Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Journalists who remain on Twitter at this point will be remembered for their capitulation to the forces that are working to end democracy, and by extension freedom of expression. https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-pro-trump-custom-hashtag-icon

Shall I compare thee to a rotifer?
Thou art more bdelloid and more temperate

("Bdelloid" is from the ancient Greek word for "a leech".)

#biology #language

A memorial service was held at the premise where Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio was in the city of Kyoto on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/18/japan/crime-legal/kyoani-arson-five-years/ #japan #crimelegal #kyotoanimation #kyoani #arson #massmurder #shinjiaoba

Issue 13 is complete!
On the cover: zebrafish cardiac ECM labelled by Tg(ubb:ssNcan-GFP) & surface rendered in 3D using Imaris. Colors mark distinct cardiac regions: ventricle (purple), atrioventricular canal (yellow) & atrium (green). See Gentile et al.

Also in Issue 13:
▪️Editorial on integrity, transparency and accessibility
▪️3 Research Highlights
▪️3 People behind the papers interviews
▪️Interviews with Sonia Sen & Jean-Paul Vincent
▪️Review on pioneer factors
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/151/13

A parlor game from 1941 : Who among your friends will go Nazi?

"I have gone through the experience many times—in Germany, in Austria, and in France. I have come to know the types: the born Nazis, the Nazis whom democracy itself has created, the certain-to-be fellow-travelers. And I also know those who never, under any conceivable circumstances, would become Nazis."

-- Dorothy Thompson

https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

Simons Foundation

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/simons-foundation-27778-senior-bioinformatics-engineer/?feed_id=78315

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/simons-foundation-27778-senior-bioinformatics-engineer/?feed_id=78315

Microbes found to destroy certain 'forever chemicals'

An environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of 'forever chemical' water pollutants, offering promise for low-cost treatments of contaminated drinking water.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717162500.htm #science

Japanese scientists have devised a way to attach living skin tissue to robotic faces and make them "smile," in a breakthrough that holds out promise of applications in cosmetics and medicine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/18/japan/science-health/japan-researchers-smiling-robot/ #japan #sciencehealth #robots #universityoftokyo #shojitakeuchi

The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments:
https://theconversation.com/the-large-hadron-collider-gets-reset-and-refreshed-each-year-a-cern-physicist-explains-how-the-team-uses-subatomic-splashes-to-restart-the-experiments-229227

#NetanyahuWarCriminal Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and pushing for a cease-fire that could bring back the hostages held by Hamas https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-protesters-block-highways-call-cease-fire-bring-back-hostages-rcna160592 #ceasefirenow #freepalestine

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07624-5