An excellent piece by Joachim Frank, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, about how we must resist the Trump Administration's crackdown on universities.

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

What happens in England is unlikely to stay in England

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management - Nature Metabolism Holst reflects on the development of GLP-1-based drugs for the therapy of obesity, from early observations to remarkable results in more recent clinical trials, discussing physiological, pharmacological and clinical considerations related to their use.

#Throwback 🧪

REVIEW | GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management

Jens J Holst

Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia - Nature Medicine Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.

A new Nature Medicine study analyzing health records from >100 million people in the US offers compelling evidence that reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ,the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles may contribute to dementia risk.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

. @janefonda.com is so inspirational

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

"… Goodall’s … is a story of genuine scientific curiosity, determination, and respect for nature and humanity …" H. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-chief, Science journals

Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.

In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Our manuscript showing that the microglia/macrophage CD300f immune receptor is important for in vivo sensing of DAMPs/tissue damage is out doi.org/10.1016/j.bb.... CD300f participates in efferocytosis and apoptotic cell metabolization. We also show that its absence potentiates brain damage after TBI

Education is the enemy of fascism.

U.N. commission finds that Israel committed genocide in Gaza Israel rejected the conclusions, which echo those of a growing group of governments and human rights organizations.

An independent United Nations commission said that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020 A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.

The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.

Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

This is exactly what us, scientists, should do with scientific organizations implicated in the genocide. Here is a list of them: bdsmovement.net/academic-boy...

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.

Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ

Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83

'On the afternoon of Feb. 1, 1960, Mr. McNeil and three classmates from what is now North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro approached the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth’s, sat on the turquoise- and salmon-colored vinyl seats and nervously ordered coffee.'

How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?

RFK JR: “I never said that.”

KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”

RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)

ht: @cwebbonline.com

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )

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RFK Jr. Must Go. And He's Not the Only One.

@dereklowe.bsky.social continues to write some of the most important views on what is happening to US science and public health: www.science.org/content/blog...

Unraveling the arc of vaccine progress The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in 1651 as “nasty, brutish, and short.” He was undeniably correct, with estimates of average life expectancy in the UK at the time ranging from 37...

"This is not the future the American public desires or deserves."—Seth Berkley @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Two hummingbirds face each other while flying , beaks are within millimeters of each other . The one on the right appears to be flying away or the one on the left appears to be hovering over it and reaching out with its feet

Department of Hummingbird War. 🪶

Graph showing wildfire carbon emissions in Spain. This year's fires are in a league of their own.

This summer's raging wildfires in Spain are the red spike in this graph. atmosphere.copernicus.eu/copernicus-i...

Review of the possible role of Matzinger's "danger theory" of damage-associated molecular patterns in CNS as drivers of increased incidence of major depressive disorder www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

It’s not hidden and never has been.

PhD and Postdocs! Don’t miss this opportunity :)
Apply for the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Course on Neuroimmunology in Bordeaux!
Fantastic line-up and hands-on training in cutting-edge techniques.
Deadline: July 21, 2025!

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Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.

Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature

At first, NIH told me its contracts with SN were active and that they help “advance scientific discovery”.

Hours later, HHS said the opposite: "Precious taxpayer dollars should not be used on unused subscriptions to junk science.”