This story is a good example of why it is so difficult to communicate genuine science to the public. Despite every scientist not on the company payroll decrying it as a bogus and unscientific project, the story presents it as some sort of both-sides issue. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

X’s decision to show where its accounts are based “is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency”—yet Elon Musk may have instead revealed that the platform is “just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.

How did nature’s incredible diversity come to be? These cichlid fish may offer a clue 🐠 Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇 bit.ly/3HGqEN6

Check out our new paper about chromosomal inversions in Malawi cichlids! 🐟🧬 Available here without a paywall: hdl.handle.net/10067/214834... (click on the ‘Full text (open access)’ link).

‪🐟 How do new #species arise?🧬 800+ species, 1 lake, little time: Cichlids in Lake #Malawi evolved with stunning speed—no geographic barriers needed. A new Science study shows how #supergenes & chromosome inversions drive biodiversity. #LIBresearch Find out more: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1206...

@fxquah.bsky.social 's paper is finally out @genomeresearch.bsky.social and we made the cover!! This was only possible due to the brilliant illustration by @sonhita.bsky.social Paper here: genome.cshlp.org/content/35/5... See below for more details 🧵

Dass ausgerechnet die CSU-Politikerin Doro Bär, die noch vor wenigen Jahren den menschengemachten Klimawandel leugnete, jetzt neue Forschungsministerin werden soll - ein Job, bei dem es ganz besonders darauf ankommt, der Kraft der Wissenschaft zu vertrauen, ist m.E. hochproblematisch.

Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.

Do you want to make genetic maps from sperm/pollen/gametes? Now there is an easy way, based on Hi-C sequencing. Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green for the idea and a group of co-authors including @mariontalbi.bsky.social and @danielbolnick.bsky.social for contributions.

Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.

There is a lot going on right now! So much in fact that our news team at @science.org is now running a Trump tracker to keep track of it all. *sigh* 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

The dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn.

Our first deep dive into TEs and piRNAs in African cichlids is finally published! genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... rdcu.be/d69S5 Our main findings below 🧵 #TEsky

Happy to report that our work on immune system adaptations in bats is now out in @nature.com 🦇🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ariadnamorales.bsky.social @batresearch.bsky.social @virology.bsky.social @DGKontopoulos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy @sgn.one @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social Read more ...