Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

'Last June, when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, women started deleting period-tracking apps from their phones. With abortion set to become illegal in certain states, they feared the data might be used to prosecute those seeking terminations. Was this an overreaction, or simply the realisation that we have entered the age of Orwellian electronics?'

https://www.ft.com/content/e30d7c75-90a3-4980-ac71-61520504753b

"Jazz Pharmaceuticals has figured out a way to push the boundaries even further — a feat that demonstrates the lengths to which drug makers go to eke out extra profits and that two federal courts have now ruled was improper."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/business/jazz-narcolepsy-avadel-patents.html

'In their recent paper, Sangbakembi-Ngounou et al. elegantly show that many malaria mosquitos, including Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles coluzzii, and Anopheles funestus (collectively the most important vectors in Africa), frequently bite during the daytime and in outdoor, peridomestic spaces'

#Malaria #publichealth

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2210568119

'Now, scientists have conducted the first deep dive into the animals’ DNA. The dogs of Chernobyl are genetically distinct, different from purebred canines as well as other groups of free-breeding dogs, the scientists reported Friday in Science Advances.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/science/chernobyl-dogs-dna.html

'In a 2021 study, more than half of American adults reported symptoms of major depressive disorder after a coronavirus infection. The risk of developing these symptoms — as well as other mental health disorders — remains high up to a year after you’ve recovered.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/well/long-covid-depression-symptoms-treatment.html

'El trabajo que le ha puesto unas gafas póstumas a Huygens ha sido publicado en la revista Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of History and Science, y lo firma un compatriota suyo, el astrofísico Alex Pietrow, de 31 años. A Huygens llama “el Einstein de su época”, porque era astrónomo, físico y matemático, y formó parte de la primera generación de científicos modernos europeos.'

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2023-03-03/christiaan-huygens-el-cientifico-holandes-que-descubrio-la-luna-titan-de-saturno-era-miope-segun-un-estudio.html

"É importante que os sistemas de grande público não amplifiquem a exclusão social, em particular dos seniores ativos, que deveriam poder usufruir dos serviços comuns sem depender de terceiros."

https://www.dn.pt/opiniao/transformacao-digital-e-iresponsabilidade-social-15803233.html?fbclid=IwAR3e61QLpw5Df_HJkZXCHIgVIK8_SYue5ZYsPth4e74oOYkD_ukdgJuJyhQ

From an interview with Alondra Nelson.I think this is a question that should be incorporated into graduate education:

'You probably saw the Pew study that says trust in science is still high. A significant majority of Democrats think that scientists should have a role in crafting policy. But a significant majority of Republicans think that we should just put stuff in the journals and then not be involved in how policy is implemented. I’m guessing you believe that scientists should be involved in crafting policy. How do we build more broad support for the role of scientists in policy?'

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/paving-equitable-path-others?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D61439511608684911341905194615321351157%7CMCORGID%3D242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1677874918