There we have it, US media. He has revoked the ruling. He has not revoked the scientific finding that led to the ruling. Those are not the sort of thing one can revoke. This is not hard. If you're keen not to be actively complicit, use words properly.

Here's a story I'd definitely by covering if Science in Action was still on air - the likely cause of the rare but dangerous bloodclots from some COVID vaccines. The question is how easy it would be to tweak the adenovirus carrier to avoid the issue.

First evidence in Europe of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 infection in a dairy cow. Antibodies against H5N1 detected in a cow with mastitis and respiratory signs on a Dutch dairy farm at the end of December. A cat on that farm had died from H5N1. www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/do...

So many regrets here for post-2008 contacts. 🤔

Farming animals for fur is not only cruel but also provides an ideal environment for viruses to mix and cross over into humans. ✍️ Jane Qiu knowmag.org/4r8vPY0

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Profile of some interesting Super Agers @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

The performance of the newly released ChatGPT Health, via a thorough assessment by @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social with his health data, is very disappointing gift link wapo.st/49GEASP

“Perhaps there are flutters of recognition that this is not how human beings should behave, much less how political leaders in a democracy should act. But if those flames flicker into existence, they are quickly snuffed.” By @pbump.com @ms.now www.ms.now/opinion/minn...

“It is stunning, though not surprising, to see the president of the United States and sworn federal officials impugn dead citizens so callously. It’s utterly immoral, if not deranged.” By @pbump.com @ms.now www.ms.now/opinion/minn...

“What’s the right ratio here, Mr. President? How many citizens being shot to death is worth this campaign of fear and its sporadic deportations?”

So a cow can use a stick to scratch its backside. When will we learn that humans are really not that special? | Helen Pilcher

My latest Crucible column for @chemistryworld.com is about a new study that reconstructs the history of the Roman baths at Pompeii from the limescale deposits in the water network. The older baths were none too sanitary, it seems. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/thre...

This short book by @djnicholson.bsky.social is extraordinarily good for understanding not just the genesis, message and myths of Schrödinger's book but also why molecular biology developed in the way it did (and what's problematic about that). www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The reckless human embryo genome editor, He Jiankui, known as China's Dr. Frankenstein, is back at it. "People were not yet ready to accept what I was doing." We're still not. nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...

Absolutely damning details on the disturbing proposed hepatitis trial that is already (apparently) being rolled out in Guinea-Bissau. It beggars belief that the people funding this unethical experiment on African children claim to be the guardians of "gold standard science".

As per usual @nytimes.com there is no “standoff” - there’s American aggression, imperialism, threats of invasion, or whatever you want to call it along those lines. But a “standoff” it’s not. If someone is robbed, you don’t call it a “standoff” between the robber and victim. You call it “robbery”.

Vampire bats aren’t just drinking blood. They’re sampling viruses too New evidence shows they were infected with H5N1 after feeding on marine animals with bird flu Bats in Egypt are also susceptible to a related strain of another bird flu virus, H9N2 @sciencenews.bsky.social tinyurl.com/9navnxuw

The Covid ‘lab leak’ theory isn’t just a rightwing conspiracy – pretending that’s the case is bad for science | Jane Qiu

A Piping Plover chick tries to squeeze in. Moms are so patient and amazing.

On the Pennine Way in Northumberland. Spectacular landscape underlain by Carboniferous rocks. A block by the path suddenly reveals a Stigmaria root from a giant Lepidodendron tree that grew in a coal swamp more than 300 million years ago. 🧵

Ewen Callaway reports on biology's rush for AI-enabled 'virtual cells'. So far it "has a lot of hype, but not a lot of concrete results or a clear path to success". "I don’t think there is a clear definition of a virtual cell", says CZI's Jonah Cool. @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why does the covid origins debate remain so polarising & acrimonious? What does this say about the state of science & the public discourse of science? My @theguardian.com op-ed debut, from a sociological perspective Include backstory behind the film Blame 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How should researchers respond to allegations about their work? Lessons from three Nobel Prize winners who have retracted papers.

I’m grateful for the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social Thank you, @bmaher.bsky.social & Rich Monastersky @nature.com, for commissioning the story & great editing job I am indebted to many researchers I’ve spoken with, whose contributions I’m unable to acknowledge due to space constraints 17/

What stands to be lost is not only the continuity of data collection, but also crucial efforts to build local capacity—as well as the trust and solidarity that are essential to these efforts “We can only anticipate a decrease in this funding, until the next major crisis,” says Julien Cappelle 16/

The lack of clarity about the pandemic’s origins has led to heightened anxiety over lab biosafety & an intense distrust of scientists researching emerging pathogens A series of policy shifts since Trump took office have created a void in global disease-monitoring landscape that nobody can fill 15/

For @mvankerkhove.bsky.social, we need to address the incentives & disincentives What are the incentives for better regulation? What hinders effective monitoring? What could motivate timely release of information when the only outcomes seem to be stigma, trade restrictions & travel bans? 14/

“They don’t want to know what might be there” says @eddieholmes.bsky.social “If you find something new, it becomes a problem” Scientists in SE Asian countries told me that they’ve withheld information about newly identified pathogens because government officials didn’t authorize publication 13/

The pandemic has left a legacy that undermines the global efforts to prevent future outbreaks Zoonotic diseases, often associated with blame, stigma and punitive measures, have become a sensitive subject in many parts of the world and increasingly difficult to study 12/

Cutting-edge technologies could help collect & analyse massive amounts of data—from animals, humans & environment—safely & efficiently, drastically reducing the need to work with live viruses - ‘Smart’ surveillance - CRISPR-based pathogen detection - Metagenomics - VirScan: ‘extreme serology’ 11/

In 2020, China banned the farming and trading of most wildlife species for food, without offering adequate compensation or alternative livelihoods. Farmers lost their livelihoods overnight, and many were driven to suicide. Today, these practices have resurfaced and continue underground. 10/

Attempts to regulate the wildlife trade must take people’s livelihoods into account—or risk driving the activity underground. This happened when consumption of wild-animal meat was banned in West Africa during 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic. 9/

Understanding the risks of wildlife trade requires mapping the supply chain & human behaviours that enable zoonotic viruses to thrive & spread Researchers are trying to understanding people’s perception of risks, their health-seeking behaviour, what they do when their animals are sick and why. 8/

Several teams, including @wcs.org and SVW, studied traded wildlife from source to destination Their work has yielded an interesting pattern: the number & diversity of potential pathogens in those animals, including coronaviruses, seem to have got concentrated & amplified along the supply chain 7/

At the wildlife rescue center at Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam (www.cucphuongtourism.com.vn), run by Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (svw.vn), I had the opportunity of witnessing how pangolin meals were prepared, and even got to take part in a feeding session one evening. 6/

I had first-hand encounter with confiscated pangolins at a rescue center run by Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (svw.vn) One pangolin had to have its left hind leg amputated due to an injury caused by a snare It was a privilege to take part in a feeding session and witness the animals in action 5/

Traded wild animals are often sick & teeming with potential pathogens Several Chinese teams found coronaviruses in confiscated pangolins, including those that share 92% of their genome with SARS-CoV-2 The viruses caused covid-like symptoms in pangolins, and have the potential to infect humans 4/

Some scientists like @jw132.bsky.social recognise the “small possibility” that research-associated activities could have triggered the pandemic. But that “should not prevent us for focusing on the bigger picture”: the wildlife trade poses a much greater zoonotic risk than do lab accidents. 3/

Like it or not,such human-wildlife interfaces are here to stay Without understanding how viruses jump species & why some jumps cause outbreaks & others don’t,you’re really flying blind,says @mvankerkhove.bsky.social @who.int “You’re making recommendations that may not be the most appropriate” 2/

Wildlife trade acts as a vast global network of unregulated natural laboratories,with ample opportunities for viruses to circulate & evolve to become more dangerous We can either turn a blind eye or try to understand & mitigate the risks My latest in @nature.com 1/ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I was a scientific advisor for the 2011 film "Contagion," written by Scott Burns. Tomorrow we'll have a panel discussion at the Tribeca Film Festival asking what would happen if we had A.I. write a sequel. tribecafilm.com/films/world-...

Live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, yet scientists lack support to study the risks they pose https://go.nature.com/455pSTt

Sierra Leone has confirmed 15 deaths and more than 3,000 mpox infections https://go.nature.com/4kYY1ZP

Key quote: "He started that company with Blake Byers, an investor who has said a significant portion of global GDP should be spent on “immortality” research, including biotech approaches and ways of uploading human minds to computers." Yes, we're in THAT territory.

🌏 Great piece @janeqiu.bsky.social 🙌 tinyurl.com/2uszpet7 Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and @wcs.org in Vietnam are tracking viruses in traded wildlife and warning of risks in urban markets. Prevention starts with practice, behaviours and policies on the ground #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention

Important new piece by @janeqiu.bsky.social in @nature.com describing the live animal markets that we continue to allow to put us all at risk

Nature reports on how live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, and how scientists lack support to study the risks these markets pose. #medsky 🧪

"It's the scariest thing we are doing." [email protected] traveled throughout southeast Asia, talking with the scientists working with live animal and exotic meat vendors as well as hunters and middlemen along the supply chain of this industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually.

Wildlife trade acts as a vast global network of unregulated natural laboratories,with ample opportunities for viruses to circulate & evolve to become more dangerous We can either turn a blind eye or try to understand & mitigate the risks My latest in @nature.com 1/ www.nature.com/articles/d41...