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Iranians are experiencing collective trauma. Thousands have been killed/injured, the economy is crippled & the threat of a wider conflict is real. It’s especially difficult for those living in Iran, as many have lost (or fear losing) loved ones. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The skinny on intermittent fasting
"the better the study , the less it finds"
gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...

Cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig founded the field of pediatric cardiology.

Co-developed the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt in 1944. This groundbreaking surgical procedure treated "blue baby syndrome" saving thousands of infants who previously had no treatment option.

#WomensPhysiciansDay #WomenInSTEM

Liverwort in the woods.

These are some of the oldest terrestrial plants on Earth, with fossil evidence indicating they were among the first organisms to colonize land around 475 million years ago. Try wrapping your head around that.

The magic of an Irish rainforest.
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🫀 A crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart’s major blood vessels form during early development – and how disruptions to this process can lead to serious congenital heart defects – has been discovered >>> www.biotechniques.com/molecular-bi... 🧪

Rosalind Franklin lived 37 years. Dedicated 16 to science.
X-ray #Crystallography from coal to DNA to viruses
🧪Explained carbon chemistry
🦠 Paved the way for #MolecularBiology, genomics, structural #virology

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#WomenInSTEM 👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬 #SciComm

Doomsday Clock Reset

"... global catastrophe..... #nuclear norms.. conflicts in Europe and Asia, #climate and biological risks... fracturing international order."

www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

#Science #ScienceNews
#ScienceHistory #SciComm
#GeoPolitics #InternationalLaw #News

Rosalind Franklin’s story, revisited through musings in scientific journals: How challenging was X-ray crystallography? Facts, perspectives, nuances- why it matters over half a century later.

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#WomenInSTEM #MolecularBiology #Crystallography #NobelPrize #SciComm

Rosalind Franklin lived 37 years. Dedicated 16 to
X-ray #Crystallography from coal to DNA to viruses,
explained carbon chemistry,
paved the way for #MolecularBiology, genomics, structural #virology

medium.com/the-quantast...

#SciComm #Academia #WomenInSTEM 👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬

Rosalind Franklin lived 37 years. Dedicated 16 to
X-ray #Crystallography from coal to DNA to viruses,
explained carbon chemistry,
paved the way for #MolecularBiology, genomics, structural #virology

medium.com/the-quantast...

#SciComm #Academia #WomenInSTEM 👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬

Rosalind Franklin’s story, revisited through musings in scientific journals: How challenging was X-ray crystallography? Facts, perspectives, nuances- why it matters over half a century later.

medium.com/the-quantast...

#WomenInSTEM #MolecularBiology #Crystallography #NobelPrize #SciComm

the lion squints-
arrow on the green
a deer vanishing

#dailyhaikuprompt Mar 6 deer green
#haiku
#poetry

out of its shell
flesh softening-
a haiku

#dailyhaikuprompt Mar 5 shell quill
#haiku #poetry

fog hissing
in still waters-
the willow parts

#DailyHaikuPrompt Mar 4 - willow fog
#Haiku
#MicroPoetry