Domingos Henrique
@domhenri.bsky.social
Curious about anything that a human brain produces.
It's cheaper to end the climate problem than to wage war
Lula da Silva at COP30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTk...
Lula da Silva at COP30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTk...
‘É muito mais barato acabar com problema climático do que fazer guerra’, diz Lula
YouTube video by Terra Brasil
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's cheaper to end the climate problem than to wage war
Lula da Silva at COP30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTk...
Lula da Silva at COP30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTk...
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Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Just read this great quote from one of my scientific heroes: Franklin Harold: ‘The way of science is for the best of our achievements to endure in substance but lose their individuality, like raindrops falling into a pond.’
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just read this great quote from one of my scientific heroes: Franklin Harold: ‘The way of science is for the best of our achievements to endure in substance but lose their individuality, like raindrops falling into a pond.’
"Europe risks ‘health sovereignty’ by underpaying for drugs, says AstraZeneca"
UNDERPAYING ??
AstraZeneca Profit Before Tax in 2024 was $8.691 billion, up 38% from the previous year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b_b...
UNDERPAYING ??
AstraZeneca Profit Before Tax in 2024 was $8.691 billion, up 38% from the previous year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b_b...
A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988) | Don't Call Me Stupid | MGM
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Europe risks ‘health sovereignty’ by underpaying for drugs, says AstraZeneca"
UNDERPAYING ??
AstraZeneca Profit Before Tax in 2024 was $8.691 billion, up 38% from the previous year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b_b...
UNDERPAYING ??
AstraZeneca Profit Before Tax in 2024 was $8.691 billion, up 38% from the previous year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b_b...
DCA strikes again!
(DiChloroAcetate)
(DiChloroAcetate)
Potential non-hormonal treatment shows early promise for endometriosis 🩸
Researchers at the Centre for Reproductive Health have carried out a clinical trial to test dichloroacetate as a potential non-hormonal treatment for endometriosis.
Read our article: edin.ac/4nJgL0l
Researchers at the Centre for Reproductive Health have carried out a clinical trial to test dichloroacetate as a potential non-hormonal treatment for endometriosis.
Read our article: edin.ac/4nJgL0l
Potential non-hormonal treatment shows early promise for endometriosis | Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Researchers at the Centre for Reproductive Health have carried out a clinical trial to test dichloroacetate as a potential non-hormonal treatment for endometriosis.
edin.ac
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
DCA strikes again!
(DiChloroAcetate)
(DiChloroAcetate)
Title should be:
"Humans show chimpanzee-like cognitive decline with age"
"Humans show chimpanzee-like cognitive decline with age"
Research into wild chimpanzees’ changing tool use suggests evolutionary origins of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders #URochesterResearch by Dr. Dora Biro of @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social
via @elife.bsky.social ➡️ elifesciences.org/articles/105...
via @elife.bsky.social ➡️ elifesciences.org/articles/105...
Wild chimpanzees show human-like cognitive decline with age
Research into changing tool use by wild chimpanzees suggests evolutionary origins of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
www.rochester.edu
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Title should be:
"Humans show chimpanzee-like cognitive decline with age"
"Humans show chimpanzee-like cognitive decline with age"
a function for DNA methylation (finally?)
Bacteria can sense when a virus starts shredding their genome — by detecting methylated mononucleotides.
Here’s the story of how we discovered the Metis defense system 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here’s the story of how we discovered the Metis defense system 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
a function for DNA methylation (finally?)
"To make the sizes and shapes of various biomolecules concrete, let’s imagine that each water molecule within a cell has been blown up to the size of a grain of sand.2 If this were the case, then …"
www.asimov.press/p/metaphors-...
www.asimov.press/p/metaphors-...
Metaphors for Biology: Sizes
A series of quantitative metaphors on the sizes and shapes of biomolecules and organisms.
www.asimov.press
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"To make the sizes and shapes of various biomolecules concrete, let’s imagine that each water molecule within a cell has been blown up to the size of a grain of sand.2 If this were the case, then …"
www.asimov.press/p/metaphors-...
www.asimov.press/p/metaphors-...
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Looking forward to discussing why “genetics is not that simple” tomorrow in Lisboa. Thank you Fundacao Francisco Manues do Santos and GIMM for the opportunity
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#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs #Gastrulation
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#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs #Gastrulation
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Looking forward to discussing why “genetics is not that simple” tomorrow in Lisboa. Thank you Fundacao Francisco Manues do Santos and GIMM for the opportunity
ffms.pt/en/agenda/al...
#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs #Gastrulation
ffms.pt/en/agenda/al...
#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs #Gastrulation
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Is a gastruloid a mammal?
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Is a gastruloid a mammal?
Very interesting.
"...clinical trial success rate (ClinSR) for repurposed drugs is unexpectedly lower than that for all drugs in recent years;
Surprised??
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...clinical trial success rate (ClinSR) for repurposed drugs is unexpectedly lower than that for all drugs in recent years;
Surprised??
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic clinical trial success rates for drugs in the 21st century - Nature Communications
Tracking the success rate of clinical drug development is key for pharmaceutical and economic decision making. Here, the authors establish a strategy enabling dynamic measurement of the success rate u...
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Very interesting.
"...clinical trial success rate (ClinSR) for repurposed drugs is unexpectedly lower than that for all drugs in recent years;
Surprised??
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...clinical trial success rate (ClinSR) for repurposed drugs is unexpectedly lower than that for all drugs in recent years;
Surprised??
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you like "Kind of Blue", you're going to enjoy "Blue Maqams", from Anouar Barhem.
anouarbrahem.com/en/discograp...
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Blue Maqams
Recorded in New York’s Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, Blue Maqams brings Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem together with three brilliant improvisers. For Anouar Brahem and ...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you like "Kind of Blue", you're going to enjoy "Blue Maqams", from Anouar Barhem.
anouarbrahem.com/en/discograp...
anouarbrahem.com/en/discograp...
3 of the main news today:
- ‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
- storm set to make landfall in next few hours as Jamaica braces for ‘storm of the century’
- New car sales in Europe rose 10.7% in September
- ‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
- storm set to make landfall in next few hours as Jamaica braces for ‘storm of the century’
- New car sales in Europe rose 10.7% in September
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
3 of the main news today:
- ‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
- storm set to make landfall in next few hours as Jamaica braces for ‘storm of the century’
- New car sales in Europe rose 10.7% in September
- ‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
- storm set to make landfall in next few hours as Jamaica braces for ‘storm of the century’
- New car sales in Europe rose 10.7% in September
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" academia was a respite from the cruelty and greed masquerading as toughness and leadership. But as academia has become increasingly permeated by a business mentality it has fallen victim to the same cruelty and authoritarian trappings as the outside world."
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
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Have you no decency?
It's time to start asking questions
profkap.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
" academia was a respite from the cruelty and greed masquerading as toughness and leadership. But as academia has become increasingly permeated by a business mentality it has fallen victim to the same cruelty and authoritarian trappings as the outside world."
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
Long live the Pink Panther
"The robbery at the Louvre Museum has reconciled me with the human race: no artificial intelligence would ever have come up with something like that."
elpais.com/ideas/2025-1...
"The robbery at the Louvre Museum has reconciled me with the human race: no artificial intelligence would ever have come up with something like that."
elpais.com/ideas/2025-1...
Viva la Pantera Rosa
El robo del museo del Louvre me ha reconciliado con la especie humana: algo así no se le habría ocurrido a ninguna inteligencia artificial
elpais.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Long live the Pink Panther
"The robbery at the Louvre Museum has reconciled me with the human race: no artificial intelligence would ever have come up with something like that."
elpais.com/ideas/2025-1...
"The robbery at the Louvre Museum has reconciled me with the human race: no artificial intelligence would ever have come up with something like that."
elpais.com/ideas/2025-1...
" academia was a respite from the cruelty and greed masquerading as toughness and leadership. But as academia has become increasingly permeated by a business mentality it has fallen victim to the same cruelty and authoritarian trappings as the outside world."
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
Have you no decency?
It's time to start asking questions
profkap.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
" academia was a respite from the cruelty and greed masquerading as toughness and leadership. But as academia has become increasingly permeated by a business mentality it has fallen victim to the same cruelty and authoritarian trappings as the outside world."
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
profkap.substack.com/p/have-you-n...
Arrepiante pensar que isto também nos pode acontecer no futuro... e não é preciso muito caos.
www.publico.pt/2025/10/26/f...
www.publico.pt/2025/10/26/f...
Os idosos reformados argentinos queriam descansar, mas estão a protestar
Sistema de pensões argentino está a chegar a um ponto de ruptura. Dar explicações aos 72 anos para ganhar dinheiro extra ou organizar a sopa dos pobres aos 89: "N&atil...
www.publico.pt
October 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Arrepiante pensar que isto também nos pode acontecer no futuro... e não é preciso muito caos.
www.publico.pt/2025/10/26/f...
www.publico.pt/2025/10/26/f...
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How a brain is born
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
Naissance du cerveau
YouTube video by Le Blob
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How a brain is born
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
How a brain is born
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
Naissance du cerveau
YouTube video by Le Blob
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How a brain is born
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
Naissance du cerveau
The best animation movie I know describing the development of the human brain.
It's in french. Génial!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zP...
How can honeybees communicate the locations of new food sources? Experiments byAustrian biologist, Karl Von Frisch, in an amazing video, The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDG...
The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee
YouTube video by Georgia Tech College of Computing
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October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How can honeybees communicate the locations of new food sources? Experiments byAustrian biologist, Karl Von Frisch, in an amazing video, The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDG...
www.publico.pt/2025/10/20/o...
O PS, por andar perdido nestes quatro anos, Carneiro dixit, achava, e pelos vistos muito gente, que o PCP devia conduzir o PS à Praça do Município, em Lisboa, se possível com fanfarra.
O PS, por andar perdido nestes quatro anos, Carneiro dixit, achava, e pelos vistos muito gente, que o PCP devia conduzir o PS à Praça do Município, em Lisboa, se possível com fanfarra.
Pq nunca voto no PS, part 667b
'Para ser viabilizada, o documento terá de contar com o voto favorável do PS, dado os outros partidos já terem assumido que votarão contra. Ao PÚBLICO, o vereador Pedro Anastácio diz que o partido “não tem objecções, à partida”'
www.publico.pt/2025/10/21/l...
'Para ser viabilizada, o documento terá de contar com o voto favorável do PS, dado os outros partidos já terem assumido que votarão contra. Ao PÚBLICO, o vereador Pedro Anastácio diz que o partido “não tem objecções, à partida”'
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PS deverá aprovar 7,2 milhões de euros para Web Summit que chumbou em Setembro
Câmara de Lisboa tenta viabilizar pagamento recusado pela oposição antes das eleições. Objectivo a atingir através da reprogramação de compromissos bancários. Posição deverá ser apoiada por PS.
www.publico.pt
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
www.publico.pt/2025/10/20/o...
O PS, por andar perdido nestes quatro anos, Carneiro dixit, achava, e pelos vistos muito gente, que o PCP devia conduzir o PS à Praça do Município, em Lisboa, se possível com fanfarra.
O PS, por andar perdido nestes quatro anos, Carneiro dixit, achava, e pelos vistos muito gente, que o PCP devia conduzir o PS à Praça do Município, em Lisboa, se possível com fanfarra.
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Eu já assinei
Manuel João Vieira pede mais assinaturas para candidatura presidencial: “Têm mais 58 dias”
Manuel João Vieira pede mais assinaturas para candidatura presidencial: “Têm mais 58 dias”
expresso.pt
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Eu já assinei
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“O salário de 900 euros desaparece quase todo depois de pagar a renda: 750 euros por um T2 com 40 metros quadrados onde vive com a filha de 20 anos, estudante universitária."
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“Vejo-me neste papel de ser pobre”: Isabel é licenciada, mãe solteira, ganha 900 euros e paga 750 de renda
Mãe e filha estão em risco de pobreza, com um rendimento inferior a 632 euros per capita (por adulto, no caso). Fintam a fome graças à ajuda de uma associação. Uma história entre 1,8 milhões.
www.publico.pt
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“O salário de 900 euros desaparece quase todo depois de pagar a renda: 750 euros por um T2 com 40 metros quadrados onde vive com a filha de 20 anos, estudante universitária."
www.publico.pt/2025/10/17/s...
www.publico.pt/2025/10/17/s...