Fifty years ago, Carol Baker proposed vaccinating pregnant women to save babies from a deadly microbe. Now, the idea is nearing fruition. https://scim.ag/4ptSSMl

"… we are in a propitious position to accurately and precisely determine who is at high risk of developing #AlzheimersDisease years before signs of even mild cognitive deficit," writes Eric Topol in a #ScienceExpertVoices article. Learn more on #WorldAlzheimersDay: https://scim.ag/3K4XxEl

In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers investigate the concerning gaps in robust regulatory protection on direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens. Read more: https://scim.ag/42s9PNa

In a move apparently aimed at increasing transparency in federally funded research, NIH will establish a database tracking health industry payments to scientists that could represent conflicts of interest. https://scim.ag/4gvVhSG

Samples of DNA collected from thousands of Ukrainians are part of a study probing the genetics of type 1 diabetes. https://scim.ag/4nabr6B

Beer drinkers were 44% more attractive to mosquitoes than people who had abstained for at least 12 hours, cannabis users were 35% more attractive, and those who had slept with someone else the night before were 46% more attractive, new research finds. https://scim.ag/3Vk5rMw

One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming year’s awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc

Amid Trump research cuts, visa restrictions, and international conflicts, some winners sit out this year’s Ig Nobels. https://scim.ag/4mqbzOe

By capturing not just the shape of light but also its timing and color, researchers can provide more detailed, dynamic 3D images. Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/46FmSgH

From sensible, science-backed advice about nutrition and immune health to thought-provoking lessons from mycology and geology, this year’s #ScienceBooks fall reading list investigates questions of survival, community, and connection as pathways to human flourishing. https://scim.ag/3VqcKSN

The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!. www.science.org/content/arti...

Thrilled that my paper "Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States" with Nic Fishman, @leahrosenstiel.bsky.social, and @dashunwang.bsky.social was published in @science.org today! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our paper Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus was published in Science today! It features inversions, selection in action, museum specimens and putative new ecotypes. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

The yellow fever mosquito has conquered the world—and that's kind of our fault. That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

By munching on fermented fruit, chimpanzees consume the equivalent of roughly 1 alcoholic drink per day, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/4nIu55z

Where have all the wildebeests gone? A new AI analysis suggests half as many animals as previous counts. That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

In @science.org this week @zachwickens.bsky.social and collaborators find a way to do Z-selective elimination using thianthrenium chemistry in a versatile route to Z olefins. chemsky 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My choice this week in @science.org www.cell.com/cell-reports...

The 2025 Ig Nobel-winning research was as wacky as ever. But wars, visa restrictions, Trump's border and research policies, and even an all-too-frequent airplane incident kept nearly half the winning teams from traveling to Boston @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

In games with toys, “gifted” dogs can extend names to new objects with the same purpose as known ones. https://scim.ag/4puAD9x

In a new study in #ScienceSignaling, scientists show that wild-type members of the RAS family of proteins can support the cancer-causing activities of mutant RAS proteins, which are implicated in various malignancies. https://scim.ag/48qdY8b

"After we talked through the experiment, the postdoc said, 'I think it’s time to go home and get some sleep.' He added with a smile, 'Taking a break is also hard work, you know?' Those comments planted the seed of a new approach." #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek https://scim.ag/4n7LNPZ

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the heads of many agricultural scientists, as USDA continues to postpone grant decisions and fails to announce many new funding opportunities. https://scim.ag/3KaOXDV

New in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine: Analyzing a cohort of #COVID19 mRNA vaccinees in Japan, researchers identify 3 main types of responders based on longitudinal antibody data, providing a guide to inform future booster and vaccine strategies to protect vulnerable groups. https://scim.ag/4gspWjA

For the first time, wildebeests have been surveyed using satellite imagery during their epic migration across the Serengeti. The resulting counts are less than half of those from prior estimates. https://scim.ag/3KsHZdq

I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.

Vaccinating against group B streptococcus (GBS) during pregnancy has been a long time coming, this week on the @science.org podcast w/ Leslie Roberts. Listen here 🎧: www.science.org/content/podc...

"Treating careful scholarship as somehow less important than the acquisition of data can adversely affect the reliability of the scientific record and consequently, the course of science," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4mqrKet

Pastoralism remains central to survival in the Turkana of northwest Kenya, where heat and water scarcity pose constant challenges. New research uncovers the genetic signatures that underlie adaptation to arid living in this pastoralist community. Learn more this week: https://scim.ag/4nxcJbx

"… currently, #AI science does not know how to build systems that will share human values and norms, and society possesses neither the legal nor ethical frameworks needed to incorporate conscious-seeming AI. But this trajectory is not inevitable." #SciencePerspective https://scim.ag/4gyHx9Q

During #PeerReviewWeek, @science.org heard from individual authors who talked about how peer review strengthened their work, making it functionally richer, more accessible, more pointed regarding limitations--sometimes in collaboration with preprint review. See author posts in thread below. 🧵

Regular sports-related impacts could cause brain damage before CTE’s hallmark features appear. https://scim.ag/3Ipgzob

My most recent story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Most climate models exploring wildfires’ impacts on air quality overlook the effect of heat from a fire in one location on altering weather patterns—and in turn air quality—in locations farther afield, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4n4hBFc

"We are so very late that many students will not be able to apply this year." My latest story—about frustration over delays for NSF's graduate research fellowship program. #NSFGRFP #GradSchool @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Lab-grown organoids reproduce some of a kidney’s internal structure and function. https://scim.ag/4n0YH26

The new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is out! A clinical study identifies people at risk of renewed COVID-19 infections after mRNA vaccination, researchers probe differences in the viral reservoir between men and women living with HIV, and more. https://scim.ag/3I301m5

Talk about a buzzkill: Mosquitoes seem to be especially attracted to people who drink beer, smoke pot, and share their bed with someone else. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Here's an unlikely story that combines a fake neuroscientist, multiple lawsuits, Jeffrey Epstein, optical illusions, Nobel laureates, and the most famous picture of DNA. Another wild @science.org yarn with exclusive details from Jon Cohen www.science.org/content/arti...

I was on vacation when this one went live - relatively new in @science.org Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I was on vacation when this one went live - relatively new in @science.org Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"The United States cannot waste any more time and resources if it is to maintain a robust scientific enterprise that is the equal of any in the world," write Alan I. Leshner and Alex M. Helman in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/46qXRVu

In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers review the rapidly growing use of drone technology in agricultural applications and the important, yet understudied, benefits and trade-offs involved. https://scim.ag/4gnuHea

After decades of delays, one of the world’s most polluted places is finally set to get a little cleaner—if the White House lets it. https://scim.ag/4gwRYuq

Legislators are criticizing studies done by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. https://scim.ag/3I2GClf

A new #ScienceSignaling study reveals how a cytokine cocktail used to activate natural killer cells for cancer #immunotherapy invigorates their antitumor abilities through a twin-pronged molecular pathway, potentially informing future clinical applications. https://scim.ag/4nt5SA2

New research reveals the oldest known examples of a human mummification process anywhere in the world. https://scim.ag/467VsjB

A storied trove of documents, photos, and lab tools from the race to decipher DNA’s structure and function is finally being made public. https://scim.ag/47GNqze

A preclinical study interrogates how a cytokine cocktail can invigorate cancer-fighting natural killer cells, new experiments reveal how the oncogenicity of RAS is a family affair, and more in the new issue of #ScienceSignaling. https://scim.ag/4n2QPwW

This footage of a teeny hydra was taken with a microscope that's about the size of a grape. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪