Shaming is common in medical school and unfortunately, sometimes in the doctor's office. Some doctors are trying to teach medical students awareness of the problem so they don't perpetuate the cycle. n.pr/4hDCmpE

Amazing trip to Yosemite where the fall colors elevated an already awe inspiring space.

I sincerely know less than nothing about this nba gambling ring dealio. I do know that in a moment when powerful mostly white men are stealing from everybody at scale and with breathtaking gall, it’s odd that these are the faces I’m seeing.

Beautiful piece! therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Looks like I’ll need to update my intro bio lectures. Can’t wait to dive into this study. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“Food allergies in children dropped sharply in the years after new guidelines encouraged parents to introduce infants to peanuts, a study has found… a 36 percent reduction in all food allergies, driven largely by a 43 percent drop in peanut allergies” in children under 3 years old.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

“And then it came, the realization that—at least in my mind—79 years old was so young for a famous rich white woman in America like Diane Keaton and that 78 years old was practically a miracle for a black trans woman like Miss Major.”

Will A.I. lead to de-skilling of physicians? And if so what can be done to preempt it? @tberzin.bsky.social and I address this in a new @thelancet.com thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Great review on The Genetics of Human Handedness: Microtubules and Beyond www.cell.com/trends/genet... - handedness is such an interesting phenotype!

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology

As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.

“Educators have the right — and responsibility — to teach the full complexity of human biology and identity without fear of censorship or retaliation. Students deserve honest, accurate education that prepares them to understand the world as it truly is, not as some wish it to be.”

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

“The organization has asked that anyone not at risk of deportation take action by becoming a consistent presence anywhere that day laborers gather, to build relationships and to offer protection.” ❤️

Just met with a student today who was seeking advice on how to apply through all the mess and uncertainty. The fact that in a month these students have to put a proposal together without clear guidelines is unconscionable.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

‘"We never in our wildest dreams would have expected a 75% slowing of clinical progression,”… None of the patients who have been treated are being identified, but one was medically retired and has returned to work. Others in the trial are still walking despite being expected to need a wheelchair.’

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Please take a listen to @ahylton26.bsky.social and @nhannahjones.bsky.social Ms. Hylton hits the nail on the head with the hammer, and Ms. Hannah-Jones drives it home.

Pink Floyd

The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!. www.science.org/content/arti...

You asked for it! We delivered Quack-O-Grams to our members of Congress urging them to #ImpeachRFK, and get that Quack out of office! There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB#ImpeachRFKand keep the momentum going! 🦆

On October 6, join me for a virtual panel with on a vital topic: how can we make sure that open science advances not just science itself, but society’s understanding of, trust in, and willingness to invest in research? Register here: shorensteincenter.org/new-event/ca...

We seem to be on the cusp of a new patronage era of art. Where the wealthiest of the wealthy can buy their own private artists. While the rest of us only get to enjoy whatever slop gets churned out by AI.

The best essayist of this generation unsurprisingly has the best, most complete take on Charlie Kirk.

Red shouldered hawk in Fort Funston, SF

one of the most interesting facts about russ vought’s life, to me, is that NIH research is the reason his daughter had access to life changing drug to treat her cystic fibrosis. vought, of course, is the architect of the administration’s war on science. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

If you are teaching Genetics right now, I highly recommend incorporating a day on eugenics and scientific racism. 🧬🧪 Not only is it very relevant to the news (👀), it was very impactful for my students last semester. www.genome.gov/about-genomi...

Obligatory sharing of John Oliver's take on this administrations fight against research and Universities #academia youtu.be/xk94il8L820?...

⚠️DEFYING RFK Jr’s CDC—The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reaffirmed its support for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women, breaking from flawed advice in the most recent CDC immunization schedule set by RFK Jr. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In a post on Truth Social, the president suggested that the CDC was being “ripped apart” over a question that was answered long ago — whether Covid vaccines work. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h...

“Instead of learning to pattern match, young researchers must learn how to illuminate new spaces and create entirely new connections.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution identifies a bacterial species as a cause of sea star wasting disease, which has been responsible for billions of sea star deaths since 2013 and widespread loss of kelp habitats. go.nature.com/46I4kx2 🌊 🧪

Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube! Please like and repost to help us get the word out! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization 🧵

The federal government’s $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. ucal.us/standupforuc

"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white" www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/a...

To honor Tom Lehrer, sharing a favorite of scientists. youtu.be/zGM-wSKFBpo?...

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.

When my friends were reading and watching ‘Lessons in Chemistry’, I tried to convey that the misogyny of the sixties is still very much alive and well for many #WomenInStem. This article tells a sad, real tale that needs to be heard.

“More than 140 employees of the National Science Foundation have signed a letter denouncing what they described as efforts to undermine one of the country’s main science funding agencies. … Out of fear of retaliation, all but one of the employees’ signatures are redacted.”

Nice OpEd from my SJSU Bio colleague Sonia Singhal highlighting the tremendous loss to students and science in general caused by the cancellation of NIH and NSF training programs. In good news, the NIH U-RISE program was reinstated thanks to the recent ruling 🧪 sanjosespotlight.com/singhal-san-...

🧪 Good news, for now at least. Senate Appropriations Committee passes the Commerce, Justice and Science Bill. NSF: flat funding, not -55% as requested by Trump! NIST, NOAA, NASA get strong support, R's push back cuts requested by Trump. Summary: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Think worked examples are the key to learning? Think again! In a large active-learning genetics class, students believed worked examples were most useful—but actual test gains came from prediction-based exercises. From Elise Walck‑Shannon, Washington University 👩🔬 www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/...

This is how to have difficult conversations with vaccine sceptics

This is a map of Lyme disease cases in 1995 via CDC. Keep it in mind when I show you the 2023 map in the next post.