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Emily Caldwell

@ekcaldwell.bsky.social
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Science writer & higher ed communicator. Chronicler of mom’s #Alzheimer’s. #DonateLife #Crew96 fan. Ohio University journalism grad x 2. Also: dogs & politics

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NSASS @nsass.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Nice summary of our new religion, gender, & sports gambling @nsass.bsky.social study by @ekcaldwell.bsky.social! news.osu.edu/having-a-rel...
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Having a religious affiliation doesn’t prevent betting on sports
Having a religious affiliation doesn’t stop people from betting on sports in the United States, according to a new study.Results showed that people who infrequently attend religious services are more ...
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
#Bacteria resisting #viral #infection can still sink #carbon to #ocean floor ... | #microbes | #marine | #phage | #viruses | By @ekcaldwell.bsky.social via news .osu .edu
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Bacteria resisting viral infection can still sink carbon to ocean floor
Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but many operate in constant threat of being infected by viruses called…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 15/07/2025
The office of Ohio U.S. Sen. Jon Husted deleted a social media post claiming the Trump spending law is a "pro-family" bill for "working class families." The law will take health insurance and food support away from thousands of low-income, working Ohioans. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/15/o...
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Ohio US Sen. Husted takes down post of him laughing with lobbyists, bragging about Trump's bill • Ohio Capital Journal
The office of Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted deleted a social media post Thursday claiming the new Trump spending law is a "pro-family" bill "for "working class families." The law will take…
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Catching up on sharing my science stories. Almost 1 in 10 workers in their 30s uses alcohol, marijuana or hard drugs while on the job in the United States. The reddit response suggests this is well known, especially in food and construction industries. 🧪 news.osu.edu/9-of-young-u...
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9% of young US employees use alcohol, drugs at work, study finds
Almost 1 in 10 workers in their 30s uses alcohol, marijuana or hard drugs like cocaine while on the job in the United States, a new study has found. The risk for substance use among young employees wa...
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 20/12/2024
We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky. Help us gain our following back Follow Retweet Repeat Join the park side @altyellonatpark.org
Black wolf looking straight at the camera. Pine forest behind. Yellow eyes.
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
HHS agency communications offices have been gutted by this administration. Today, the NIH sent out a press release a day early, breaking the embargo on a journal published by one of its own agencies. Heckuva job, Elon & DOGE!
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Interesting findings from a lab studying the connection between hazardous drinking and insomnia. Stress and depression contribute to the relationship, but which has the strongest influence depends on whether poor sleep or heavy drinking came first. news.osu.edu/stress-depre...
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Stress, depression factor into link between insomnia, heavy drinking
Insomnia and hazardous drinking are so closely intertwined that estimates suggest at least one-third, and as many as 91%, of people who have a hard time with sleep also misuse alcohol. A new study sug...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ruling by a Trump-appointed judge - AP can't be kicked out of the White House.
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My husband called Bernie Moreno's office to complain about our senator calling Schumer "fuhrer." The staffer feigned ignorance while also defending what he said. She didn't know the difference b/w National Socialism and socialized medicine. "My job is too stressful to read the news," she said.
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That Gay Guy 💬 @gayguycandleco.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you, Cory Booker! DISRUPT! www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Important new study from @ruthbarrientos.bsky.social: Within 3 days on a high-fat diet, long before obesity sets in, aged rats perform poorly on memory tests and show negative inflammatory changes in the brain. news.osu.edu/memory-is-im...
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Memory is impaired in aged rats after 3 days of high-fat eating
Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate g...
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 20/02/2025
NASW chiming in: "The more people who are trained to become scientists and science communicators, the more minds are available to tackle the many global challenges we face. We are redoubling our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility..." 🧪 🩺 #ScienceSky #MedSky
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Anyone who has taken care of someone with Alzheimer’s should watch Man on the Inside, in my opinion. Plus, it’s Ted Danson at his best.
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A significant new finding about cell biology - important basic science funded by the National Institutes of Health. news.osu.edu/junk-rna-seg...
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‘Junk’ RNA segments play role in protein production, cell stress response
Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to oxid...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Middle school students at a U.S. military school walked out in protest of Pete Hegseth's visit, while a group of adults booed him and chanted "DEI" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth’s visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout
The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions. "About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors." dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/f...
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Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach - DCMediaGroup
Nearly 100 Federal employees took part in a protest now into its second day of a takeover by Elon Musk surrogates of the high administration arm of the Federal government. Photo: DCMediaGroup Washingt...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Called Sen. Bernie Moreno's office to urge him to be bold and call for the release of the Congressionally appropriated federal funding currently blocked by OMB (per exec order) - an action harming Medicaid recipients. Left a voice mail. Hope they're overwhelmed. Want to feel less helpless.
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Gabriel Filippelli @gabefilippelli.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
And just like that, my new award from the @StateDept to help Pakistan grapple with air pollution and climate change is no more, thanks to this new administration
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Latest story about a study that is the first to show special proteins (ion channels) in the membranes of tiny particles called extracellular vesicles enable them to stay intact as they transport cargo. news.osu.edu/the-proteins...
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The proteins that make cell-to-cell cargo transport possible
Scientists have revealed the secret to the structural integrity of tiny particles that transport cargo from cell to cell through blood vessels and bodily fluids: special proteins that keep their membr...
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 14/01/2025
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
A group of men sit in front of a chart that incorrectly spells "military" as "miltary."
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
One of my favorite research topics to cover: coyotes living in urban areas. The newest study shows a positive relationship between urban coyotes’ survival rate and higher human population density, suggesting access to nature isn’t key to their success in the city. news.osu.edu/dense-human-...
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Dense human population is linked to longer urban coyote survival
Tracking coyote movement in metropolitan areas shows the animals spend lots of time in natural settings, but a new study suggests the human element of city life has a bigger impact than the environmen...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New story on long Covid’s effects on employment: Study participants report lacking energy after working, loss of income and higher expenses with job change/loss, and emotional distress of managing a misunderstood illness. news.osu.edu/long-covids-...
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Long COVID’s effects on employment: financial distress, fear of judgment
Though research has shown that people with long COVID are more likely to be unemployed, the statistics don’t reveal what patients go through before they cut their hours, stop working or lose their job...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New research story: delivery of mitochondria-disrupting gene therapy using nanoparticles that target only cancer cells. Experiments showed the strategy induces programmed cancer cell death and shrinks aggressive brain + breast tumors in mice. news.osu.edu/light-induce...
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Light-induced gene therapy disables cancer cells’ energy center
Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells’ energy centers – literally – to damage these power sources and trigger widespread cancer cell death. In a new study, scientists combined strategies to ...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Info for those considering starting on a GLP-1 medication like Ozempic: The change in dietary habits and preferences may contribute to food waste, at least initially. New story: news.osu.edu/how-anti-obe...
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How anti-obesity drugs are linked to food waste
Taking anti-obesity drugs has led some U.S. adults to throw away more food than they tossed before starting the medications, a new study has found.In a survey of people currently on GLP-1 medications ...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My latest story on a study from @yountlabosu.bsky.social: new info about an immune protein that is more protective against the influenza infectious process than previously known - a "fundamental textbook-level finding." news.osu.edu/new-roles-in...
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New roles in infectious process for molecule that inhibits flu
Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection – among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.The protein ...
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Emily Caldwell @ekcaldwell.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Deactivated my Twitter account this morning, finally. Happy to be surrounded by people who value truth and knowledge at #SciWri24.
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