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Chris Gorski

@scigorski.bsky.social
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News and Strategy Editor at Chemical and Engineering News, especially interested in cross-disciplinary stories. Signal: @chris_gorski.15 — Views shared here are my own.

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We're hiring an editor @cenmag.bsky.social -- based in the US, and looking for people interested in editing news and features, as well as working closely with our publishing partners both inside and outside of ACS. recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/...
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seems like they misspelled both Bluey and Andor
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cricket, Camping, and Army have all got to be up there, too.
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It was a treat to edit this story about JP De Los Rios' experience as a student and young scientist. And, doubly so to get to work on it with @kategammon.bsky.social (for @cenmag.bsky.social) cen.acs.org/people/profi...
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My Chemical Story: How growing up on the US-Mexico border made me a scientist
I took inspiration where I could find it, including from Breaking Bad
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From the author of the report described in the story: “What’s happening here is not right, which is why I have gone to great lengths to ensure that the evidence is documented and publicly available,” says Reese Richardson ... the report’s author. “I want these companies to explain it.”
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Our team @cenmag.bsky.social turned our scrolling history of chemistry funding story from earlier this year into a video. It's really cool to see how it turned out youtu.be/KlA9YQsNLTU?...
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From Alchemy to AI: The Funds that Fueled Chemistry
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The World Cup is heating up and so are the temperatures at the stadiums. Here’s our coverage of the biochemistry behind the performances.
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Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I've got another chemistry article about football/soccer as the #WorldCup is about to start. This one's about the biochemistry that fuels athletes. #chemsky🧪 cen.acs.org/biological-c...
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How biochemistry fuels World Cup athletes
Players may be thinking about soccer, but sugar, salt, and sweat contain the chemical secrets to success
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
oh help me, I just figured out I can turn my desk into a giant speaker using bone conducting headphones
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 03/06/2026
"Who designed this game, and why are we playing it?" . . . 🚬
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
signs you might be a science journalist -- one of my primary takeaways from this excellent profile of USMNT goalkeeper Matt Freese is that he's probably not a fan of preprints www.nbcnews.com/sports/socce...
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He’s a Harvard grad who comes from a family of scientists. He’s also the goalie who might lead the U.S. to World Cup glory.
Matt Freese once wrote a college research project on penalty kicks. Now he’s competing to be the starting goalie for the U.S. men’s national team at this summer’s World Cup.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"We need to think about the consequences of a weakened FDA," says Stephanie Springer: #chemsky 🧪
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My Chemical Story: Why I left the FDA and fear for its future
Organizational changes and layoffs that began in 2025 make me worry that the agency will struggle to fulfill its crucial mission
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Laurel Oldach @laureloldach.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Thermo Fisher has responded to research integrity activists who spotted apparent manipulation in its antibody catalog: "In ... preparing antibody images for publication on our website, some images may have been adjusted to clarify for presentation purposes." More: cen.acs.org/research-int...
Headline "Sleuths say Thermo Fisher doctored data to sell antibodies," subhead "Apparent manipulation of validation images in reagent catalog concern researchers," byline Laurel Oldach, image of a pipette loading an SDS-PAGE gel for a western blot
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
They’re here! Introducing the Talented 12 Class for 2026. These early-career scientists are taking on big global #chemistry challenges. Meet the 2026 Class: cen.acs.org/people/profi... #CENT12 #chemsky 🧪
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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hi #chemsky were you affected by the Canvas outage? We at @cenmag.bsky.social would love to hear from you for a potential story! My DMs are open!
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Copy promoting the use of AI always seems to have come from a prompt like: "Write about how AI can help journalists, in the style of Dr. Seuss if he went to biz school" The language definitely says things, but it's just so oddly empty, with repetition after repetition.
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Ryan Dahn @ryandahn.com · 27/03/2026
this comic is a very cool example of the new types of things we're trying out at @physicstoday.aip.org. check it out!
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host @craigofwaffles.bsky.social speaks with C&EN editor @scigorski.bsky.social and graphic artist and freelance illustrator Ryan Inzana about their collaborative efforts to make one of C&EN’s most innovative articles to date. #chemsky 🧪
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Uncovered: From alchemy to AI, and the funds behind it all
Join us as we dive deeper into a graphic novelesque experience that sheds light on alchemy, chemistry, and the money that paid for it
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Jyoti Madhusoodanan @smjyoti.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Journo request: I'm working on a story on life after a cancer diagnosis -- late effects of treatment, working with a PCP on specific health needs, and so on. Looking to speak with people with direct experience and doctors who can share their experience learning to provide care/ make decisions.
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Poutine is one of the great dishes out there, it’s just fantastic
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Really proud to be part of the team that put this together cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
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The funds that fueled chemistry: A visual history
Explore a visual tour through the history of chemistry research funding, from alchemy to AI
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Early in 2025 we started talking about how our team @cenmag.bsky.social could present immersive scrolling stories. This story is what came out of those brainstorming sessions. We've told a broad story about how chemistry research has been funded over the centuries cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
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The funds that fueled chemistry: A visual history
Explore a visual tour through the history of chemistry research funding, from alchemy to AI
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Am busy composing alt text for something I'm really excited about publishing next week: "On the left is a man wearing an apron. On the right is a many wearing a top hat and a coat with tails. He’s wearing a monocle and holding a cane." Why yes, it is about chemistry.
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Great advice applicable to far more than journalism
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This essay is incredible. A drop everything and read this piece on learning and thinking
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Laurel Oldach @laureloldach.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
So, remember that MAHA summit 2 weeks ago that @statnews.com broke the news of and @maxkozlov.bsky.social somehow got into for Nature, even though it was closed to the press? The organizers posted the entire 6.5-hour conference proceedings to YouTube last week. cen.acs.org/policy/MAHA-...
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At MAHA Summit, the NIH head pushes for research that risks failure
And 4 other takeaways for life scientists from the ‘off-the-record’ Make America Healthy Again conference
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Love it when I look at a list of important tasks I jotted on a post-it note. Item 4 full text: "Think about this" Super helpful past Chris. Well done.
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#chemsky, what made you want to be a chemist? How did you overcome a difficult obstacle? What did it feel like to solve a problem you'd been working on for years? I'm editing this series about how life and chemistry interact. Reach me at c_gorski@acs.org, or encrypted at contactcen@protonmail.com
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/10/2025
Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review
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Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review
DECATUR, IL—A three-member panel of 10-year-old Michael Nogroski’s fellow classmates at Nathaniel Macon Elementary School unanimously agreed Tuesday that his 327-word essay "Otters" did not meet the r...
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The fine print on this entry is interesting: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License." grokipedia.com/page/Heterog... It looks a lot like a copy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterog...
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Working on this with Victor for @cenmag.bsky.social was fascinating
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Reading Frankenstein made him want to be a chemist!?! At this year's ACS fall meeting, Victor Olet said this and caught the attention of several of our editors. What a thrill to work with him on this piece about what he's gained by reading the book 25 times cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...
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My Chemical Story: How ‘Frankenstein’ made me want to be a scientist
The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Very happy about today’s little library findings
Two books side by side, the Penguin book of Brexit Cartoons is on the left and project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is on the right
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Annie Roth @annieroth.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
cen.acs.org/environment/... At long last, scientists have figured out what causes will-o’-the-wisps. It’s not ghosts or ghouls, but a newly discovered phenomenon called “microlightning.” Learn more in my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social
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Spooky will-o’-the-wisps finally explained
A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Reading the novel ‘Frankenstein’ made Victor Olet want to be a scientist working in this was so much fun cen.acs.org/people/Chemi...
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My Chemical Story: How ‘Frankenstein’ made me want to be a scientist
The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I love this way of thinking about the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I think of the 4th season of “the bear” as having such ordinary moments. It also excels at showing people loving their work and struggling with their boundaries. Not every scene can be so moving, they just have to push ahead
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
I’m at the Baltimore comic con today in a session about the logistics of making a comic. So much of this guidance is applicable for science journalism too. Timelines, what to do first, etc
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Several employees at the CDC’s Office of Science Quality and Library Services, for example, remain RIF’d. Without those clearances, “CDC can’t publish any scientific documents,” says a recently RIF’d CDC employee. cen.acs.org/policy/regul...
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Trump administration reverses course on shutdown layoffs at CDC
More than half of the approximately 1,300 reduction-in-force notices sent to the agency's employees on Oct. 10 were in error, the Department of Health and Human Services determined as it reinstated st...
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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
In need of a weekend read? May I recommend Max's latest cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
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I was injected with dengue virus to learn about clinical trials
I became a test subject in a clinical trial for a new dengue treatment. Here’s what I discovered
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
MOFs are pretty darn cool. Here's our story, in @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
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The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
From a 2019 interview with Kitagawa -- "it was common sense that organic materials could not make a stable porous structure. People thought we were doing “useless” research because they did not realize the potential of the seemingly trivial space inside the pores." pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Interview with Professor Susumu Kitagawa
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Phew, that feedback on the youtube stream stopped #nobelprize
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Less than 5 minutes until the announcement of the #nobelprize in chemistry -- our team is ready to report @cenmag.bsky.social
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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret! Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓 cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel
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Quantum tunneling trio win the 2025 physics Nobel
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis get the award for demonstrating quantum mechanical effects at the macroscale
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New nobel laureate Michel Devoret once led a course on Cinema and Physics physics.yale.edu/sites/defaul... -- he told a historian that he was surprised when the enrollment for that was larger than a course on differential equations
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The @aip.bsky.social's oral histories are a great resource on the physics #nobelprize. Delighted to be able to read Michel Devoret's where he calls his work "low-energy physics" repository.aip.org/node/129778 - dealing with "ordinary matter consisting of mundane particles like electrons and atoms"
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Neil Withers @neilwithers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The laureates' 'prize-earning' papers in Phys Rev Lett, Phys Rev B from 1985 + 1987 have 276, 342 and 518 citations [Scopus] - low for Nobel-winning work, maybe? [1/2]
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Macroscopic quantum tunnelling wins -- goes to the trio of Martinis, Clarke, and Devoret
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It's physics nobel prize day! -- Youtube stream pre announcement room noise is a highlight of the #nobelprize reporting and editing experience
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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
1/ 🧪🍃🐙📰 We @biographic.bsky.social have been hard at work for the past 8 months developing a deep, rich, behind-the-scenes feature story exploring how the Trump Administration's cuts to international conservation are affecting biodiversity on the ground.
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