AlphaFold Changed Science. After 5 Years, It’s Still Evolving #Science #Scicomm #AlphaFold www.wired.com/story/alphaf...

"Robb says patients are seeing massive delays after they call 911. The wait times are having a big impact on not only those seeking care, but also the paramedics treating them." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1158856...

🇨🇦 ACADEMIC JOB ALERT: University of Sherbrooke is hiring 7-14 Professors for the Impact+ Canada Research Chair. 💰 Funding: Up to $1M/year (for 8 years). 🌍 Eligibility: Must live OUTSIDE Canada to apply. Full details: meritbound.com/impact-plus-... #AcademicTwitter #PhDChat #SciComm #JobSearch

Nice article about sciencey things to do over Xmas, featuring a lot of pals (hi everyone!). Kit Yates’s piece on Buffon’s Needle reminds me that *ants* use this algorithm for calculating the size of a potential nest, by criss-crossing pheromone trails: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

We've got some fantastic 'Featured image' posts lined up for 2026, but we'd love to have recommendations (which can be self-nominations!) for more. focalplane.biologists.com/tag/featured...

My Xmas present to you – a recording of a talk given by Crick to a public audience in Canada about the genetic code in 1966: tinyurl.com/Crick1966 Listen to it while you are peeling the sprouts, walking the dog, or whatever. Here's the context from my biography:

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft Review: When Color E Ink Finally Feels Like Paper #ereadersforum #ereader #ebook #kindle #kobo #pocketbook #boox #remarkable

Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes. The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it. But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Extreme cold pushes #Yukon power grid to the brink— #Whitehorse is close to rolling blackouts Frigid temperatures that have dropped below -50 in some communities continue to keep much of the territory in their grip. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy birthday to Steve Smith, born on this day in 1945 in Toronto! Starting out with his wife Morag on Smith & Smith, Me & Max and The Comedy Mill, he created The Red Green Show in 1991. The show aired for 15 seasons and 300 episodes. 📸 S&S Productions

Science knows it doesn't know everything; otherwise, it'd stop… But just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in the gaps with whatever fairy tale most appeals to you. - Dara O Briain

On this day in 1900, Joey Smallwood was born in Gambo, Newfoundland. He was instrumental in Newfoundland and Labrador joining Canada and was premier from 1949 to 1972. He died in 1991. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/r0n7zdj

Village on the Lower St. Lawrence Randoph Hewton c. 1925

Why Isn't Canada a Full Member of Trump's 'Pax Silica'? Canadians won't like the answer Answer: Trump thinks Canada is a raw materials hinterland whose job is to supply the industrialized US. Not a peer. Not important. @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/why-isnt-c...

Xiaofei Li, Adam Kwiatkowski @kwiatkowskilab.bsky.social, Glenn Radice and colleagues discover that vinculin Y822 phosphorylation regulates adhesion remodelling during cardiomyocyte maturation. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

The trifecta of sugar, low moisture ingredients and some high-proof spirits make fruitcakes some of the longest-lasting foods in the world (from 2021) https://to.pbs.org/3CGSK8o

What our leading public health officials think

“It seems that increasingly the scientific method is recognized not for its fundamental characteristic — as a process for getting to the truth — but simply as an alternative ideology that can be rejected at will. Where will this lead?” A: Alberta UCP, Trump’s USA, etc #Authoritarianism #Fascism

[email protected] The Alberta Views magazine, in its most recent edition (available at you favorite magazine stand) published a compelling analysis of separatism in Alberta. It is a MUST READ during this holiday season for all engaged Albertans. 📖 #ableg #cdnpoli

How can Canada become a global AI powerhouse? By investing in mathematics

Stan Houston: This was the year when the U.S. president and the Alberta premier further imposed ideology over evidence-based reason, endangering the lives of citizens. It’s as if, in setting policy in science and health, they asked themselves: What would Stalin do? #uspoli #abpoli

When it comes to healthcare, Canada's provinces opt for risky experiments over proven solutions. Health reporter @brishti.bsky.social looks back on a year of policies on track for failure: pressprogress.ca/year-of-heal...

In The Tyee’s 22-year history, we’ve lived many lives. Once a private company, it became obvious we’re better suited as a non-profit. Now, with our #RJO status, it’s all the easier to consider becoming a Tyee Builder. #CdnMedia support.thetyee.ca?utm_source=b...

This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.

Such a good history lesson for those willing to learn!! #Vaccines #Disease #VaccinesWork #Scicomm

No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually shows

I know everyone is dunking on #BariWeiss right now, but it is #Paramount CEO #DavidEllison who is her patron. Would love to see some blowback to this billionaire-handmaid to authoritarianism too.

On this day in 1788, David Thompson severely broke his leg near Pine Island Fort. It took two years to heal, during which time he studied astronomy, mathematics and surveying. Learn more in my Deep Dive buff.ly/hQZnCIZ

"It is going to get so much worse." For the first of two end-of-the-year episodes of @pandemia.bsky.social, I talked to @drdemetre.bsky.social about what happened in 2025 at the CDC and how he thinks about the future of vaccines and public health in the US. A quick 🧪🧵

A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines? rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...

I'm on the Board of @biologists.bsky.social. Many know them as publishers of @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social , DMM, and @biologyopen.bsky.social --but they also are a major funder of small grants that empower young biologists and enable scientific meetings 🧪

The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells. Americans once opposed this inhumane system. The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.

Looks like the separatists got an early Christmas present. The separation referendum is officially a go for signature collection. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

The description remains: “Migrants the Trump administration deported and placed in CECOT describe the brutal and tortuous conditions they endured.”

Corus streamer STACKTV still has the 60 Minutes episode listed in Canada but will no longer play it, presenting an error message reading: “This title is unavailable due to expired due to expired rights.”

“cells switched on a set of genes that act as natural brakes on the MAP kinase pathway…When the researchers turned off these “brakes”, the cells quickly lost their pluripotency and began showing signs of becoming specialized cell types” #EmbryonicDiapause #Science www.rockefeller.edu/news/38808-s...

@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: We paid $2 million for this? The report of Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! #abpoli

@princeton.edu authors make several “Best of 2025” lists! These fantastic authors and books include Agustín Fuentes's Sex is a Spectrum, @stephenmacedo.bsky.social and Frances Lee's In Covid’s Wake, and Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/12...

Did you know that bears don’t actually hibernate? 🐻💤 Or that animals can hibernate in the summer? ☀️ Get the latest scoop on what hibernation is, what it isn’t, and learn new terms you can whip out the next time hibernation becomes a topic of conversation 🗣️ mcgill.ca/x/5Zy

People are dying inside American concentration camps right now. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

Thanks to the generous readers who have donated to our winter fundraising campaign! Our content is free & always will be, so our small but mighty editorial team could not do its important work without your help. We've almost reached our target! donate.theconversation.com/ca

American food safety could be headed for a breakdown. Story by @sarah-todd.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action. Here’s what we can do about it.

Flu spread in #Canada, those areas in dark blue, widespread, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Ontario, some are localized across the country in all Provinces, some sporadic and no results for Manitoba or Nova Scotia - NS health states flu cases are increasing exponentially

"Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist" by Bob Ward & yours truly in today's @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shoppers still buying Canadian this holiday season, say Ottawa retailers #Ottawa #BuyCanadian “Canadians became very protective of our economy, of our neighbours, of our country.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is our last post of the year. Hope you have a wonderful holidays. Remember, good science only comes from a well-rested mind. We will see you again next year! #MicroscopyMonday #Christmas Image: 3D Christmas spheroids Staining: Phalloidin Photo credit: Postdoc Hoang Anh Le, @ucl-cdb.bsky.social

The new "Quirks & Quarks" holiday books show podcast episode features interviews with the authors of: "Why Whales Sing" (@hopkinspress.bsky.social) "Strata" (@wwnorton.com) "Sex is a Spectrum" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) #Booksky www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Today on the pod, a look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health setbacks to climate policy reversals and groundbreaking discoveries in space.