Luis Ferreira Moita
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MD by training, scientist by passion and design.
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Quanta Magazine
11 days ago
In his book āHelgoland,ā the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli cites the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna as an influence on his work. āBy renouncing āprimaryā entities or any āultimate absolute reality,ā we can better make sense of the world.ā
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Carlo Rovelliās Radical Perspective on Reality | Quanta Magazine
The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovellis-radical-perspective-on-reality-20251029/
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Video: Nick Offerman on Meditative Woodworking
Woodworker, author, and actor Nick Offerman describes how woodworking can be a spiritual or meditative experience.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/smarter-living/wirecutter/100000010488504/nick-offerman-on-meditative-woodworking.html?smid=url-share
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What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
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What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/elon-musk-aaron-greenspan-tech.html?smid=bs-share
12 days ago
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Kai Kupferschmidt
13 days ago
āThe biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Googleāand even the newer AI labs such as OpenAIāhave remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout.ā Worth a read!
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Carl Quintanilla
13 days ago
ā.. Staying on X when it has become so toxic and ungovernable suggests either weakness or complete naivety. We are living in a world of many malevolent geopolitical actors. Muskās X is one such actor.ā
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From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03470-1
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7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier ā the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03474-x
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Joe Bak-Coleman
27 days ago
Just to be super clear, if youāre phoning in your peer review to ai you should quit your job so someone else who actually likes science can have it.
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Adam Becker
22 days ago
I told
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not to read Yudkowsky's awful new book. He didn't listen, but now you can all benefit from our shared misery. š
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Is it 2007 all over again?
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about 1 month ago
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He Was Expected to Get Alzheimerās 25 Years Ago. Why Hasnāt He?
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He Was Expected to Get Alzheimerās 25 Years Ago. Why Hasnāt He?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/health/alzheimers-gene-mutation.html?smid=bs-share
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Gabriel Victora
about 1 month ago
Renewing my yearly bet on Cooper/Miller for the Nobels. One might think that I would learn after being wrong so many times, but one would be mistaken.
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B and T cellsāthe organizing principle of the adaptive immune system - Lasker Foundation
For their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells ā a monumental achievement that provided the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system and launched the course of...
https://laskerfoundation.org/winners/b-and-t-cells-the-organizing-principle-of-the-adaptive-immune-system/
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Wonderful session yesterday!
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about 1 month ago
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Clara Jeffery
about 1 month ago
RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)
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George Takei
about 2 months ago
This captures much of the frustration of today.
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Dwarkesh gets schooled by Richard Sutton (Father of RL) on LLMsā¦! Obviouly, LLMs are not the way forward and their capabilities are hiting a wall. There is an AI bubble!
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Dwarkesh Podcast
Technology Podcast Ā· Updated weekly Ā· Deeply researched interviews www.dwarkesh.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/dwarkesh-podcast/id1516093381?l=en-GB
about 2 months ago
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The Nobel Prize season is fast approaching. Here are my two top predictions/bets for Physiology or Medicine (what else? š) in 2025: 1. Zhijian Chen, Andrea Ablasser & Glen N. Barber for: "cGAS-STING pathway"; 2. Svetlana Mojsov, Joel Habener &
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for: " GLP-1-based drugs".
about 2 months ago
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Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
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Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/health/harvard-dean-autism-tylenol-lawsuits-payment.html?smid=bs-share
about 2 months ago
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America is still out there, somewhere...: Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC
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Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-return-monologue.html?smid=bs-share
about 2 months ago
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Brazil leading the way: Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
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Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/americas/bolsonaro-convicted-coup-attempt.html?smid=bs-share
2 months ago
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Epigenetic silencing of interleukin-10 by host-derived oxidized phospholipids supports a lethal inflammatory response to infections: Immunity
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Epigenetic silencing of interleukin-10 by host-derived oxidized phospholipids supports a lethal inflammatory response to infections
Upon pathogen detection, phagocytes trigger immunity. This process induces tissue stress and the formation of host-derived molecules that further tune immune responses. We show that host-derived oxidi...
https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613%2825%2900286-9
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Thiago Carvalho
2 months ago
'Big tech firms will get into bed with pretty much anyone willing to push back against regulation that threatens their business model, which thrives on the most extreme viral content. Silicon Valleyās sycophantic support of Donald Trump is a case in point.'
www.ft.com/content/62b1...
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Protecting Big Tech, not free speech
Trump and Farage are using censorship as a cloak for disinformation
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
2 months ago
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New Yorkās Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Igor Brodsky
2 months ago
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RIP David Baltimore. A true giant of biomedical research. Made so many fundamental discoveries: Reverse transcriptase; NF-kB; Rag genes (among others) Also shut down his lab for a week in 1970 to protest the US invasion of Cambodia.
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David Baltimore, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former Caltech president, dies at 87
Baltimore played a role in virtually every important national debate over the use and potential misuse of the science of genetic engineering.
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2025-09-07/david-baltimore-nobel-prize-caltech-dead
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Victor Ambros
2 months ago
I am one of many hundreds of scientists that David generously mentored, supported, and inspired. His influence on each of us was deep and lasting, and his impact on the world immeasurable. Arguably David Baltimore is one of the greatest scientists of any generation.
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Sad to learn one of the greatest has left us! āDavid fit into that culture of competitive smartness. He was the smartest of all.ā David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...
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David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/science/david-baltimore-dead.html?smid=bs-share
2 months ago
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Eric Topol
2 months ago
The billionaires funding aging reversal. When they were young they wanted to be rich. When they were rich, they wanted to be young.
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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The Billionaires Fueling the Quest for Longer Life
A network of ultrawealthy investors including Peter Thiel and Sam Altman are infusing the longevity industry with cash and making big bets on where the science is headed.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/billionaires-longevity-health-04dd205c?st=zAGX85&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Great episode!
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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
News Podcast Ā· Updated weekly Ā· The first draft of our future. Mapping the new world order through interviews and conversations. Every Thursday, from New York Times Opinion. Unlock full access to New...
https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/interesting-times-with-ross-douthat/id1438024613?l=en-GB
2 months ago
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Gregg Gonsalves
2 months ago
#RFKJr
has now lost the
@nypost.com
. His days as HHS Secretary are numbered. Keep up the pressureāletās get him out the door.
nypost.com/2025/09/04/o...
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RFK Jr.ās Senate ravings prove he wonāt bring sanity back to public health
Health Secretary Robert Kennedyās Senate testimony Thursday made one thing crystal clear: He wonāt be restoring sanity to our public-health bureaucracies, desperate as the need is.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/04/opinion/rfk-jr-s-senate-ravings-prove-he-wont-bring-sanity-back-to-public-health/
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Carl T. Bergstrom
2 months ago
Simpering cowards one and all. This is almost unbearable to watch.
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š¤šµš¹ Portugal Mourns After Deadly Funicular Crash and Looks for Its Cause
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Portugal Mourns After Deadly Funicular Crash and Looks for Its Cause
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/europe/lisbon-funicular-crash-elevador-da-gloria-portugal.html?smid=bs-share
2 months ago
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Anthracyclines are fascinating and powerful drugs!
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gave an MD and a PhD to this moron! š± Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
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Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/florida-vaccine-mandates.html?smid=bs-share
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Adam Kucharski
2 months ago
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (
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Anthony Oliveira
3 months ago
I hope they nuke this demonic horseshit from orbit
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š® New evidence for AI and the job market
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š® New evidence for AI and the job market
AI is eating into youth employment
https://www.exponentialview.co/p/new-evidence-for-ai-and-the-job-market?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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Thiago Carvalho
3 months ago
Mob advocates have warned that if every truck company in the class action filed a claim, nothing would ever "fall outta the back of a truck in Brooklyn" again.
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"La lenteur est le secret du bonheur !"
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social
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Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran - Completa - 720p - Subtitulada (Cine que inspira)
YouTube video by Rodrigo Zamorano :: MĆŗsica & EspĆritu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPR3apMf24
3 months ago
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Wonderful review on the biology of interferons by
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Interferons in health and disease
The cytokine messenger proteins known as interferons are central to protective immune responses against infections, but they are also involved in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. This review maps...
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00746-9
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Leonidas Platanias, MD
9 months ago
āI have a friend who told me: āThis is my last round in my life because I have lung cancerā. But half a year later he came back and had just started the treatment we developed, and he was just completely cured.ā Tasuku Honjo (1942- ) NobelPrize in Medicine 2018
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I have to agree with Sam Altman: there is an AI bubble!
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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Things are so desperate at OpenAI that Sam Altman is starting to sound like Gary Marcus
Strangely enough, I have seen this movie before
https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/things-are-so-desperate-at-openai?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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The latest ChatGPT is supposed to be āPhD levelā smart. It canāt even label a map | CNN Business
Sam Altman, the artificial intelligence hype master, is in damage-control mode.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/14/business/chatgpt-rollout-problems
3 months ago
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The wait is over - AGI is here! š
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Journal of Clinical Investigation
3 months ago
Biological and Clinical Implications of a Model of Surveillance Immunity Katharina L. Willmann &
@lferreiramoita.bsky.social
review leading models of immune response initiation and put forward a model that incorporates detection of homeostasis deviation:
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Very happy to share our favorite model for immune response initiation!
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@lozanzi.bsky.social
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
@danieljdrucker.bsky.social
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JCI - Biological and clinical implications of a model of surveillance immunity
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3 months ago
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Oh, the hype and spin!⦠I almost feel dizzy nowā¦
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Artificial intelligentsia: an interview with the boss of Anthropic
Episódio do programa Ā· Economist Podcasts Ā· 30/07/2025āĀ·āApenas para assinantes Ā· 48 min
https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/economist-podcasts/id151230264?i=1000720100838
3 months ago
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Gregg Gonsalves
4 months ago
The former NIH director on the catastrophe unfolding for American research.
youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU
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A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trumpās Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
https://youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU
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Are AI's Economics Unsustainable? ā With Ed Zitron
Episódio do programa · Big Technology Podcast · 23/07/2025 · 1 h 36 min
https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/big-technology-podcast/id1522960417?i=1000718661426
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