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Shaena Montanari

@shaena.bsky.social
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Associate staff writer, sleep at Wirecutter. Go Heels.

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Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: The world's most sensitive dark matter detector has announced it has spotted something it can't easily explain: a single event that's tantalizingly consistent with a type of theorized dark matter particle. Very early days yet, but pretty wild. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
World’s biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle
It’s far too early to declare a discovery, physicists with the LZ detector say
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Crumpled up death cab/postal service poster
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is very good
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This wasn’t the answer I wanted to hear 😞
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Sci Am was the coolest. Discover was the coolest. Nat Geo was the coolest. It’s why I wanted to change careers! Anyway.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I started in journalism in 2017 and I can’t really express how different it is in only less than a decade.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I’ll be at the SLEEP 2026 meeting in Baltimore next month….anyone else? #neuroskyence
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
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Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Playing in Wirecutter’s face with this q
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I’m quoted in this important Guardian article by @whatsitlike.me about colon cancer. I got the bad news today that chemo didn’t do the trick after 24 treatments. I start immunotherapy next week. Get tested folks; don’t ignore your health. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
You know it
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
People aren’t getting this
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Barred owl
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2026
Breaking News: The Nobel laureate Richard Axel said he was resigning as co-director of a Columbia brain institute over his friendship with Jeffery Epstein.
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Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein
The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgment.”
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is what you think about me though
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Chillin
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime: www.404media.co/leaked-email...
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Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A journal has retracted the largest leucovorin trial in people with autism—one of just five randomized clinical trials assessing this treatment in autistic people. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lar...
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Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted
A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results.
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago defector.com/who-the-hell...
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Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Oh wow this is exactly what I have been wanting to read!!!!!
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Why did you not ask me this personally
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Nice job moderator @franciscorr25.bsky.social !
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Norell’s fit is so good in this
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Wow lots of great stuff in here
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
lmao this is some good stuff
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
You said this about me when I got a masters after a PhD
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Just got back from CES, and on a related note I want to live off-grid now
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Oh
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
BREAKING: Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
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Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
COLIN
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Neuroscientists are working to solve a behavior problem in preclinical psychedelics research: Instead of identifying a simple test yielding a universal result, they are designing more nuanced tasks that better reflect human behavior. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4jc24lW
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Psychedelics research in rodents has a behavior problem
Simple behavioral assays—originally validated as drug-screening tools—fall short in studies that aim to unpack the psychedelic mechanism of action, so some behavioral neuroscientists are developing…
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
What was she thinking
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
One of the funniest things I ever did was quit academia because I thought finding a job in journalism would be easier
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Thank you for saying that! 💙
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I know my work is kind of silly now but we all do need a pillow. Should you get a custom pillow? www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Can You Design Your Dream Pillow? It’s Worth a Try.
This custom pillow aims to take the guesswork out of shopping. Our sleep team put it to the test.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I’m going to CES next month! Anyone else?
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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊 Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab. I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
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How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Just got off the list for 11/22/63 at the library. Chat what do we think about this book?
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
We did get shushed. A Simple Favor should have won an Oscar.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Did you just randomly turn this on and see him? Love that
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Are you wondering hey, what’s the best memory foam pillow out there? I have some options for you in my FIRST GUIDE as a staff writer for Wirecutter! I seriously never thought I’d get to have a job this cool so I am not gonna shut up about this for a while… www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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We Tested Dozens of Memory Foam Pillows. These Are the Best.
These adjustable and single-piece memory foam pillows offer firmness and support, especially for side sleepers.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I’ll have to do some reporting on this and get back to you
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Congratulations to the greatest @callimcflurry.bsky.social!!
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The work with bats on barren, 7-acre Latham Island was Nachum Ulanovsky’s most complex undertaking yet. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neuroetholog...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The FDA wants to expand the use of leucovorin to treat autism traits, based on an analysis of the scientific research. @thetransmitter.bsky.social has obtained the list of 23 studies. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/exc...
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Exclusive: The 23 studies the FDA based its expanded leucovorin label on
The studies include 46 people, mostly toddlers, who have cerebral folate deficiency due to variants in a folate transporter.
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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
They got me
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