I. Emilie Steinmark
@iemsteinmark.bsky.social
Science correspondent at the Economist. Never not looking for birds. 🇬🇧🇩🇰🏳️🌈
So there’s a book cart at the Economist for all the culture section’s leftovers… I hit the JACKPOT today
February 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So there’s a book cart at the Economist for all the culture section’s leftovers… I hit the JACKPOT today
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Some good news out there. This week we offer a deep dive on the promise of CRISPR. Fascinating work by @iemsteinmark.bsky.social
economist.com/leaders/2025...
economist.com/leaders/2025...
CRISPR technologies hold enormous promise for farming and medicine
Don’t waste it
economist.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Some good news out there. This week we offer a deep dive on the promise of CRISPR. Fascinating work by @iemsteinmark.bsky.social
economist.com/leaders/2025...
economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Thanks Dr Topol. The CRISPR package which that leader fronts-up represents tonnes of well-invested hard work, co-operation and imagination from @iemsteinmark.bsky.social & @gadyepstein.bsky.social as well as @rospearce.bsky.social, Cameron Weaver & a host of others.
www.economist.com/technology-q...
www.economist.com/technology-q...
February 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thanks Dr Topol. The CRISPR package which that leader fronts-up represents tonnes of well-invested hard work, co-operation and imagination from @iemsteinmark.bsky.social & @gadyepstein.bsky.social as well as @rospearce.bsky.social, Cameron Weaver & a host of others.
www.economist.com/technology-q...
www.economist.com/technology-q...
the best thread on the internet?
1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
January 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
the best thread on the internet?
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It’s often assumed that the horizontal transfer of transposons btw animals is rare (Myr scale). But recent detective work by Kofler lab & others suggest HT must be very frequent, so that a single transposon can successfully invade multiple species around the world in just a few decades! Wild!
super proud - our new work about the invasions triggered by two troublesome TEs in Nat. Comm. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Double trouble: two retrotransposons triggered a cascade of invasions in Drosophila species within the last 50 years - Nature Communications
Horizontal transfer of genetic material in eukaryotes has rarely been documented over short evolutionary timescales. Here, the authors show that two transposable elements, Shellder and Spoink, invaded...
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s often assumed that the horizontal transfer of transposons btw animals is rare (Myr scale). But recent detective work by Kofler lab & others suggest HT must be very frequent, so that a single transposon can successfully invade multiple species around the world in just a few decades! Wild!
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Literally the best possible scenario
Morning from the Yorkshire Dales! We have now entered day three snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub
January 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Literally the best possible scenario
The most Danish thing about Denmark is that everyone has been nervous about the King’s first new year’s speech for days, like it was their own son sitting an exam. My parents high-fived at the end.
December 31, 2024 at 5:26 PM
The most Danish thing about Denmark is that everyone has been nervous about the King’s first new year’s speech for days, like it was their own son sitting an exam. My parents high-fived at the end.
Absolutely do not recommend having the flu at Christmas. All the food is just … texture.
December 24, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Absolutely do not recommend having the flu at Christmas. All the food is just … texture.
Already seen this crop up several times in my short time here. Will be interesting to see if they will do something about it, not sure anyone has the time/headspace to check handles if pictures and posts are identical. www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/11/1...
Bluesky has an impersonator problem
Cryptoscammers tried to trick me using fake profiles of tech personalities. I am not alone.
www.technologyreview.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Already seen this crop up several times in my short time here. Will be interesting to see if they will do something about it, not sure anyone has the time/headspace to check handles if pictures and posts are identical. www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/11/1...
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Our cover this week
December 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Our cover this week
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Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃
November 28, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃
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I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes
(Cake, Short Skirt/Long Jacket)
#birds
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes
(Cake, Short Skirt/Long Jacket)
#birds
November 28, 2024 at 3:12 AM
I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes
(Cake, Short Skirt/Long Jacket)
#birds
I want a girl who knows what's best
I want a girl with shoes that cut
And eyes that burn like cigarettes
(Cake, Short Skirt/Long Jacket)
#birds
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We are proud to announce a collaboration with UK Biobank to create the world’s first large-scale #epigenetic dataset of 50k participants. The dataset will unlock crucial insights into how #epigenetics drives disease & the breakthroughs to treat them.
Read more: nanoporetech.com/news/oxford-...
Read more: nanoporetech.com/news/oxford-...
November 27, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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Thank god we are past that weird moment when LinkedIn looked like it might become the new app
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
www.wired.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Thank god we are past that weird moment when LinkedIn looked like it might become the new app
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Top of the league!!
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
November 26, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Top of the league!!
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
do check out @ainsliejstone.bsky.social's excellent write-up, which also covers what people are trying to do about this
The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper.
What is this all about?
We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape.
Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵
www.economist.com/science-and-...
What is this all about?
We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape.
Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever
Concerns about some of their business models are building
www.economist.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:40 AM
do check out @ainsliejstone.bsky.social's excellent write-up, which also covers what people are trying to do about this
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Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks
This year’s negotiations made very modest progress
www.economist.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:58 PM