New research shows that people in Malawi admitted to hospital with breathlessness are much more likely to die within a year than other patients. Read more: lstm.ac/4n4gC8i

On 25 September, I'll be reading at this Gaza fundraiser @pagesofhackney.bsky.social along with several other authors, including Zena Agha who I had the pleasure of meeting recently @edbookfest.bsky.social. All fees will go to The Sameer Project & the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature.

🧵1/15 Delighted to share our study on the naked mole-rat (NMR): a mammal with bizarre thermal biology, notorious longevity, and cancer resistance. But how do NMRs maintain (or fail to maintain) their body temperature? Our latest work digs deep! #ThermalBiology #Thermogenesis

The speed of light visualized on a cosmic scale. Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.

This trial demonstrated the dangers of algorithmic adaptive trial design. Miscoding meant that pts were put into the wrong arms. The authors say that despite the trial not having internal validity it should be regarded as having validity outside of how it was conducted. I am not convinced. #EMIMCC

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The reason we were all watching the Challenger launch is because it was quite literally an assignment for us to do so. Can't help but contrast this to today's flight. Back in the day, space flight was for science and learning (and yes, industry). Now? It's vanity. www.nasa.gov/history/40-y...

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

x.com/zenbrainest/... Thanks for the post @zenbrainest.bsky.social

Very excited to post this preprint... making a species that doesn't hibernate do something a lot like it, AND showing it is cardioprotective. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...