Michael Stipe is on here revealing REM song lyrics and what you see may shock you.

Ape-othecaries: “Scientists are becoming increasingly convinced that these highly intelligent primates use the forest around them as their own organic pharmacy.” cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

The team of Ph.D. level experts in ChatGPT apparently doesn't include any anatomists.

pssst...have you seen our new quick-guides for talking about science to your friends and family? #31daysofaction

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

I have to say, I’m not thrilled that Deborah Blum’s expertise is being called upon in reference to current events. I liked thinking of it as #history.

This is literally what we pay his department to do, since relatively few American parents are epidemiologists. This is a total abdication of leadership and reckless display of intellectual laziness. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Great spirit and tifo from the Fort, and another well-earned win at home. #nerevs

250 years later and the threat has returned. We brought our lanterns to Old North Church to relight the signals calling patriots to protect our liberty #boston #nokings #america250

Sporting KC’s roster had languished for the past few years, contributing to Vermes’s struggles. I looked to see who their sporting director was. #nerevs

Great, there’s a new cafe in the space Darwin’s left behind. Long live The Smoot!

The recent Morgan Library exhibit on Belle da Costa Greene was amazing. Catch this virtual talk if you can!

Stolen genius.

A frigid night at Gillette but the ⚽️ game goes on.

Today’s the day. #standupforscience

You free on Friday? Make time to #standupforscience.

Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.

Mario Lopez is doing spots for AARP? Excuse me while I find an ice floe and drift into oblivion with the rest of society’s ancients.

WE ARE HERE!!! MARCH 7th 12-4PM. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITOL!!! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST! Because science is for everyone!!!!

This 👇 “Misinformation was a key feature of medieval politics and society. Examining the spread of fake news, or conspiracy theories, in the centuries before even the printing press, never mind the internet, helps us understand how they flourish and their appeal.”

And I for one won’t stand for this em dash slander!

A touch of blue this morning before the snow fell.

It’s the start of #BlackHistoryMonth! This is a great time to read about Vernard Lewis, who is an entomologist working on #Blattodea, especially #termites. He recently retired after an illustrious career in #entomology! #28daysofBlackSTEMHistory ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2017/07...

“Vaccination is as American as apple pie… George Washington ordered that all troops be vaccinated against smallpox, understanding that, as he said, infectious diseases were more destructive than the sword, & were the leading cause of mortality in the Continental Army” —@gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Got kids? Teach ‘em right. New history of medicine book dropping later this year for the MG market.

Humans still riding those opposable thumbs to evolutionary dominance. Top that, Ants! www.science.org/content/arti...

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

Today on “As the Soccer Ball Turns”…

This thread will remind you that food and drink, before safety regulations, were often astonishingly dangerous.

In enemy territory here in Philly but I have to admit I love this mural of Andre Blake at 12th and Moravian. #nerevs

Another evening in The LOOP, jumping through time to defeat the evil Dr. Faux. Clever cooperative #boardgame that wonderfully balances strategy and chaos. This game is fast becoming a household favorite.

Everything old is new again, and not all of it is terrible . www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-sa...

Great picks. Awesome thread, with a few more classic films to add to my must-see list.

Take your dragon out for a fly. This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ... 1/2

Want to see some of Nature’s wonders? Here’s an entire thread of incredibly cool moths, with colorful commentary.

A big day of output for the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaborative project with 100 countries to understand our ~37 trillion cells A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement" nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/immersive/d4...

Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study

Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you. The Powers That Be. (Okay, I know my sister remembers it, too.) Early days in Joseph Gordon Levitt’s career, and the source of my David Hyde Pierce fandom. www.themoviedb.org/tv/9787-the-...

War Games.

Were they named Thelma and Louise before they went on the run? That would be truly amazing.

Enjoyed a side quest to Underground at Ink Block in #Boston. The #Mural Project there is stunning—and there’s a little dog park so you can bring your best friend.

I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.

Many people think of the 1950s as this idyllic time when America was great, but in terms of public health and infectious diseases things are decidedly better now. This is objectively true.

Seems like a Secretary of Defense who doesn’t acknowledge the existence of germ warfare would be a security vulnerability.