Mackenzie White

Thanks for the best year yet. See y’all next year with new instruments on the Moon and (hopefully!) a new heat flow value for Mars🔭 #lpsc2022

Inside one of the nation’s longest-running transit systems: technologyreview.com/2026/02/24/113…

For @techreview: I wrote the Nov/Dec cover story on new research, a sprawling collection of labs, and the researchers behind it all. Many thanks to everyone who shared their time and perspective.

Millions in the U.S. may rely on PFAS-contaminated drinking water 🚨 As the Trump administration delays limits on forever chemicals in drinking water, a new model predicts the locations of contaminated groundwater. ehn.org/pfas-map-trump…

Behind the scenes, the MIT Science Bowl Invitational is powered by a team of more than 120 dedicated volunteers, many of them current MIT students buff.ly/3Cfaurk

@pratikmpawar Thanks fam 🥹

@MackenzieMtn Let’s go! Such a cool story

This weekend: science & nature’s engineers for Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/13092025/…

Reimagining sound & space at MIT—thanks to the many who shared their perspectives for the piece.

Today for @EHNewsroom: ehn.org/pfas-map-trump…

Survey results now hint that dark energy is not constant but has evolved over time, raising questions about the standard model of the universe. bit.ly/436QrWF

Today for @AstronomyMag: astronomy.com/science/dark-e…

@byjasonpdinh @jofgiroux @AtmosMag This was amazing. Also, if JEROS has no haters, I am dead.

this essay by @jofgiroux is one of my favorite things i’ve read or worked on in a minute. what a militarized war on jellyfish says about our disdain for queer and marginalized lives trust me—you’ll want to check it out in @AtmosMag atmos.earth/dear-jellyfish…

@byjasonpdinh @scifri 🤩

I'll be on @scifri at 2 PM ET to discuss: private space missions, the FDA's new ban on red dye no. 3, dementia, AI antivenoms, and, of course, MUMMY TATTOOS tune in!

Wrote about really smart kids answering really hard questions ⁦@ScienceMIT⁩ news.mit.edu/2025/high-scho…

@ricfranco Thinking of yall 😭

This is like a horror movie. Just saw this spark, light, and 4x in size in the span of 5 minutes. From the hotel we evacuated to after our neighborhood caught fire. You can see the magic castle and ymashiro right below

Photojournalist Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (KSJ '25) saw how the absence of climate terminology in sign language made it hard to share important information in a crisis. He's using his time at KSJ looking for a way to fill the gap. ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/01/0…

Latest for @AstronomyMag

@byjasonpdinh 🤩🤩🤩

it is once again the time of year where i sing praises for this incredible program! it’s one of the few experiences i can point to and say truly changed my life’s trajectory aspiring scicommers or science journalists: hmu with questions and go apply!!

@Sumeet_kul @veritasium YAY

@ricfranco Taking a turn about the room like a pro

Got a second cat this week and she rules. Her name is Lizzie, she’s a little swan 🦢

Physically: back at work Mentally: still at Guy Fieri’s with the most wonderful group of @ComSciCon organizers