Amy Harmon
@amy_harmon
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New York Times reporter covering science, nature, social inequality | she/her
New York, NY
Joined September 2008
I wrote about how a nature app is helping salvage some semblance of shared reality. Also there is a fun quiz.
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The judge in the case challenging the Trump executive order to end gender-transition treatments for prisoners, and to house trans women inmates in men's prisons, has replaced his temporary restraining order with a preliminary injunction.
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There have been three executive orders on trans issues since Jan 20. I collected some reactions here.
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RT @howappealing: “Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision; A state legislative committee has advanced a….
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RT @inaturalist: We have some big news: iNaturalist is now an independent 501c3 non-profit organization!. Your iNat experience won’t change….
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RT @MindShiftKQED: In more than two dozen interviews with The New York Times, those who went to elite schools, where their race may or may….
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RT @JLeeSoc: #AffirmativeAction affects only abt 2% of all Black, Hispanic or Native American students in 4-year colleges, but has an “outs….
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"A.I. is Silicon Valley’s ultimate new product rollout: transcendence on demand." Some vintage @DavidStreitfeld here.
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@patrickaturley @michelnivard @nmancuso_ This is one interpretation, but a more skeptical interpretation is that the EUR PGI is picking up entirely indirect/SES stratification and once moved to a genuinely independent population it's predictive power goes to 0%. Unless we have evidence against, I would urge skepticism.
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The NAS report on the use of Population Descriptors in Human Genetics & Genomics is definitely worth a read by everyone working in human genetics and adjacent fields (chapter 5 is a good place to dive in if you’re short on time). 1/n.
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We're collecting personal stories of all the ways affirmative action may have affected people, in college admissions and in life. If you have an experience you're willing to share, I hope you'll fill out this form, or contact me by DM or amy@nytimes.com.
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"Admitting students interested in working with the underserved serves to increase diversity," & other lessons in how to get a med school class that reflects the racial breakdown of the US population without affirmative action. Great piece by @ushamcfarling
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In some states, the historical charters of agencies charged with wildlife conservation failed to include insects. Now many appear to be in precipitous decline. by @CatrinEinhorn PS and they are so small and crazy-gorgeous.
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RT @danielle_ivory: This earnings report is a testament to the value that @NYTimesGuild workers create. But instead of agreeing to a contra….
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RT @hassankhan: A really good thread about the various reader criticisms of a specific story. My takeaway is that Covid coverage has made e….
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RT @dividedwefall42: See why The New York Times' @amy_harmon says a wildly popular nature app might show the path to better political disco….
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RT @IssamAhmed: Thoughtful defense of a thoughtful piece that triggered a lot of grandstanding from right and left. As Amy says, journalism….
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RT @gallformers: Thanks to the generous support of our patrons, the Gallformers database is now essentially complete for all galls known fr….
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