On Instagram accounts run by U.S. Embassies in Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil, a new Prism investigation finds anti‑immigrant memes, threats, and “self‑deportation” pitches turning official diplomacy into a border wall built from hashtags, nostalgia, and digitally exported fear and resentment. Embassy Timelines Become Warning Posters Open Instagram in Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, or Mexico City […]
When something so awkward happens that you can only stare at the ground, hoping it will open up and swallow you, saving you from the cringe, the best thing you can do is…call more attention to it. Yes, really. That means uttering these four words: “Well, that was awkward!” Or: “That was certainly honest!” In […]
October 9, 2025 3 min read Bacteria Use Viral Naps to Build Immunity New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves By Humberto Basilio edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still […]
Citations J.J. Mathews et al. Understanding dietary protein quality: Digestible indispensable amino acid scores and beyond, The Journal of Nutrition, posted July 15, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.07.005 S.M. Forester, E.M. Reyes and D.K. Layman. Refining ounce-equivalents using the EAA-9 approach for protein scoring and dietary guidance, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol. 125, […]
Sleep is a sort of luxury good when you don’t have it or get it: like water in a desert, it’s priceless and life-saving. When someone thinks of health, “sleep” falls into the top 3 factors, as measured by the Kearney Consumer Institute’s global survey conducted for the […]
“From Pod to Pantone: Omnipod Mango becomes an iconic color,” the Insulet press release reads. How delighted I am to see that Insulet has collaborated with Pantone on developing the Omnipod Mango color for the company’s insulin delivery system. Here’s some of the story. So why “Mango?” To celebrate individualism and empowerment…and break away from “the […]
October 8, 2025 5 min read The Hand-Wringing Over Antidepressants During Pregnancy Is Harming Women By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it By Catherine Birndorf The Food and Drug Administration and the Department […]
Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like star. The Nobel-winning discovery, later published in the pages of Nature, was the culmination of centuries of dreaming, and decades of searching, for worlds beyond the Solar System. It was also the start of a […]
Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi developed metal-organic frameworks, structures that can collect water from air, capture CO₂ and more. Source link
October 7, 2025 2 min read 2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the Environment Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and possibly deliver drugs to […]