#VAWG is escalating in #Sudan, warn #humanrights organisations #EyesonDarfur #EyesOnSudan shiawaves.com/english/unca...

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨ Those eyelids! Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day! #happy #amphibian #frog #funny #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): This Endangered species of large cat has a population of between 4000-8000 & is native to Alpine & sub-Alpine terrain in regions of Afghanistan, Mongolia & WestChina. Poaching is the main threat & habitat loss thru development. Photo by Sascha Fonseca in Ladakh, India.

In a new study, experts discovered that older people produce a glycosylated protein called apoplipoprotein D (ApoD), which is involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation, at much higher levels than in younger people

A good reminder on associations in a simple case-control study: "The most you could POSSIBLY say is that people who have depression report more soft drink consumption (because case-control design). Anything more than that is absurd."

Bemerkenswerter Appell der deutschen meteorologischen Gesellschaft und der physikalischen Gesellschaft. Weil 3 Grad Erderwärmung bis 2050 denkbar werden, fordern sie die Politik mit Nachdruck zum Handeln auf. extremwetterkongress.org/wp-content/u...

'Women are nearly three times more likely to experience sexual harassment than men, at 33 per cent compared with 12.2 per cent.' 'Overall, 24.5 per cent of respondents say they have experienced sexual harassment since starting their studies, with one in seven experiencing sexual violence'. 2/2

Correlation, not causation…between Autism and Tylenol. People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are significantly more likely to experience migraines and headaches than the general population.1/

MolViewSpec: describe, share, and reproduce Mol* molecular scenes with a simple extension

'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2

I love an elegant paper that addresses an old question: what happens (to translation and gene expression) when glucose is removed from cells? Really nice work from the one and only David Tollervey. www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Looking forward to #LS2AM2026 and our mini-symposium “Bioinformatics Driving the One Health Concept”, organised by the LS2 Intersection Bioinformatics @sib.swiss. Main speaker: Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social on @pathoplexus.org and how bioinformatics drives biomedical insights.

A great thread debunking the “too many vaccines” myth in childhood immunisation and explaining how it really works.

Great work by @cbg.ethz.ch on wastewater-based surveillance of influenza A using a novel amplicon primer panel and the @sib.swiss bioinformatics pipeline combining V-Pipe, Lollipop, and VILOCA, which enables lineage identification and mutation tracking to inform vaccine and antiviral strategies.

“Children today receive roughly 4-5 times as many shots as their 1986 counterparts, yet are exposed to 95% fewer antigens and only modest increases in aluminum. We’ve achieved far more protection with far less immune burden through decades of scientific precision.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/t...

Die Aufklärung von Falschinformationen & Impfmythen ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, daher klären wir regelmäßig auf. Fakt heute: Autismus entsteht durch Veränderungen in der früh­kindlichen Gehirn­entwicklung. Als Haupt­ursache gelten genetische Faktoren. 🔗 www.rki.de/impfmythen

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

@nikomccarty.bsky.social on the magic of aquaporin proteins

Thank you for the summary. I panicked at the dentist when I was pregnant and needed a root canal treatment, because I knew I couldn’t take the painkillers like last time. I felt sorry for pregnant women who suffer chronically from pain and are deprived of treatment during this time.

Searching @pubpeer.com for Frye Richard reveals a long-standing history of spreading misinformation about autism and its causes, e.g. claiming that ingredients NOT contained in the MMR vaccine cause neuropathies. pubpeer.com/publications...

Registered trials of leucovorin (improved communication, biomarkers (wtf)) www.clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=... Still no information about this trial that was terminated for non-compliance. Something something vulnerable subjects additional protections. Come on folks.

Long-time autism quacks Dan Rossignol, MD & Richard E. Frye, MD promoted unsubstantiated claims spread by RFK Jr and his HHS. (Tylenol/acetaminophen, mitochondria, leucovorin/Folinic acid) Frye's clinical trial at Arkansas Children's Hospital was terminated under suspicious circumstances:

Study output: "The study was placed on Full Clinical Hold by the FDA and terminated by the sponsor as a result of investigator non-compliance."

The guy pushing Leucovorin for autism (Frye) works closely and repeatedly with the guy who pushed heavy metal chelation for autism (Rossignol), a practice that has actually killed children.

I fully support the advise in the article: CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION and REAL SCIENCE RELIES ON RIGOROUS RESEARCH AND NOT ON POLITICAL THEATRE

Liebe deutschsprachige Medien, die nächste Bewährungsprobe wartet auf Euch: Trump will heute etwas zu Autismus verkünden. Sehr wahrscheinlich werden das gefährliche Lügen sein. Es kommt auf Euch an: Ihr müsst AUCH IN DEN ÜBERSCHRIFTEN UND IN DEN LIVETICKERN direkt klar machen, was Sache ist. 👇

Er war ein sexistischer, rassistischer Rechtsextremer oder sagt man das heute nicht mehr aus Rücksicht auf die Gefühle anderer sexistischer, rassistischer Rechtsextremen?

Was für ein phantastischer Sonnenaufgang auf dem Schwarzhorn; es war nur etwas kalt und das Hundetier wurde beim Warten zum Schosshund.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Repeated head impacts in young athletes can cause neuron loss and inflammation long before signs of neurodegenerative diseases appear, according to a study in Nature. The findings may help explain early symptoms in people exposed to contact sports. go.nature.com/4pjHdzw #medsky 🧪

Blog post: github.com/sophieehill/... TL;DR: There are a LOT of errors/inconsistencies in the results reported in this paper (estimates outside CIs, sign errors, duplicates, asymmetric CIs). Even in the abstract itself! This suggests manual editing of results tables. Which is not good... 🧵

This is absolutely worth a read; and yes, I might even manage to say that in another language if it was already time for an apéro.

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which cells similar to those lining the uterus are present outside of the uterus. This JAMA Patient Page describes endometriosis development, as well as its signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. ja.ma/3K53fpL

Bad news – and that’s how quickly project ideas can be discarded: www.snf.ch/en/nlghrhyzb... "As a result, the @snsf.ch will not launch any new calls for the SPIRIT programme from now until the end of 2028."

The new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is out! A clinical study identifies people at risk of renewed COVID-19 infections after mRNA vaccination, researchers probe differences in the viral reservoir between men and women living with HIV, and more. https://scim.ag/3I301m5

Tortoise/Turtle (order Testudines): Shells of many species of turtles and tortoises are intricately marked and coloured, yet are incredibly perfectly designed by nature to blend precisely with their natural habitats. Superb photos taken by Casey Leone. Top row, from left to right: #turtle #turtles

Teilt diese sachlichen Fakten, damit Rechte nicht gewinnen! Solidarität mit Dunja Hayali! Abtreibungen seien schlimmer als der Holocaust, prominente schwarze Frauen hätten nicht die nötige „Gehirnkapazität“, um ernst genommen zu werden, und müssten einer „weißen Person den Platz stehlen“, um Erfolg

Unsere 1.118 Kolleg*innen im #Gazastreifen können diesen Genozid nicht stoppen. Regierungen schon – wenn sie sich entscheiden, zu handeln. Sie haben die moralische und rechtliche Pflicht, alle politischen, diplomatischen und wirtschaftlichen Mittel einzusetzen, um dieses Verbrechen zu beenden. [1/2]

Researchers in a recent #ScienceReview examine the influence that biological sex exerts on the immune system and immune-related diseases. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ln58Le

UN experts urge #Israel to cease all threats of harm against the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and ensure it proceeds unhindered in its mission to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilian population in #Gaza. All flotilla passengers must be protected. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Am 50 Jahre Jubiläum der Forschungsfläche #Stillberg #Davos organisiert vom @slfdavos.bsky.social gab es heute Zwerg-Lärchen, Arven dahinraffende Schneepilze, Boden-Mikroorganismen-Geräusche, viele interessante Gespräche und vieles mehr. Was für ein toller Tag!

‚Pffft … Have you seen that tall dog?… pffftttt‘ ‚ Pfffft … where? … pffft‘

The immune response

Introducing a new metabolic cycle - the McG cycle - into Arabidopsis to convert 3PG to acetyl coA. This then feeds into endogenous lipid synthesis increasing plant lipids, seed yield and biomass. Out this week in @science.org! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PlantScience