"Cat 6 hurricanes have arrived" | My #PNAS#PNAS commentary on the new PNAS News article by @MichaelFWehner & Jim Kossin:
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February 7, 2024 at 11:36 PM
"Cat 6 hurricanes have arrived" | My #PNAS#PNAS commentary on the new PNAS News article by @MichaelFWehner & Jim Kossin:
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About that New York Times op-ed:
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May 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
About that New York Times op-ed:
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December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
December 27, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Now published in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now published in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
August 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Migration shapes senescence in a long-lived bird | doi.org/10.1073/pnas... | PNAS | #ornithology 🪶
September 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Migration shapes senescence in a long-lived bird | doi.org/10.1073/pnas... | PNAS | #ornithology 🪶
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
HIM: what are you thinking about
ME: "Resting and grazing cattle and deer tend to align their body axes in the geomagnetic North-South direction. The mechanism(s) that underlie this behavior remain unknown."
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ME: "Resting and grazing cattle and deer tend to align their body axes in the geomagnetic North-South direction. The mechanism(s) that underlie this behavior remain unknown."
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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March 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
HIM: what are you thinking about
ME: "Resting and grazing cattle and deer tend to align their body axes in the geomagnetic North-South direction. The mechanism(s) that underlie this behavior remain unknown."
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
ME: "Resting and grazing cattle and deer tend to align their body axes in the geomagnetic North-South direction. The mechanism(s) that underlie this behavior remain unknown."
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Gut 7% der 🇩🇪 Agrarfläche dient dem Anbau von Pflanzen für Biokraftstoffe. Mit PV-Anlagen könnte dieselbe Energiemenge auf einem Dreißigstel der Fläche erzeugt werden! www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Schon 2008 haben wir in einem WBGU-Gutachten wegen des Flächenverbrauchs vor Biokraftstoffen gewarnt.
Schon 2008 haben wir in einem WBGU-Gutachten wegen des Flächenverbrauchs vor Biokraftstoffen gewarnt.
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Gut 7% der 🇩🇪 Agrarfläche dient dem Anbau von Pflanzen für Biokraftstoffe. Mit PV-Anlagen könnte dieselbe Energiemenge auf einem Dreißigstel der Fläche erzeugt werden! www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Schon 2008 haben wir in einem WBGU-Gutachten wegen des Flächenverbrauchs vor Biokraftstoffen gewarnt.
Schon 2008 haben wir in einem WBGU-Gutachten wegen des Flächenverbrauchs vor Biokraftstoffen gewarnt.
THIS is HUGE! Researchers at Mie University in Japan have successfully used CRISPR Cas9 gene editing to remove the extra chromosome 21 responsible for Down syndrome from human cells for the first time. The team is led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume. Published in PNAS Nexus
June 18, 2026 at 11:08 AM
THIS is HUGE! Researchers at Mie University in Japan have successfully used CRISPR Cas9 gene editing to remove the extra chromosome 21 responsible for Down syndrome from human cells for the first time. The team is led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume. Published in PNAS Nexus
Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
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June 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
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August 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Some context: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The only problem is that the citations go to papers that don't actually exist.
July 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The only problem is that the citations go to papers that don't actually exist.
So you know how the climate crisis is messing up crop yields?
And how microplastics are now everywhere?
NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪
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And how microplastics are now everywhere?
NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So you know how the climate crisis is messing up crop yields?
And how microplastics are now everywhere?
NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
And how microplastics are now everywhere?
NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
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#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.
👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Our paper finding that infants infer helpers’ relationships, and not their dispositions, is now out in PNAS! Sharing in case anyone needs something to read on the way home from #CDS2026 ;)
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April 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Our paper finding that infants infer helpers’ relationships, and not their dispositions, is now out in PNAS! Sharing in case anyone needs something to read on the way home from #CDS2026 ;)
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Here's a new PNAS video on the psychology of fighting misinformation.
At 5:13, Jevin West and I are featured teaching our course Calling Bullshit at the UW.
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At 5:13, Jevin West and I are featured teaching our course Calling Bullshit at the UW.
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Decoding Deception: The Psychology of Combating Misinformation
YouTube video by PNAS
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November 12, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Here's a new PNAS video on the psychology of fighting misinformation.
At 5:13, Jevin West and I are featured teaching our course Calling Bullshit at the UW.
youtu.be/NoI8QzUAeiA?...
At 5:13, Jevin West and I are featured teaching our course Calling Bullshit at the UW.
youtu.be/NoI8QzUAeiA?...
our recent #PNAS article "The intensification of the strongest nor'easters"
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January 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
our recent #PNAS article "The intensification of the strongest nor'easters"
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🧪 Geometry beats chemistry: we show that self-assembly can be controlled by tuning large-scale geometric parameters rather than molecular binding energies.
PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS3...
#SelfAssembly #Biophysics #PhysicsOfLife
PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS3...
#SelfAssembly #Biophysics #PhysicsOfLife
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🧪 Geometry beats chemistry: we show that self-assembly can be controlled by tuning large-scale geometric parameters rather than molecular binding energies.
PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS3...
#SelfAssembly #Biophysics #PhysicsOfLife
PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS3...
#SelfAssembly #Biophysics #PhysicsOfLife
"We estimate that the sources of drinking water for up to 23 million Americans could be contaminated above regulatory thresholds by wastewater-derived PFAS [forever chemicals] alone." @pnas.org
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"We estimate that the sources of drinking water for up to 23 million Americans could be contaminated above regulatory thresholds by wastewater-derived PFAS [forever chemicals] alone." @pnas.org
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New paper in PNAS 🧪 Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment
What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm.
Read all about our experiment:
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What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm.
Read all about our experiment:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
December 4, 2024 at 8:57 PM
New paper in PNAS 🧪 Fact-checking information from large language models can decrease headline discernment
What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm.
Read all about our experiment:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
What are the unintended consequences of AI fact-checking? Even LLMs that accurately identify false headlines can actually cause harm.
Read all about our experiment:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS
Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic
groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...
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August 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122
This is good stuff.
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New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
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April 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is good stuff.
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