Javi Ibarrondo
@jibarrondo.bsky.social
Researcher at UCLA. PhD. Immunology, HIV. I love science, music, books and friends. Hate lies, authoritarianism and bad people. I block trolls: no debate, no comment.
Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River
China’s rapid economic development has triggered an unparalleled freshwater biodiversity crisis since the 1950s. To restore fisheries resources, the Yangtze River Fishing Ban was implemented in 2021 t...
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February 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
The bottleneck of fat burning | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
The bottleneck of fat burning
A mitochondrial transport protein promotes carnitine synthesis in mice when fat consumption is needed
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February 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The bottleneck of fat burning | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Keeping cells fit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Keeping cells fit
Fragments of aberrant cytoplasmic mRNA pair with nuclear RNAs to augment transcription
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February 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Keeping cells fit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Engineering chimeric antigen receptor CD4 T cells for Alzheimer’s disease | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Engineering chimeric antigen receptor CD4 T cells for Alzheimer’s disease | PNAS
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the prevailing cause of age-associated dementia worldwide.
Current standard of care relies on antibody-based immunother...
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February 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Engineering chimeric antigen receptor CD4 T cells for Alzheimer’s disease | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
Social information creates self-fulfilling prophecies in judgments of pain, vicarious pain, and cognitive effort | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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February 18, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Social information creates self-fulfilling prophecies in judgments of pain, vicarious pain, and cognitive effort | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
If AI discovers a drug, who gets the money? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
If AI discovers a drug, who gets the money?
Two intellectual property lawyers on why questions of AI inventorship and profit remain wide open
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February 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If AI discovers a drug, who gets the money? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Giant viruses hijack their hosts’ protein factories | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Giant viruses hijack their hosts’ protein factories
Researchers identify a complex that hands mimivirus control of protein synthesis in infected amoebae
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February 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Giant viruses hijack their hosts’ protein factories | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?
New measurements could help predict pollinators’ ability to withstand climate change
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February 18, 2026 at 11:25 AM
How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Reposted by Javi Ibarrondo
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
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February 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
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Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
A plant ‘vaccine’ takes on corn rootworm, a fearsome pest | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
A plant ‘vaccine’ takes on corn rootworm, a fearsome pest
Inoculating soil with pink microbes could help reduce the use of toxic insecticides.
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February 17, 2026 at 11:03 AM
A plant ‘vaccine’ takes on corn rootworm, a fearsome pest | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Can science build a better working dog? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Can science build a better working dog?
New approaches could put talented canines into the hands of more people with disabilities
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February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Can science build a better working dog? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
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February 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Boosting origin of life theory, RNA comes close to copying itself | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Boosting origin of life theory, RNA comes close to copying itself
Some RNA molecules can create their own mirror images, suggesting similar molecules could have sparked life
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February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Boosting origin of life theory, RNA comes close to copying itself | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
EPA sidesteps science in repeal of U.S. greenhouse gas rules | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
EPA sidesteps science in repeal of U.S. greenhouse gas rules
Agency’s attempt to overturn 2009 “endangerment finding” appears headed for Supreme Court
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February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
EPA sidesteps science in repeal of U.S. greenhouse gas rules | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
These scientists saw a future in public service—until Trump’s ‘massacre’ hit | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
These scientists saw a future in public service—until Trump’s ‘massacre’ hit
Last year’s mass firings of “probationary” federal workers sent researchers’ lives into turmoil
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February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
These scientists saw a future in public service—until Trump’s ‘massacre’ hit | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Another NIH institute loses its director | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Another NIH institute loses its director
Health department declines to renew Lindsey Criswell, head of arthritis institute, to another 5-year term
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February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Another NIH institute loses its director | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Reposted by Javi Ibarrondo
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
India has big plans to remove silt from rivers, alarming scientists | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
India has big plans to remove silt from rivers, alarming scientists
Dredging and mining sediments increases flood risks and threatens infrastructure, researchers say
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February 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
India has big plans to remove silt from rivers, alarming scientists | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
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February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
The racial and ethnic gap in behavioral measures rivals the gender gap in the United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The racial and ethnic gap in behavioral measures rivals the gender gap in the United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS
Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings
in a number of domains. The question “what makes research find...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪
In unprecedented move, giant monkey research center may become a primate sanctuary | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
In unprecedented move, giant monkey research center may become a primate sanctuary
University votes to consider ending all studies at Oregon National Primate Research Center. But cost and feasibility are still in doubt
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February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
In unprecedented move, giant monkey research center may become a primate sanctuary | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪