Mirjam Guesgen

Science journo ✍️ Former scientist (PhD) 🧪 Bylines @motherboard, @globeandmail, @financialpost,@SciShow & more. Send cool studies/dog pics.

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

Find me on LinkedIn 🙂 https://t.co/3SiIDC28cf

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

@NerdyChristie @ScienceMagazine Haha I'm not sure if "doesn't taste like feet" is a low bar or a high bar 😂

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I had discussed and recommended this podcast to students. No longer. https://t.co/t1lVvHbGwh

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

A must read for anyone outside of Quebec (and inside!). It really paints a picture of how language laws impact our lives.
https://t.co/WJA8jU6KRJ

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

Oh wow, this is amazing.

[davidmattingly @davidmattingly]

I am the artist who did most of the original Animorphs covers. I have an Etsy shop set up where you can buy signed (by me), numbered prints of the covers on acid free Epson Art Velvet paper. They come in a variety of sizes. Please check it out here:
https://t.co/b3JDMnAgCy

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

It's just a bad week for journalism all around... I honestly don't know where we're heading.

[Mediawatch @MediawatchNZ]

Discovery Warner Bros plans to close its Newshub operation on June 30 and cut local TV programming. Around 200 journalists and staff are affected and it could mean the end of the legacy that stretches back to the launch of local commercial TV in 1989 https://t.co/mPli3lVU3H

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

I was so fortunate to have Jordan as an editor for freelance projects. He's one of the best editors I've ever worked with and made me feel part of the Motherboard team. Thousands of pieces of work doesn't do justice to the incredible job Jordan did. You're amazing.

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

Can't emphasize how much this sucks. Mack's an amazing journo who I admire. He's done so stellar work for VICE News.

[Mack Lamoureux @MackLamoureux]

The guillotine finally fell.

After eight years I've been laid off from VICE News alongside a cadre of talented pals. It was a hell of a ride. Thanks so much for reading, watching, and listening to my work there. I hope you’ll be seeing it elsewhere sometime in the future.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Me: “becoming a doctor was a huge accomplishment and I shouldn’t feel insecure”

Deutsche Bahn:

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

How can you read a scroll without unrolling it? AI and a lot of late nights!

[Motherboard @motherboard]

Three students used AI to reveal text on an ancient scroll badly damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. https://t.co/9Tr0i9zlnm

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

What we know for now:
✅ They exist
📚 There are hundreds of thousands of types of them
🔬 They're kinda similar to viruses but also kinda similar to rings of RNA called viroids
🍗 They make their own proteins (which are also unlike any proteins we know about!)

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

I wrote about the mysterious entities known as "obelisks" that live inside our bodies. Are they even alive? What do they do? Could they be the simplest form of replicating things? All these are questions that biologists have yet to answer.

https://t.co/ApFaVkYtaB

[Motherboard @motherboard]

New analysis of remains from an ancient Andean culture has revealed that these hunter-gatherers mostly survived off plants, not meat—a blow for die-hard paleo-gym-bros everywhere. https://t.co/kdv4GQuT1K

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

"Maybe we would rather sit around and push whatever levers are in front of us — even those that might make us feel bad — than sit with ourselves in quiet contemplation."
https://t.co/q76DCVzeGQ

[Motherboard @motherboard]

Amateur archaeologists unearthed the latest example of a mysterious Roman "dodecahedron," objects which have baffled historians for centuries. https://t.co/oTmNJMiR7B

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@Ph65PauloDingle @motherboard @igeldard Maybe... some experts disagree: https://t.co/PO0q1QtBEO

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

Will @iamjohnoliver dress up like a Tuatara Tick or Superb Giant Land-snail too? https://t.co/BcM2aGQuMb

[Caroline Hu @HuWantsToKnow]

Seeking scientist volunteers! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? I need collaborators for this spring's cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Please share widely. #STEMeducation #Science #sciart

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

Latest for @SciShow (I love them!). How do we figure out how life is related? https://t.co/nV3Fku869H

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Bahaha would love to share this on my other socials but news has been blocked 😅 https://t.co/IZ5GTyxjHa

[Mirjam Guesgen @MirjamJG]

I've decided not to watch the #BarbieMovie. I've been stewing over this for some time and couldn't put my finger on why I felt uncomfortable about this film and the feminism it offers. Thankfully, the smart @verilybitchie & @theliterarybi say it perfectly https://t.co/FwzUOkJb8i