We're hosting the 20th anniversary meeting of the Network Science Society at Northeastern University! Follow our account as we announce speakers and join us in Boston this summer!

Last year, I finished carving "The Shape of Her Song" ... from a large chunk of walnut, 28" tall. This year, it won its second award at the 81st Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition.

“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw

thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"

“In a few short weeks, President Trump has severely damaged the government’s ability to fight climate change.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...

The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

D1.1 found in a dairy worker w/ mild symptoms. More reason to not assume we can predict who will have severe illness. www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/h...

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

We need to be giving this more attention - measles outbreaks are rough on patients, taxing on response, and indicative of larger public health vulnerabilities. Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN

World breaches 1.5C global warming target for first time on.ft.com/4gNG2DX

A new sculpture, turned, carved maple wood. Titled "Reverberations" It's about 9" tall. #art #womenartists

Scientists who have studied #H5N1 #birdflu for years are flummoxed by the lack of severe cases among the 55 human cases the US has confirmed this year. I talked to lots to explore the theories of what's going on. www.statnews.com/2024/12/02/b...

1/ #H5N1 prev had a case fatality rate of ~50%! But, in the US, we've see ~60 cases & (fortunately) no deaths. In fact, most have been mild. What's going on? My vote is @helenbranswell.bsky.social's hypothesis 4 (we're detecting a ⬆️ %), but there's another option that worries me. A 🧵 on why.

"Counterpoint" maple, 2019, 20" long.