apply to the whole plant and the research community! thanks for kind words @nikogeldner.bsky.social
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergFrom Knowable Magazine: How #Arabidopsis thaliana, a humble weed, became a superstar of plant biology | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergToday's the big day — we're officially on strike all day! We'll be picketing from 8am to 8pm at 1776 Massachusetts NW. Come show your support! @wbng.org @newsguild.org
- Arabidopsis, a little weed in the mustard family, joined the celebrity ranks of Drosophila, E. coli and other model organisms in the 1980s. There was a lot of pushback-- in some circles it was referred to as the "A-word" (!)
- Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era. ✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg knowmag.org/4hImL8e
- Yet 25 years ago it became the 1st plant — and 3rd multicellular organism — to have its genome sequenced. Thanks so much to all the people who talked to me about the backstory and the road ahead
- AI 'slop' has come for herbalism by @aishadown.bsky.social one book is #1 bestseller in Amazon’s skincare, aroma therapies and herbal remedies, subcategories. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergA warm congratulations to @ljevanso.bsky.social, whose feature story, “Getting along with grizzly bears,” is a finalist at the Webster Awards 2025 in the category “Excellence in Feature Reporting – Print/Digital.”
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergHappy birthday to us! 🥳 Today, we celebrate Knowable Magazine’s 8th year. That’s 8 years of diving into big questions in science and research; 8 years of burrowing into data and citing our sources; 8 years of evidence-based solutions and forays into wonder and awe...
- AI is helping map millions of tiny earthquakes, writes @alexwitze.bsky.social An AI-based quake catalog was 5x more complete than the human-made one & was made in a day rather than months. Here's a terrific (hype-free) look at ways the tech is changing seismology knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- Curating the Art & Sci section is one of my favorite newsletter duties- we feature scientific images; original works by artists; compelling pieces from the history of art and ideas, graphics created by science communicators, maps, fiber arts and more. Tag me with ideas!
- Love beautiful science art? Like this? 👇 Be sure to sign up for @knowablemag.bsky.social's newsletter, edited every week by @rachelscience.bsky.social 👉 knowablemagazine.org/newsletter-s...
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- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergWhile Ukraine is resisting Russia's invasion, on the frontlines, doctors and scientists are fighting another war, one against antibiotic-resistant "superbugs". Grantee @richardastone.bsky.social spoke with those containing the deadly bacteria. Story for @knowablemag.bsky.social. bit.ly/47phkY7
- Authors, @sciencewriters.org find your book in the Anthropic settlement database (try different spellings of your name and titles to catch small errors)
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergJem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🦑🌎🧪
- Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer
- Drug-resistant bacteria are spreading and strengthening amid the chaos of the war in Ukraine. Read this important piece by @richardastone.bsky.social (reported from the field w help from @pulitzercenter.org); edited by the terrific @rosiemestel.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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- It's Thursday and that means I'm putting together the @knowablemag.bsky.social newsletter, which features our new stuff plus other smart takes on what's going on the world of science. If you read/wrote/helped make something especially good recently, let me know!
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- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergIf our environment promotes obesity, why do some people stay thin? 🤔 This new popular scientific article by Ute Eberle in @knowablemag.bsky.social delves into this question 👇 1/8 @cbmr.science knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- this is fascinating- Amber Dance wrote a piece for us recently on how cancer cells hijack & manipulate their surroundings- astonishing, really, & may inspire therapies @erictopol.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- The cancer hijacking story expands..... 2 new reports of small cell lung cancer provide evidence for hijacking of neurons, formation of synapses, to promote tumor growth. May help to come up with therapies for this very aggressive, fatal form of cancer www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- One of my duties is helming the @knowablemag.bsky.social newsletter. It features our new stuff, cool #sciart and smart takes on goings-on in science (the bad news & good reads) Tag me if you read/wrote/made something especially good & get our newsletter here! knowablemagazine.org/newsletter-s...
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- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergDo you prefer your scientific information to be sound and smart? Make sure Google knows (and delivers) by adding Knowable Magazine to your “Preferred Sources.” To use this new feature, you’ll need to be signed into your Google account. From there, it takes just two clicks: (continued in the 🧵)
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- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergPS- If you’re a #SeattleWorldCon attendee who is not *yet* a Knowable fan, here is a shameless plug: If you’re looking for research-backed, accessibly written, paywall-free science journalism to inform your worldbuilding… we’ve got you. For example, some articles relevant to the Hugo finalists 🧵
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- shared this story with family and friends in New England, delighted to learn that eastern North America's continental margin has "so much going on there that some geologists have humorously dubbed it a “passive-aggressive margin.”
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- Our genomes are littered with the DNA of long lost viruses - some of these bits (known as jumping genes) help us, but others are harmful and may fuel some cases of Alzheimer's and ALS. Amber Dance wrote a terrific explainer for us: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- "“For a plant to perform this work would require the existence of a mechanism of plant water uptake unknown to science” botany.one/2025/05/scie...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergWorm therapy explored, courtesy of Amber Dance, to the delight of us here at @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Rachel EhrenbergAttending AHCJ Health Journalism 2025 in Los Angeles? We’d love to say hello! Editor in Chief @eva-emerson.bsky.social and Executive Editor @rosiemestel.bsky.social will both be in attendance and participating in Friday's PitchFest. #HJ25
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