Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n

Our model of wheat circadian clock based on our finding that orthlogues of ELF3 (Arabidopsis evening complex gene) peak at dawn in the cereals. TOC1 repression of ELF3 explains the different behaviours of Arabidopsis & wheat circadian clocks doi.org/10.1098/rsif... #plantresearch 🧪

Great story on the Black Oak Savanna!

I love how this newly discovered immune signaling in plants looks kind of like fireworks. It's a celebration of botany! That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪🌱

Today, our trial against the RCMP kicks off in a Vancouver courtroom. We’re fighting to clear a path for all journalists in Canada to do their work without risk of police interference. Want to follow the case, or even attend in person? Here’s what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/

'If we in academia don't go after the hardest challenges, nobody else will': #UofT researcher Molly Shoichet aims to do it all 👩‍🔬 uoft.me/shoichet-m

Since Jan 1 2025, which feels like four trillion years ago, research has been shared on here 5 million whole-ass times. Bluesky recently passed 2 billion posts IN TOTAL. So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research. That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧬 In this review, Lee & Seo highlight the hierarchical organization of plant genomes, emphasizing recent advances in understanding local chromatin structures shaped by cohesins and gene borders as fundamental structural units. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

I am in Cambridge next month / tickets here www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...

This is such an amazing review from @ruthjoffre.bsky.social at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! "The stories in We Will Rise Again offer readers a glimpse of not just how things are now but also how they could be. They present worlds where we solve problems collectively..."

A bit about my novel NOOR: A thriving near-future Nigeria🇳🇬 (*not* a dystopia). A woman...with machine enhancements…on the run🦿🦾. A true Fulani herdsman…on the run 🐄. A whirling natural disaster in the north that provides green energy 🌪. ...and more. #africanfuturism

Can you help us keep it up in 2026? We’ve set an ambitious new goal to raise $300,000 this month, and we’re so close! Donate today and your contribution will be matched, making twice the difference: thenarwhal.ca/double-up

The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the stories you read the most, from every corner of the country: thenarwhal.ca/10-top-stori...

At The Narwhal, our goal is to tell stories beautifully, even when they're ugly. This year we sent photographers to the Arctic, West Coast provincial parks, Great Lakes beaches and more. Here are our favourite photos of 2025. thenarwhal.ca/2025-best-ph...

He was born with a deadly mutation. Delivered five weeks early to start gene therapy at SickKids, his progress is offering new hope. Gift link for a fascinating story about treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy www.thestar.com/news/gta/gen...

We are so stoked to finally reveal our TriCon t-shirt design by the brilliant SorrySacha! 😍 Final shirt/ink colours may not be exactly as pictured, but we are absolutely certain this design is going to look fantastic on all of us! Pre-order your tshirt w/ registration @ tricon-halifax.com 🖤💙💜💛💜💙🖤

The hepatitis B vaccine is amazing. It was the first viral protein subunit vaccine, the first recombinant vaccine, AND the first vaccine to prevent a type of cancer. That's right: we've had a cancer vaccine for over 40 years. Our new three-hour episode of Hard Drugs is all about it:

Mosses love to decorate with slime molds. Northwest Territories, Canada. #slime #fungifriends #myxo #moss #bryophyte #botany

How did medicine function on galley ships in early modern Livorno? ⚓️ In “Between Land and Sea,” Prof. Lucia Dacome's chapter traces the health practices, medical care, and conditions of galley slaves More information: www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

#PlantResearch Enjoyed writing with @beverleycubg.bsky.social a perspective about wonderful paper by Valencia-Montoya et al. in this week's Science. Cycads use thermal radiation to affect pollinators. Is this why Cycads are not as diverse as angiosperms? share.google/Xj8iH9E4tqvN...

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

Looking for ideas of books to 🎁 the SF fans you know? Check out this fascinating podcast featuring authors and scientists discussing the Science in the Fiction! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

3. For explanations of the work and the science behind it, plus papers and data, please see our website: www.earthroverprogram.org

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICYMI 👀 The IHPST Newsletter is packed with stories, research highlights, and interviews from across our community — faculty, students, and alumni alike. Take a look to the latest issue before the year wraps up 🎓 You can check all the 2025 issues here 🔗 ihpst.utoronto.ca/newsletter

How do NIH and CDC changes impact health information for Canadians? 🇨🇦 librarians who are witnessing changes in health information have compiled an important guide to these changes. A good reminder of the impactful work librarians do! library.utoronto.ca/news/taking-...

#UofT geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar draws on billion-year-old water discovery to aid green energy transition 💧 uoft.me/rwib

In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Agnete Kirkeby’s 2025 Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecture is available online: youtu.be/EtuRHdPX4rc?... She delivered a masterclass on stem cell therapies for #Parkinsons. A PwP told me : “I was expecting not to understand much, but I understood everything!” @kirkebylab.bsky.social @parkinsons.org.uk

On 8 December, politicians in the UK will be debating a petition that reached almost 3 million signatories rejecting mandatory digital ID. If you’re based in the UK, contact your MP through Big Brother Watch’s tool to oppose the plans for a digital ID system. bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/n...

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

Calling all STEMM students and postdocs! Are you looking work in #SciComm? ⤵️ Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of AAAS Mass Media Fellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news. English & Spanish placements available. http://bit.ly/3KugH6D

Not like the others...some arbuscular mycorrhiza in watercolor artologica.etsy.com/listing/4409... #sciart

Earlier this month, children planted native trees and shrubs along a newly opened fish passage at the Okanagan Lake Dam. The vegetation will help keep the water cool for migrating salmon as they bypass the dam. First published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/syilx-childr...

Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists. These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.

Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...

Today, part 2: a five-point "modest manifesto" for a scholcomm future characterized not by universal openness, but by pluralism and a diversity of publishing models. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/18/a...

Anyway, if you want to support my work, consider preordering my next book www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

This chart shows that progress has actually been made on climate change www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...

"If you publish your book now, in the teeth of my opposition, history will condemn you” “the tone used to describe Rosalind's work in the Epilogue is perfectly reasonable, but contrasts ludicrously with the descriptions of her in the text itself.” -Francis Crick Letter criticizing Watson’s book 🧪

Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is an understudied condition. Please help me get two important studies filled by spreading the word! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...

Vendor applications are now open for TriCon 2026! We are looking for vendors showcasing anything that writers might love!Applications will be open until February 1st. PLEASE READ our policies before applying. We have separate opportunities for Indie Authors! tricon-halifax.com/vendors/

The US talks Jefferson but acts Hamilton: claiming free markets whilst the state has always driven innovation—from DARPA funding the internet to NIH investing $40bn annually in health research that created entire industries. 1/3

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"