Just learned that David Baltimore has died. RIP. He was a powerhouse in molecular biology. news.mit.edu/2025/remembe...
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Just learned that David Baltimore has died. RIP. He was a powerhouse in molecular biology. news.mit.edu/2025/remembe...
Just realized that our new pope is an Augustinian. Gregor Mendel - who is considered by most as the father of modern genetics - was also Augustinian. Nice to see. I also like that he has been sparring with JD Vance on Twitter over the treatment of immigrants. I’m pulling for this guy.
April 25, 1953. "We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest." Happy DNA Day!
I might have to buy some Harvard gear.
I confess that I always watch my Nematostella when I feed them Artemia nauplii. I marvel at how quickly venom incapacitates their prey.
Watching animals eat is like my biology crack. I don’t need it, I don’t have to do it, I don’t even always like it, but there’s just something about critters noshing on one another that leaves me gobsmacked. And nothing does it like the comb jelly Beroe [Thread 🧵]
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkN...
I’m reserving judgment until I see the science. Peer-reviewed hopefully. These are lightly modified gray wolves. 20 SNP’s in 14 genes modified as reported by company. I’m sure most humans carry more than 14 Neanderthal genes - and we don’t refer to ourselves as Neanderthal. This is hyperbole IMHO.
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
People think that quantum gravity is complicated, but I am intimidated by the amount of science that goes into making great pour-over coffee.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Awesome!!
