A fatty acid found in ginger and turmeric has been shown to disrupt the ability of drug-resistant staph bacteria to adhere and cause infection, offering a potential new approach to antimicrobial therapy. doi.org/hbz3g2

Spatial transcriptomics of 64 samples from diabetic kidney disease patients revealed a B cell-rich subgroup associated with faster disease progression. doi.org/hbzs9w

A new machine learning model improves genetic risk prediction for type 1 diabetes across diverse populations, enabling earlier identification and classification into clinically relevant sub-types.

Wizards of the Coast (makers of MTG and D & D) employees have unionized. I hope that WOTC/Hasbro does the right thing and not oppose this. It is particularly outrageous that WOTC can claim rights on work done by employees in their spare time. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/letter

The CDC is on the Brink, the editorial in this week's @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New math “If you have a $600 drug, and you reduce it to $10, that’s a 600 percent reduction." —RFK Jr

Sad that at a time of record donations and increasing endowment, that graduate students at Harvard have to strike to get decent wages, protection for its international students, and reforms to handling harassment and discrimination claims. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A general-purpose transformer model can achieve strong molecular dynamics predictions without explicit physical constraints, though limitations remain for energy conservation in certain simulations. doi.org/hbx538

Evolutionary history and genetic diversity of indigenous Americans inferred from 128 high-coverage genomes. doi.org/q36g

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

We ate 90% of this pizza before we realized there's no cheese on it. We ordered the cheese but they forgot to add the cheese. It was actually delicious

Simple answer. No. scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

The turning point for rare diseases, which affect >300 million people around the world. A call to get rid of its many structural obstacles, to consider it as molecular surgery unlike drug treatments gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/o...

Good on @pauloffit.bsky.social www.phillymag.com/news/2026/04...

Donald Trump has sought greater influence over Latin America, but in Peru's election, will a pro-Trump stance pay off?

Healthy carriers of pathogenic repeat expansions exhibit deficits in disease-associated brain regions. doi.org/qz8j

A new inkjet-compatible suspension of silicon nanospheres enables full-color printing without pigments or dyes, producing vivid, non-fading images with both reflective and transparent properties. doi.org/hbv4qr

A large-scale international study demonstrates that most hospital patients labeled as penicillin allergic can be safely tested and cleared, improving access to first-line antibiotics.

In the RUBY study, a Cas12a–guide RNA complex was used to target the promoters of HBG1 and HBG2 in autologous stem cells to treat sickle cell disease. Full study results: nej.md/47yYdL2 Editorial: More Options for Gene Editing in Hemoglobinopathies nej.md/4cg3Y2M

The happiness of this blind little dog when she was adopted is indescribable . 😍

Pedro ​Sanchez has been one of the few leaders in Europe to condemn Israel's war in Lebanon, US-Israeli ⁠war on Iran https://aje.news/hadyt7

This is an extraordinary labor win. This season, the WNBA *minimum* saalry will be higher than the former *maximum* salary. www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

What if you kept digging downward? What the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! youtu.be/r7B0MzvwDcA

Data from iNaturalist indicate that both highly active and casual citizen scientists provide equally valuable and complementary biodiversity observations across diverse environments. doi.org/hbtnwg

When your dog is a Disney Princess.

Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱

LazySlide is an open-source tool that uses foundation models to connect whole-slide tissue images with RNA data, enabling integrated, quantitative analysis of tissue structure and gene expression.

Robot tutors in Chicago classrooms are effectively supporting social-emotional learning by delivering lessons without simulating human emotions, leading to improved student engagement and understanding. doi.org/hbs889

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said wars are decided on the battlefield, not on social media, in response to comments by US President Donald Trump. He also derided the US campaign name “Epic Fury” as better described as “Epic Fear”.

Veteran Jay Carey burned a US flag in protest of an executive order from Trump calling for prison terms for such acts.

4 million articles are downloaded from bioRxiv a month. What used to be a parking place for work in advance of publication has become much more. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Very sad that in the US so many have to sacrifice in order to have health care. Guess it is the difference between being civilized and just having some rich people. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03...

Madrid recalls ambassador amid rising diplomatic tensions and criticism of US-Israeli actions in Iran.

Large language models can accurately extract text-based information from scientific literature but currently struggle with data visualization and synthesizing complex problems. doi.org/hbr3fg

AI-enabled quantum refinement now allows for faster, more precise determination of complex protein structures, advancing capabilities in structural biology and computational chemistry. doi.org/hbrz6q

Long-read genome sequencing has identified previously undetected genetic variants linked to autism, offering new insights into the genetic complexity and potential for improved diagnostics. doi.org/hbrwg4

The $100 whole human genome sequence finally reached! www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...

An AI system called DeepRare demonstrated higher accuracy than experienced physicians in diagnosing rare diseases, offering potential to streamline and improve complex diagnostic processes. doi.org/hbpz25

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is the process through which the sequence of nucleotides in a molecule of messenger RNA is read, codon by codon, in order to create a sequence of amino acids for protein synthesis. #MedSky #NeuroSky

Predicting when symptoms of Alzheimer's disease will occur with a single elevated p-tau217 blood test and a person's age, even 20+ years in advance @naturemedicine.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...

A navigation system that accounts for parking availability and walking distance could significantly reduce travel time, congestion, and emissions in urban areas, simulations suggest. doi.org/hbpzqr

Cool new paper on how to think about aggregation for spatial transcriptomics by Lambda Moses et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The unfounded move by HHSGov against mRNA vaccines will hurt our future potent immune therapy vs cancer. Another point of progress for triple-negative breast cancer with individualized neoantigen mRNA vaccines today Adds to pancreatic, renal cell, melanoma reports nature.com/articles/s41...

After Trump’s FCC and state media CBS tried to shutdown Senate candidate James Talarico, he raised $2.5 million. Once again, Trump’s administration continues to find ways to elevate Democrats.

Prediction of Mendelian disease genes that integrates pathway, functional, and protein language model information. doi.org/qr44