Sorry for the preview pic in your feed, but we've posted a thoughtful story by @dangaristo.bsky.social that delves into the tangled web of relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and various scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yeesh! Anyway, it’s a great obituary. And worth sharing.

In NJ and around the world, schools are reintroducing mandates to learn cursive writing. Does it make a difference? My colleague @marilenharo.bsky.social digs into the science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Do not miss this fab video from our team 😂 youtu.be/jskktKzWfys

New from me: Last month I asked HHS about South Carolina's measles outbreak. They brushed me off, saying they weren't "concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak." A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Twin study power!!!! Genetics has a much larger role in how long a person lives than previously thought, according to a new analysis. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sneaky little bot. It said it was unable to quote the US constitution verbatim, when of course it could!!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The chemicals found in a person’s breath might reveal the identity of the microbes in their guts go.nature.com/49TbAWP

Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For anyone following the on-again-off-again saga of the Guinea-Bissau hep B vaccine trial. The latest is that GB health authorities have SUSPENDED the trial. @sciwriabdul.bsky.social tries to get to the bottom of it, here. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I love the photo my colleagues picked for this excellent story on a recent 'breathomics' study. It's like an alternate Pink Floyd Dark Side cover! www.nature.com/articles/d41... "Breathe ... breathe out the air. Your microbiome shows it's there"

Spotify Wrapped: War on Science edition

When US officials announced earlier this month that they were cutting down the childhood vaccination schedule, physicians and scientists wondered what to expect. Japan has some hard-won wisdom to offer. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This immersive data visualization will help you comprehend the scope of historic cuts to grants and the research workforce: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... By @maxkozlov.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & @dangaristo.bsky.social, edited by @richmonastersky.bsky.social (2/n) 🧪

History is a great teacher. In this piece our own @heidiledford.bsky.social looks at what we can learn from what happened in Japan when vaccine support was withdrawn and how the government is now working to reverse the effects 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.

An analysis of more than one million people in the UK found that two-thirds of people who were vaccine-hesitant during the COVID-19 pandemic went on to get vaccinated go.nature.com/4sKfBFk

Pre-long weekend story: Multiyear funding for NIH grants has become a sticking point in negotiating HHS’s appropriations package for 2026 www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/n...

Here’s what US scientists and their global collaborators can expect in 2026. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@nature.com commentary on @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social discovery that tumors hijack energy-producing organelles from immune cells to aid in infiltrating lymph nodes www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in @nature.com today. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

About to get started on an edit. I just need to shut off this one little piece of my brain... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“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...