Will Climate Change Really Take Away Our Breakfast? open.substack.com/pub/thebreak... Global cereal yields are up 215% since 1961 despite a degree of warming. Climate will produce headwinds, to be sure, but adaptation and innovation can persist.

Exhibition Features Gene-edited Glowing Plants in China www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiote...

10,000 scientists gone: Trump’s cuts create an unprecedented brain drain geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/04/21/1...

Moderna launches mRNA bird flu vaccine trial after HHS cancels funding wapo.st/4mGShWJ The Department of Health and Human Services had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to help develop mRNA vaccines.

Viewpoint: How do you sell evidence-based health and science in a world where facts don’t matter? geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/04/21/v...

Ukraine’s Second Miracle Year open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... The war isn’t won, but for the first time in years, outright victory seems possible.

Tiny Cambrian Fossils Push Back Origin of Swimming Worms scienceblog.com/tiny-cambria...

‘Invisible’ birds spotted with thermal imaging | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... Approach could help reveal which migrating species are most vulnerable to wind turbines and light pollution

The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for www.nature.com/articles/d41... Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.

Viewpoint: ‘Make America Healthy Again” appeals to fake nostalgia about non-existent golden age geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/04/20/v...

mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise. In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival. This is why sustained investment in science & research matters. tinyurl.com/f4n4anhk

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

300,000 trees edited with CRISPR: Florida's bet against citrus's worst enemy chilebio.cl/2026/04/19/f...

The Hell Creek Formation Is North America’s Legendary Boneyard. See the Top Five Discoveries Found in the Iconic Fossil Bed www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... From preserved plants to T. rex, material found in these Late Cretaceous rocks has led to countless breakthroughs for paleontologists

Interior Department crafted talking points for public lands sell-off agenda www.hcn.org/articles/int... via @highcountrynews The agency’s leadership distanced itself from the controversial proposal even though staff helped research public-land sales.

Global consortium sequences more than 1,200 medicinal herbs to reveal their genetic basis and therapeutic secrets chilebio.cl/2026/04/01/c...

The puzzle of Neanderthal aesthetics bbc.com/future/artic...

Want Proof That Hib Vaccines Work? open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...

I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country. open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...

This Exceptionally Preserved Neanderthal Appears To Have Been Buried On Purpose In France 40,000 Years Ago www.iflscience.com/this-excepti... Neanderthals first started burying their dead in the Middle East, but the practice didn't reach Europe until much later.

Mythbusting MAHA’s Claims About Food and Farming open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

The first Neanderthal with Down syndrome shines light on the origin of human compassion english.elpais.com/science-tech... The discovery in Spain of the fossil of a six-year-old child with serious ear injuries suggests that their family took care of them without expecting anything in return

Oregano vs. Antibiotics: University Research Signals a Shift in Swine Performance Strategy www.swineweb.com/oregano-vs-a... via @Swinewebcom

Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag www.reuters.com/science/dino...

Inside Ukraine's secret drone warfare juggernaut kyivindependent.com/inside-ukrai...

‘No fury like scorned MAHA moms’: Will RFK, Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies tear coalition apart? geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/26/n...

A gallery of army ants from around the world.

Viewpoint: The activist ‘harm reduction’ movement has hit a brick wall with its targeting of food geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/30/v...

Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/c...

Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/c... Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

Shiffrin holds off Emma Aicher to win record-tying 6th overall World Cup skiing title abcnews.com/Sports/wireS... Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women’s overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from German rival Emma Aicher in the seasons final race

How mapping a water-guzzling invasive weed could help refill the Great Salt Lake www.sltrib.com/news/environ... Scientists are building new mapping tools to track phragmites, an invasive plant that drains tens of thousands of acre-feet from the Great Salt Lake each year.

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins www.nature.com/articles/d41... Researchers are pulling clues from genetic material in ice age soils and rewriting chapters of human history.

David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/s...

Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on Mars And Revealed a Huge Surprise www.sciencealert.com/curiosity-cr...

David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/s... His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.

Microplastics as a blueprint for health scares: How the "panic pipeline" of activists and academics partners with tort lawyers to manufacture chemical crises  geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/09/m...

Microplastics as a blueprint for health scares: How the "panic pipeline" of activists and academics partners with tort lawyers to manufacture chemical crises  geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/09/m...

CRISPR makes enhanced cancer-fighting immune cells inside mice www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gene Editing Produces Transgene-Free Potato with Reduced Postharvest Browning www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiote...

A Gene Editor That’s a Better Fit for Plants www.ucdavis.edu/egghead/blog... Engineered Enzymes Rival CRISPR Efficiency for Producing Heritable Gene Edits

Federal court blocks Kennedy’s vaccine changes, invalidates vaccine advisory panel thehill.com/policy/healt...

The cave wall was never a blank canvas. 🖼️ Today's WOPA Deep Dive explores "The Living Wall"—how our ancestors used pareidolia and acoustics to "pull" art out of the stone. Read the full study here: open.substack.com/pub/deephist... #Paleoanthropology #WOPA

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DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Earth’s first major extinction was worse than we thought | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... Fossil finds suggest nearly 80% of life on Earth died some 550 million years ago

The Autism Epidemic Is a Myth www.cato.org/commentary/a... via @CatoInstitute

Inside RFK Jr.’s push against the flu vaccine that he links to his voice condition wapo.st/46jSng1