Tina Saey
@thsaey
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Senior writer covering molecular biology for @ScienceNews Geek. Lover of science fact and fiction. Standard disclaimers may apply. Mileage will vary. She/her
Washington DC
Joined February 2009
RT @meprillaman: Is your job mostly funded by indirect costs on NIH grants? I'd love to speak with you for a @ScienceNews story. DM or em…
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RT @srikosuri: It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendr…
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Science is being censored. ASM Calls for Reinstatement of CDC Public Health Resources
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RT @snmediaguild: It’s been 421 days since the workers of Science News Media Group unionized. But we still don’t have a contract 😩 We hope…
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RT @snmediaguild: We’re working to negotiate a fair contract for our workers and remain hopeful we can achieve one. We’re asking for remot…
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RT @chattysue52: These are a few of the organizations helping animals in need….no donation is too small!
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Elephant trunks have a 🤯ing number of muscles and other amazing properties. @susanmilius enlightens and delights @ScienceNews
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It was such a pleasure to profile @DWWilliamsLab for @ScienceNews's SN10. I could have talked to them all day. Such fascinating research and an incredible person.
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RT @MoNscience: News outlets are bending over backward to avoid saying #mpox "clade." But using "strain," "variant" or "version" 👀 is s…
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.@annamgibbs is a singular talent. Read this and try to keep the tears out of your eyes
it's boobs week at slate — which is fun and educational and a little science-y, read it all — but truly carve out some time for this gorgeous meditation from @annamgibbs
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I hope magazines aren't dead. But they need to focus on excellent journalism, not draconian cost-cutting. The Death of the Magazine
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A brain parasite might get a new job as a drug mule carrying large therapeutic proteins into the brains of people with neurological diseases. It's a long way off.
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COVID is just part of life now @AmeshAA told me. But it's not like it was earlier in the pandemic. We have tools to tackle it now.
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Ancient DNA researchers are always pushing the limits of what science can reveal. Now they can see how woolly mammoths used their genes to grow hair and withstand cold.
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RT @JamesLucasIT: The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵 1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower htt…
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After writing about the skeletons of ancient Egyptian scribes, I'm trying not to slouch at my desk.
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