Have you noticed that science communication is overrun with populist rhetoric? @timhenke.bsky.social and I have. We are beset by influencers who rubbish institutions, prop up cranks, and mislead audiences about problems in science. We deserve better. Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=sQnO... 🧪⚛️

Numerous SARS-CoV-2 spillover events between humans and mink even after cullings with transmission occurring between farms. Makes me wonder about the role of wildlife farms in Yunnan and the role of recombination between betacoronavirus clades due to coinfection in the origin of the precursor....

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

My wife asked me to cut her an apple...