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Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.

FUND SCIENCE.

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Nopity nope in the land of no way. (I got asked over Thanksgiving. Ridiculous.)

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It’s not goodbye, but see you later.
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This is what NativeBio is trying to fight. DNA is a business, estimated to be worh $172 billion/year by 2035. We live in a glut of information, including disinformation. The Genomics field already has a history of racism, power dynamics, data theft, surgical/chemical sterilization and murder.

YIKES. 😳

Academics should really start thinking about whether it makes sense to continue operating in states where a girl can turn in a physics paper that just says, “Jesus never talked about atoms,” and you’ll be fired for giving her an appropriate grade.

a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying scuff . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying scuff .

Oh! I didn’t respond within 24 hours to your invite for my free labor?!? MY BAD.

Got an invite to review a manuscript yesterday (a U.S. holiday) and snarky email today that said invite is revoked because I hadn’t responded. 🫠🙄

"We conclude that adult individuals are composed of a mosaic spectrum of sex characteristics in their somatic tissues that should not be cumulated into a simple binary classification." elifesciences.org/articles/99602

Innovate & Advance: Science Talk Series | College of Dentistry | University of Illinois Chicago The Office of Research presents Innovate & Advance: Science Talk Series.

Want to hear what’s going on in the Chew Lab? Come to my Innovate & Advance talk tomorrow! UIC College of Dentistry.

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Review of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Obituary for Dr. James Watson James Watson, who described himself as “not a racist in a conventional way”, has died at the age of 97. Below is a review of an obituary for Dr. James Watson published by Cold Spring Ha…

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Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...

The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131

Support Future Anthropologists! | Bonfire Every shirt you buy helps our students hit the road (& the field!) for research & travel!. Our department may be small, but it’s mighty! We teach and mentor hundreds ...

Want to support undergrad research & travel AND look adorbs? Check out our fundraising store for the LUC Department of Anthropology! (Just in time for the holidays!)

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SAME! That was the fastest I’ve ever done Strands. 😂 🦴

Woman with a black dog. Dog has on a bandana with the Chew Lab logo and Chew Crew written under the logo.

Oh how I will miss this Chew Crew pup! She heads back to Barcelona next week. 😭 Thankfully, Berta is still here! ❤️

Berta & I tried creating plangi today in Dr. Nichols’s museum class! Chew crew members Lily & Gavin carved pumpkins! 🎃 Happy Friday, y’all!

Channeling my Neolithic German ancestors today. (It’s actually quite relaxing.) 🌾

The first-time pumpkin carvers did an AMAZING job, btw!

We got our Halloween on today! 🎃 👻 🧟‍♀️

Stop by our table today! 10/22! BE IN YOUR ANTHRO ERA!

JOB! Santa Clara Uni is hiring a Bio Anth! I visited their dept in Sept and they are an amazing group of scholars!!

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Official Chew Lab pup Elna is hard at work distracting us with her cuteness. 11/10 good dog.

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Check out what LUC’s Department of Anthropology is bringing to Spring semester, and be in your anthro era!

Loyola University Chicago is greatly saddened to confirm the death of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM. This is a tremendous loss of someone who touched the lives of so many people. We appreciate everyone’s thoughts & prayers during this difficult time. For more information: https://bit.ly/4o7eIUk

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.