Avi Loeb is a great example of a smart scientist who took a subtle but hard turn toward sensationalism - subtle in that he cites (outdated/inaccurate) data to support his claims - but so clearly finds data to support his hypotheses rather than letting the data lead.

Incredible view of the Northern Lights just now

Revisiting an old block of code you wrote 3 years ago feels like catching up with an old friend

A few months ago Kennedy said he was going to look at vaccines and autism. Clearly he found nothing so now he's onto Tylenol. What will he blame in 6 months when that research is confirmed and replicated?

If I were the Secretary of Health and Human Services I would probably defer to the decades of empirical, peer-reviewed research in planning policy rather than some boneheaded takes I heard on Joe Rogan or whatever

Chicago from afar

I really don't understand how this stuff slips through the cracks. I review 1-2 papers a month generally, and even though it's kind of a chore (I reject review requests for papers I have little interest in), I still put good effort into the review process. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

They don't post here yet but a paper I'm pretty proud of just got published in a great journal x.com/GreenJournal...

Big congrats to Rory!

Had a nice although brief time at #CROI2025 this week, including my first oral conference presentation. Lots of great science going on.

We love our free speech don't we? What a disgrace www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Mars is going behind the moon right at 8pm and will come out the other side a few minutes after 9 tonight 👍

We're looking for a post-doc in my lab to help with all things data with a potential focus in neuroimaging. Share around if you know of anyone.
erecruit.umsystem.edu/psc/tamext/S...

Making sure to stay healthy this holiday season by mixing in oatmeal raisin cookies to my otherwise mostly chocolate cookie diet

How do you do fellow Blueskyers