@peace-penguin.bsky.social
"All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others." -- Desmond Tutu
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“Your cells”. A simple phrase we thought we understood.
Turns out you are more than just the zygote that began you. We already knew about microbiota, but now we’re learning you could contain cells from your mother, older siblings or even your grandmother. 🤯🧪
Not totally sold, but worth the read.
Turns out you are more than just the zygote that began you. We already knew about microbiota, but now we’re learning you could contain cells from your mother, older siblings or even your grandmother. 🤯🧪
Not totally sold, but worth the read.
Some of your cells are not genetically yours — what can they tell us about life and death?
A tiny population of cells that are passed across the placenta between mother and baby challenge basic tenets of human immunology.
www.nature.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“Your cells”. A simple phrase we thought we understood.
Turns out you are more than just the zygote that began you. We already knew about microbiota, but now we’re learning you could contain cells from your mother, older siblings or even your grandmother. 🤯🧪
Not totally sold, but worth the read.
Turns out you are more than just the zygote that began you. We already knew about microbiota, but now we’re learning you could contain cells from your mother, older siblings or even your grandmother. 🤯🧪
Not totally sold, but worth the read.
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In 2025 there is already 0.15 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2030 there will be over 0.5 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2040 there will be over 2 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2030 there will be over 0.5 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2040 there will be over 2 billion climate refugees on the move.
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In 2025 there is already 0.15 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2030 there will be over 0.5 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2040 there will be over 2 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2030 there will be over 0.5 billion climate refugees on the move.
By 2040 there will be over 2 billion climate refugees on the move.
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December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Our #ChefsForJamaica team is still working around the clock to provide meals to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Hear from Chef Corps member Isaac Villaverde about a day in the life at our Montego Bay kitchen and the hard work and heart it takes to man our signature pots.
December 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Our #ChefsForJamaica team is still working around the clock to provide meals to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Hear from Chef Corps member Isaac Villaverde about a day in the life at our Montego Bay kitchen and the hard work and heart it takes to man our signature pots.
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Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, important and downright strange discoveries about how the human brain, one of the most complex objects in the known universe, works, and 2025 didn’t disappoint. Here are 10 of the most fascinating brain discoveries of this year:
#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
The 10 Most Mind-Blowing Discoveries About the Brain in 2025
From glowing neurons to newborn memories, here are the most fascinating brain discoveries of 2025
spklr.io
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, important and downright strange discoveries about how the human brain, one of the most complex objects in the known universe, works, and 2025 didn’t disappoint. Here are 10 of the most fascinating brain discoveries of this year:
#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
The Entangled Brain
Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger ...
mitpress.mit.edu
December 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
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Great new post from @revkin.bsky.social linking climate & immigration to "authoritarian drift" -- breaking down democratic institutions, while simultaneously widening the gap between executive action and public opinion
revkin.substack.com/p/a-fox-poll...
(and thanks for the h/t!)
revkin.substack.com/p/a-fox-poll...
(and thanks for the h/t!)
A Fox Poll Shows Americans are Very Concerned about Climate Change and ICE Migrant Assaults, Yet Trump Continues Targeting Migrants and Gutting Climate Science
Democracy alarm bells ring when an "imperial leader" doesn't give a hoot about the public
revkin.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great new post from @revkin.bsky.social linking climate & immigration to "authoritarian drift" -- breaking down democratic institutions, while simultaneously widening the gap between executive action and public opinion
revkin.substack.com/p/a-fox-poll...
(and thanks for the h/t!)
revkin.substack.com/p/a-fox-poll...
(and thanks for the h/t!)
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Westerlund 2 looks just like a holiday scene in this new, magical image from the JWST.
Those red and orange gas clouds and thousands of bright stars recall the #Christmas vibe.
➡️ esawebb.org/images/potm2...
🔭 🧪 #Webb #Universe #galactic #JWST
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Westerlund 2 looks just like a holiday scene in this new, magical image from the JWST.
Those red and orange gas clouds and thousands of bright stars recall the #Christmas vibe.
➡️ esawebb.org/images/potm2...
🔭 🧪 #Webb #Universe #galactic #JWST
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December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Westerlund 2 looks just like a holiday scene in this new, magical image from the JWST.
Those red and orange gas clouds and thousands of bright stars recall the #Christmas vibe.
➡️ esawebb.org/images/potm2...
🔭 🧪 #Webb #Universe #galactic #JWST
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Westerlund 2 looks just like a holiday scene in this new, magical image from the JWST.
Those red and orange gas clouds and thousands of bright stars recall the #Christmas vibe.
➡️ esawebb.org/images/potm2...
🔭 🧪 #Webb #Universe #galactic #JWST
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The Best Space Photos of 2025 Reveal the Most Jaw-Dropping Views of the Cosmos www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Most Jaw-Dropping Space Images of 2025, Revealed
From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025
www.scientificamerican.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Don't listen to fools who claim vaccines aren't what's best for your kids. PLEASE vaccinate your children. Vaccines save lives and are extremely low risk compared to the viruses/severity of viruses they successfully prevent.
These funding cuts should scare us
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Don't listen to fools who claim vaccines aren't what's best for your kids. PLEASE vaccinate your children. Vaccines save lives and are extremely low risk compared to the viruses/severity of viruses they successfully prevent.
These funding cuts should scare us
🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽
HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics
The move is an escalation in the agency’s clash with the medical group, which is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Don't listen to fools who claim vaccines aren't what's best for your kids. PLEASE vaccinate your children. Vaccines save lives and are extremely low risk compared to the viruses/severity of viruses they successfully prevent.
These funding cuts should scare us
🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽
Don't listen to fools who claim vaccines aren't what's best for your kids. PLEASE vaccinate your children. Vaccines save lives and are extremely low risk compared to the viruses/severity of viruses they successfully prevent.
These funding cuts should scare us
🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽
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A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the people who shaped science this year and were chosen for Nature’s 10. 🧪
Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025
A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.
go.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the people who shaped science this year and were chosen for Nature’s 10. 🧪
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A circular economy turns waste into resources—and JCVI scientists are making it real. We are engineering microbes to upcycle mixed plastic waste into valuable products like lycopene and lipids. No sorting, no landfills—just innovation for a sustainable future. 🧪🧬
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
Scientists engineer microbial teams to transform mixed plastics into valuable products
La Jolla, California—December 11, 2025—Each year, the world produces more than 400 million metric tons of plastic, much of which ends up in...
www.jcvi.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A circular economy turns waste into resources—and JCVI scientists are making it real. We are engineering microbes to upcycle mixed plastic waste into valuable products like lycopene and lipids. No sorting, no landfills—just innovation for a sustainable future. 🧪🧬
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
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Why is the media not covering this. On a loop.
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Why is the media not covering this. On a loop.
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When a strike hit near the railway station in Fastiv, WCK mobilized at once—arriving on site soon after the blast & staying on the ground ever since. Our #ChefsForUkraine teams are serving nourishing meals, water, tea, coffee & snacks to railway workers, residents & everyone helping with recovery.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When a strike hit near the railway station in Fastiv, WCK mobilized at once—arriving on site soon after the blast & staying on the ground ever since. Our #ChefsForUkraine teams are serving nourishing meals, water, tea, coffee & snacks to railway workers, residents & everyone helping with recovery.
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🧠📈 New in 'Neuropsychology Review': A systematic review and meta-analysis shows that cocaine use significantly impairs cognitive inhibition, with users performing worse than controls across key inhibitory tasks. bit.ly/4ruPO3D @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social #ResearchPublishing
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🧠📈 New in 'Neuropsychology Review': A systematic review and meta-analysis shows that cocaine use significantly impairs cognitive inhibition, with users performing worse than controls across key inhibitory tasks. bit.ly/4ruPO3D @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social #ResearchPublishing
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What do Greek mythology and drug delivery to the brain have in common?
Read @pennngg.bsky.social student @annakasper1.bsky.social's post to see how scientists use Trojan-horse techniques to sneak medicine past the blood brain barrier.
pennneuroknow.com/2025/12/02/t...
#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪
Read @pennngg.bsky.social student @annakasper1.bsky.social's post to see how scientists use Trojan-horse techniques to sneak medicine past the blood brain barrier.
pennneuroknow.com/2025/12/02/t...
#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪
The blood brain barrier and its Trojan Horses
Ever wonder what delivering drugs to the brain and Greek mythology have in common? If so, come check out this article on Trojan Horses in science!
pennneuroknow.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What do Greek mythology and drug delivery to the brain have in common?
Read @pennngg.bsky.social student @annakasper1.bsky.social's post to see how scientists use Trojan-horse techniques to sneak medicine past the blood brain barrier.
pennneuroknow.com/2025/12/02/t...
#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪
Read @pennngg.bsky.social student @annakasper1.bsky.social's post to see how scientists use Trojan-horse techniques to sneak medicine past the blood brain barrier.
pennneuroknow.com/2025/12/02/t...
#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪
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Food. The real climate problem.
It's not just for future generations and other species that I've refocused my life and career around climate change
It's also because I want to be able to eat in future
Acting on climate isn't some noble altruistic quest - it's self defence
It's also because I want to be able to eat in future
Acting on climate isn't some noble altruistic quest - it's self defence
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Food. The real climate problem.
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50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools
NPR: apple.news/Awm5TuzOiR-i...
👉unfortunately, the regime doesn't care
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools
NPR: apple.news/Awm5TuzOiR-i...
👉unfortunately, the regime doesn't care
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump — NPR
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
apple.news
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools
NPR: apple.news/Awm5TuzOiR-i...
👉unfortunately, the regime doesn't care
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools
NPR: apple.news/Awm5TuzOiR-i...
👉unfortunately, the regime doesn't care
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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody’s stopping the company and others like it.
Read NPR: apple.news/AjhMsO2CdR8u...
🔥disgraceful🔥
Read NPR: apple.news/AjhMsO2CdR8u...
🔥disgraceful🔥
This company charges disabled vets millions, even after VA said it's likely illegal — NPR
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nob...
apple.news
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody’s stopping the company and others like it.
Read NPR: apple.news/AjhMsO2CdR8u...
🔥disgraceful🔥
Read NPR: apple.news/AjhMsO2CdR8u...
🔥disgraceful🔥
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What's left after a large galaxy tears apart a small one? And how can that help in the search for dark matter? three-alpha.space/p/when-a-gal... 🔭🧪
When a galaxy is pulled apart
Studying what's left can tell us about dark matter.
three-alpha.space
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
What's left after a large galaxy tears apart a small one? And how can that help in the search for dark matter? three-alpha.space/p/when-a-gal... 🔭🧪
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“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Nature - Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
go.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Love papers like this:
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
An actionable guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists
The United Nations' “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) Agreement establishes a broad framework regulating activities—including scientific research—in marine Areas Beyond National Juri....
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Love papers like this:
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"Industrial countries have a moral and practical responsibility to lead. After all, they largely created the climate problem, and they have the technology and money needed to solve it."
www.amazon.com/Climate-Hope...
"Industrial countries have a moral and practical responsibility to lead. After all, they largely created the climate problem, and they have the technology and money needed to solve it."
www.amazon.com/Climate-Hope...
Climate of Hope: New Strategies for Stabilizing the Worlds Atmosphere (Worldwatch Paper, 130)
Buy Climate of Hope: New Strategies for Stabilizing the Worlds Atmosphere (Worldwatch Paper, 130) on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
www.amazon.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"Industrial countries have a moral and practical responsibility to lead. After all, they largely created the climate problem, and they have the technology and money needed to solve it."
www.amazon.com/Climate-Hope...
"Industrial countries have a moral and practical responsibility to lead. After all, they largely created the climate problem, and they have the technology and money needed to solve it."
www.amazon.com/Climate-Hope...