Alexandra Witze

Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.

What it was like inside last week’s MAHA Summit, by @maxkozlov.bsky.social who was there:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

(The 🧪emoji doesn’t seem right but I’m using it anyway)

Where is alt-LPSC going to be?

thanks for the shout-out, Elise! good story.

Vertigo

The Maltese Falcon

i can't believe i haven't blocked u yet

will edit: "blurry white fuzz that could be anything, possibly a space cat, but is in fact a comet"

don't critique my alt text written as the briefing is ongoing, luke

A blurry white fuzz in the center of a black frame.

NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...

This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️

HECK YEAH LIMNOLOGY

(this is a great piece about lake science, read it)

🤩

Mars, definitely Mars

Don’t be the wayward boat, Paul

The US government shutdown is over: what’s next for scientists Government researchers are heading back to work, but questions about the size of research-budget cuts will extend into next year.

After a bruising 42-day shutdown, the government has finally reopened. We took a look at what's next for federal science—how quickly things will get back up to speed and whether there will be long-term consequences.

With Jeff Tollefson and @alexwitze.bsky.social:

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I, too, find it surprising that I remain intact after the close passages of 2025

I must not be a comet

Bummer

Near Hygiene

northern lights and a powerline tower

I for one welcome our new multicolor overlords

This was near Hygiene!

#AuroraSky

Near Boulder, Colorado

Aurora’s out!

Taken in Colorado, 40 degrees north

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

Getting Rosalind Franklin’s story right is crucial, because she has become a role model for women going into science

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Ever received a #media interview request and you weren't sure how to respond? This #workshop will help you to practice both your #writing and interview #skills.

🕑 Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 14:00 CET
⚠️ Places are limited!
📝 Register here: egu.eu/0LAXH4
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Yep, Wednesday PM attempt, per Blue Origin PR

Ooh thx for the info (on travel, not tracking closely enough)

Aren’t daytime launches on hold?

Somewhat regrettably, he died yesterday not today

It is also Lise Meitner’s birthday today

Nice to have a definitive end to this story that will never change again, nope

Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...

Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS.

They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...