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Stepan Vodopyanov, George Karagiannis & colleagues examine intrathymic cystic structures uncovering a continuous & structured epithelial network embedded within the thymic parenchyma, with possible roles in thymocyte selection, maturation & egress. #JCSciliaSI journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

“The anti-public health rhetoric paved the way for a domestic terror attack on the CDC, and it’s ushering in widespread death and destruction globally as America falls to authoritarianism. 1/3 rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/release-th...

Beavers from Above. Moving into the arctic big time. #Beavers #Arctic #Canada #ClimateChange #Science gem.cbc.ca/the-nature-o...

@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: It sure sounds as if Premier Smith’s UCP will soon rip a page from the book of Depression-era Social Credit premier William Aberhart and repeal the province’s recall legislation as soon as possible, now that it’s being used against UCP MLAs. #abpoli

See what #LibreOffice's development and QA communities worked on in October: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/11/06/q...

Federal budget: Mr. Prime Minister, child care is infrastructure too

Alcohol still leading cause of substance-related hospitalizations in Canada, with cannabis now a ‘concerning’ second Hospital data for substance use visits now counts CHS, a growing weed-related illness pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil...

Brain organoids are getting better at mimicking brains in a dish. But how good is too good? I take a look at the latest developments in my story today in the Times. Gift link: nyti.ms/496PPnC

How great is the HPV vaccine? It can even ⬇️ the risk of cervical cancer when given after precancerous cells are found. I wonder why RFK Jr isn't talking about this study.🤔 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

“I thought it would be meaningful to have real poppies growing here on campus.” Poppies grown from Flanders Fields seeds will bloom in the #USask Agriculture Atrium for Remembrance Day—a project by horticulture student & Canadian Armed Forces member Fikret Ükis. news.usask.ca/articles/stu...

Malek Elsayyid, Alexis Semmel, Jessica Tanis and colleagues find that phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate impacts extracellular vesicle shedding from C. elegans ciliated sensory neurons. #JCSciliaSI journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

“number of alpha males dropped 43% (from approximately 450 to 260), while female adults decreased by 60% (from about 12,000 to 4,800), compared to pre-pandemic seasons. The annual offspring was also slashed by nearly two-thirds, from around 14,000 to only 5,000” #BirdFlu www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Health misinformation ain't new! Centuries of Black Death misinformation started with a poem www.popsci.com/health/black... "Centuries of Black Death misinformation started with a poem."

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology. Some history around Arabidopsis research. 🧪 #Research #Plants #Scicomm #PlantScience knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Huang and colleagues used proximity labeling to map galectin-3 binding in lab-grown cells derived from human placental tissue. Two proteins stood out that galectin-3 consistently attached to: CD9 and integrin beta 1 (ITGB1).” Open access #ReproSky #Placenta 🧪 1/2 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

2. and higher risk of rare myocarditis or pericarditis up to 4 weeks after a first BNT162b2 vaccine, although the risk following vaccination is substantially lower than the risk following infection. #COVID

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #COVID Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 diagnosis.. /2

Not a bad place to work on a paper #libraries

Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-privately-paid-medical-tests-a-step-toward-u-s-style-health-care 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏

An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Infants younger than six months old get hit the hardest with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, making up almost half of all patients hospitalized for the illness in Canada, according to a new study. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.

"On Tyranny" is #1 on the WaPo bestseller list this week. I wish it weren't necessary, but I'm glad that people are finding the book useful. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

In their Review, Olivier Mercey, @marinebrunet.bsky.social, Paul Guichard & Virginie Hamel @centriolelab.bsky.social highlight advances in microscopy that have significantly deepened our understanding of centriolar & ciliary structure & function. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #OpenAccess

Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops

Fascism defined by Jason Stanley: “a cult of the leader who promises national restoration in the face of supposed humiliation by immigrants, minorities, LGBTQ citizens, feminists, and leftists.” Hmm…sounds like the current US administration to me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NDP MLA David Shepherd held very little back as the UCP effectively fired the Auditor General in committee today… Including highlighting that for a government under suspicion of covering up massive scandals, this only makes things look worse. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The subtext to PM Carney’s apology is clear, writes Stewart Prest. “Sorry Ontario accurately described Ronald Reagan’s stand on free trade, Mr. President. We understand those words challenged your version of the truth, which is unacceptable.” #canpoli #uspoli

@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Now that Premier Smith’s favourite autocrat appears to be on the brink of transforming himself from “peace candidate” to war president, it would behoove folks in Wild Rose Country to remember why U.S.-imposed regime change in Venezuela is bad news for Alberta. #abpoli

On this day in 1882, Frank McGee was born in Ottawa. In his four-year hockey career with Ottawa from 1903 to 1906, he won four Stanley Cups and scored 134 goals in 45 games. He died in the Battle of the Somme. Learn more 👇 canadaehx.com/2021/12/21/f...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... Regarding raw milk, RFK Jr. wants us to fly blind.

Mark Carney’s apology to Donald Trump: Far from ‘elbows up,’ it seems Canada has no elbows at all

UNLOCKED | Matt Gurney: Hoekstra is a pretty reliable barometer of what the Trump administration is thinking and feeling about Canada www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Mechanochemical waves in focal adhesions during cell migration www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Sad how physicians who've been professionally sanctioned for misinformation and malpractice become martyrs for the anti-vaccine movement so that they can make more money and target people with even more harmful propaganda.

Rogers execs on Sportsnet+ World Series crash: “You can’t expect a streaming service that only costs $30 a month to work every time”

“A low crime rate, healthcare for all and diversity. Canada is also the top-rated North American country in the Global Peace Index.” Canada named among safest countries in the world for travel in 2026 🇨🇦

As many of you may know, a fossil fuel funded NGO is currently suing the University of Michigan to obtain my personal communications with environmental groups. I recently went on the @climateone.org podcast to talk about my work and the toll the lawsuit has taken: www.climateone.org/audio/when-c...

On this day in 1926, the Balfour Report was released. It declared that Britain and its Dominions were constitutionally equal. The findings of this report were made law with the Statute of Westminster in 1931. This shift granted Canada further independence from Britain.

I am officially part of an “anti-Kennedy cabal” lol (In reality my advisory role is voluntary and involves me providing my opinion or expertise when asked and that’s about it)

#ClimateChange is already harming our health BUT we can fight back! Here are 5 proven interventions that could save nearly 2 million lives every year. #COP30

1️⃣ Heat health alerts 2️⃣ Clean-green energy in healthcare facilities 3️⃣ Safeguarding water & sanitation 4️⃣ Clean energy at home 5️⃣ Ending reliance on fossil fuels

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, it's primary raison d'etre was to share knowledge. HTML was created as a means of formatting that knowledge. Currently PDFs are the primary means that we consume academic papers. And although there have been a number of attempts to

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