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RPI grad, APO brother, retired ObGyn, music lover, volunteer, climate enthusiast
A great way to learn about how science is actually done
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Follow the Everyday Scientists YouTube channel to see weekly videos from scientists describing their breakthrough research:
www.youtube.com/@everydaysci...
www.youtube.com/@everydaysci...
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A great way to learn about how science is actually done
This is important! Too much protein can be a problem for your body (not to mention the strain on the planet if the protein is animal based)
🧪🧪 How much protein do you really need? What the science says -- Fitness influencers promote super-high-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How much protein do you really need? What the science says
Fitness influencers promote super-high-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is important! Too much protein can be a problem for your body (not to mention the strain on the planet if the protein is animal based)
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The total United States reported life expectancy, age by which half the people die, is higher in Harris voting states than the states that voted for Trump. Two other things: Total USA is higher than all the states and people in 99 countries live longer. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Population #News #Think
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The total United States reported life expectancy, age by which half the people die, is higher in Harris voting states than the states that voted for Trump. Two other things: Total USA is higher than all the states and people in 99 countries live longer. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Population #News #Think
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#COP30 begins tomorrow in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷
Support our efforts and send a clear message for the start of COP30✊
✍️ Sign our open letter telling leaders to lead the way in closing the ambition gap, ending fossil fuels and delivering a just renewable energy transition⚡️
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Support our efforts and send a clear message for the start of COP30✊
✍️ Sign our open letter telling leaders to lead the way in closing the ambition gap, ending fossil fuels and delivering a just renewable energy transition⚡️
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Tell Brazil: Lead the World Beyond Fossil Fuels at COP30
Brazil is promising to protect the Amazon while allowing new oil drilling there. Brazil's leaders must choose: help the world move away from oil, or get left behind.
act.350.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#COP30 begins tomorrow in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷
Support our efforts and send a clear message for the start of COP30✊
✍️ Sign our open letter telling leaders to lead the way in closing the ambition gap, ending fossil fuels and delivering a just renewable energy transition⚡️
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Support our efforts and send a clear message for the start of COP30✊
✍️ Sign our open letter telling leaders to lead the way in closing the ambition gap, ending fossil fuels and delivering a just renewable energy transition⚡️
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
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After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
Thought provoking!
🧪 Can we move beyond our reliance on plastics?
I explore this question in my Ask a Scientist video series. Give it a look if you're curious!
(I know we've all got busy lives, so this series is designed for each video to be 5 minutes or less.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pflF...
I explore this question in my Ask a Scientist video series. Give it a look if you're curious!
(I know we've all got busy lives, so this series is designed for each video to be 5 minutes or less.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pflF...
Can we stop relying on plastic? | Ask A Scientist
YouTube video by Sam the Scientist
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Thought provoking!
If any normal person was at their job this infrequently they’d be fired
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If any normal person was at their job this infrequently they’d be fired
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The new US official: in exchange for restarting foreign aid, the US gets other countries’ genomic data on diseases.
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The new US official: in exchange for restarting foreign aid, the US gets other countries’ genomic data on diseases.
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.
www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺
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“women who breastfed had more specialized immune T-cells in their breast tissue. Prof. Sherene Loi, a medical oncologist and the study's lead author, likened the cells to "local guards, ready to attack abnormal cells that might turn into cancer."
#Cancer #ReproSky 🧪
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
#Cancer #ReproSky 🧪
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Why do pregnancy, breastfeeding reduce risk of breast cancer? Latest science finds clues | CBC News
Breastfeeding and childbirth have long been known to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Now medical researchers are gaining clues on why, and hoping these insights could lead to treatments to mimic the...
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“women who breastfed had more specialized immune T-cells in their breast tissue. Prof. Sherene Loi, a medical oncologist and the study's lead author, likened the cells to "local guards, ready to attack abnormal cells that might turn into cancer."
#Cancer #ReproSky 🧪
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
#Cancer #ReproSky 🧪
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Can you walk away #Alzheimers disease? Not exactly, but 3K to 5K daily steps helped delay symptoms in people in early stages. Read more about it, including what APS member John Thyfault has to say, in The Washington Post: https://ow.ly/R0B750XnRRs 🧪
📷: iStock
📷: iStock
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Can you walk away #Alzheimers disease? Not exactly, but 3K to 5K daily steps helped delay symptoms in people in early stages. Read more about it, including what APS member John Thyfault has to say, in The Washington Post: https://ow.ly/R0B750XnRRs 🧪
📷: iStock
📷: iStock
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Recall that farmers in California are falling sick with H5N1 symptoms and MAHA CDC isn’t allowed to test or report.
Federal response to disease outbreaks has been curtailed.
Bird flu surges. Egg prices will increase.
🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Federal response to disease outbreaks has been curtailed.
Bird flu surges. Egg prices will increase.
🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Recall that farmers in California are falling sick with H5N1 symptoms and MAHA CDC isn’t allowed to test or report.
Federal response to disease outbreaks has been curtailed.
Bird flu surges. Egg prices will increase.
🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Federal response to disease outbreaks has been curtailed.
Bird flu surges. Egg prices will increase.
🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years.
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade
Survey uncovers widespread illegal shark fin trade despite nearly a decade of international regulation.
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years.
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Today we're sharing our episode on SEED OILS. There's a big debate over whether things like canola oil are healthier for us than saturated fats like butter — with folks including RFK Jr. telling us seed oils are dangerous.
What does the science say?? 🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/4vmJ...
What does the science say?? 🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/4vmJ...
Seed Oils: Should You Switch to Butter?
open.spotify.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today we're sharing our episode on SEED OILS. There's a big debate over whether things like canola oil are healthier for us than saturated fats like butter — with folks including RFK Jr. telling us seed oils are dangerous.
What does the science say?? 🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/4vmJ...
What does the science say?? 🧪
open.spotify.com/episode/4vmJ...
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After 13 years as the top federal workplace, NASA is facing an employee exodus and months of turmoil after deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
If fully implemented, the changes could reshape U.S. science for years.
If fully implemented, the changes could reshape U.S. science for years.
NASA has lost thousands of workers. Here’s what that means for science.
Staffers told The Post about months of turmoil and sweeping changes that, if fully implemented, could transform NASA and American science beyond the Trump years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Impeach RFK Jr.
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
North America May Soon No Longer Be Officially Measles-Free, Experts Say
A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Impeach RFK Jr.
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
If things go on, North America is on track to becoming a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week. We are not be far behind.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
A little beauty for your day
A New Image of the Red #Spider #Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star #Webb #SpaceTelescope
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A little beauty for your day
I hope this works!
Brazil on Thursday is due to announce the establishment of an ambitious multibillion-dollar fund designed to pay countries to keep their tropical forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled.
Brazil Proposes a New Type of Fund to Protect Tropical Forests
The multibillion-dollar fund would essentially pay countries to keep forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hope this works!
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While throwing Great Gatsby parties for the billionaires and building a Marie Antoinette Ballroom the size of nearly two football fields, Trump steers his bulldozer at American families on SNAP benefits trying to eat in his Hunger Games economy.
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
While throwing Great Gatsby parties for the billionaires and building a Marie Antoinette Ballroom the size of nearly two football fields, Trump steers his bulldozer at American families on SNAP benefits trying to eat in his Hunger Games economy.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
He’s trying to deny our right to vote
NEW: The White House says it is drafting a new executive order aiming to further restrict access to the ballot box and target mail voting. The confirmation comes hours after the president called California’s mail voting system “rigged."
New Trump Anti-Voting Order Coming, White House Confirms
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
He’s trying to deny our right to vote
It is so import to read anything y see carefully- this is the strategy of the dis- and mis-information propaganda
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It is so import to read anything y see carefully- this is the strategy of the dis- and mis-information propaganda
This is frightening and dangerous
New UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds that, without immediate aggressive action, the world could be on track for 2.3°C-2.8°C of global warming over the century. www.unep.org/resources/em...
Emissions Gap Report 2025
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leav...
www.unep.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is frightening and dangerous
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The gap between projected emissions and Paris Agreement targets has closed slightly, but countries still need to commit to far more ambitious action, according to a new @unep.org report. 🌏 🧪 eos.org/research-and...
UN Emissions Gap Report: Despite Progress, World Still Far Behind Climate Targets - Eos
Current emissions trajectories are on track to warm the world by as much as 2.8°C (5.04°F) above preindustrial levels by 2100, according to a report released today by the United Nations Environment Pr...
eos.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The gap between projected emissions and Paris Agreement targets has closed slightly, but countries still need to commit to far more ambitious action, according to a new @unep.org report. 🌏 🧪 eos.org/research-and...