Henry Gee
@endofthepier.bsky.social
Award-Winning Author, Senior Editor at @Nature, Rock God. Reposts aren’t Endorsements. Views Own.
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Not long now: 'The wonder of Life on Earth' is published next week. All new text by me: luscious illustrations by Raxenne Maniquiz. Suitable for Very All Ages. More details here: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
Measles & Polio Down by the School Yard share.google/ezAGm7f98fPj...
"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody ...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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First view in the wild! 'The Wonder of Life on Earth' is out on Thursday, but it's already in the proudly indie @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social - Spotted by @stevebrusatte.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 AM
First view in the wild! 'The Wonder of Life on Earth' is out on Thursday, but it's already in the proudly indie @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social - Spotted by @stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Stand up for blue-sky curiosity-driven research!
February 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Stand up for blue-sky curiosity-driven research!
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Physics wonders, the Aurora Borealis, and the world's oldest known rock art. These and more in this month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team
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See the Sun expand and contract like a pufferfish — January’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Physics wonders, the Aurora Borealis, and the world's oldest known rock art. These and more in this month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team
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I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
First view in the wild! 'The Wonder of Life on Earth' is out on Thursday, but it's already in the proudly indie @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social - Spotted by @stevebrusatte.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 AM
First view in the wild! 'The Wonder of Life on Earth' is out on Thursday, but it's already in the proudly indie @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social - Spotted by @stevebrusatte.bsky.social
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A paper in Nature presents AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that can predict the function of long DNA sequences, up to one million base pairs. The tool can predict how DNA sequence variations affect different biological processes. go.nature.com/4t5JQa7 🧬 🧪
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A paper in Nature presents AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that can predict the function of long DNA sequences, up to one million base pairs. The tool can predict how DNA sequence variations affect different biological processes. go.nature.com/4t5JQa7 🧬 🧪
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Remembrance of Things Past occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2...
January 31, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Remembrance of Things Past occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2...
We'll have to break up, honey. I know, I know, and I'm sorry, but we have no choice. If you believe sponges came first, and I believe ctenophores came first, how would we raise our children?
For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. A feature in Nature describes how some researchers are calling for a more harmonious approach. #evosky 🧪
What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM
We'll have to break up, honey. I know, I know, and I'm sorry, but we have no choice. If you believe sponges came first, and I believe ctenophores came first, how would we raise our children?
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Just finished @endofthepier.bsky.social's excellent THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE HUMAN EMPIRE. Thought-provoking, and backstopped by the latest research. He's a terrific writer: graceful, intelligent, witty. With different subject matter, he reminds me of Roger Angell, by which I mean highest praise.
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Just finished @endofthepier.bsky.social's excellent THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE HUMAN EMPIRE. Thought-provoking, and backstopped by the latest research. He's a terrific writer: graceful, intelligent, witty. With different subject matter, he reminds me of Roger Angell, by which I mean highest praise.
Remembrance of Things Past occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2...
January 31, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Remembrance of Things Past occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2...
Not long now: 'The wonder of Life on Earth' is published next week. All new text by me: luscious illustrations by Raxenne Maniquiz. Suitable for Very All Ages. More details here: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Not long now: 'The wonder of Life on Earth' is published next week. All new text by me: luscious illustrations by Raxenne Maniquiz. Suitable for Very All Ages. More details here: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...
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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
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- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Journal editors remain sceptical about an over-ambitious presubmission enquiry. ‘Might be useful as a resource,’ one editor says to the other afterwards.
December 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journal editors remain sceptical about an over-ambitious presubmission enquiry. ‘Might be useful as a resource,’ one editor says to the other afterwards.
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Once Davros had armed them with Bloom’s kosher salamis, the Daleks became invincible.
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once Davros had armed them with Bloom’s kosher salamis, the Daleks became invincible.
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My fella and I are reading aloud to each other this evening from Henry Gee’s “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire” tonight, somehow finding it very comforting. We’re just blips in time! Phew!
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January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
My fella and I are reading aloud to each other this evening from Henry Gee’s “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire” tonight, somehow finding it very comforting. We’re just blips in time! Phew!
@endofthepier.bsky.social
@endofthepier.bsky.social
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✨New issue✨
Check out the latest in #Metabolism research from across all disciplines.
Read about #AMPK, #Cachexia, #ImmuneSignalling, #Microbiome, #NAD, #Nutrition, #TissueCrosstalk and many more topics! 🧪
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Check out the latest in #Metabolism research from across all disciplines.
Read about #AMPK, #Cachexia, #ImmuneSignalling, #Microbiome, #NAD, #Nutrition, #TissueCrosstalk and many more topics! 🧪
www.nature.com/natmetab/vol...
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
✨New issue✨
Check out the latest in #Metabolism research from across all disciplines.
Read about #AMPK, #Cachexia, #ImmuneSignalling, #Microbiome, #NAD, #Nutrition, #TissueCrosstalk and many more topics! 🧪
www.nature.com/natmetab/vol...
Check out the latest in #Metabolism research from across all disciplines.
Read about #AMPK, #Cachexia, #ImmuneSignalling, #Microbiome, #NAD, #Nutrition, #TissueCrosstalk and many more topics! 🧪
www.nature.com/natmetab/vol...
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First-in-human studies provide hope that islet replacement therapies derived from stem cells will prove safe and effective in people with type 1 diabetes, but hurdles remain www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lab-made islet cell implants sail through diabetes trials, but are they ready yet? - Nature Biotechnology
First-in-human studies provide hope that islet replacement therapies derived from stem cells will prove safe and effective in people with type 1 diabetes, but hurdles remain.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:05 PM
First-in-human studies provide hope that islet replacement therapies derived from stem cells will prove safe and effective in people with type 1 diabetes, but hurdles remain www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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UK murders are at their lowest level in half a century.
Homicides at lowest level in nearly 50 years, ONS statistics show
The 499 homicide cases in the year to September were the lowest in England and Wales since 1977.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:08 PM
UK murders are at their lowest level in half a century.
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The January issue’s cover features work by Judy Wang and colleagues, who report a 23.6% efficiency for perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes achieved by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
Nature Energy - Carbon electrodes improve efficiency
Carbon-based electrodes in perovskite solar cells could afford longer operational stability and lower manufacturing costs, yet power conversion efficiency...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The January issue’s cover features work by Judy Wang and colleagues, who report a 23.6% efficiency for perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes achieved by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
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A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant performance and the suppression of antagonists 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant ...
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January 29, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant performance and the suppression of antagonists 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species, while Northern Andean forests are accumulating species, acting as a refuge for those that are climate-displaced 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study examines long-term changes in species richness across tropical forests in the Andes and Amazon. Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Hotter, drier and more seasonal forests in the eastern and southern Amazon are losing species, while Northern Andean forests are accumulating species, acting as a refuge for those that are climate-displaced 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...