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The real lesson of this paper is not "one natural infection grants magical century-long protection." It is "immune memory can persist for decades and be continually reshaped by related exposures, leaving very old survivors with highly refined responses against the original strain."

Prof Marie Maynard Daly, Biochemist Marie Maynard Daly was a biochemist who co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes.

Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also studied the damage that cigarettes have on the heart & lungs. adalovelaceday.subst...

A restored and colorized historical portrait of the pioneering Indian botanist Janaki Ammal. She stands outdoors in a garden setting, looking directly at the camera with a calm and determined expression. She is wearing a traditional sari in shades of white and green. The natural lighting of the outdoor setting highlights her features and the textures of her clothing. The image captures Ammal as a trailblazer, the first Indian woman to earn a PhD in Botany at the height of her influence in the field of cytogenetics. Digital restoration and colorization by Seriously Scientific.

Remembering Janaki Ammal on International Women's Day!

In the 1930s, India’s sugarcane was weak and low-yield. Janaki used cytogenetics to "engineer" the crop, cross-breeding it with wild grasses to create the sweet, robust hybrids that feed millions today. 🌿🔬

#WomenInScience

A detailed digital composite image based on the 1947 historical photograph of geneticist Barbara McClintock. McClintock, with her characteristic short hair and round glasses, is seated at a microscope, using tweezers in a Petri dish. While based on the original photo distributed for her AAUW award, this image presents a significantly expanded and fictionalized laboratory environment. The simple wooden workbench is now densely populated with a vast, colorized collection of complex glassware, numerous amber-colored reagent bottles, intricate distillation columns, and botanical specimens relevant to maize cytogenetics, creating a rich, illustrative narrative of her "jumping gene" research context that was not present in the original photo. The expanded background shows complex vintage laboratory cabinetry. This image explicitly states it is a composite: a digital recreation where Seriously Scientific has taken the historical figure and placed them into an augmented, complex fictionalized environment. Based on original source from Smithsonian Institution Archives. Digital composite by Seriously Scientific.

Remembering Barbara McClintock on International Women's Day!
She discovered that genes aren't static, they can actually "jump" around on a chromosome.

Her discovery of transposons ("jumping genes") fundamentally changed how we understand evolution and the complexity of DNA! 🧬🌽

#WomenInScience

"Women of the world, take over
Because If you don't, the world will come to an end
And we haven't got long
Men have had their shot
And look at what we got"

Ivor Cutler, legendary Glaswegian Jewish poet/musician, one of my favorite ever artists

[Jim O'Rourke did a cover]

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Photo with capitol building in background, speaker and signs reading stand up for science and the assault on science will haunt this country for generations

Great speakers and signs at the Stand up for Science rally today.
#standupforscience

My day at #standupforscience in DC was truly inspiring

An excellent explanation of why a million data centres in space is a terrible idea and probably cannot work. The number of launches and reentries each day is absurd and the pollution vast.

Love is in the air at Edinburgh zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins.

Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and present to their mates.

das hier ist mit ABSTAND das Süßeste was ich seit langem gesehen habe.

Kinder haben Steine für Pinguine bemalt, die sie ihren Angebeteten schenken können zum Flirten.

😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍

Today, Switzerland is heading to the polls to vote on 4 national ballot measures.

Yet national and int‘l media are already focusing on the next vote in June: a far-right proposal to cap the population at 10 million.

It’s a telling sign how strongly the far-right SVP has come to dominate the agenda

"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters"
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
US artist
#InternationalWomensDay

"We have to create an art for liberation and for life. .."
-Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)
US artist
#InternationalWomensDay

💟 Good news for women
⚕️ Good news for sexual and reproductive health
🇪🇺 Good social policy, health policy

#InternationalWomensDay
@globalabortionnews.bsky.social

"I want to be THE painter of my country"
- Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973) Brazilan Artist
#InternationalWomensDay

"My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do."
-Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)
Italian artist
#InternationalWomensDay

Every month on Womensart is #WomensHistoryMonth ! 💜

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“Trump is not in control of the Iran War. Netanyahu is, and Kushner is his lackey.”

Whether or not you fully agree with that statement, this piece is a must-read to understand better the influence of the Kahanist movement on current events and the push for “Greater Israel”:

If a colleague who has been having a rough time lately knocks on your office door, and before you have a chance to answer, walks in and sits at your meeting table... stop what you're doing, shut your door, and listen.

#AcademicSky #ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky

FDA's Controversial Vaccine Chief Is Leaving the Agency ... Again Vinay Prasad has been a magnet for turmoil

Vinay Prasad is leaving as vaccine chief at the FDA. Yay!! He quit last summer after drawing the ire of right-wing activists only to rejoin the agency 2 weeks later w/ the blessings of RFKjr. Let's hope he stays gone this time. He blocked access to the Covid vax & has been a magnet for turmoil👇

Physics … is for girls? Contrary to modern stereotypes, the laws of the natural world used to be considered a fundamental part of young women’s education.

Did you know—in 1820s & 1830s U.S., “natural philosophy” (including mechanics, machines, heat) was “the most widely offered scientific subject in girls’ schools—more commonly taught than astronomy, chemistry, botany, mineralogy, or natural history.” 🧪 #histsci

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Entzauberte Demokratie – und jetzt? Perspektiven für die Schweiz Eine Demokratiereform für die Schweiz

Für Kurzentschlossene:

Am Montag, 9. März 2026 (18:15 Uhr) darf ich an der Universität St. Gallen eine öffentliche Gastvorlesung zum Thema "Eine Demokratiereform für die Schweiz" halten.

Herzliche Einladung!
Es wäre mir eine grosse Freude, bekannte Gesichter zu sehen!
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Painting of a young white girl, upper half, with her back to the viewer, standing by a window in an interior, there are bottles on the windowsill with flowering twigs in them

'Spring at the Window' by Tetyana Yablonska (1917-2006), Ukrainian painter #WomensArt

Four images, three of patterned and colourful weaving designs and one of the head and shoulders of a white woman in a monochrome photograph

The work of Gunta Stölzl (1897– 1983), influential German textile artist and designer who played a fundamental role in the development of the Bauhaus school's weaving workshop #WomensArt ##WomensHistoryMonth

While Trump monetises war, Iran women’s team deliver great act of sporting heroism | Barney Ronay In refusing to sing the national anthem these athletes have placed themselves in grave danger while Gianni Infantio sides with the American war machine

While Trump monetises war, Iran women’s team deliver great act of sporting heroism | Barney Ronay

The No World Order Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.

"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle."

On who's really in charge:
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🎉 Happy 5th Birthday to the MCID! 🎂
On 18 Jan 2026, the Center celebrated five years since its launch 🚀 To mark the milestone, we prepared a special anniversary edition of The SPREAD, reflecting on achievements and looking ahead to the future.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey!

Happy to be part of the team who put this issue together! Enjoy the read!

The No World Order Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.

New article! I wrote about Iran, Israel, the US, and the long history of criminal extremism that led to this point. Also covered: Trump, Kushner, Epstein, and nukes. Take your time — and please share if you find it useful!
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