@helensang.bsky.social
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Explore more of our data on causes of death across the world: ourworldindata.org/causes-of-de...
Causes of Death
To find ways to save lives, it’s essential to know what people are dying from. Explore global data and research on causes of death.
ourworldindata.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Explore more of our data on causes of death across the world: ourworldindata.org/causes-of-de...
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An evergreen thread: Race/Ethnicity is *not the same* as genetics, and you can't use Race/Ethnicity as a sort of stand-in for genetics. These two concepts are connected via aspects like skin colour, but the connection is alot less profound and categorical than most people think.
August 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
An evergreen thread: Race/Ethnicity is *not the same* as genetics, and you can't use Race/Ethnicity as a sort of stand-in for genetics. These two concepts are connected via aspects like skin colour, but the connection is alot less profound and categorical than most people think.
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🔴 These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
You know how bad the lies have been when you realise people think asylum seekers cost more than *state pensions*
You know how bad the lies have been when you realise people think asylum seekers cost more than *state pensions*
These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
writesbright.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🔴 These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
You know how bad the lies have been when you realise people think asylum seekers cost more than *state pensions*
You know how bad the lies have been when you realise people think asylum seekers cost more than *state pensions*
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we appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Top cancer experts ‘being put off UK by politicians’ messaging on immigration’
Exclusive: Leaked report says high visa costs also derailing clinical trials and research, denying NHS life-saving drugs
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
we appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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To know more about this work, we spoke to the first author, Ramya Ranganathan, and the corresponding author, Andrea Streit, Professor of Developmental Neurobiology and Head of @ccrb27.bsky.social at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
To know more about this work, we spoke to the first author, Ramya Ranganathan, and the corresponding author, Andrea Streit, Professor of Developmental Neurobiology and Head of @ccrb27.bsky.social at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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GODDAMIT. IT’S NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
April 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
GODDAMIT. IT’S NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
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Any Labour SpAd arguing for restricting student imm should be sat down in front of a map and asked three Qs:
1. Where do you think the unis in most financial trouble are?
2. How many people rely on them for jobs and income?
3. Which party represents these seats?
1. Where do you think the unis in most financial trouble are?
2. How many people rely on them for jobs and income?
3. Which party represents these seats?
April 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Any Labour SpAd arguing for restricting student imm should be sat down in front of a map and asked three Qs:
1. Where do you think the unis in most financial trouble are?
2. How many people rely on them for jobs and income?
3. Which party represents these seats?
1. Where do you think the unis in most financial trouble are?
2. How many people rely on them for jobs and income?
3. Which party represents these seats?
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Pirbright researchers are helping to strengthen ties in animal research and data science between Ghana and the UK.
🤝 The partnership, led by @roslininstitute.bsky.social and the University of Ghana, aims to develop Ghanaian local expertise in animal health ⬇️
#AnimalHealth #OneHealth
🤝 The partnership, led by @roslininstitute.bsky.social and the University of Ghana, aims to develop Ghanaian local expertise in animal health ⬇️
#AnimalHealth #OneHealth
African partnership advances animal health research
Researchers from The Pirbright Institute are helping to strengthen ties in animal research and data science between Ghana and the UK.
www.pirbright.ac.uk
March 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Pirbright researchers are helping to strengthen ties in animal research and data science between Ghana and the UK.
🤝 The partnership, led by @roslininstitute.bsky.social and the University of Ghana, aims to develop Ghanaian local expertise in animal health ⬇️
#AnimalHealth #OneHealth
🤝 The partnership, led by @roslininstitute.bsky.social and the University of Ghana, aims to develop Ghanaian local expertise in animal health ⬇️
#AnimalHealth #OneHealth
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Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...
journals.biologists.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Very thoughtful discussion of a challenging issue
Scientists are facing information overload as more than a million biomedical research papers are published every year. 📚
@drbeth.bsky.social investigates why so many, the rise of preprints, what it all means for peer review and how publishing could change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiri...
@drbeth.bsky.social investigates why so many, the rise of preprints, what it all means for peer review and how publishing could change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiri...
How to Fix Scientific Publishing
YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Very thoughtful discussion of a challenging issue
Hear hear
My very sensible friend @adamrutherford.bsky.social on the absolute NONSENSE of trying to “de-extinct” mammoths.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford
At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hear hear
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March 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Apropos of nothing:
THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE A CLONED MAMMOTH.
<Message ends>
THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE A CLONED MAMMOTH.
<Message ends>
March 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Apropos of nothing:
THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE A CLONED MAMMOTH.
<Message ends>
THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE A CLONED MAMMOTH.
<Message ends>
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Our paper, from a project that started many moons ago (during my PhD), which further explores the role of PRDM14 in avian embryonic development and primordial germ cells. 🐥🔬 @devbiol.bsky.social 🥚🧫
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PRDM14 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation and safeguards avian germ cell identity
The zinc finger transcription factor PRDM14, part of the PR domain containing protein family, is critical for mammalian primordial germ cell (PGC) spe…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our paper, from a project that started many moons ago (during my PhD), which further explores the role of PRDM14 in avian embryonic development and primordial germ cells. 🐥🔬 @devbiol.bsky.social 🥚🧫
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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There doesn't seem to be much we can do to support our fellow scientists in the US but we can at least lobby for this important signal to the world
A healthy surge in signatures overnight - over *1600* members of the scientific community have now signed to express their dismay at the Royal Society's inaction over Musk's contravention of their code of conduct.
Please keep signing and sharing: forms.gle/pmyzLXcgpQaJ...
Please keep signing and sharing: forms.gle/pmyzLXcgpQaJ...
February 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
There doesn't seem to be much we can do to support our fellow scientists in the US but we can at least lobby for this important signal to the world
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Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over.
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
docs.google.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over.
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🐄 Pasteurisation inactivates H5N1 influenza viruses in cows milk, rendering it safe to consume.
Now published in @naturecomms.bsky.social, researchers highlight the risks of raw milk in affected areas.
More: tinyurl.com/3ceudpme
Paper: rdcu.be/d8xR9
Now published in @naturecomms.bsky.social, researchers highlight the risks of raw milk in affected areas.
More: tinyurl.com/3ceudpme
Paper: rdcu.be/d8xR9
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🐄 Pasteurisation inactivates H5N1 influenza viruses in cows milk, rendering it safe to consume.
Now published in @naturecomms.bsky.social, researchers highlight the risks of raw milk in affected areas.
More: tinyurl.com/3ceudpme
Paper: rdcu.be/d8xR9
Now published in @naturecomms.bsky.social, researchers highlight the risks of raw milk in affected areas.
More: tinyurl.com/3ceudpme
Paper: rdcu.be/d8xR9
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I wrote some thoughts about why peer review matters
It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers
Yes, it needs improvement—but it's the glue that holds scientific progress together
briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...
It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers
Yes, it needs improvement—but it's the glue that holds scientific progress together
briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...
In Praise of Peer Review
As an Editor of the journal Development, I often hear complaints about peer review. We all know the problems – from lengthy review times to requests for seemingly unnecessary experiments. I a…
briscoelab.org
December 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM
I wrote some thoughts about why peer review matters
It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers
Yes, it needs improvement—but it's the glue that holds scientific progress together
briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...
It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers
Yes, it needs improvement—but it's the glue that holds scientific progress together
briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...
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"The current misinformation around Bovaer is just another example of how scare stories can proliferate online. 'Fake news' is now incredibly common, but we should stick to the facts: this is an important scientific innovation in the fight against climate change."
www.farminguk.com/news/bovaer-...
www.farminguk.com/news/bovaer-...
Bovaer firm slams 'fake news' and 'misinformation' on social media
The Dutch firm behind Bovaer, the methane reducing feed additive, has slammed the current 'fake news' and 'misinformation' surrounding the product.
www.farminguk.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM
"The current misinformation around Bovaer is just another example of how scare stories can proliferate online. 'Fake news' is now incredibly common, but we should stick to the facts: this is an important scientific innovation in the fight against climate change."
www.farminguk.com/news/bovaer-...
www.farminguk.com/news/bovaer-...
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Please help us and take the short survey here...it's all about political donations...something I talk a lot about in my book
Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency
PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏼
Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency
PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏼
December 5, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Please help us and take the short survey here...it's all about political donations...something I talk a lot about in my book
Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency
PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏼
Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency
PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏼