“It is the kind of test that, in the wrong hands, could cause a lot of harm” A study of blood-based markers for Alzheimer’s disease in Norway confirms earlier estimates go.nature.com/3N7sLfg

“These rules are a baseless intrusion into the patient-physician relationship. Patients, their families, and their physicians—not politicians or government officials —should be the ones to make decisions together about what care is best for them.” apnews.com/article/trum...

This is the best piece I’ve read so far on why the Guinea-Bissau RCT, in which a proven life-saving vaccine will be deliberately WITHHELD, is unethical “When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm”

As the darkness closes in around us, this story warmed me, if but for a moment. It is very sweet and very worth your time.

This wk's @nature.com podcast has - ME on my heart-warming festive gifts piece 🎁 - A choir of scientists 🎤 - @bmaher.bsky.social on researchers who shaped science in 2025 - ME again, on our festive quiz w/ @shamini.bsky.social, @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social and Ben T 🏆 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hey. I think I’m on this one.

A twice-weekly cocktail of three messenger RNAs can rejuvenate the weary immune systems of aged mice and boost responses to vaccination and cancer treatments go.nature.com/4j6lwAn

This is a thought provoking investigation. Lots of questions with no simple answers. As an editor, these are the hardest stories to put out there - and not just because of all the very careful and delicate work that they require.

Reporting on vaccine side effects is challenging, but important. A new study offers clues to how mRNA COVID vaccines can, in rare cases, cause a form of heart inflammation called myocarditis (a condition COVID itself can cause). By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

For more than three years of gruelling negotiations, Precious Matsoso steered the group that drafted the first global pandemic treaty She is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025 go.nature.com/4a7fbSU

Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025 go.nature.com/48FnHpx

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing something totally new to science Mengran Du is part of Nature’s 10 2025, our list of people who shaped science this year go.nature.com/4rIsZJR

It's been months of work, but it was worth it. The Nature's 10 is finally live. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Thanks @maxkozlov.bsky.social Glad to support your request for hazardous duty pay

Women doing medical research appear to be involved in fewer retractions. And shoot ... people are going to have some weird ways of trying to explain that, aren't they? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

After a bruising 42-day shutdown, the government has finally reopened. We took a look at what's next for federal science—how quickly things will get back up to speed and whether there will be long-term consequences. With Jeff Tollefson and @alexwitze.bsky.social:

Great reporting, as always, from my colleague @marilenharo.bsky.social

Did the FDA make the right decision yesterday on menopausal hormone therapy? Scientists aren't so sure. @lynnepeeps.bsky.social writes for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy is trying to maintain public health awareness during the Trump administration go.nature.com/3JvIm7f

Mere months after its long-awaited debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning to deliver on its promise to rewrite cosmic history go.nature.com/3JJK6tp

"We can’t wait for the day when the CDC is back in full glory." go.nature.com/4qPD1Iu

Bluetorial-Jim Watson I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions. What follows is my personal perspective. 1/41

A solemn and stormy Edmund Fitzgerald day to all who celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0k...

I’m waiting for NIAID Directorship to open up again then I’ll send in my CV…

8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM). Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21). Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

Jim Watson – who became notorious for his history of racist and sexist comments – has died at 97 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

International students in the US haven't declined (yet). Interesting analysis by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'Mind captions' sound pretty cool. This work covered by my colleague promises to create text descriptions of the things you see by decoding your brain activity while viewing them. In testing it also worked when people recalled watching videos. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A high-quality image data set shows that tech companies can obtain informed consent and avoid data bias without breaking the bank go.nature.com/4oSvBT0

Scientists long thought the plant cell wall to be dead, but it's an active, even chatty participant in cellular growth, reproduction and responses to infection go.nature.com/4oK8xWu

These walls CAN talk! Turns out the plant cell wall isn't just a boring cubicle for hard working chloroplasts and stuff. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What movies to physicists go absolutely gaga over? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICYMI: My longest article ever for Scuba Diving Magazine answers one of the most frequent career advice quesions I receive... and the answer probably isn't what you think! Give it a read and share www.scubadiving.com/best-schools... 🦑🧪

Project Gutenberg is one of those places that exemplifies what the internet was initially all about: studying, preserving, and celebrating the arts, especially the written word, and Greg Newby was a huge part of that. Thank you, Greg, and rest well.

Another day, another claim of quantum advantage -- this time, with hints of (someday) doing something useful 🧪⚛️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

De las Casas was required reading in the fairly conservative catholic university I attended. And I can’t thank them enough for it.

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Journalist here I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04 Reposts are appreciated!

CDC RIFs that we're hearing about: OPHDST -Office of Public Health Data & Tech Goals ✅improve access to & use of public health data (Wish Fake-CIP used them-they’d finally understand vaccine data) ✅Improve EFFICIENCY of data & tech systems ➡️ help states, etc. make informed public health decisions

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Y'all. This interview is sooo good. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

EXCLUSIVE: In her first interview all year, Susan Monarez, CDC director for only 29 days, tells me why Trump/RFK fired her and where this is all headed. The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.

What does science have to say about getting a good night's sleep? Quite a lot, really. @lynnepeeps.bsky.social captures most of it nicely in this feature www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

Seismic shifts are afoot for universities in the US and worldwide. @dangaristo.bsky.social captures the trends in four telling graphics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Against my better judgment, I contributed a feature about the state of global higher education to this package about the future of universities. No easy way to sum it all up—there's plenty of good news and bad news to be found—but the world is much bigger than the US its current problems.

Inspired by Fred Rogers, @nature.com asked readers to help us 'find the helpers' amid the crisis in American science. What emerged were inspiring stories of researchers, legal experts, data hounds and government scientists who are fighting the dismantling of the US research enterprise. 🧪🧵1/6

NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but... NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all. To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW! 🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:

“All this training and then we weren’t allowed to do anything.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...