Samuel Diamond
@samueldiamond.bsky.social
Science, music, film (in no particular order). One day I’d like to go to Antarctica.
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” was meant to be ironic. The doubling up of ‘far’ is the giveaway. It’s the future given Lucas’ view of the world in 1977.
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” was meant to be ironic. The doubling up of ‘far’ is the giveaway. It’s the future given Lucas’ view of the world in 1977.
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A little brainteaser I wrote:
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A little brainteaser I wrote:
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
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As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
Zheng and Harpole et al. show that singing mice produce two major vocal modes: ancestral
USVs and novel songs that follow a linearly decelerating rhythm. Although acoustically
distinct, songs and USVs...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
By @warrenellis.ltd.web.brid.gy with art by AJ Brady.
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
By @warrenellis.ltd.web.brid.gy with art by AJ Brady.
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate
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At CSHL's Uplands Farm, researchers are are cultivating corn, sorghum, and more to test the roles of different genes. Read more to discover CSHL's long history and exciting future in plant biology. www.cshl.edu/uplands-farm...
Uplands Farm: Grounds for discovery | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
At first glance, Uplands Farm—12 carefully tended acres about a mile east of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) campus—resembles farms you might have seen before. Orderly rows of corn dominate t...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
At CSHL's Uplands Farm, researchers are are cultivating corn, sorghum, and more to test the roles of different genes. Read more to discover CSHL's long history and exciting future in plant biology. www.cshl.edu/uplands-farm...
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CSHL Professor David Spector and grad student Disha Aggarwal examined tissue samples from a 59-year-old woman diagnosed with stage 1 triple-negative breast cancer. Their findings could help inform clinical trials of a drug targeting the long non-coding RNA MALAT1. www.cshl.edu/breast-cance...
Breast cancer case study could inform clinical trials | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
When researchers look for potential cancer therapy targets, they typically go after protein-coding genes that participate in disease progression. Disrupt them and negate whatever role they play in can...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
CSHL Professor David Spector and grad student Disha Aggarwal examined tissue samples from a 59-year-old woman diagnosed with stage 1 triple-negative breast cancer. Their findings could help inform clinical trials of a drug targeting the long non-coding RNA MALAT1. www.cshl.edu/breast-cance...
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A new study from the Furukawa lab (@lab-furukawa.bsky.social) identifies the neurological ‘doorstops’ that keep the brain’s NMDA receptors fully or partially open. The findings could have implications for treating neurodegenerative conditions like #Alzheimers disease. www.cshl.edu/a-doorstop-f...
A doorstop for the brain’s electrical gates | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
As information zings from cell to cell inside the brain, bursts of electricity spur its transmission. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), scientists have turned their attention to the tiny pores ...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A new study from the Furukawa lab (@lab-furukawa.bsky.social) identifies the neurological ‘doorstops’ that keep the brain’s NMDA receptors fully or partially open. The findings could have implications for treating neurodegenerative conditions like #Alzheimers disease. www.cshl.edu/a-doorstop-f...
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Synesthesia, shipwrecks, and African elephant all await you in the smelliverse! Get a guided tour from CSHL Professor Alexei Koulakov in our Cocktails & Chromosomes video. @alexkoulakov.bsky.social #NeuroSkyence youtu.be/b5i0gUz3O1I?...
The hitchhiker's guide to the smelliverse with CSHL's Alexei Koulakov, Ph.D.
YouTube video by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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October 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Synesthesia, shipwrecks, and African elephant all await you in the smelliverse! Get a guided tour from CSHL Professor Alexei Koulakov in our Cocktails & Chromosomes video. @alexkoulakov.bsky.social #NeuroSkyence youtu.be/b5i0gUz3O1I?...
Related and more painful
October 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Related and more painful
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The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
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Did you know that breasts have branches? Disturbances to this tree of life can have implications for breast cancer risk. Now, three grad students in CSHL's @caoresco.bsky.social lab have developed a computer model for measuring such changes. #BreastCancerAwareness www.cshl.edu/the-magnetic...
The magnetic math of breast health | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Branching isn’t just for trees. This biological process occurs in animal development, enabling organs to perform complex functions. Branch-like structures form in lungs, kidneys, and breasts, among ot...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Did you know that breasts have branches? Disturbances to this tree of life can have implications for breast cancer risk. Now, three grad students in CSHL's @caoresco.bsky.social lab have developed a computer model for measuring such changes. #BreastCancerAwareness www.cshl.edu/the-magnetic...
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I wrote Jane Goodall's obit for Smithsonian & throughout my reporting, I learned more about what an incredible scientific trailblazer she was. She opened doors for generations of women had such a profound impact on so many people across the world.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Jane Goodall, Legendary Primatologist and Anthropologist, Dies at 91
She was considered the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and was renowned for her global conservation efforts
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October 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I wrote Jane Goodall's obit for Smithsonian & throughout my reporting, I learned more about what an incredible scientific trailblazer she was. She opened doors for generations of women had such a profound impact on so many people across the world.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
I have eaten Mexican food every day for the past six days and every meal for the last three. It doesn’t feel the least bit strange. It just feels like living right. And no, I am not currently in Mexico
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I have eaten Mexican food every day for the past six days and every meal for the last three. It doesn’t feel the least bit strange. It just feels like living right. And no, I am not currently in Mexico
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Plant stem cells shape how crops grow—yet their key regulators remain hidden. CSHL researchers have now mapped these rare cells in maize & Arabidopsis, uncovering new genes tied to growth & productivity. This knowledge could help breed more resilient, high-yield crops. www.cshl.edu/youve-never-...
You’ve never seen corn like this before | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Plant stem cells are crucial for the world’s food supply, animal feed, and fuel production. They lay the foundation for how plants grow. Yet, much about these mysterious building blocks remains unknow...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Plant stem cells shape how crops grow—yet their key regulators remain hidden. CSHL researchers have now mapped these rare cells in maize & Arabidopsis, uncovering new genes tied to growth & productivity. This knowledge could help breed more resilient, high-yield crops. www.cshl.edu/youve-never-...
When Bud Crawford did this to Spence the world should’ve taken more notice. Spence one of the best in generations. That’s how good Crawford is. Canelo is outmatched
September 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
When Bud Crawford did this to Spence the world should’ve taken more notice. Spence one of the best in generations. That’s how good Crawford is. Canelo is outmatched
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Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com:
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
September 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com:
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
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Last month, the Genome Engineering: CRISPR Frontiers meeting at CSHL brought together the field’s top minds to share unpublished breakthroughs & push the frontier forward. www.cshl.edu/videos/enter...
Enter the CRISPR frontier | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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September 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Last month, the Genome Engineering: CRISPR Frontiers meeting at CSHL brought together the field’s top minds to share unpublished breakthroughs & push the frontier forward. www.cshl.edu/videos/enter...
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Invasive microscopic foraminifers hitchhiked to the Long Island Sound more than a century ago, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/464QkLF
Foraminifera as indicators of species invasion: Ammonia confertitesta in Long Island Sound
Exceptional fossil record of foraminifera in Long Island Sound reveals ballast water as the primary culprit of species invasion.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Invasive microscopic foraminifers hitchhiked to the Long Island Sound more than a century ago, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/464QkLF
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Call it one of the world’s smallest cat videos.
To demonstrate an advance that could one day help build a type of quantum computer, researchers have made a cartoon of Schrödinger’s cat using hundreds of individual atoms, rearranged as often as once every 60 milliseconds. https://scim.ag/4mIDfhL
To demonstrate an advance that could one day help build a type of quantum computer, researchers have made a cartoon of Schrödinger’s cat using hundreds of individual atoms, rearranged as often as once every 60 milliseconds. https://scim.ag/4mIDfhL
August 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Call it one of the world’s smallest cat videos.
To demonstrate an advance that could one day help build a type of quantum computer, researchers have made a cartoon of Schrödinger’s cat using hundreds of individual atoms, rearranged as often as once every 60 milliseconds. https://scim.ag/4mIDfhL
To demonstrate an advance that could one day help build a type of quantum computer, researchers have made a cartoon of Schrödinger’s cat using hundreds of individual atoms, rearranged as often as once every 60 milliseconds. https://scim.ag/4mIDfhL
There’s been a Benz parked on on a lawn on the side of Sunrise Highway in Wantagh with a cardboard sign in the rear windshield reading “Defund Family Court.” It’s been there all week, meaning Nassau cops have chosen to let it sit there. I imagine there’s a good story in this for anyone so inclined.
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
There’s been a Benz parked on on a lawn on the side of Sunrise Highway in Wantagh with a cardboard sign in the rear windshield reading “Defund Family Court.” It’s been there all week, meaning Nassau cops have chosen to let it sit there. I imagine there’s a good story in this for anyone so inclined.
Met Kool Herc today at a screening of a documentary about Antarctica. Clearly I’m exactly where I need to be in time and space.
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Met Kool Herc today at a screening of a documentary about Antarctica. Clearly I’m exactly where I need to be in time and space.