What foods to avoid? Yes, foods high in sat fat, sugar, and salt (for different reasons). Also, foods that are calorie-dense (easy to overeat). But degree of processing doesn't always correspond to badness. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl

Excellent post on how to evaluate a study. Does it really say what they say it says? Are there red flags? As ever, the reason we believe stupid sciency stuff is that research details are boring. But we all know where the devil lives.

Hey look! Good news. In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients. Early. Small. But still. www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...

This is a reminder that Kristallnacht is still in living memory. Living memory. And yet we forget.

I'll miss my friend and occasional (when I was lucky!) dining companion, Tom Sietsema, but delighted to welcome Elazar to the @washingtonpost.com.

We're hiring! Two posts related to sustainability, working with me at @ucc.ie. 1. A postdoc researcher, developing climate-aware energy systems scenarios: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah... 2. An administrator, managing the new BSc Sustainability: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...

Single best way to improve lentil soup is sausage

When your opponent is drowning, it’s important to throw yourself an anvil.

If Schumer actually does this insane deal, it’s fair to wonder if he’s making Republican bets on Fanduel. This is Terry Rozier-level politics.

Turning brewery waste into sweaters! If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into. That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism! www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...

ALERT: Baby Formula 13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more. Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.

remember when the right was all "but states' rights!"

I think it's just possible that we turned a corner this week.

As a bonus, you'll be supporting folks believing stupid shit for years to come!

This one surely has something on offer for every one: In this cross-sectional mediation analysis, the "effects" of soft drink consumption on depression were "mediated" by abundance of Eggerthela in the gut microbiome. This was sent to me via dm and now you all got to suffer as well.

Write for us! Here are 26 ideas of articles we'd like to commission. www.worksinprogress.news/p/more-artic...

There's a new weight-loss drugs in town. It's not a GLP-1 (it's a "selective amylin receptor agonist" but I don't pretend to know what that is), and appears effective. Highest dose group lost 20% of their weight in 48 weeks. Lowest dose lost 9%. www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

My former UC Davis colleagues Ermias Kebreab and Paulo de Meo Filho went on Marketplace to talk about using seaweed and CRISPR to mitigate cattle enteric methane emissions! www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

I gave a short and kinda provocative talk about climate communications at B.U.'s inaugural Media Innovation and Social Impact summit. I posted it on my free Substack, which is called Emissions; I haven't emitted much yet but please sign up, I'm planning to start. open.substack.com/pub/michaelg...

A committee. They want a committee. 🤦

An early indication that patients can reduce the frequency of GLP-1s after they reach their goal, and maintain the weight loss. www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

Listeria kills. Check any pasta meals you bought from Trader Joe's, Albertson's, Kroger, Walmart, Giant Eagle, or Sprouts. Cooking doesn't kill listeria; it survives to kill us. Do not mess with it. www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...

If it's 135 million pounds (in the text), that's 6 oz. per American. If it's 135 billion pounds (in the video) that's 400 pounds per American. They just fucking say shit.

Food economist here 🙋🏽‍♂️ would like to disagree and point out that grocery inflation since Trump took office has accelerated relative to the preceding months. Also those price increases for coffee, ground beef, chocolate, bananas, and canned goods in recent months? That’s in large part the tariffs!

the kids, not alright

The NYC election establishes, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the rent IS too damn high.

I think the lesson of Mamdani's victory has little to do with policy & isn't a blueprint for Dems' future. It's that people like optimism, friendliness, charisma, and a focus on the issues that affect them personally. We need more of this. Godspeed, Mayor Mamdani. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

We interrupt the rare cheerful political news to bring you some rare cheerful health news. Researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based vaccine that prevented several kinds of cancers in mice, apparently very effectively. www.umass.edu/news/article...

Context: I pay $1300 for a year of unlimited golf at my local muni course.

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

Saute 1 lb. green beans (can be frozen!) in a super hot wok/pan until spotted black. Add grated ginger & garlic, then 1/4 c. soy sauce, 1 T. maple syrup, splash of rice wine vinegar & chili oil. When liquid is almost gone, add 1/2 pound of ground pork (or shrimp, tofu, nothing) Serve over rice

Take this seriously: At least 20 brands of supplements, labeled as containing either Brazil seeds (sometimes called nuts) or tejocote root have tested positive for oleander. And oleander is famously poisonous. 1/4

Wednesday Nov 5 I’ll be at my alma mater Tufts with Pulitzer winner and MIT KSJ director @usha.bsky.social discussing the importance of science journalism in this moment and the lessons and tools it offers us all Free and open to public w/ registration www.tuftstickets.com/event/lighti...

Since when is a 19% drop in adverse cardiac events and an 18% in mortality not clinically significant?? This review is bonkers. www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

not a deer

Happy The Clock in My Car Is Right Again Day to all who celebrate.

🚨BREAKING: 2 fed courts have issued orders blocking Trump’s attempt to defund SNAP. Congrats to @democracyforward.org, its co counsel and clients, and Dem State AGs.

"Tim Carman ALMOST makes me want to go to Arby's," my husband says to me this morning. This is why. Terrific piece. @timcarman.bsky.social writes so well about food.. www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/10...

Worth noting that the connection between COVID and autism comes from the same kind of research that connected Tylenol and autism. So if you're all "vaccines prevent autism!" that's an RFK Jr. mistake. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Also this is the Definitive Nut Ranking, best to worst: 1. macadamia 2. cashew 3. pecan 4. pistachio 5. hazelnut 6. almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, tied for last

Oh fer crissake EAT THE NUTS YOU LIKE www.today.com/health/diet-...

Something like 80% of our collective misunderstandings about health can be pegged to the inability of observational research to suss out causal links. That's boring! So people don't pay attention. But that's the problem.

This is a very good idea.

Let's help Clay out here with some math. The $4200/yr. is for a household. Average SNAP household has 1.9 people. So that's $2210/person. $2210/year is $184/month, and that's a little over $6. per day. Clay, let's see you stockpile groceries on $6/day. Hell, let's see you eat on $6/day.

The problems were so pervasive they abandoned their review and instead began investigating how widespread image duplication was in their field. Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury

My inbox has some real gems. 2 things about this: 1. This is how grifters are gonna shift gears for GLP-1s 2. These folks definitely don't read my column

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed. Here are the key take-aways 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

Walmart is selling Zepbound at $349 for the initial dose, $499 for higher doses, matching Costco. Prices will continue to drop. This is what reverses obesity. corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/10...