@okaysteve.bsky.social chatted with @undark.org about how memories can heal the brain and his new book, How to Change a Memory (publishing 11/4). Check out the interview:

To answer key questions about a possible link between acetaminophen and autism, I recommend this deep dive I did for @Undark in '23. Since then, a review of 46 studies found inconsistent evidence and a Swedish study of siblings (one exposed; one not) found no association. undark.org/2023/07/10/c...

Thanks to @saratalpos.bsky.social for this interview with me and @juliabelluz.bsky.social in @undark.org discussing several topics in our new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE that's finally out next week!

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I will be brief. If you care about the quality of news we get, this clip is the most disturbing and important 20 minutes I have for you. If you have only 5 minutes to watch then do that. Via @michaelsocolow.bsky.social

Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...

For weeks, a major university quietly froze incoming NIH funding. The details — reported for the first time — show how universities are struggling with Trump administration policies and False Claims Act threats.

@saratalpos.bsky.social published a really nice article in MIT’s UnDark on Jay Bhattacharya

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@saratalpos.bsky.social interviews In Covid’s Wake authors Macedo and Lee for @undark.org:

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What happens when the owner of a social media company also works for the government? Legal experts will need to grapple with such questions, says @aricohn.com, lead counsel for tech policy at @thefireorg.bsky.social.

Interview: Doctors Need Flexibility in Prescribing Opioids

We may be eating microbes soon, and that's a good thing.

Scientists and entrepreneurs have big goals for tiny organisms, from feeding people in war zones to curbing climate impacts. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

"Preparing food at home?! Stand by your pan! Unattended cooking is the number one cause of home fires! This message brought to you by the CPSC discourse hijacker bot!"

Interesting passage in @saratalpos.bsky.social's recent interview with biosecurity expert Gerald Epstein. They set up an elaborate system for reviewing risky gain-of-function research projects, but almost no one submits proposals—even though ~20 percent of institutions report doing such work.

Supporters argue that gain-of-function studies are key to preparing for pandemics, but critics warn of their dangers.

Read more here:

"Schools should be the last to close, first to open."

Former COVID-19 czar Ashish Jha critiques prolonged school closures and calls for better pandemic preparedness.

Happy for @undark.org to join the @bsky.app community. Please let us know either here or at editorial@undark.org what science stories you'd most like to see in the coming year.

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Thrilled that my Undark features on PANDAS/PANS, direct-to-consumer allergy SLIT drops & OTC hearing aids won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists NorCal chapter!

Thanks @brookeborel.bsky.social @saratalpos.bsky.social for edits & encouragement!

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For nearly a year, scientists lobbied the USGS to restore and maintain its popular pesticide database, which has been used or cited in more than 500 peer-reviewed papers.
Two days ago--to the surprise of many--the agency pledged to do this.
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