Roland Pease

Very interesting account of actually working with AI in science.

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

The algorithm correctly fed me this phage-machinery thread.

How NASA’s Webb Helped Rule Out Asteroid’s Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact - NASA Science Editor’s Note: This post highlights data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process. These results were reported as

I am hoping your thirst for #2024YR4 is not yet slaked! Here’s the #JWST blog’s take on things, plus we look forward to a more technical note coming our next week!

Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won't crash into the moon after all Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid. Future lunar inhabitants won't have to worry about a strike in 2032 either

NEW: Sad news for those wanting the Moon to be hit by a sizeable asteroid: it ain’t happening, at least not in 2032.

But at least we now that JWST is a surprisingly good asset for tracking dangerous space rocks! :)

Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/noto...

Sad news. Robin Weiss was a constant, patient guide for us at Nature and when I moved to the BBC.

I was hoping this preprint would get published before they axed Science in Action.

Growing measles outbreak in Florida, and yet somehow the Florida Dept of Health has managed to avoid mentioning vaccines.

Small print suggests consulting clinics for "pre-exposure options." 🫠

Words have consequences

👏👏👏

Disappointment, I'm afraid.

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I've suggested to my BBC colleagues we should tell the story of Lysenko, because the parallels are so strong - the career revenge inflicted on disfavoured scientists, the long-term harm to a core discipline. I've been surprised even among researchers, the story is only vaguely known.

Hear no measles, see no measles ...

Deliberative democracy folks: the UK government is taking inputs on the future of the BBC till 10th March - and they’re asking how to involve citizens more. Here’s the proposal I led for @demos-uk.bsky.social, including a ‘public lock’:

demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution

Looks like a fascinating insight into the young Galileo - I imagine historian Owen "The Great Copernicus Chase" Gingerich would have loved this marginal discovery.

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

#AMRconference2026

How many km?

This slide from @carb-x.bsky.social Kevin Outterson encapsulates what my forthcoming series on antibiotics is about. Innovation is not enough. The market is broken.
Achaogen was one of the great hopes I talked about last time. Now bust.
Hoping to tell these stories soon.

Rail tracks and rising sun in Basel

Early start in Basel for #AMRconference2026 - many of the big players here, they tell me.

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

Who's Next?

Of course, Tom Lehrer perfectly captured the insane, unrestricted nuclear arms race of the time with Who's Next.
("We'll try to stay serene and calm,
When Alabama gets the bomb.")
open.spotify.com/track/4Ry4xZ...

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

🧵 1/4

(I vacillated between almost 60 and over 50 and came a cropper.)

Your reminder that over 60 years ago, in the NPT, the nuclear powers committed to the "cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament".

If France etc need deterrence, why not everyone?

The view out my office window cleanses the soul. And I keep a 📸 handy.

Private jet prices soar as wealthy scramble to leave Dubai People drive to Oman and Saudi in hope of a flight, while most tourists stay stuck in hotels and on cruise ships

Small jets good, small boats bad.
Now you know.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This particular apple is proving v popular with the local bird life.

Full sunlit glory now.

Impressed by the root system developed by this elder twig in just a year, stuck in the soil to mark a seedling.