You see everything is connected. The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions. Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.

Ongoing marine heatwave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | EU Space Support Office

In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average ...

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🇵🇸 Desde Gaza, para 🇪🇸

This is moving because symbols matter, particularly when so many powerful institutions have worked so hard to make Palestine invisible. Free Palestine and stop the genocide. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Last night, I was Spanish, and so were millions around the world

For many of us, Gaza was on our mind when we watched and celebrated Spain’s triumph at the World Cup.

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Pues en este artículo que hemos publicado en la revista @NatureComms mostramos el descubrimiento del primer metamaterial programable natural. Y tú dirás… ¿y eso qué es? Pues algo que en el futuro podrá ser muy útil. Aquí va el link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Tira del hilo...

"The biases do not disappear; they get encoded into the model and then laundered into outputs that feel objective because they are numerical. Replacing one prestige filter with another that is harder to see or challenge is not progress toward equity in science; it’s the opposite.” 💯🧪

Ran Blekhman@blekhman.bsky.social · last mo.

I wanted to like QED's new 1% preprint ranking. I really did. But the more I looked at the data, the more uncomfortable it made me. Here is my full peer review. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

"IF is a flawed metric...not an indication of the quality of published research...But, we are not naive. We know IF influences authors' decisions about where to publish". ☝️ The dilemma every journal faces. And that last sentence is a huge understatement. 1/2 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

The elephant in the room: impact factor

Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...

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Thrilled to shared our new preprint with @djabaudon.bsky.social ! Led by Ilaria Morassut, we explored "the extent to which early brain maturation requires interactions with the outside world". This wouldn't have been possible without our incredible collaborators, specially the @lanevol.bsky.social 🧵

Smell receptor cells in the nose have long been thought of as a chaotic bunch, lacking the spatial organization seen in other sensory systems. But the first comprehensive map of a mouse’s roughly 1100 olfactory receptors overturns that notion. scim.ag/3PzTzqj

Unprecedented map of smell receptors finds order in a mouse’s nose

Detailed genomic studies reveal olfactory cells have precise spatial organization

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Symposium in memory of José Manuel García Verdugo | NeuroPlaNe Lab

On May 18, 2026, the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Universitat de València will host a symposium in memory of José Manuel García Verdugo, bringing together personal remembrance and a scientifi...

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NEW ANALYSIS: What's going on in Spain? Spain's wholesale electricity price in early 2026: €44/MWh. Italy: €127. Germany: €96. UK: €103. Wind+solar now deliver 44% of generation. Gas sets the price in just 9% of hours, down from 55% in 2022. Full analysis: janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just...

Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how.

How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed.

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Isabel García Candón y Antonio Alba Robles, estudiantes de nuestro grupo, participaron ayer en la #FeriadelaCiencia y dieron una estupenda charla (El Camino de Santiago Neuronal) sobre la migración de neuronas. 🥳🔬🧠

Excited to see our paper describing a stereotyped receptor map for smell (led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social ) out in the world! See below for short thread with open access link to paper www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/s...

Scientists Unveil ‘Long Lost’ Map for Smell

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Smell is topographically organized after all. A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain

Dorsoventral epithelial position induces graded expression of a transcriptional program that maps each of the 1,100 olfactory sensory neuron subtypes to stereotyped spatial distributions in the epithe...

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🦈🧠2 JOB OFFERS in the brand-new Neuroshark group starting at the Institute of Neuroscience Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI)? Lab manager: www.linkedin.com/posts/idoia-... Bioinformatician: www.linkedin.com/posts/idoia-... Curious about the lab but not your profile? Feel free to contact me

Lab manager job | Idoia Quintana Urzainqui

JOB OPPORTUNITY 🦈 🧠 🔬. We are looking for a Lab Manager to help establish a new group studying shark embryos to understand the origin of the vertebrate brain. Reach out if this motivates you. We’re ba...

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Ayer en Sevilla tuvimos la oportunidad de ver el fantástico documental "Ramón y Cajal: dibujos en la retina" de Luis Gómez Juanes, director y guionista. ¡Elegante y muy bien contada!

¿Te interesa investigar el desarrollo del sistema nervioso? En el laboratorio ofrecemos una beca JAE Intro y el plazo de solicitud termina el 11 de abril. 🧠🔬🧬

CSIC@csic.es · 4mo ago

📢  Si eres estudiante de grado o máster y te interesa la ciencia del #CSIC hasta el 11 de abril puedes solicitar una de las 240 becas #JAE_Intro de introducción a la investigación 🔬 Podrás participar en proyectos científicos de vanguardia  👉http://tiny.cc/xqe0101

💥We are happy to announce the 3rd SENESCEL International Conference! Join us this year in beautiful Salamanca. 📆September 16-18, 2026 senescel2026.org

Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here: rdcu.be/e5EgU #EvoBio #EvoDevo 🐟🦎🐢🦇🐊🦜

The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs

Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms...

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One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

Neuroscience has a species problem

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.

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𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 sounds straightforward: compare species, identify differences, explain them. In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝘞𝘩𝘺? #CorticalEvolution2026

🧠 Cortical Evolution 2026 📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026 Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex. More information coming soon 👀 🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26 #CorEvo26

2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

🎉 Great news! Our paper is now published in @naturecomm We identify a specific astrocyte ensemble that mediates THC-induced cognitive impairments during adolescence Huge thanks to our collaborators @marsicanolab @khakhlab @grandeslab 🔗 rdcu.be/eY0Or @jsromero.bsky.social @crismonteagudo.bsky.social

NEW article by me! We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before. We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.

The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine

The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.

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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

We are looking for a motivated and creative PhD student who wants to investigate neurogenesis and brain development in beautiful Seville. Do you want to join our team? Please, check lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-... and get in touch!

Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships

Fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate at a university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.

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How often have you heard that schizophrenia is “80% genetic”? That number is almost certainly too high because it comes from twin studies that overestimate heritabilty. Great explainer of this phenomenon👇 #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychiatry

Sasha Gusev@sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵

Relevant thread II

Lucia Peixoto@sciencenlucia.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today I am starting a weekly post titled "Autism: The Evidence". I hope it helps someone fight the colossal wave of misinformation that is drowning us. Part 1: I heard Autism prevalence has gone up. Is that true? If so why?