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Good thread on #covidorigins. Once again, all evidence to date supports a natural origin. If leaked from a lab, there is infeasible likelihood of minimal spread outside of the Market yet increased rates of #SARS2 positive environment samples in the SW corner, which housed animals.
Quick thread on the WHO's SAGO report on the origins of COVID-19, highlighting key points and even *new* data.
Their summary is that a zoonotic origin of COVID-19 is best supported by available data. This is consistent with most scientific reviews and statements in the rest of the literature.
Their summary is that a zoonotic origin of COVID-19 is best supported by available data. This is consistent with most scientific reviews and statements in the rest of the literature.
June 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Good thread on #covidorigins. Once again, all evidence to date supports a natural origin. If leaked from a lab, there is infeasible likelihood of minimal spread outside of the Market yet increased rates of #SARS2 positive environment samples in the SW corner, which housed animals.
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A M7.4 earthquake struck yesterday beneath the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage. The quake triggered a tsunami and dozens of aftershocks.
There is a baby tectonic plate here, sandwiched between South America and Antarctica. How did it get here, and what does that mean for earthquakes?
A M7.4 earthquake struck yesterday beneath the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage. The quake triggered a tsunami and dozens of aftershocks.
There is a baby tectonic plate here, sandwiched between South America and Antarctica. How did it get here, and what does that mean for earthquakes?
Unusual M7.4 earthquake strikes south of South America
Thrusting below the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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A M7.4 earthquake struck yesterday beneath the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage. The quake triggered a tsunami and dozens of aftershocks.
There is a baby tectonic plate here, sandwiched between South America and Antarctica. How did it get here, and what does that mean for earthquakes?
A M7.4 earthquake struck yesterday beneath the treacherous waters of the Drake Passage. The quake triggered a tsunami and dozens of aftershocks.
There is a baby tectonic plate here, sandwiched between South America and Antarctica. How did it get here, and what does that mean for earthquakes?
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Just published! Our paper on the global distribution of dissolved organic carbon in coastal water. Super please to see this out 🌊🧪
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Dissolved Organic Carbon in Coastal Waters: Global Patterns, Stocks and Environmental Physical Controls
Both regional and seasonal differences exist at the global scale in coastal dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations
Globally, salinity is the main driver of DOC concentrations and trends, w...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just published! Our paper on the global distribution of dissolved organic carbon in coastal water. Super please to see this out 🌊🧪
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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I have seen the light.
From now on all my papers
will use Haiku voice.
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From now on all my papers
will use Haiku voice.
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April 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I have seen the light.
From now on all my papers
will use Haiku voice.
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From now on all my papers
will use Haiku voice.
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26-Apr: On this day in 1882, Charles Darwin was buried in Westminster Abbey. Here’s the story of how it happened… friendsofdarwin.com/articles/dar... #HistSci
April 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🪨🔥 Oldest ant ever found lived in Brazil
A 113-million-year-old fossil from the Crato Formation pushes back the earliest confirmed ant. The 'hell ant' had scythe-like jaws and were once widely distributed,
🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪 #Ants #SciComm 🐜
A 113-million-year-old fossil from the Crato Formation pushes back the earliest confirmed ant. The 'hell ant' had scythe-like jaws and were once widely distributed,
🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪 #Ants #SciComm 🐜
A hell ant from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil
Lepeco et al. describe a new fossil from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern Brazil,
representing the earliest undisputed ant known to science. Micro-CT analysis reveals
an unusual cephalic anatomy a...
www.cell.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🪨🔥 Oldest ant ever found lived in Brazil
A 113-million-year-old fossil from the Crato Formation pushes back the earliest confirmed ant. The 'hell ant' had scythe-like jaws and were once widely distributed,
🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪 #Ants #SciComm 🐜
A 113-million-year-old fossil from the Crato Formation pushes back the earliest confirmed ant. The 'hell ant' had scythe-like jaws and were once widely distributed,
🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪 #Ants #SciComm 🐜
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Marine mammal moorings have passive acoustic sensors listening for whales and friends.
#DY2504 🧪🌊🦑🐋🦭
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine...
#DY2504 🧪🌊🦑🐋🦭
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine...
April 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Marine mammal moorings have passive acoustic sensors listening for whales and friends.
#DY2504 🧪🌊🦑🐋🦭
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine...
#DY2504 🧪🌊🦑🐋🦭
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/marine...
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Two clinical trials reported in Nature demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease. The papers investigate the use of cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells and human embryonic stem cells. go.nature.com/4ikcJc2
go.nature.com/4jfSRYX 🧪
go.nature.com/4jfSRYX 🧪
April 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Two clinical trials reported in Nature demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease. The papers investigate the use of cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells and human embryonic stem cells. go.nature.com/4ikcJc2
go.nature.com/4jfSRYX 🧪
go.nature.com/4jfSRYX 🧪
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Go outside tonight around 7PM and find a spot with a good western horizon. You'll easily see Venus. Then look below and left of Venus to see Mercury about 6º from Venus, or about 3 finger widths at arm's length. The chart is from Sky Safari.🧪
March 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Go outside tonight around 7PM and find a spot with a good western horizon. You'll easily see Venus. Then look below and left of Venus to see Mercury about 6º from Venus, or about 3 finger widths at arm's length. The chart is from Sky Safari.🧪
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A pathology professor links gut bacteria balance to #MultipleSclerosis severity. Patients had lower Bifidobacterium and higher Akkermansia levels, which may help predict disease progression.
By Ashutosh Mangalam, University of Iowa 🩺🧪
By Ashutosh Mangalam, University of Iowa 🩺🧪
Out-of-balance bacteria is linked to multiple sclerosis − the ratio can predict severity of disease
Levels of 2 types of bacteria in your gut could help improve the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis.
buff.ly
March 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A pathology professor links gut bacteria balance to #MultipleSclerosis severity. Patients had lower Bifidobacterium and higher Akkermansia levels, which may help predict disease progression.
By Ashutosh Mangalam, University of Iowa 🩺🧪
By Ashutosh Mangalam, University of Iowa 🩺🧪
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🍽️ Can you Taste a Cake in Virtual Reality?
Scientists have developed a device that lets users 'taste' in virtual worlds by remotely triggering real chemical sensations.
Could this change how we experience food, gaming, and more?
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#VR #Tech #SciComm 🧪
Scientists have developed a device that lets users 'taste' in virtual worlds by remotely triggering real chemical sensations.
Could this change how we experience food, gaming, and more?
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#VR #Tech #SciComm 🧪
A sensor-actuator–coupled gustatory interface chemically connecting virtual and real environments for remote tasting
A bio-integrated gustatory interface enables chemical connections between virtual and real environments for remote tasting.
www.science.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🍽️ Can you Taste a Cake in Virtual Reality?
Scientists have developed a device that lets users 'taste' in virtual worlds by remotely triggering real chemical sensations.
Could this change how we experience food, gaming, and more?
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#VR #Tech #SciComm 🧪
Scientists have developed a device that lets users 'taste' in virtual worlds by remotely triggering real chemical sensations.
Could this change how we experience food, gaming, and more?
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#VR #Tech #SciComm 🧪
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🧪 Shape-Shifting Human Masks?
Scientists have developed a soft, fluid-based mask that can switch between eight human faces - mimicking chameleons and pufferfish.
This breakthrough could revolutionise camouflage, robotics, and expression.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm
Scientists have developed a soft, fluid-based mask that can switch between eight human faces - mimicking chameleons and pufferfish.
This breakthrough could revolutionise camouflage, robotics, and expression.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm
Human camouflage and expression via soft mask from reprogrammable chemical fluid skin
A soft mask can be worn on a person’s face for camouflage and expression, enabling the switching between at least 8 faces.
www.science.org
February 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧪 Shape-Shifting Human Masks?
Scientists have developed a soft, fluid-based mask that can switch between eight human faces - mimicking chameleons and pufferfish.
This breakthrough could revolutionise camouflage, robotics, and expression.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm
Scientists have developed a soft, fluid-based mask that can switch between eight human faces - mimicking chameleons and pufferfish.
This breakthrough could revolutionise camouflage, robotics, and expression.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm
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Happy Valentine's day from all the lizards who love you from the bottom of their obturator foramina!
(lizard hip bones)🦎🧪💚
(lizard hip bones)🦎🧪💚
February 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy Valentine's day from all the lizards who love you from the bottom of their obturator foramina!
(lizard hip bones)🦎🧪💚
(lizard hip bones)🦎🧪💚
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New bird (therapod) species found pre-dating other short-tailed birds by ~20 million years, potentially bumping Archaeopteryx as a more direct ancestor of modern birds.
🧪 #Birds #PaleoSky #EvoSky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
🧪 #Birds #PaleoSky #EvoSky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
Scientists Discover 'Groundbreaking' Jurassic Fossil That Could Overhaul the Evolutionary History of Birds
Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but looked much more like modern birds due to its short tail
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New bird (therapod) species found pre-dating other short-tailed birds by ~20 million years, potentially bumping Archaeopteryx as a more direct ancestor of modern birds.
🧪 #Birds #PaleoSky #EvoSky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
🧪 #Birds #PaleoSky #EvoSky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
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🧪 This is so cool. “The cause of the beryllium-10 anomaly remains unknown. Could it have been major shifts in global ocean currents, a dying star, or an interstellar collision?”
theconversation.com/an-unexpecte...
theconversation.com/an-unexpecte...
An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker
There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million years ago?
theconversation.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🧪 This is so cool. “The cause of the beryllium-10 anomaly remains unknown. Could it have been major shifts in global ocean currents, a dying star, or an interstellar collision?”
theconversation.com/an-unexpecte...
theconversation.com/an-unexpecte...
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Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Nature reports on the work scientists are doing to understand their effects on your health. 🧪
Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
go.nature.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Nature reports on the work scientists are doing to understand their effects on your health. 🧪
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NIH + NSF scientists affected by today's layoffs: C&EN is working on understanding what expertise the government lost today. Give me a ring? (Signal: Laurel_Oldach.07)
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Here's a great example of how USGS scientists provided assistance in American Samoa when things got shake-y. ⚒️🧪
🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 📣PRESS RELEASE📣 Remote Single‐Station Seismic Monitoring of the July–October 2022 Earthquake Swarm at Ta‘ū Volcano, American Samoa #TSR (1/n) ⚒️
Press release: www.seismosoc.org/news/scienti...
Paper: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
Press release: www.seismosoc.org/news/scienti...
Paper: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Here's a great example of how USGS scientists provided assistance in American Samoa when things got shake-y. ⚒️🧪
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Two machine learning algorithms can determine whether a whisky is of American or Scotch origin and identify its strongest aromas, according to research in Communications Chemistry. https://go.nature.com/3DpO8nl 🧪
December 25, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Two machine learning algorithms can determine whether a whisky is of American or Scotch origin and identify its strongest aromas, according to research in Communications Chemistry. https://go.nature.com/3DpO8nl 🧪
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From The Nips through The Pogues to The Popes Shane MacGowan understood punk was an attitude not a type of music. Poetry with a political, compassionate & empathetic edge.
#Remembering the poet of pogues #ShaneMacGowan
#Remembering the poet of pogues #ShaneMacGowan
December 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM
From The Nips through The Pogues to The Popes Shane MacGowan understood punk was an attitude not a type of music. Poetry with a political, compassionate & empathetic edge.
#Remembering the poet of pogues #ShaneMacGowan
#Remembering the poet of pogues #ShaneMacGowan
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What kills us now and in 1900.
In 1900 most people died of infectious diseases that are now preventable or curable with vaccines and antibiotics
Covid-19 was the first pandemic in a century, but wont be the last, to remind us that infectious diseases are not gone.
Pandemic preparedness is key.
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In 1900 most people died of infectious diseases that are now preventable or curable with vaccines and antibiotics
Covid-19 was the first pandemic in a century, but wont be the last, to remind us that infectious diseases are not gone.
Pandemic preparedness is key.
🧪🦠
December 21, 2024 at 11:23 PM
What kills us now and in 1900.
In 1900 most people died of infectious diseases that are now preventable or curable with vaccines and antibiotics
Covid-19 was the first pandemic in a century, but wont be the last, to remind us that infectious diseases are not gone.
Pandemic preparedness is key.
🧪🦠
In 1900 most people died of infectious diseases that are now preventable or curable with vaccines and antibiotics
Covid-19 was the first pandemic in a century, but wont be the last, to remind us that infectious diseases are not gone.
Pandemic preparedness is key.
🧪🦠
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We're just 11 days from Jupiter being at its brightest. Here's a pic I took of Jupiter and three Galilean moons from 2015. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 PM
We're just 11 days from Jupiter being at its brightest. Here's a pic I took of Jupiter and three Galilean moons from 2015. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography
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You'd think that if you dump nutrients in a river, let's say from a wastewater treatment plant, it will stimulate biological production and sequester carbon. But in shallow rivers, that organic matter soon breaks down and releases a lot of greenhouse gasses. 🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
November 16, 2024 at 10:22 AM
You'd think that if you dump nutrients in a river, let's say from a wastewater treatment plant, it will stimulate biological production and sequester carbon. But in shallow rivers, that organic matter soon breaks down and releases a lot of greenhouse gasses. 🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...