"Russian flu," the pandemic that hit in 1977, bears an evolutionary signature of having emerged from a lab, perhaps as part of a failed vaccine effort. Covid, mpox, Ebola, and other influenza pandemics don't. Here's my story on a new way to trace the origins of pandemics. Gift link: nyti.ms/46N0W33

I love the walking interview concept. The best scientific discussions happen on the move!

JAMA Insights article titled "Heat and Pregnancy," published online February 25, 2026. It includes a box defining heat-related terms: heat injury, heat stress, heatstroke, metabolic heat, thermal heat capacity and thermoregulation.

The frequency and intensity of heatwaves and the exposure of pregnant individuals to extreme heat are increasing.

💡 Learn more about the associated risks to maternal health and how these risks can be managed in this JAMA Insights. #ClimateChange

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Thank you for this visual history lesson! The differences between the pre-digital and digital charts are striking.

And it closes with a poignant observation- "Early inequality graphics obsessed over poverty. Today, we obsess over billionaires."

"Unnatural Products" is a wild choice for a biotech company name!

Also wondering about LA/socal!

Two maps of US unemployment rates by county. They are identical except that the legend in the second has been converted into a histogram.

Your map’s legend can be turned into a histogram, helping your audience understand the distribution in addition to decoding the colours.

Thank you for speaking to the ongoing obstruction and threats to NOAA and NWS. I made sure to include those agencies in my weekly calls to my reps today. We are dealing with similar issues in biomedical research, including the ridiculous "word searching" in NIH/NSF grant applications.

Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination, a diagram from Edward Livingston Youmans' Chemical Atlas; or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects (1856). ⠀
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