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Andrew Curry

@andrewcurry.com

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Journalist covering archaeology, science, culture, politics, business, and cycling. When not on my bike, I'm found most often in Science, National Geographic & Archaeology. WahlBerliner, on Signal at andrewcurry.01 More at andrewcurry.com

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 14h

🧪🏺 #Archaeology is about the past, but it's also about now and what's to come cc @hannahfluck.bsky.social

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 29/09/2026

I will forever maintain that that left must not let the right claim patriotism as their own and dope things like this are a big part of why

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology

A woman with yellow hair and man with grey, both dressed in Neolithic textiles and furs, the man holding a shovel, stand infront of a stone built structure with thatched roof. Neither look happy

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 28/09/2026

Sometimes researchers send me unpublished proofs of forthcoming papers so I can report on the findings and prepare stories in advance. When Adobe Reader "helpfully" asks if I want an AI summary I always say no. No one should be using AI to transcribe off-the-record interviews, for the same reasons.

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 25/09/2026

Luxury problems, AKA Northern California weather: "Bay Area weather week ahead awfully similar to previous one," @mercurynews.com push notification informs me.

Mercury News push notification reading "Bay Area weather week ahead awfully similar to previous one"

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 23/09/2026

10,000-year-old #GobekliTepe has it all: Massive stone pillars, elaborate carved reliefs and hundreds of fragmented human bones. Now @dai-weltweit.bsky.social researchers have uncovered burials, too – and they point to a new, natural explanation for the scattered remains at the site. @science.org

Bones link 10,000-year-old temple complex to a village, not a ‘skull cult’

Landslides, not rituals, may have scattered skulls and bones at Turkey’s famed Göbekli Tepe site

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Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Neat.

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Meertext @meertext.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Neues aus #GöbekliTepe Diese ätesten Siedlungen der Welt sind absolut faszinierend!

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 23/09/2026

10,000-year-old #GobekliTepe has it all: Massive stone pillars, elaborate carved reliefs and hundreds of fragmented human bones. Now @dai-weltweit.bsky.social researchers have uncovered burials, too – and they point to a new, natural explanation for the scattered remains at the site. @science.org

Bones link 10,000-year-old temple complex to a village, not a ‘skull cult’

Landslides, not rituals, may have scattered skulls and bones at Turkey’s famed Göbekli Tepe site

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 23/09/2026

I'm no math whiz but how do you have a 99 point shift in net approval? Doesn't that mean at one point he had a 99% approval rating? Likewise, how can you have an approval rating of -77%? Something is not mathing for me. Doesn't sound good for Trump, though.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We just today got a talk about exactly how bad these tools are bsky.app/profile/hert...

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 22/09/2026

I have interacted recently with an editor at a major publication who kept recommending Gemini as a research tool – with the caveat that "you can't trust anything it says," which makes me question why anyone in the journalism space would recommend it in the first place.

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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A fresh new perspective on the human story, Early Man was a Woman by Ulli Lust is a nonfiction graphic novel that highlights women in prehistory. Originally published in German, the English translation has now hit bookshelves. www.science.org/content/arti... #booksky #nonfiction #paleo

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

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Robin Peters @robinpeters85.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Instantly Ulli Lusts @ullilust.literatur.social.ap.brid.gy graphic novel "Early Man was a Woman" (Die Frau als Mensch) springs to mind. You can find an interview with her by @andrewcurry.com here: www.science.org/content/arti...

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 21/09/2026

12-y-old says I might have a future as a @bsky.app influencer because "it's like Facebook for nerds."

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 20/09/2026

Deep into today's election coverage on German national TV and someone is serving red wine on the news desk. So European!

Green politician Werner Graf speaking with TV reporter, with a glass of red wine on the desk in between them.

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 20/09/2026

75% voter turnout so far in Berlin, up from 62% last time!

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 20/09/2026

I voted in Berlin for the first time!

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 16/09/2026

Ulli Lust's #archaeological #GraphicNovel about Ice Age gender myths and #Paleolithic society is finally being published in English! And @andrewcurry.com used the opportunity for a nice little @science.org interview: www.science.org/content/arti...

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 10/09/2026

Comic artist Ulli Lust won Germany's biggest non-fiction prize for her book "Early Man was a Woman," out now in English. "The idea of an egalitarian society which didn’t diminish women is a wonderful realization for many people," she told me in an interview for @science.org. "We need that."

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 10/09/2026

Comic artist Ulli Lust won Germany's biggest non-fiction prize for her book "Early Man was a Woman," out now in English. "The idea of an egalitarian society which didn’t diminish women is a wonderful realization for many people," she told me in an interview for @science.org. "We need that."

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 10/09/2026

Tell me you're a former German colony without telling me etc. etc.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/09/2026

Comic book artist Ulli Lust is drawing women into prehistory. Science spoke with Lust about the challenges of accurately capturing the archaeological record in a comic book and why the Stone Age is synonymous with cave men and not cave women. scim.ag/4A2feK6

This comic is drawing women into prehistory

Comic book artist Ulli Lust counters myths about the roles of ice age women

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 07/09/2026

Artist Ulli Lust wants to redraw women's role in prehistory. "The 'manosphere' is always referring to the past as a place where men were strong and superior and women were weak and submissive. Archaeological evidence shows us that’s a myth, and I felt I had to deconstruct it," she told @science.org

This comic is drawing women into prehistory

Comic book artist Ulli Lust counters myths about the roles of ice age women

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 07/09/2026

Artist Ulli Lust wants to redraw women's role in prehistory. "The 'manosphere' is always referring to the past as a place where men were strong and superior and women were weak and submissive. Archaeological evidence shows us that’s a myth, and I felt I had to deconstruct it," she told @science.org

This comic is drawing women into prehistory

Comic book artist Ulli Lust counters myths about the roles of ice age women

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Victoria @vixilated.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

😱

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

it's like Wild Sheep Chase and The Name of the Rose had a baby

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Stephanie J. Lahey PhD @sjlahey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in #medieval #parchment 📜🦠🔬📚 #MedievalManuscripts #BookScience www.science.org/content/arti...

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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The Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

VIRUS ALERT! Sheeppox virus found in our parchment! Luckily, it is the ancient kind, so no extra precautions needed 😅 What a multidisciplinary effort - congrats to everyone involved! (Incidentally, the culprit MS is currently on display in our exhibition) www.science.org/content/arti...

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Suzanne Paul @suzpaul.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Excellent to see this ground-breaking work published. Congrats to @gingerhowley.bsky.social and team. Medieval MSS as sources for genomic discoveries.

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Mary Valante @medievalmaryq.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now this is cool!

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Science Magazine @science.org · 03/09/2026

Researchers have pinned the emergence of sheeppox to about 5000 years ago. The peek into the pathogen’s past came from an unusual source: dozens of medieval books and legal documents written on parchment, which is made from specially treated animal skins. Learn more: scim.ag/4iaLx30

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

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Rob O'Malley (he/him) @robomalley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@ifbookspod.bsky.social Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I believe the MS pictured in the original post is Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.10.5. The full report is at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... and if you find Supplementary Materials at the end you can get a spreadsheet that includes shelfmarks and links to MSS online where available. #medievalsky

Three thousand five hundred years of sheeppox virus evolution inferred from archaeological and codicological genomes

Sheeppox virus (SPPV) is a major livestock pathogen causing economic hardship through reduced production and death of vulnerable sheep, with written descriptions of sheeppox-like disease recorded sinc...

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Codicological genomes". Not a term I expected to hear, but I guess it will become part of the medievalist vocabulary now. Great summary of an intriguing study. (And no, fellow codicologists, you still do not have to wear gloves. The DNA in your books is too degraded to do any damage.) #MedievalSky

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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

👀 👇 @samleggs22.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him) @jperkel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is so cool: researchers studying ancient parchments as biological objects uncover the hidden history of sheeppox virus. 📚🦠🧪. From @science.org @andrewcurry.com www.science.org/content/arti...

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🧪 Very cool. Sheeppox is a gnarly virus for sheep, and thanks to a new study of the virus's DNA, we know more about when and how it emerged. How do we know this? Researchers isolated sheeppox from *medieval sheepskin parchment.* A fun one from @andrewcurry.com. www.science.org/content/arti...

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“I couldn’t have imagined they’d get all this data from parchment." Cool story by @andrewcurry.com for @science.org

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 02/09/2026

Ancient parchments, covered in ancient disease DNA! Researchers led by @ucddublin.bsky.social's @gingerhowley.bsky.social recover the genes of a deadly animal pathogen from medieval manuscripts. @science.org

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira @mausellmoli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yes, books are dangerous.

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 02/09/2026

Ancient parchments, covered in ancient disease DNA! Researchers led by @ucddublin.bsky.social's @gingerhowley.bsky.social recover the genes of a deadly animal pathogen from medieval manuscripts. @science.org

Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 01/09/2026

Pretty sure I was in college before I realized "infrared" didn't rhyme with "prepared."

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/08/2026

Today's @xkcd.com

It's a stickman holding a hammer, lifting up his leg, and saying:

"Listen up, leg. I've been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off!"

It is captioned: tariffs

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 27/08/2026

Looking forward to Canada's first #Eurovision entry!

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Deborah Cole @deborahcole.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Nazis understood that crushing the avant-garde was central to seizing power. 100 years on the AfD is oddly fixated on Bauhaus again. I talked to voters in Saxony-Anhalt agonizing over their choices, and people keeping the Bauhaus spirit alive for a new era www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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The Nazis drove Bauhaus out of town. Now the far right is waging another war against the movement

Poll to take place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where Bauhaus blossomed a century ago – and where AfD is promising ‘patriotic culture policy’ if it wins

Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 26/08/2026

Trying to help with a 7th grade math assignment, I google "what costs 9 euro per kilo." Google was super helpful: "A kilo costs exactly 9 euro, when the price is 9 euro per kilo."

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the link to @andrewcurry.com's earlier piece in Science: www.science.org/content/arti... #MedievalSky

Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet

“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder