Exercise Boosts Psychedelic Therapy’s Antidepressant Effects
The combination of exercise and psychedelics for the treatment of major depressive disorder "Through the lens of psychological and behaviour change, psychedelics appear to facilitate the adoption or maintenance of physical activity habits, increase psychological flexibility, and since exercise is associated with emotional resilience to acute stress, this may allow users to experience deeper immersion and exploration during their psychedelic experience, improving antidepressant outcomes." https://t.co/A3MtidxyKU
Data Centers May Cost Over $25 B in External Damages
A new paper theorizes that the cost of gross external damages generated by data centers could exceed $25 billion. https://t.co/v2z6UlsW5L
2C‑B Shows Dose‑Dependent Effects Similar to MDMA and Psilocybin
Acute dose-dependent effects of 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B) compared with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and psilocybin in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study in healthy participants https://t.co/OEJPk0XTqg
EDP SA Commits $1B to Asia‑Pacific Renewables, Targeting Australia
EDP SA’s renewables unit will invest about $1 billion in green energy projects across Asia-Pacific through 2028, with a focus on developing its presence in Australia. https://t.co/7kjQ8OwsYF
Seeing the Universe in 3D Transforms Our Perspective
Years ago I launched Microsoft Research's World Wide Telescope, which let you see 30 different telescopes worth of data. I cried when I saw it. Knew it would deeply change our understanding of the universe. But this is way cooler...
Fossil‑fuel Phase‑out Protects Economies From Price Shocks
Countries that phase out fossil fuels will be "shielding their economies against the kind of price shocks that we're seeing currently," said the Netherlands' climate minister https://t.co/b6Hq7lkOWO
Small Stem Cell Edit Generates Persistent Antibody Protection
Researchers showed that editing a small number of blood stem cells can reprogram the immune system to continuously produce therapeutic proteins, including powerful antibodies that are normally hard to generate. In mice, this approach created long-lasting, boostable protection against infections...
AMOC Tipping Point Threatens Future Climate Stability
Confused by media reports about the tipping point of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation #AMOC? Carbon Brief has an excellent explainer about a serious risk which might strongly impact your future: 🌊 https://t.co/wWZxioObdr
Semaglutide Restores Lacrimal Gland, Relieves Age‑Related Dry Eye
Semaglutide alleviates age-related dry eye disease by restoring lacrimal gland structure and function https://t.co/EDvPtdeiqg https://t.co/Kpku8SHEOH
Cold Atlantic Blob Tied to AMOC Weakening
And studies have linked that “cold blob” over the Atlantic west of the British Isles to that… #AMOC
Sony's Robot Defeats Pros, Mastering Table Tennis Chaos
this robotics breakthrough just broke my brain. sony just built the 1st robot that beats professional table tennis players. so insane because table tennis is one of the HARDEST things you can ask a robot to do in the real world. > the...
Higher Omega‑3 Levels Cut Alzheimer’s Risk by Half
Higher omega-3 status is associated with dramatically lower Alzheimer’s risk. People with a high omega-3 index (~10%) have about a 50% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease compared with those at the low end (~4%). Other studies have reported a dose-dependent relationship -...
Organs Age at Different Rates; Reproductive Organs Confirmed
Our organs age at a different pace intra-individual, as tracked through plasma proteins. Now confirmed for female reproductive organs @NatureAging https://t.co/v20xGZglMU https://t.co/3oiQ14yesf
Fetal Breathing Prepares Lungs Before First Breath
Your baby starts moving fluid in and out of their lungs well before birth. By the second trimester, they are doing it regularly. No oxygen comes from it. All oxygen comes through the placenta. The movements exist because the mechanical...
Climate Change Redefines Energy, Health, Medicine—Act Now
Climate change is already reshaping our energy systems, our health, and even the basic medicines we rely on. But progress continues, and we can help.
Proudly Acquiring Greek Edition of Quantum in Pictures
Finally got my hands on the Greek copy of Quantum in Pictures. Very proud of that, as there is the pre-Socratic connection. It is beautifully done. https://t.co/gegIrecerA
Soyuz-5 Delays Echo Soyuz-2’s Five‑launch Failures
Those who losing patience with the Soyuz-5 might be interested to re-read our coverage 20 years ago of the notorious Soyuz-2/MetOp inaugural mission from Baikonur, which involved... five failed launch attempts: https://t.co/sO7SqYRt2Q https://t.co/wtHUQsyECC
Today's NASA Live Events: Menon Talk, CLPS Updates, Artemis 2
Coming up quickly (all times Eastern): 1:45 pm, NASA news conf w/astronaut Anil Menon (YouTube); 1:50 pm, 4 CLPS companies talks abt their upcoming missions at LSIC (webcast); 2:00 pm, Artemis 2 astronauts at White House (*possibly* on WH livestream).
AI Turns Quantum Papers Into Executable Code
Is quantum vibe coding a thing yet? I talk to @ClassiqTech about how they're using AI to take users from a quantum computing scientific paper to running code in this episode of The Post-Quantum World. Watch below or listen wherever...
Polygenic Scores Predict Cardiovascular Risk, but Remain Unused Clinically
Polygenic risk scores for 8 cardiovascular traits in both @MassGenBrigham and @AllofUsResearch—superimposable— strongly indicate risk. Yet still not implemented in clinical practice https://t.co/DwWpwXknbJ
Ageing Forms Gene Network Linking Diseases via Two Pathways
Ageing isn't one disease, it's a network. Excited to share our latest study exploring the genetic links between ageing and age-related diseases 🧬 We show how shared pleiotropic genes connect disease clusters, revealing two distinct genetic architectures: one driven by ageing-related...
Tropical Forest Loss Drops 36% After 2024 Record
Tropical forest loss declined significantly last year, falling 36% after reaching a record level in 2024 https://t.co/eyluPiAgzB
Bullet Cluster Marks 20 Years of Dark Matter Proof
Dark matter in the Bullet Cluster celebrates 20 years It was our first empirical proof of dark matter, using the natural lab of the Universe. Contrarians argue against it, but the evidence speaks louder than any ideologically-driven voice. https://t.co/C2oykGMVIw
Quintuple Receptor Agonist Outperforms Tirzepatide in Trials
New @Nature A quintuple [GLP-1 + 4 other] receptor agonist drug that exceeds effects of the dual receptor (GLP-1 and GIP, tirzepatide) in the experimental model vs diabetes and obesity (in case you thought a dual receptor was max effect, as...
Motorless Microscopic Robot Swims and Navigates via Physics
Scientists just built a robot smaller than the width of a human hair (!) It has no motor, no computer and no battery It's a 3D-printed, flexible chain of microscopic segments that, after being hit with an electric field, started swimming through...
Tomorrow's Dual AZN ODAC: Serena-6 AM, Truqap-281
Reminder that the dual $AZN ODAC takes place tomorrow. Camizestrant Serena-6 trial being debated in the morning, then Truqap Capitello-281 in the afternoon. Youtube link -> https://t.co/RDcvhRqVWR
Skin Nerve Fibers Slow Melanoma Growth, Challenging Cancer Neuroscience
A twist in cancer neuroscience with many studies showing hijacking of neurons to promote cancer—melanoma growth slowed by nerve fibers in skin https://t.co/9OWEAhJPOb https://t.co/XGSdYYPqk8
France Commits to Ending Coal by 2030, Oil by 2045
France unveiled a plan to phase out fossil fuels at a climate summit in Colombia, with goals to exit coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and natural gas by 2050 https://t.co/QGbEK0nsip
SYRE Jumps to $8B After Breakthrough UC Trial
$SYRE pushing $8 billion cap currently on a major $XBI red day following their open label a4b7 data proving that a4b7 continues to work. Valuation was ~$3B at the start of the year. Must’ve been a massive surprise that their...
Falcon Heavy Marks 2026’s 100th Orbital Launch
Looks like the world’s 100th orbital launch of 2026 is taken by Falcon Heavy: https://t.co/yCL4rRL7Ik https://t.co/X0alLwYITd
World's First 1000‑Layer QLC Flash Multi‑Stacked Cell Array
News from @KIOXIAAmerica at @VLSI_2026 Paper T1.4 World's first Multi-Stacked Cell Array scalable to 1000+ layer stacked QLC Flash ➡️ Quad-Level Cell using MSA-CBA ➡️ Overcomes cell degredation, wafer warpage, and large blcok size ➡️ Uses F2F and B2F Cu bonding for 2x218 WL ➡️...
House Bill Keeps NASA Funding Flat, Shifts to Exploration
The draft House CJS appropriations bill would keep overall NASA funding flat in FY27 (versus a $5.6 billion cut proposed by the administration) but moves some funding around compared to 2026: a little less for science, a little more for...
US Firm Implants Brain Device in China, Rare Cooperation
"A US company has tested a brain implant in a Chinese patient in Shanghai, a rare sign of cooperation as the two countries compete to develop the most advanced neurotechnology." https://t.co/4xEs7DZTpk
Marriage Cuts Cancer Risk, Especially for Women
🚨New Study: Marriage more protective against cancer for women than men @WSJ: ✔️Cancer rates 68% higher for never-married men But. . . ✔️Cancer rates 83% higher for never-married men https://t.co/eQcmo0pa4B
Apple Vision Pro Powers First VR-Assisted Surgery, Heralding Medical Future
‘Safer, smarter, and more connected’: Apple’s Vision Pro used in world-first VR-assisted surgery, and it could be the future of medicine https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/safer-smarter-and-more-connected-apples-vision-pro-used-in-world-first-vr-assisted-surgery-and-it-could-be-the-future-of-medicine
30‑Minute Daily Brain Training Reverses Decade‑Long Acetylcholine Decline
NIH-funded research showed 30 minutes a day of cognitive training reversed roughly a decade of age-related decline in a key brain chemical. As a medical school professor, I teach that acetylcholine -- the neurotransmitter for attention and memory -- drops 2.5%...
Quantum Modeling Unlocks Practical Rare‑earth‑free Magnet Design
Quantum modeling may be the missing link in designing rare-earth-free magnets that are actually useful. https://spectrum.ieee.org/rare-earth-free-magnets?share_id=9430814
Metabolic Syndrome Has Doubled Globally in Two Decades
A Nature Communications analysis of 597 studies and 45M people found metabolic syndrome doubled in 139 countries among men over two decades. As a medical school professor, I teach this is the most underdiagnosed pandemic in modern medicine. Bayesian modeling across...
Exploring Whether We Can Truly Understand Consciousness
Why don't we understand consciousness? (Or do we?) My conversation with @michaelpollan at the @Ri_Science is now online - watch it here: https://t.co/5yqFge2Xl5
America’s R&D Decline Cedes Science Lead to China
1/2 China didn't take America's crown in science and soft power. America handed it over. China just crossed $1 trillion in R&D — now outspending the US. Meanwhile Gen Z Americans are "Chinamaxxing" on TikTok, romanticizing hot water and high-speed...
Muscle Damage Happens After, Not During Workouts
The fitness industry persists in claming that muscle damage is caused by "tearing forces" in a workout when it is obvious from the literature that muscle damage is created in the post-workout period. Also, the greater the damage, the longer...
ONC Secures $20M for Huahi's Hexavalent Trispecific
If you're wondering what $ONC got for its $20 m, here's the #AACR25 detail on Huahi's HH160, a symmetrical hexavalent trispecific anti PD-1 x CTLA-4 x VEGF-A MAb https://t.co/Y0jVjTuMMo
Thruster Draws 25× Psyche Power; Solar Won’t Suffice
Wow. Pretty crazy that this is 25X the power draw than the thruster on Psyche. Solar ain't going to cut it when you've got a few of those babies running. 🔥
Aging Immune Networks Shift From Inflammation to Disease
Network Rewiring in the Aging Immune System: From Chronic Inflammation to Age-Related Pathologies https://t.co/HxKXGUq8wB https://t.co/ErZBeYwuhJ
Brains Outlearn AI: Evolution and Powerful Neurons
Human brains are able to learn from much less data than current machine learning algorithms. The possible reasons include these three and more: 1. Evolution gives us a head start on certain domains. 2. Each human neuron likely does orders of magnitude...
2025 Forest Loss Drops as Deforestation Controls Take Effect
Forest loss declined significantly in 2025, thanks to countries curbing deforestation and a lull in wildfires in some parts of the world https://t.co/jEvadYGk72
AI Detects Hidden Pancreatic Cancer at 73% Accuracy
An AI that detects occult pancreatic cancer better than radiologists (73 vs 39%) via CT with external validation https://t.co/NIiIFjlyxp https://t.co/8aVAmy0eFl
Autonomous Labs Essential to Preserve US Scientific Leadership
If the US is going to keep our lead in science we need autonomous labs. Awesome leadership from @ScienceUnderSec and the Genesis Mission !
Clean Power Outpaces Rising Demand, Peak Looms Soon
This is the first year that electricity demand grew and yet was ourpaced by clean electricity. 2025 was a special year. 2026 probably won't repeat this. But the true peak of global electricity demand is now on the horizon.
Crowd Voting and Prediction Markets Can Solve Replication Crisis
Need to fix the replication crisis in science. Crowd sourced voting on which papers to test and prediction markets on what will replicate offers a potential path.