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2 Sep 2022
1/ I grew up near a toxic cave. We were told never to enter b/c the sulfur spring that flowed thru it made the air deadly to breathe. But to a boy with a wild imagination, the smell of brimstone just hinted at the dragon that lurked within. 30 years later, I got to explore it👇🧵
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Aaron Scott retweeted
3 Apr 2024
Congratulations to @ColumbiaJournMA alum @AaronScottScott (MS '08; MA Science '09), who has been awarded a 2024-25 @KSJatMIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship! ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/04/01/…
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2 Apr 2024
Annnnd I'm heading to Boston in August to spend a school year getting nerdy at MIT and Harvard for the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship. We'll have a spare room. Come visit???
1 Apr 2024
We are thrilled to announce our class of academic-year fellows for 2024-25! These 10 accomplished journalists will join us in Cambridge in August, bringing expertise in a variety of journalistic mediums.
Meet the Class of 2025: ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/04/01/…
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1 Apr 2024
The @nytimes just highlighted my story about two kayakers getting way, way too close to a whale as the starter episode to dive into the fantastic adventure storytelling of the @outsidemagazine podcast: nytimes.com/2024/03/30/arts/…
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1 Apr 2024
Thanks to @frickwright and Robby Carver for being the best editor/producer/sound designer duo to work with, always elevating everything they touch.
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6 Mar 2024
If you're looking to listen to a Whale of a Tail, this is the definition. Two women who wanted to get up close to one of nature's giants ended up getting a little too close...and their story—w/ a detour into whale anatomy—was an utter delight to report: outsideonline.com/podcast/bo…
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6 Mar 2024
My newest episode for @outsidemagazine's podcast, with, um, killer production by @frickwright & Robbie Carver.
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30 Jan 2024
22 Jan 2024
The show went on: Inside the fight to perform ‘Oklahoma!’ at Sherman High School
Our @dallasnews story about the community that rallied behind a transgender student after his school tried to take away his role in the musical dallasnews.com/news/educatio…
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21 Jan 2024
Just got this message from our hotel. Reason no. 124 to love Astoria.
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23 Dec 2023
I can still remember the 1st time I was in a room w/ LED Xmas lights. It drove me batty—like the world was vibrating. So when I found out there’s a scientist named The Flicker Queen, I couldn’t resist finding out why some LEDs drive some of us up the wall: npr.org/2023/12/22/119890895…
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Aaron Scott retweeted
14 Dec 2023
On @outsidemagazine's Outside Podcast, @ColumbiaJournMA alum @aaronscottNPR (MS '08; MA Science '09) explores whether we are done with the Endangered Species Act. outsideonline.com/podcast/ar…
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14 Dec 2023
The Endangered Species Act turns 50 this month. My 1st episode for @outsidemagazine's podcast explores how it became one of the most consequential & controversial environmental laws in US history, thru the stories of three animals: a fish, a bird & a bear: outsideonline.com/podcast/ar…
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14 Dec 2023
Consider it the Aesop's fable for 'How Treehuggers Got Their Wins'. This is the 1st in a series of stories I'm working on for Outside. Super excited to be collaborating with @frickwright & Robert Carver again, who produced Timber Wars w/ me & are now steering Outside's podcast.
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Aaron Scott retweeted
4 Dec 2023
The Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last seen in 1961 and was thought to be extinct. But earlier this year, it was filmed again by a group of scientists.
On @NPRShortWave, @aaronscottNPR and @NPRKelly explain why it’s so significant.
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13 Oct 2023
1/ The first residents of @NASA's @space_station weren't astronauts—they were microbes. We talk w/ the station's pioneering microbiologist @SpaceGalMonsi about microbes in space, and all the risk and potential they pose for future space exploration. npr.org/2023/10/13/119890827…
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13 Oct 2023
2/ Plus, how she had to collect her office mates' urine and condensed sweat to test the station's water recycling system. And you thought you were close with your co-workers...
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13 Oct 2023
3/ Produced by @_rachelcarlson, edited by @rebeccalramirez & fact-checked by @AnilOza16. (I tried to come up with a co-worker joke, but they're all yellow).
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15 Sep 2023
"When an aggregation of libidinous herps boils over a road, the outcome is what biologists call, none too scientifically, 'a massive squishing.'" @ben_a_goldfarb has a way w/ words! We talk about his new book Crossings & how roads have reshaped our planet:
npr.org/2023/09/11/119882246…
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22 Aug 2023
‘Blankets’ is one of my favorite graphic novels & it’s turning 20 w/ a new addition. Please join Craig Thompson and I this Weds at 7 PM @Powells for a conversation looking back at the making of ‘Blankets,’ the book’s impact, and its connection to his new series, ‘Ginseng Roots.’
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22 Aug 2023
Consider it two dapper gentlemen sharing stories about loneliness and love.
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