Latest book Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea https://books.rsc.org/books/monograph/2162/SteepedThe-Chemistry-of-Tea Professor of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College & Adjunct Scholar, Vatican Observatory. https://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mqjtdikmks2zDoes your life depend on science? Mine certainly does. At the start of Trump’s term I wrote this op-ed: share.inquirer.com/Nf1shA Today is the last day to submit comments on the proposed rule changes that will dismantle US science — and have far reaching effects on everyone’s lives. Comment!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjtdikmks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mpwakcqyqk2sHey #chemsky - I am working on a book about women in chemistry and trying to track down an incident about a general chem textbook where the authors made a snarky comment about women in bikinis (and parenthetically called themselves out as sexist). Any hints for me??05 Jul 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwakcqyqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mpqp4willc2sWant to know more about the first women chemists? Try these terrific articles by Gisela Boeck and... https://www.chemistryviews.org/lydia-sesemann-150-years-of-womens-doctorates-in-chemistry/ (1/2) #chemsky03 Jul 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqp4willc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mpothqc6nc23My most recent column in Nature Chem (@natchem.nature.com) is out: First Ladies of Chemistry. Who were the early women PhDs in chemistry? Why was the Ice Woman a hero (why is she still?)? Also -aren't those lab coats in the photo wild? rdcu.be/frKkW https://rdcu.be/frKkW02 Jul 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpothqc6nc23https://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mnqcdk4wok2qThe president rants, shouts, stonewalls, belittles, as if his fury trumps the truth and the big story is Wisconsin? #butHerEMails [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jun 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqcdk4wok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mnqc2wdvcs2qEnjoy experimenting with basic chemistry? Excited to read this… [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jun 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqc2wdvcs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mnlerkxbls24Watching For All Mankind last episode #spoiler #chemFail #chemsky06 Jun 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnlerkxbls24https://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mk4fb6s2hc2wTrump wants Pope Leo to stay in his lane. What is Pope Leo's lane? My op-ed in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. share.inquirer.com/jA6FfM https://share.inquirer.com/jA6FfM22 Apr 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4fb6s2hc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mjpmvwoxf22fThis is brilliant! But who, what, where is Runcorn? [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpmvwoxf22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mj2wwqmkqc2oIs this the first time Klingon has been used in a science journal? My latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis opens and closes in Klingon and looks at the language barriers in science. Chemists have tinkered with synthetic languages before! rdcu.be/fczV7 #chemsky09 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2wwqmkqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mikbz3usfk2dTalking water, the universe, and a bit about tea. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikbz3usfk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mhvayh56mc2iI ran 15 years of my own against a list of word "tells" for AI, will my esoteric vocabulary and my love of the em dash be my undoing? And yes, my writing was part of the training sets. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvayh56mc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mh6mrsquqs2nThe potential of mRNA vaccines in a crisis...which the US HHS dismisses out of hand. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6mrsquqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mf5px4cn7k2bIt can be exhausting to navigate the need for accommodations, and it can feel as if you are simultaneously far too visible and entirely invisible https://thewalrus.ca/how-universities-are-shutting-out-disabled-students-and-staff/18 Feb 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5px4cn7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3mf3of5vfks2yTea, too! Both caffeinated beverages also appear to be linked to a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease. Caffeine, not just fueling my students‘ late night study sessions. wapo.st/4rUaxwW https://wapo.st/4rUaxwW17 Feb 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3of5vfks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3meynzpqvwk2pQapla' (success!)...I think. We'll see what the copy editor has to say about a standfirst in Klingon! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meynzpqvwk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3meewwk576s2mSomehow I don't think the blessing gets attached to individual molecules? [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meewwk576s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellefrancl.bsky.social/post/3me4mb2cbr22mTIL about Ostwald, his Nobel, and constructed languages - and his fight with van 't Hoff over the language his Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie should use for abstracts. Spoiler, it wasn't German. Also lots of chemists with skin in this game in the early 20th century. Who knew? #chemSky05 Feb 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ffodqffc2wseqq37e35lr3f5/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4mb2cbr22m