January Weiner
@january3.github.io
Bioinformatician, biostatistician, science writer.
About me: https://january3.github.io/
All my photographs are completely free to use, public domain and CC0.
Blog o naukowych różnościach: https://january3.github.io/biokompost/
About me: https://january3.github.io/
All my photographs are completely free to use, public domain and CC0.
Blog o naukowych różnościach: https://january3.github.io/biokompost/
This is big
Could life have begun with simpler molecules than we once thought? A new paper in @science.org by @edogia.bsky.social shows that a tiny RNA catalyst can self-replicate itself, suggesting that life may have been easier to emerge than expected. Getting closer. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This is big
"he told podcaster Theo Von he is "not scared of a germ" because he "used to snort cocaine off toilet seats."" - I don't even
Well that certainly tracks 😳
RFK Jr. Leaves Internet Speechless With Bonkers Reason Why He's 'Not Scared Of A Germ'
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February 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"he told podcaster Theo Von he is "not scared of a germ" because he "used to snort cocaine off toilet seats."" - I don't even
Big Pharma is evil but not the way some people think. There is no money in third line antibiotics, so there is no research done, vaccines important for low income countries are neglected, but all the time yet another useless but expensive insulin analogue is brought to the market.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Big Pharma is evil but not the way some people think. There is no money in third line antibiotics, so there is no research done, vaccines important for low income countries are neglected, but all the time yet another useless but expensive insulin analogue is brought to the market.
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I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
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There's a great new archaeological exhibition at #Berlin's James-Simon-Gallery just opened, showing our finds from #GöbekliTepe and other #TasTepeler sites never before seen outside Urfa officially opened tonight - and it's spectacularly well worth the visit:
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
Building community
Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago
www.smb.museum
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
There's a great new archaeological exhibition at #Berlin's James-Simon-Gallery just opened, showing our finds from #GöbekliTepe and other #TasTepeler sites never before seen outside Urfa officially opened tonight - and it's spectacularly well worth the visit:
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
February 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Post a banger, not in English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kh5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kh5...
February 10, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Post a banger, not in English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kh5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kh5...
This looks like a half-assed attempt to "strengthen the results" by duplicating some of the data. Whenever I see something like that I ask myself - would anyone spot it if the person who duplicated the data bothered to think for a few seconds and added some random noise?
Data duplication reported in influential Nature paper on gut microbiome-brain axis
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PubPeer - A gut-derived metabolite alters brain activity and anxiety b...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: A gut-derived metabolite alters brain activity and anxiety behaviour in mice (2022)
pubpeer.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
This looks like a half-assed attempt to "strengthen the results" by duplicating some of the data. Whenever I see something like that I ask myself - would anyone spot it if the person who duplicated the data bothered to think for a few seconds and added some random noise?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"P value is not the probability that there is no difference between groups"
"P value is not the probability that there is no difference between groups"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"There are no technological solutions for social problems."
"There are no technological solutions for social problems."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
1️⃣"What is your research question?"
2️⃣"What do YOU think is going on?"
1️⃣"What is your research question?"
2️⃣"What do YOU think is going on?"
February 8, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"P value is not the probability that there is no difference between groups"
"P value is not the probability that there is no difference between groups"
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OK, this are not the best photographs, but the birds were really far away. These are (in total) three white-tail eagles, photographed near Kamień Pomorski, eating something on the ice covering the Zalew Kamieński. Crows for scale. First time I could photograph them at all in all my life! #birds
February 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
OK, this are not the best photographs, but the birds were really far away. These are (in total) three white-tail eagles, photographed near Kamień Pomorski, eating something on the ice covering the Zalew Kamieński. Crows for scale. First time I could photograph them at all in all my life! #birds
February 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Szymborska o jeleniach - i myśliwych
January 19, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Szymborska o jeleniach - i myśliwych
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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If you're a doctoral student or early career researcher in the social/behavioral sciences and would like some free, collegial advice from a retired stats professor about research methods/design, statistics, mixed methods, or research ideas, let's chat. #PhDChat
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 AM
If you're a doctoral student or early career researcher in the social/behavioral sciences and would like some free, collegial advice from a retired stats professor about research methods/design, statistics, mixed methods, or research ideas, let's chat. #PhDChat
CDU Justizsenatorin will gegen Antifa vorgehen... im Kontext des Anschlags auf Stromversorgung in Berlin (auch wenn es Hinweise gibt, dass es keine Linksextremisten waren).
Die CDU droht auf die Trump-Linie umzuschwenken, Antifaschismus als Terrorismus zu behandeln. Lest den ganzen Kommentar 👉 taz.de/Berliner-Sen...
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
CDU Justizsenatorin will gegen Antifa vorgehen... im Kontext des Anschlags auf Stromversorgung in Berlin (auch wenn es Hinweise gibt, dass es keine Linksextremisten waren).
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Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
What famous scientists do you know who had little or no actual impact on science? I know two: Weinberg (of Hardy-Weinberg fame) and Gregor Mendel. Weinberg was unknown until 1943; Mendel was rediscovered at a time when his laws were independently discovered by de Vries, Morgan and others. 🧪
January 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
What famous scientists do you know who had little or no actual impact on science? I know two: Weinberg (of Hardy-Weinberg fame) and Gregor Mendel. Weinberg was unknown until 1943; Mendel was rediscovered at a time when his laws were independently discovered by de Vries, Morgan and others. 🧪
I talk to student about Weinberg and Mendel, claiming that their impact on science was negligible. Weinberg published his equation in "Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg", whereas Hardy published in Nature. Mendel's work was rediscovered by de Vries and Correns.
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I talk to student about Weinberg and Mendel, claiming that their impact on science was negligible. Weinberg published his equation in "Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg", whereas Hardy published in Nature. Mendel's work was rediscovered by de Vries and Correns.
What a cool article. The world would be a better place with more stuff about dinosaurs.
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
What a cool article. The world would be a better place with more stuff about dinosaurs.
I created a small package for ggplot2 called gghotelling - hotelling ellipses, robust and otherwise, bag plots and more. I would be interested in any comments. github.com/january3/ggh... #rstats
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I created a small package for ggplot2 called gghotelling - hotelling ellipses, robust and otherwise, bag plots and more. I would be interested in any comments. github.com/january3/ggh... #rstats
One of the most interesting articles I read recently. It appears that careful examination of available data shows that peaceful protests are powerful, and if they manage to engage more than 3-4% of a population, they almost always succeed. Looking forward to read the book!
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
One of the most interesting articles I read recently. It appears that careful examination of available data shows that peaceful protests are powerful, and if they manage to engage more than 3-4% of a population, they almost always succeed. Looking forward to read the book!
I am convinced that the aquatic ape hypothesis was conceived by someone sitting in a hot tub on a cold winter day
February 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I am convinced that the aquatic ape hypothesis was conceived by someone sitting in a hot tub on a cold winter day
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