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Trans People Do Not Appear to Have Physical Advantages In Sport The work shows a lack of scientific support for banning trans athletes, but also highlights the need for more data about trans athletes' performance.

This latest study would be a great reason for people like @petebuttigieg.bsky.social and @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov and everyone else arguing against trans inclusion in sports to change position and prove they’re not just being phobic or pandering to the center www.iflscience.com/review-of-52...

This is heartbreaking 💔

Should biology put complexity first? The dictum “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” poses a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing dama…

Should biology put complexity first? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... - excellent essay by @philipcball.bsky.social. I would add epistasis to polygenicity and pleiotropy as a ubiquitous and fundamental phenomenon, not some optional complication that we can try to account for afterwards

“Science has always claimed to study the future. Indigenous peoples have always planned for it,” Tsosie says. “We are at a turning point in genomics, AI and precision health. The question is not what we can build, but who science is built for.”

Let's get this hashtag started! The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting is happen this August! We will share updates using #SCDB26.

Can't wait!

scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Three panel comic of two men talking. "We invented a robot that answers questions." "we hust have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day." "But it answers the questions correctly?" "Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no no"

A cherry cordial center for a semi-spherical chocolate runs out on a white background. The cherry occupies some of the space, but most was clearly liquid.

Chocolates with liquid centers are made by adding a yeast-derived enzyme, INVERTASE, to fondant or semi-solid sugar sludge, which breaks disaccharide sucrose into fructose and glucose which are more soluble in water.

These fillings have to age for several days to be fully converted.

CBE--Life Sciences Education (LSE)

We’re CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE), the ASCB journal dedicated to research on teaching and learning in the life sciences.

Follow for new articles, calls for papers, and conversations shaping biology education.

Explore the journal: www.lifescied.org

We should also note that these vaccines were limited to the most vulnerable populations or not approved at all due to these rare side effects (1 in 200,000). And now this detective work will help ensure future vaccines are even safer. Truly important work!

'Quad God' nailed historic backflip, but some say this Black figure skater should've won the glory U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin became the first Olympian to successfully land the trick in almost 30 years.

Ilia Malinin legally landed a backflip on one blade at the Olympics, but let’s not forget Surya Bonaly did it FIRST in 1998, knowing she’d be penalized. Her courage broke barriers in a sport that wasn’t ready. Black athletes set the tone. Let’s honor them accordingly. ✊🏿

“We reach for [these tools] because our world is asking for altogether too much: too much work without the time to do it well, too much caregiving without the community infrastructure to support it, and too much pressure to perform academically without the foundational skills to make it possible.”

Amazing 🧵 ⬇️

A musician playing a guitar in sugarcane that is somehow in the middle of a football field

First shot: sugarcane

The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times

Still used to make rum of course!

In December, I told you about how Trump’s Department of Education is stripping nurses of our professional status and making school more expensive.

From now until March 2, we need you to raise your voice and submit a public comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

White people are putting Mexican flag stickers on their cars to get pulled over and waste ICE's time.
They call it "ICE fishing."

Today I'd like to honor the memory of my mentor and friend, Roger Tsien, born 1952 February 1. Today would have been Roger's 74th birthday.

Most know Roger for his 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize with Shimomura and Chalfie. Roger made GFP into the versatile imaging method it is now.

ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections The measles​ cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.

Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...

Tenuous biomedical funding has put first-year Ph.D. students in a bind First-year biomedical graduate students across the country said labs have been hesitant to take them in due to a tenuous funding environment

With continued uncertainty over federal government support for biomedical research, PhD students are struggling to find labs willing to take on new students, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports.
New students are the future of US science. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...

Screenshot of the OVA website, showing all courses

The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE!
openvisualizationacademy.org

Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

The largest nurses' union is calling for the abolition of ICE and pledges to work to vote out any official who votes to fund them.

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Alex Pretti, wearing a green sweater with his VA badge on.

This is Alex Pretti.

This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.

#ScientistsAgainstICE

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’

The New York Times reports that a group of “scientific” racists misused National Institute of Health data (that families were assured would be protected) to write bogus papers on supposed to biological racial differences. Gift link.

Behold, a Deeply Compelling Science Writing Manifesto! | Culture Study Get more from Culture Study on Patreon

Regardless of your field, this is a great interview for academics to read and digest: @bgmerkle.bsky.social on the history and conventions around scholarly writing, the paucity of instruction in it, and the ways in which we can improve this area of graduate education.

Screenshot of website to order the book linked to in the post. The option to order the paperback version is circled with yellow highlighter and the site indicates that paperbacks are on back-order.

Screenshot of website to order the book linked to in the post. The option to order the paperback version is circled with yellow highlighter and the site indicates that paperbacks are on back-order.

Ummmm...we sold out!?!? 😱 We thought this book was important; it's humbling to learn y'all agree. You can still order Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences for cheap! Use UCPNEW for 30% off the paperpack. 👉https://buff.ly/G5nWPqA

#academia #scientificwriting #scicomm #teachingwriting

The cover of a soon-to-publish book called: "The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary". The book cover is white, with a light blue strip across the middle horizontally. Within the blue strip are pinkish-red circles that spiral into the background, and the circles contain bits of text like clippings from a newspaper or text. The book says that it is edited by Siri Carpenter and lists a number of contributors who provided original pieces and annotations.

Coming June 2026, The Open Notebook will publish a brand new book, edited by @siricarpenter.bsky.social, and today we are absolutely THRILLED to share the cover!

Look!! 👀

www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

Probably the best endorsement I can give of this book is that I read the whole thing today after it showed up. This is a must read for educators. But here are a few things I really liked about it. 🧵

Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science

This is a HUGE win…and one that happened because we ~collectively~ said “NO!”

But AAAS coming in and saying on record to the NYT “Science is doing ok. Things are not bad at all…” is baffling.

If things are hard for you as a scientist, please share in the comments.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

I'm really proud of this article. Quyanakpuq @redped.bsky.social for including me on this project. In this discussion between 5 Indigenous academic women, we discuss the intersection between feminism and Indigenous studies, with lots of suggested readings that shaped our thinking in this area.