🚨 Newly released emails show that Jeffrey Epstein had ties to prominent scientists and academics — including physicist Lawrence Krauss, who has been accused of sexual misconduct. Other names are Lawrence Summers and Noam Chomsky. @danvergano.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—aka the “mono” virus—can also trigger Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) and is a risk factor for Multiple Sclerosis. COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).

🦠NEW: Scientists just confirmed that the “Mono” virus can trigger and sustain lupus — something researchers had suspected for decades, but only based on anecdotal evidence. My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

🚨BREAKING: Contrary to previous forecasts, the International Energy Agency now says global demand for oil and gas will keep rising until 2025. Weak climate action and energy security fears are driving the surge. My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

🚨UPDATE: China is getting ready to bring its astronauts back to Earth. In my latest for @sciam.bsky.social I explain what that could look like:

Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission

🚨 BREAKING: Canada has lost its measles-free status after a year of continuous transmission — meaning the Americas region is no longer measles-free. What does this mean? My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

🚨Three Chinese astronauts couldn’t return to Earth after space junk hit their spacecraft. Scientists warn this could be just the first of more accidents caused by orbital debris. The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me. My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

Heck, I'd take a two-bedroom at 1,080 square feet.

Scientists found the world’s largest spiderweb inside a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. It’s about half the size of a tennis court—or, you know, a pretty decent studio apartment in Manhattan 🕷️ 🕸️ My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers

Last week I traveled across southern Mexico, visiting several Maya archaeological sites. Just when you think the pyramids rising from the jungle are the most impressive sight, archaeologists uncover something even as extraordinary underground My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

www.scientificamerican.com/article/arch... "Archaeologists Uncover a Monumental Ancient Maya Map of the Cosmos" -- exciting news from Aguada Fénix, Tabasco! 🏺

My interview with @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Trump's FDA wants to study the safety of aluminum in vaccines, despite decades of evidence showing it's not only safe but also essential to the efficacy of many vaccines. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month

New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves

The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found that particular parts of the rock are enriched with elements and minerals that — on Earth— can indicate microbes at work, @humbertobasilio.bsky.social reports in @sciam.bsky.social #astro #astronomy

they're bricks. they get hot. and they could be the climate movement's next big thing @humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social on why heat batteries could be the next trillion-dollar industry 🧪🌎

NEW: a first-ever study has directly tied heatwaves to the world's biggest climate polluters each of these "carbon majors"—including Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP—has made between 16 and 53 otherwise impossible heat waves since 2000 possible. @humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social 🧪🌎

In the middle of the “second space race,” NASA scientists say we may be looking at the closest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars 🔭🧪 My story for @sciam.bsky.social with edits from @leebillings.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: The Mars rock that made headlines last year is still worth getting excited about. A new study says the case remains strong for potential biosignatures in the "Cheyava Falls" rock studied and sampled by the Perseverance rover. www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...

🚨 An environmental injustice we already knew but data confirms: children from marginalized communities in the U.S. attend the schools most exposed to heat waves. They’re often the same kids without air-conditioning at school — and very likely at home too, sources say My story for @sciam.bsky.social

An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...

NEW: The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID is fueling a black market of HIV medication in Zimbabwe. Desperate nurses are plundering PrEP and PEP pills from the hospitals where they work, and selling them to sex workers well-funded by their Asian clients, worsening the country's HIV crisis.

SPUN is featured in @science.org in a piece written by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social. Learn where some of the most unique fungal communities exist, such as West Africa’s Guinean forests, Tasmania’s temperate rainforests, and Brazil’s Cerrado savanna. Read here: www.science.org/content/arti...

Once a surfer's paradise, a string of deadly attacks made Réunion Island synonymous with one word only: sharks. But a team of scientists turned this tiny island into a hub of lifesaving research. For @science.org, I wrote about this fascinating place. www.science.org/content/arti...

Studying the AHA! moments. This story about insight by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social is truly inspiring. Take on the test within to see if you feel it, too. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals. www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

A principled student said in a grad speech that the “only appropriate thing to say in this moment” is to acknowledge the “atrocities” currently being committed in Palestine. In response, NYU is withholding their diploma + apologizing to the community for the trauma the audience was “subjected to.”

Just published: US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t, study finds You can then imagine what happens when scientists are shut out of renewals by Trump's NIH Article by the talented @humbertobasilio.bsky.social

Jon Lee Anderson profiles Alexandre de Moraes, the crusading Brazilian jurist who took on the Bolsonarist insurrection—and Elon Musk.

Sarah Stillman investigates a crisis of care in county jails: a scandal involving, at its worst, state-sponsored homicides of the country’s most vulnerable citizens.

In Mexico, a planned gas terminal threatens an important whale sanctuary. The controversial megaproject would routinely send huge tankers through the Gulf of California. If the project moves forward, "we are going to regret it a lot," a whale researcher told me. www.science.org/content/arti...

The smartest and most beautiful person I know will now be covering Science for The New York Times. Please go follow her to keep reading her amazing work. Te amo, Alexa 🦭❤️

🚨The world's darkest skies are at risk. A massive hydrogen plant could cause enough light pollution to affect the observations of the most powerful telescopes on earth. It could be “the beginning of the end” for astronomy in Chile, scientists say My story @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"At this point I believe my academic career is effectively over"--a postdoc studying schizophrenia at Columbia, in the wake of the government's $400 million funding cut. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US. "It hurts," they told me. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨🧪 Are you a researcher affected by the recent cancellation of federal grants and contracts at Columbia University? I'm working on a story for @Nature.com. If you want to chat, your identity will be kept private. Signal: humbertobasilio.24 Email: [email protected] Repost please!

🚨 🧪 Thousands of scientists across the world protested today against Trump administration's attacks on science. We’ve been talking all day with attendees at the #StandUpForScience2025 rally in DC, Seattle, Boston and New Jersey. Here’s our story for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨 #StandUpforScience2025 Rally Live from Washington D.C. 🚨 Dozens of people start gathering in the Lincoln Memorial to protest against Trump's administration attacks on science. Researchers, students and federal scientists are present. I’ll be covering the event today for @nature.com. Stay tuned 🧪

“We are really trying very, very hard ... to move our world forward" through "foundational, sometimes groundbreaking research, and then you get flagged and blacklisted because there is a word like ‘female’ in your project.” My latest, w/the brilliant Agnel Philip www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

Some researchers at NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the changes at the agency, which was known for promoting inclusion in science. https://go.nature.com/4ihq4Cv

“When we listen long enough and when we look, we find more complexity in these animal communication systems.” Really fascinating paper that deep dives into how whale song shares similar structures with human language My latest / @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Hi @napaaqtuk.bsky.social! I’m a reporter at nature. I just sent you a direct message, hope you can read it. Thank you so much!

Hi @queermsfrizzle.bsky.social. I’m a reporter at Nature. I just sent you an email, please let me know if you got it. Thank you so much!