SpaceX’s Space Data Centers Face Massive Technical, Cost Barriers
SpaceX wants to put data centers in space. Watch an engineer break down the biggest technical hurdles and costly barriers it would face. https://t.co/QtaUsm5ztM via @WSJ
Healthy Habits Boost Odds of Living Past 100
Healthy lifestyles and survival beyond age 100: Evidence from a national cohort of Chinese centenarians https://t.co/FsfcGUzlFV
Newborns Recognize Melodies Heard In Utero
Your baby is not a blank slate at birth. They have been collecting data for months. One example of this is that newborns can recognize melodies they heard in the womb. In one study, mothers played a specific piano melody twice...
Steve Brusatte Joins MeatEater for Dinosaur Deep Dive
MeatEater with Steve Brusatte on Dinosaurs, The Earth, etc. this week is an awesome episode
Native Species Signal Ecosystem Health and Systemic Integrity
Every native species still present is proof that some part of the system is still holding on. Native species matter for more than being present. They indicate whether an ecosystem is still carrying the relationships that hold us together. When native...
New Toolkit Maps Human Ageing Hallmarks for Translation
🔬 Excited to share our new preprint on a translational toolkit for ageing research. We present a multi-modal approach to profile key hallmarks of human ageing, from immune function to mitochondrial activity and mTOR/autophagy. Our aim is to improve standardisation, reproducibility, biomarker...
Data Centers Spike Northeast Carbon Prices Above California
Data centers are driving a surge in carbon prices in the US Northeast, helping push CO2 costs in the region past California and raising the prospect of higher energy prices for consumers. https://t.co/sNPWSP51NO
Most Life‑saving Medical Advances Are only a Few Decades Old
“It’s shocking to me just how much people didn’t have 50 years ago, 100 years ago...They had no antibiotics until the 1920s...The one that really blows my mind is CPR was invented in 1960." ~@salonium
Today's Daily Progress Equals Decades of Past Growth
Progress achieved in 1 day in May 2026 is equal to: > 19 days in 2000 > 1.6 years in 1900 Derived from a geometric mean across 8 metrics: compute per dollar, DNA sequencing throughput per dollar, frontier AI training scale, papers published...
Your Baby Inherits Mitochondria Exclusively From You
Your baby's mitochondria come entirely from you. When the sperm enters the egg, its mitochondria are tagged with a protein called ubiquitin and destroyed. The egg does not let them survive. It's your mitochondria that serve as the energy supply...
Luma Ring Plans Lunar Solar Farms, Beaming Power to Earth
Shimizu’s Luma Ring proposes covering the moon’s equator with solar panels and transmitting energy to Earth via wireless microwave and laser systems. https://t.co/UDrTt5wCYy
Renewables Beat DAC: Cheaper, Cleaner, Less Pollution
Yet another paper finding that Direct Air Capture is an opportunity cost that increases air pollution and climate damage relative to spending the same money on clean, renewable energy. https://t.co/Bz7EKLFqXf Some other papers: https://t.co/hWmyI1wXjo https://t.co/hWmyI1wXjo Preventing 1 tonne of CO2 from getting in the air...
Lactate Bridges Genetics and Metabolism in Cancer Evolution
Cancer should not be viewed as a genetic disease or a metabolic one. It is both and Lactate is the metabolic language to explain cancer evolution. Lactate is an integrative oncometabolic signal linking metabolism, gene regulation, intercellular communication and selective...
Optimized Tin Plasma Produces Clean 13.5 Nm
Spectra of blasting molten tin with a laser to get 13.5nm EUV. Plain ---------- after optimization. https://t.co/F5UYtHUbb5
Supermassive Black Holes Power the Universe’s Largest Jets
Supermassive black holes launch the most powerful cosmic jets All across the cosmos, charged particles accelerate and get collimated into jets. And the longest, most powerful ones all originate from supermassive black holes. https://t.co/bt0ayt8F7b
Progress MS-35 Arrival Report with Bonus Cargo Interface Insights
I got distracted by Soyuz-5 celebrations, but the flight report on the Progress MS-35 arrival to the ISS is now completed, PLUS exclusive bonus content on the interfaces of cargo ships for our subscribers: https://t.co/01tbwAznxP https://t.co/bXAgUyZpsu
Acarbose Protects Retina by Modulating Microglial Metabolism
Acarbose modulates microglial Pkm2 acetylation to reshape immunometabolism and preserve retinal neurons after ischemia-reperfusion 👉"Our findings support that ACA exerts retinal protection through the Sirt1-Pkm2-NAD axis, suggesting a metabolic checkpoint that integrates immune and mitochondrial regulation." https://t.co/V3WGPV26qk
Airborne Microplastics Trap Heat, Boost Global Warming
Microplastics in air currents are trapping heat to play a contributing role in global warming, new research finds https://t.co/F3BzFMeOJ7
Psychedelic Use Linked to Reduced Authoritarian Attitudes
Effects of psychedelic use on authoritarian attitudes revisited - Otto Simonsson, Taylor Lyons, Joseph Marks, Hannes Kettner, Leor Roseman, Eline Haijen, Mendel Kaelen, Robin Carhart-Harris, 2026 https://t.co/MeywBpE3CL
First Full Video of Soyuz‑5 Processing at Baikonur
The first video showing all key processing operations during the Soyuz-5 launch campaign in Baikonur: https://t.co/gSfpQV4rgq
German Lab Prints Tumors to Study Neutrophil Interactions
One of the cooler things I saw during my visit to Germany last week was this tumor printer. The company is using it to test how neutrophils affect the tumor microenvironment. https://t.co/jXzxDpj6nZ
Blue Zones After 25 Years: Mixed Evidence on Longevity
What is the status of the Blue Zones 25 years after they were claimed? @ShelleyWood2 and I did an extensive look into this question, one of the forces behind the current longevity movement @statnews https://t.co/avrbAbgr90
EU Should Launch Coordination Programme for Healthy Ageing
The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity 🌟This paper calls for the establishment of an EU Coordination and Support Programme on...
Early Wildfires Worldwide Signal Longer, More Dangerous Season
Wildfires are erupting unusually early worldwide, fueled by drought and heat, straining firefighting resources and signaling a longer, more dangerous season ahead. https://t.co/SLXsXrxG3A
Bioinformatics Blends Code with Intuition and Feeling
1/ Bioinformatics isn't just code. It’s intuition. You run the stats, but you feel when something’s wrong. That feeling is a clue. https://t.co/Y0cn9Rfsbk
Funding Cuts and Visa Limits Spark US Brain Drain
#NIH funding cuts & visa crackdowns are driving away talented foreign researchers who normally would have flocked to the US, a @statnews.com survey shows. "It is going to cause a long-term brain drain," one US based researcher told @DrewQJoseph. ...
BEAM Wins TIME 100, Delivers First Gene Base Editing Cure
Congrats to $BEAM on being named as one of @TIME’s 100 most influential & innovative companies that are shaping the world & our future. @beamtx’s leading Gene Editing platform - Base editing, has achieved a significant milestone when KJ Muldoon...
Pressure Suits Keep Astronauts Alive During Emergency Reentry
If the spaceship leaks air, our pressure suits protect us. It is intensely uncomfortable, and could last 2 hours until we safely reenter Earth's atmosphere. Imagine having to run all systems and manually fly the ship wearing this taut balloon. The...
Comprehensive Star Wars Physics Archive—Update Requests Welcome
Here is my giant list of #starwars #physics posts for #starwarsday. Some of these are old and decayed. If you see one you really want fixed, let me know. https://rhettallain.com/2017/03/19/science-fiction-physics/
ML Model Shows CPAP Cuts Heart Risk in Sleep Apnea
As a medical school professor, I've long argued sleep apnea is undertreated metabolic disease in disguise. A new Mount Sinai study in Nature Communications Medicine adds a wrinkle... https://www.youtube.com/@RobertLufkinMD https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2026/mount-sinai-researchers-develop-machine-learning-model-to-predict-how-cpap-affects-cardiovascular-disease-risk-in-patients-with-obstructive-sleep-apnea SleepApnea #CPAP #MetabolicHealth #PrecisionMedicine #HealthLongevitySecrets
Study Finds No Health Risks Near Wind Turbines
New @nberpubs: "Wind Turbine Proximity and Health: Longitudinal Evidence from U.S. Households" https://t.co/u0x9T6P77L "we find no detectable adverse health effects from turbine exposure at typical exposure distances" https://t.co/WV08TAKYfS
EU Omits Leather From Landmark Deforestation Law
The European Union moved to exclude the leather industry from its landmark law tackling global deforestation https://t.co/ffPGregzpg
Ultra-Processed Foods Cause Weight Gain Despite Identical Calories
People eating ultra-processed food ate about 500 extra calories a day and gained weight - while the same people LOST weight when fed unprocessed meals matched for calories, sugar, fat, and fiber.
James Tour's Team Showcases Pioneering Graphene Breakthrough
📰 🧪 James Tour Group in the News: An article features pioneering graphene research by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor […] https://t.co/KDruompbL9
Older Adults' Muscle Gains May Vary by Muscle Type
It is well-known that elderly people experience smaller gains in muscle size as a result of following the same strength training program as younger people. Whether this problem is universal or muscle-specific, however, is less clear. https://t.co/e1CMXYMDt0
JWST Finds LHS 3844 B: Dark, Airless,
JWST observations indicate the super-Earth LHS 3844 b has a dark, airless surface resembling basalt or lunar regolith, with no evidence of recent volcanic activity, suggesting a geologically inactive, Mercury-like world. exoplanets
Hantaviruses Counteract Cell Interferon (IFN) Defense
Cells produce interferon when they are infected by viruses. It regulates antiviral responses. Cells produce interferon when infected with hantaviruses. Depending on the hantavirus, it may produce antagonists to counter the defense. And the convention is IFN, not INF. IYKYK
Birdsong: Physical Data Mapping Hidden Biological Signals
Birdsong is not just sound. It is data made physical. If you could see the air at the exact moment a hemp bunting sings, you would not see empty space. You would see a structured three-dimensional data array. What we hear as a...
New Optical Tactile Sensor Tracks Head Motion in Radiotherapy
Developing an optical tactile sensor for tracking head motion during radiotherapy: an interview with Bhoomika Gandhi by Ella Scallan https://t.co/pWXvBv5kUs
Klotho Buffers Age‑Related Brain Atrophy Effects in Seniors
Serum Klotho Levels, Brain Structure, and Cognitive Performance "Results suggest that circulating serum klotho levels modified the known adverse association between age-related brain atrophy and cognition in older, but not younger, adults at risk for AD, suggesting that the neuroprotective effects...
Mushrooms Hear Music: Science Reveals Nature's Listening
Nature is always listening – the wondrous science of how mushrooms respond to music https://t.co/fknYN7hVh3
User Doubts Recent Debunking of Urban Heat Islands
Wasn’t the heat island thing debunked a couple weeks ago? Please correct me if I’m wrong. I haven’t followed closely but I could have sworn I saw this refuted…
5-HT1A Blockade Amplifies DMT’s Subjective Experience
5-HT1A receptor blockade potentiates the subjective effects of DMT Zarmeen Zahid, Rick J. Strassman, Clifford R. Qualls, Sandeep M. Nayak, 2026 https://t.co/5tCpjw2Iaz
Reflecting on Craig Venter’s Pioneering Genome Era
I enjoyed this remembrance of Craig Venter and the early days of the genome project by @StevenSalzberg1. https://t.co/ggzbrvWlAk
MIT's Origami Robot Self-Folds Into Multi‑Terrain Machine
MIT’s Self-Folding Origami #Robot Transforms from Flat Sheet to Crawling, Climbing, Swimming Machine by @tweetciiiim #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/oUtAlj9qxN
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Drives Frailty; Biomarkers Needed for Precision Therapy
The mitochondrial side of frailty "Mitochondrial dysfunction lies at the intersection of musculoskeletal, metabolic, and immune changes underpinning frailty. While integrative biomarker panels have defined metabolic signatures, early diagnosis and personalized therapies remain unmet needs. Longitudinal studies are required to establish...
Low‑dose Endoxifen Cuts Breast Density, Fewer Side Effects
Low-dose endoxifen reduces breast density by up to 26%, matching the effect of tamoxifen but with fewer side effects, suggesting potential for improved preventive strategies in breast cancer. breastcancer
Consider Renaming Senescent Cells as “Aged” Cells
Good point, we may soon be talking of "aged" senescent cells. Maybe it's time to rename senescent cells?
Glucagon Signaling Required for Caloric Restriction Benefits
Glucagon receptor signaling is indispensable for the healthspan effects of caloric restriction in aging male mice https://t.co/xZYiHWkw5s @GeroScienceAGE https://t.co/WcZgdHgsG2
AlphaFold Shows AI’s Real Power Beyond Chatbots
AlphaFold is a brilliant piece of AI tech but it’s not the same thing as a chat bot. Most of the products on the market are based on LLMS but the real revolutionary work has been happening in research science for...