The acting head of the CDC has canceled publication of a study showing the Covid vaccine sharply cut hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.

Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years

New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Map of watershed basins in the Western United States. Basins are color-coded to show SNOTEL estimates of snow-water equivalency compared to the median from 1991-2020 as of April 8 2026. Nearly all the colors are red (<50%; Covering AZ, NM, CO, NZ, Northern CA, WA, and most of WY)), with some orange (50-69%) and yellow (70-89%). in the Northern regions (Montana, Idaho, and parts of Washington)

It's going to be a wild summer.

Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.

Markets Are In Denial About the War in Iran ​Investors have been weirdly chill about a spiraling crisis that shows no signs of ending. Remind anyone of climate denial?

Markets are treating the war in Iran, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, like they treat climate change: not totally ignoring it, but not acknowledging the full scale of the crisis, either newrepublic.com/article/2082...

In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.

The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.

Cumulus clouds over the ocean. Credit: Felipe Sanchez / Alamy Stock Photo.

Guest post: How declining cloudiness is accelerating global warming

✍️ By @pauloceppi.bsky.social

Read this new article here ➡️ buff.ly/oLxKacO

The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who attacked her in Crown Heights in 2025.

The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing

In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.

The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.

Presencia de ICE sacude a "Little Mexico" en Staten Island - Documented Las redadas han cambiado la vida de los inmigrantes en Port Richmond, desde cómo trabajan hasta cómo consiguen alimentos y ropa.

Here is the Spanish version
documentedny.com/2026/03/23/p...

In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.

I took a momentary break from science writing to write about how ICE raids are affecting my home neighborhood back in Staten Island for @documentedny.bsky.social

documentedny.com/2026/03/23/i...

How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California Incorporating the Madden Julian Oscillation into weather forecasting could give communities more time to prepare for extreme precipitation.

And for less jargon-heavy context, please take a look at this article I wrote a few years ago that's related to this topic
thebulletin.org/2024/04/how-...

Madden‐Julian Oscillation and Atmospheric Rivers: New Insights on Water Source and Transport for Extreme Rainfall Over the Western U.S. Large-scale convection linked to the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a major water vapor source for wintertime atmospheric rivers (ARs) ARs are about twice as likely to occur when MJO convecti...

Happy to share the first part of my PhD research "Madden-Julian Oscillation and Atmospheric Rivers: New Insights on Water Source and Transport for Extreme Rainfall Over the Western U.S". Many thanks to my co-authors for guidance with this work

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Last post I'll do on people lecturing me about X/Twitter.

I worked at the Washington Post for 11 years. The amount of racist hate I would get in story comments and emails was astounding.

I don't remember anyone telling me to leave the Washington Post because of racist comments and toxicity.

National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info State attorneys general won't get climate chapter removed from a legal manual.

The US National Academies of Sciences refused to remove a climate change chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, despite pressure from Republican attorneys general.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.

A truly extraordinary moment.

We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

Act like it.

Washington State Passes ‘Millionaires’ Tax’ It would be the first income tax in Washington, affecting an estimated 20,000 households. Some of the wealthiest are leaving for Florida.

Lawmakers in Washington State have agreed to tax people who earn over $1 million in the state’s first income tax.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...

Justice sure took a long while…

apnews.com/article/henr...

CNN Braces for Ellison's Control With David Ellison poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery, a chill has settled over CNN as staffers fear for the future. "The panic at CNN right now is off the charts," an insider tells Stat...

Suffice to say, the mood inside CNN is not good tonight.

“We are doomed," one staffer texted me.

“The panic at CNN right now is off the charts,” an insider added.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

Hello! I’m the reporter who has been tracking citizens detained by immigration agents. And last night, I noticed something: A lot of them were at the State of the Union, including a number of whom I’ve written about.

Their stories should be known:

A lot of the NYPD/Mamdani takes on here are pretending that Mamdani didn't learn from what happened under de Blasio when you take on NYPD directly which is they kidnapped and doxxed his daughter

Thinking about how I don't know of a single open Black disabled person who holds a full-time disability reporting role, and how desperately we're losing out because of that.

Cambodian national dies in ICE custody in Indiana A detainee died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Indiana on Monday, with the cause of death under investigation, ICE said on Wednesday, marking at least the seventh death ...

A Cambodian man -- old enough to have survived Pol Pot genocide but too young to die -- is the 7th person to die in ICE custody this year.

A Cuban man died of asphyxia in Jan, with witnesses saying guards killed him. A Palestinian woman was shackled after a seizure.

www.reuters.com/world/us/cam...

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

Finally back from the #AAASmtg, and I had such a wonderful and energizing time meeting other scientists and science advocates across so many disciplines. I also had a great time talking about @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social with @michalruprecht.com @peterha2l.bsky.social @livmonahan.bsky.social

What Peter Thiel did to Gawker proved that you can’t have billionaires and a free press at the same time.