Eric Shattuck

Inject this entire piece into my veins 👇🎯💯

I know I’m a good reviewer because authors always thank me for my helpful comments.

Whoever put it together certainly had insufficient sleep!

A titan of vaccine development sees his field’s achievements slip away Stanley Plotkin, the 93-year-old "godfather of vaccines," is watching his field’s achievements slip away.

“In a pair of recent interviews with STAT, Plotkin expressed dismay at seeing the achievements of his career & his field slip away. He knows what lies ahead…
“All I can say is that I’m beginning to regret having lived so long —because we’re going downhill,” Plotkin said” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Tillykke! Congratulations, #Denmark for becoming the first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis!

This is a major public health achievement! Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4rGjxGw

Awesome! Is this in BC?

National Science Board 496th Meeting YouTube video by National Science Board

National Science Board meeting starts in 20 mins—I'll try to follow along and do some live coverage.

Open session will discuss merit review and changes to agency management/decision-making.

BA WMN World Cafe Registration The Biological Anthropology Women’s Mentoring Network (BA WMN) is open to graduate-level women and gender-minoritized AABA attendees regardless of academic rank or current employment status. Our missi...

@bawmn.bsky.social is offering an intimate World Café luncheon March 19th at the AABAs on the timely theme of Collective Action ~ a chance to really connect and reflect in a relaxed setting over a delicious Italian meal. Register here: forms.gle/vXsTK8EWPf9A...

The Developmental Origins of Health & Disease (DOHaD) Canada's @dohadcanada.bsky.social meeting will take place June 2–3, 2026 in Western University in London!

The theme is: "From Womb to Well-Being: Biological and Psychosocial Pathways in DOHaD" - Join us! 👇🏽

www.dohad.ca/annual-meeti...

Teaching Faculty, FTT -Department of Anthropological Sciences - Radford, Virginia, United States Title: Teaching Faculty, FTT -Department of Anthropological Sciences Application Review Date: March 16, 2026 Campus Location: Radford City - Main Campus Work Authorization: Radford University employs ...

My department is hiring a Biological Anthropologist, spread the word!!!

jobs.radford.edu/jobs/teachin...

Reframing the sex debate in scientific research: three frameworks to support rigor without rigidity - Biology of Sex Differences Debates about the nature of sex are prominent in scientific, scholarly and public discourses. Scientific as well as societal debates largely focus on whether sex is appropriately conceptualized as a b...

Check our new paper “Reframing the sex debate in scientific research - three frameworks to support rigor without rigidity” in Journal of Biology of Sex Differences. Co authored with Stacey Ritz. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

An evolutionary perspective on the use of betel nut and its effects on health outcomes AbstractBackground and objectives. The use of psychoactive substances appears to be a consistent behavior throughout human evolutionary history. In contemp

Our latest in EMPH - an #evolutionarymedicine perspective on betel nut chewing in Bangladesh: academic.oup.com/emph/article...

A stack of books on a table in front of a viney plant. Books in the stack: Explaining Life Through Evolution, From Darwin to Derrida, Darwinizing Gaia, The Tales Teeth Tell, A Darwinian Survival Guide, Father Nature, The Story of Life in 10 and a 1/2 Species.

Few scientific ideas have traveled as far — or had consequences as wide-ranging — as Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. For #DarwinDay, we’ve compiled a selection of books inspired by his work: bit.ly/3Zl6T3a

Black-and-white portrait of an elderly man with a bald head and a long, full white beard. He faces the camera directly with a serious, contemplative expression. Deep lines mark his forehead and cheeks. He wears a dark, heavy coat, and the plain, softly lit background keeps attention on his face. The photograph has visible scratches and wear,

"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Happy birthday to the only and only Charles Darwin. 🧪

Charles Darwin, wearing a party hat, pops out of a birthday cake with his arms in the air, surrounded by confetti.

What day is it? It's #Darwin's birthday! Happy 217th to our boy Charles.

Good morning! We have just learned that our article on experiences and recommendations for faculty with disabilities has been published:

www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/15...

Black-and-white composite image. On the left is a newspaper clipping with the bold headline “MISSING LINK” and subheadings including “MAN-APE PERIOD” and “FOSSIL SKULL FOUND,” followed by text reporting the discovery of a fossil skull at Taung and describing it as intermediate between humans and apes. On the right is a side view of the Taung Child fossil skull (Australopithecus africanus), a small juvenile cranium embedded in rock matrix, showing a rounded braincase, short face, visible teeth, and a long crack running across the surface.

The Taung Child was first mentioned in print today in 1925. 🏺🧪
📸 Len Richardson, Johannesburg Star.

Updated application portal is now live! arizona.csod.com/samldefault....

We’re hiring! UC Press is looking for an Editorial Assistant (hybrid, Oakland) to support acquisitions, work with authors, and help bring scholarly books into the world: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucop/EMP...

From Evolution to Epidemic: Understanding Osteoarthritis as a Mismatch Disease, 2/13, 3-4 pm, RAB 001

Dr. Ian Wallace will deliver a seminar at Rutgers University on 2/13 on the evolution of osteoarthritis. Please see the attached flyer and come if you can!

At least you have reserved Tauntaun parking, right?

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

William Foege has died. He was a central architect of smallpox eradication, pioneering surveillance-driven ring vaccination when vaccine supply was limited. That strategy helped eliminate the deadliest human pathogen we’ve ever known.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

I saw this a million years ago and could not stop laughing.

Our latest, open access, publication -
Feeling Unsafe in One’s Own Body: The Impact of Illness on Psychological Safety and Social Engagement

www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/23...

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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thoug...

Latest Treponema genome just dropped: it's 5,500 years old, was found in Colombia, and is a different branch of the evolutionary tree than the strains that cause today's syphilis/yaws/bejel. 🏺🧪

An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two Eyes on a face’s front or side enable a brain to perceive images. Fossil evidence suggests that two light-sensitive organs on top of ancient vertebrate heads generated images, too.

Sick n tired of evolution smdh. 20 million years ago it took away our tail, 350 million years ago it took away a few extra fingers, now we learn we could've had an extra set of eyes. always takes and never gives 😤 www.nature.com/articles/d41...