April Reese

Women’s heart health, Artemis update, postbirthing vitamins for reindeer What a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers

Today on the pod, what a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers

The quotation marks were properly used (I’m a journalist myself), but the writing could have been clearer.

The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did in years past

As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did in years past

It’s in quotes because they’re using language from the lawsuit. Read the paragraph again. It reads:

The 2024 lawsuit had sought from Novartis “the full amount of its net profits obtained by commercializing the HeLa cell line,” which the complaint said had been cultivated from “stolen cells.”

Beautiful

Doting male mouse dads share a genetic signature, new study finds New research on African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a specific gene

New research on African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a specific gene

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

12-year-old Ender wrote that when she felt sick at Dilley, the doctor would only say to drink more water.

“The worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here,” she wrote in her letter.

By @micarosenberg.bsky.social

A ‘shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health

Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health

This is from 2023

EVs are already making your air cleaner A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.

EVs are already making your air cleaner #Climate

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

eos.org/opinions/wha...

The consequences of this will be felt for generations.

How digital forensics could prove what’s real in the age of deepfakes As deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction, we’ll need a new class of forensic experts to determine what’s real, what’s fake and what can be proved in court

As deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction, we’ll need a new class of forensic experts to determine what’s real, what’s fake and what can be proved in court

Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows European governments including Germany, Britain and Denmark will reinforce their plans to massively expand wind power projects on Monday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump stepping up criticism of their green energy agenda, a draft declaration due to be signed by government leaders showed.

Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows reut.rs/4pTHGYg

Trump Administration to Speed Up Permitting for Deep Sea Mining, Even Beyond U.S. Boundaries - Eos NOAA has finalized a rule that will expedite the permit and license application process for deep seabed mining and allow companies to mine beyond U.S. jurisdictional boundaries.

@noaa.gov has finalized a rule to expedite the permit process for deep sea mining, including applications for exploration and extraction beyond U.S. jurisdictional boundaries. 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

Beautiful images of Monday’s northern lights show in Western Europe. You could even see them here in Portugal.

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

NYTimes: How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

Offshore Wind Developers Are Now 3 for 3 Against Trump A third judge rejected a stop work order, allowing the Coastal Virginia offshore wind project to proceed.

BREAKING:

A judge has overturned a stop work order from the Trump administration, allowing the Coastal Virginia offshore wind project to proceed.

The decision marks the third defeat for the president — this week. Here's @jael.bsky.social with more:

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US judge allows Equinor to restart New York offshore wind project A federal judge on Thursday cleared Norwegian offshore wind developer Equinor to resume work on its New York Empire Wind project, which President Donald Trump's administration halted along with four other projects last month.

US judge allows Equinor to restart New York offshore wind project reut.rs/4pLfmaC

Bar graph showing global ocean heat content change in the upper 2000 m from the late 1950s through 2025. There is a long-term warming in the time series, which is using IAP/CAS data.

2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹

"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."

+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn

Análise: Petróleo da Venezuela vai turbinar a crise do clima Extração da maior reserva nacional emitiria 60% do CO2 que a atmosfera ainda suporta

Recommended read: In the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, columnist @marcelonleite.bsky.social looked into the climate impact of extracting more oil from Venezuela.

Every country needs this.

The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...

The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations CBS News postponed a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.

From WaPo: Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes” segment on Trump admin deportations of Venezuelan migrants to CECOT, citing lack of comment from admin due to their refusal to provide an interview.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals In a New England Journal of Medicine article, the former FDA commissioners wrote they were “deeply concerned” by the top vaccine regulator’s approach to raising the bar for approvals.

Breaking news: A dozen former leaders of the FDA warned that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risks undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans.

Turkey sends aircraft to help battle Iran wildfires Two Turkish firefighting planes, one helicopter and eight personnel will arrive in Iran on Saturday to help quell fires in the Hyrcanian forest in the country's north, Iranian environment chief Shina ...

“Heartbreaking scenes from Elit, Iran, where wildfire is damaging parts of the ancient Hyrcanian forests — a @unesco.org World Heritage treasure and one of Earth’s last temperate rainforests" Kaveh Madani, director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

#Iran 🇮🇷

Climate Summit Proposal Omits Plan for Exiting Fossil Fuels International climate negotiations were in disarray Friday afternoon after Arab nations and Russia objected to further talks on shifting away from fossil fuels and taking stronger steps to counter glo...

The wheels are falling off COP30.

"We're facing the reality of a no-deal scenario," said the EU's climate commissioner.

"We cannot accept a text that is not dealing with the real problems," said Colombia's environment minister.

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High fire hazard Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) residences in California lack voluntary and mandated wildfire risk mitigation compliance in Home Ignition Zones Wildfire structure losses are increasing globally and particularly in California, USA. Losses can be mitigated in part by changes to the Home Ignition…

We need to do better in the Pyrocene age: At 176 California homes, "most had little compulsory or recommended mitigations completed. Participants struggled with hazards that required frequent maintenance, including woodpiles, propane tanks, trees and shrubs, roof and gutter and deck debris."

And once again, the media coverage of an extreme weather event misses the opportunity — and responsibility — to inform the public that climate change is making these events worse & more likely.

With SNAP in crisis, America's epic food waste problem has become a lifeline The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.

grist.org/food-and-agr...

#Food #SNAP #Waste #Farms