Historian Alfred McCoy says global empires rise by mastering new energy systems, as China is currently doing with renewables. “China is absolutely dominant in every aspect of this green energy revolution,” says McCoy.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/alfred_mccoy_cold_war_on_five

GOOD NEWS! A group of patients with an otherwise incurable form of T‑cell leukemia have seen their cancer driven into REMISSION by an innovative immune therapy known as BE-CAR7. 82% of patients reached deep remission and 64% of patients have now been disease-free and OFF therapy for THREE years.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the MOST dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with OVER 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed STRONG antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥

There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️

They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬

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🍩 What if climate looked like a donut? 🌍
Here’s a bunch of cities turned into a sweet dataviz experiment.

🟡 → comfy zone
🔴 → hot
🔵 → cold

Why a donut? Let me explain 👇

You're watching 12 hrs of live cell imaging compressed into a GIF.

A multi-nucleated mouse pre-adipocyte tries to undergo mitosis, triggers a checkpoint because it has too much DNA, & undergoes apoptosis.

The last stage is called "blebbing", which is wonderfully descriptive.

(🔬: NanoLive Imaging)

Your genome has a series of these checkpoints & their failure to halt abnormal growth is often the first path to development of cancer.

Here's the same video, slowed down a bit, with a real-time timer and with some jazzy music, courtesy of their YouTube page.

Remember. Vaccine critics like Kennedy often give the impression that scientists haven’t seriously researched whether vaccines might cause autism.

Scientists actually HAVE. This is a MUST-READ article.

• www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Vaccines cause adults.