David Grimm

Award-winning journalist and deputy news editor at Science. Author of Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs

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"The guardrails are gone. Scientists are shaking in their boots." The biomedical community is bracing for the worst, as groups opposed to animal research see fertile ground in the upcoming administration. My latest for
@NewsfromScience https://t.co/jT8t7sXBHK

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Exclusive: What makes cats orange? Scientists find long-awaited gene. Great story from @Sara_Reardon for @NewsfromScience https://t.co/BStBEVTmG3

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Hi folks, porting over to Bluesky. You can find me here: https://t.co/XPRsxGiAWC. Follow me, and I'll follow you back. Promise 😊

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Big thanks to Best American Science and Nature Writing for listing my 2023 feature, "Suffering in Silence" as a notable story from last year. You can read it here: https://t.co/EcZKJoHFhK

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"Puppy dog eyes" aren't just for puppy dogs 🥰 https://t.co/HH2915Fsgw

[Christie Wilcox @NerdyChristie]

Today's important research update: Even cats think they're liquids. That story and more of the best from @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: https://t.co/gVhR6oiSTq

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Even cats see themselves as liquids--with one surprising exception. My latest for @NewsfromScience! https://t.co/x7NCSUf2s6

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“It’s probably the peak of my scientific career," he joked 😆 https://t.co/oORmVBFBkG

[Christie Wilcox @NerdyChristie]

Water bears were just as cute 70 million years ago as they are today—and likely just as indestructible. That story and more of the best from @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: https://t.co/zfKgU8RPMm

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It's terrible that it's so easy to fake citations that even a cat can get a double-digit h-index. But what can be done? In #ScienceAdviser, I ask the experts from @NewsfromScience piece on Larry: https://t.co/6XtkOjboeN (plus more of the best from @ScienceMagazine and science!)

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Reine Protacio couldn’t figure out why all her cells kept dying... A great mystery story by @mollymherring! https://t.co/uAX9Y3e7ks

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Think you have a good h-index? You may have nothing on Larry.

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Climbers ascend to the highest peak of Poland and find a cat at the summit

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This is actually a shark "selfie" b/c the camera was attached to the shark!
https://t.co/rwVfZmvECK

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Great article by @MarleneCimons in the @washingtonpost. When our cat Jasper went into kidney failure in 2005, we were quoted $50k for a transplant. Nice to see the price has gone down. Also interesting that cats have only two blood types... https://t.co/6Ie7mMa4sJ

[Christie Wilcox @NerdyChristie]

This Third Thumb is *so cool*. I am unbelievably jealous of the folks who got to try it out! That story and more of the best in @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: https://t.co/hgCuW1rPJi
Video credit: Dani Clode Design and the Plasticity Lab

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On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, Online News Editor @David_Grimm joins host @boron110 to discuss stepping on venomous snakes for science, hunting ice age cave bears, and demolishing lizardlike buildings.

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/rmcwLD4x3d

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Neanderthals and modern humans bumped uglies 47,000 years ago

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In my latest for @NewsfromScience, I write about "the most comprehensive picture we have to date of Neanderthal gene flow into modern human populations" (h/t @rajivmccoy). Using 59 ancient genomes, @moorjani_priya et al posit major gene flow happened 47kya https://t.co/pwZHNQ3KLf

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Crazy tale of abuse of power, bullying, intimidation, aggression, and discrimination by @martinenserink

[Martin Enserink @martinenserink]

Lots of outlandish details in a report released last week by Leiden University about two Dutch archaeologists who allegedly abused their power for thee decades. Here's my story:

https://t.co/x71It1H1Ur

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Talk about putting your life on the line for science 🐍https://t.co/rbzWxGSHaG