Every year the DC Science Writers Association (DCSWA) holds a professional development day where over 100 science reporters, PIOs, editors, and radio/podcast and video producers gather for a fun day of skill-building and networking.

I'm so psyched for this year's lineup. Join us May 6th!🦆 register here 🔗 https://dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5204611

if you’re a #tinymatters listener, we JUST got our first merch! A ☕️ mug! Support the pod and look good drinking your beverage of choice 🔗 https://www.store.acs.org/eweb/ACSTemplatePage.aspx?site=ACS_Store&WebCode=storeItemDetail&parentKey=0049fee3-9804-4e30-b3c2-1b4bd623bfa3

In this week’s #tinymatters we go on a detection dog deep dive. These are dogs trained to sniff out everything from explosives to invasive pythons to diseases like #COVID19 🐍💣🦠 wanna guess if my little chicken nuggets👇 made the cut? https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EY50zGkxKuiCNdicCtyx0?si=Sc14mMQUSlqPk3BmCjCuPA

maybe you know @hankgreen from Vlogbrothers, SciShow or CrashCourse

maybe you watch his TikToks or have read his books

or maybe... about a dozen other things. Hank's everywhere, including this week's #tinymatters 🎙️
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YJ6ymo2iLLeN9IbkFzs4g?si=IKHa-mgxS9-gNsHXTRbtLg

If you have a suggestion for a #TinyMatters episode, email us! tinymatters [at] acs [dot] org

In this week's #TinyMatters, learn what it takes to hunt down a rare #microbe from an expert microscopist, and why it matters for how we understand #evolution and the connections between species today🦠 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nKNgUTbaWWOhwSJBCI9ns?si=ah-L9SIHTM6zoSpnp_U2cg

At first glance, you may think you’re looking at a picture of living crocodiles moving stealthily through mud. But they’re mummies, possibly dead for more than 2,500 years and preserved in a ritual that likely honored Sobek, a fertility deity worshiped in ancient Egypt 🐊

⭐️ my latest for NYT Science https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/mummified-crocodiles-egypt-tomb.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

At #TinyMatters we’re kicking off the year by having a look back at some of our favorite episode moments from 2022🍾

Have suggestions for topics for 2023? Email us! tinymatters@acs.org

🎙️available wherever you listen https://open.spotify.com/episode/5psUHDIwE1UxP1ynHGSIid

I’m so happy to share that #tinymatters has won silver in the 2022 Signal Awards science podcast category🥈

proud of this little team and our first year as a podcast💚

🎙️available wherever you listen, all episode transcripts here🔗 https://acs.org/tinymatters

Next Thursday (1/19), join the DC Science Writers Association and the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications for a *free* virtual workshop on more effectively reaching the audience(s) you want. Open to any and all #communicators. More info & registration here 👉 https://dcswa.org/event/hands-on-workshop-the-science-of-what-makes-people-care/ #scicomm #sciencejournalism #communication #communications

Today we released the last #TinyMatters episode for 2022. We chatted with Latif Nasser of @radiolab, who was a total joy to have on the show.

Below's a little snippet from our conversation, about how science has never operated in a vacuum and how that's not just essential to acknowledge when reporting but actually makes the stories themselves more interesting.

Available everywhere you listen https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xY7bY4GnQHZPAHUdeQ0MD?si=21d3512e38a14f3b

Feeling charitable this holiday season? May I suggest #donating to the DC Science Writers Association?✍️ 
Donations make our professional development workshops and events (most of which are remote and open to the public!) possible. Every bit helps💚 #scicomm

🔗 https://dcswa.wildapricot.org/Donate

oh you thought black bears were black? they actually come in many shades—one being cinnamon—which can make them look like grizzlies🐻now researchers have found the mutation underlying this reddish brown coat🧬 my latest for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/science/cinnamon-black-bear-mutation.html

The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates discoveries that are unusual—things that make people laugh and then think. I consider it the younger, much more fun sibling of the renowned Nobel Prize. This week on #TinyMatters, we chat with @MarcAbrahams about the history of the prize and share some of our favorite winners, including this one📽️👇

🎙️available everywhere, transcripts at acs.org/tinymatters
🔗https://open.spotify.com/episode/0lVTJb3U73T6nGIOsIh6X6?si=HUdPzyiWRqavU5exxJ6U9w

til: making circles with frosting, on frosting, is hard 🧁 I was going for 6, 12, and 24-well #cell culture plates for a science-themed holiday treat contest but this is giving inedible pepperoni pizza 🍕 fortunately, these plates were far less work and are a whole lot sweeter than the ones I spent time with in grad school 🧫 
#sciencebaking #sciencedesserts #baking #cellbiology

I just learned that the day #tinymatters dropped its episode on the microbiome, which included a discussion about fecal transplants being effective—but not yet fda-approved—probiotics, the FDA gave its *first* approval to fecal transplant therapy💩

You can learn more about fecal transplants, the gut-brain axis, and other things 'microbiome' here🔗 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-the-microbiome-deserve-so-much-hype/id1599757941?i=1000588105315

(or wherever you listen to podcasts)

Zuul 'destroyer of shins' was covered in armored plates studded with spikes. It was believed that Zuul used its menacing tail to fight off predators like T. rex, but now a rare fossil suggests these #dinosaurs used their tails more on each other🦖 me for @newscientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350250-rare-fossil-reveals-destroyer-of-shins-dinosaurs-fought-each-other/

Tiny Matters, the #science #podcast I exec produce, is a Signal Listener's Choice Award finalist! If you're a listener/supporter of the podcast, I would appreciate your vote 💛 https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2022/shows/general/science

Are you in the #washingtonDC area and interested in #science and/or #scicomm ? Come to the DC Science Writers Association holiday party!🥂Join us on Friday, December 16th from 7-10 pm at Busboys & Poets on 14th.
Ticket includes 2 drinks, lots of food and a wonderful group of people 🎟️ https://dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5050839

For decades, scientists wondered which structure(s) in a bat’s larynx allow it produce calls spanning 7+ octaves (fyi humans are stuck with 2 or 3)
It turns out that one of the structures is also used by death metal singers to growl 🤘🦇
me for @newscientist 🎶
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348901-bats-and-death-metal-singers-use-the-same-throat-structure-to-growl/