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Plants as Teachers and Witnesses

Plant biologist @BerondaM reflects on seasonal re-pacing in a culture of constant action as a gift learned from her study subjects.

Read more: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/plants-as-teachers-and-witnesses

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Science fiction dwells at the intersection of science and the broader society in which it operates -- one reason why scientists should care about science fiction.

"To Boldly Know..." https://americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/to-boldly-know-why-scientists-should-care-about-science-fiction

by @kakoopman

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Yosemite's fire history shows that fire is a natural part of the ecosystem and that suppressing it can have unintended consequences.

Read more in "Pyrocene Park" by @StephenJPyne: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/pyrocene-park

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Experience the beauty of relativity!

Although relativity is usually connected only with physics, it also affects many aspects of chemistry all around us—like the enchanting glow from aurora borealis.

Learn more from @abhikghosh & @KennethRuud: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/relativity-and-the-world-of-molecules

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In 2021, @KateClancy wrote about the ubiquity of materials containing endocrine-disrupting chemicals and how they disproportionately harm people with periods.

The underlying question being: How were these materials permitted in the first place?

More: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/how-endocrine-disruptors-affect-menstruation

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Environmentally obtained DNA (eDNA) has been used to study wildlife since the 1990s—first from scat or fur, and more recently from trace amounts in air, water, and parasites.

Read more from @am_anatiala in "Wildlife Surveys Out of Thin Air"
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/wildlife-surveys-out-of-thin-air