It's been a long time coming, but my feature on the rise of fruit fly research in Africa is finally out in @sciencenews.bsky.socialwww.sciencenews.org/article/frui...

The fruit fly revolutionized biology. Now it’s boosting science in Africa

African researchers are using Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to advance studies of genetics, biomedicine, developmental biology, toxicology and more.

BREAKING: Eliezer Masliah, head of the neuroscience division at the NIH's National Institute on Aging, committed research misconduct in two papers, with 132 papers total containing suspect images 🔍 the findings undercut the science behind several drugs www.fiercebiotech.com/research/hea...

NIH neuroscience leader committed research misconduct, agency investigation finds

The NIH has found evidence of research misconduct against Eliezer Masliah, M.D., the longtime head of the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) neuroscience division, the NIH said

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Is science political? Should scientists stay out of politics? I wrote about it for @sequencermag.bsky.social@laurahelmuth.bsky.socialwww.sequencermag.com/science-is-a...

Science is and will be political

Whether Tom Nichols knows it or not

Exciting news everyone! I am hiring a postdoc scholar to work with me at Oregon State Physics. If you love computational astrophysics, supernovae, and/or compact object mergers, this may be a great fit for you. More information here: aas.org/jobregister/...

I’m sure he also wrote a column criticizing the NYT editorial board when they called on Biden to drop out of the race, right? …right? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The End of the Biden Era

I didn’t think it would come to this.

oh hey we have a book cover! mitpress.mit.edu/978026204963...

75% of cancer clinical trials in the US and UK have criteria that needlessly exclude or underdose patients with a blood type common in folks of African or Middle Eastern descent, a new study has found🩸my story here! www.fiercebiotech.com/research/75-...

Cancer trials improperly exclude, underdose patients with common non-white blood type, study finds

Hundreds of millions of people who live in, or are descended from, regions where the malaria-causing protozoan Plasmodium vivax is prevalent have inherited a unique blood type that evolved to preve | ...

Hot off the press! Moderna's mRNA vax for mpox has been put to the test in monkeys, and did better at reducing severe disease and lowering virus levels than the dominant vax on the market 💉 it "could be a critical tool in limiting the spread of mpox" www.fiercebiotech.com/research/mod...

Moderna’s mpox vaccine prevents severe symptoms in monkeys compared to Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos

A new type of mpox, clade Ib, has been spreading rapidly within the Democratic Republic of Congo and leaking outside the African nation’s borders since Sept. 2023. | The rise of mpox has sparked a mad...

An abandoned walrus calf was found after her herd moved to another area in the northern reaches of Alaska. Wildlife response teams are now caring for her around the clock.

Abandoned walrus calf is ‘ginormous puppy,’ getting 24/7 care in Alaska

“It’s overwhelming how cute she is,” said zoological specialist Denise Higginbotham. “She warmed up immediately to anyone who cozied up next to her.”