So there’s a book cart at the Economist for all the culture section’s leftovers… I hit the JACKPOT today
I. Emilie Steinmark
@iemsteinmark.bsky.social
Science correspondent at the Economist. Never not looking for birds. 🇬🇧🇩🇰🏳️🌈
Some good news out there. This week we offer a deep dive on the promise of CRISPR. Fascinating work by @iemsteinmark.bsky.social economist.com/leaders/2025...
CRISPR technologies hold enormous promise for farming and medicine
Don’t waste it
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Thanks Dr Topol. The CRISPR package which that leader fronts-up represents tonnes of well-invested hard work, co-operation and imagination from @iemsteinmark.bsky.social & @gadyepstein.bsky.social as well as @rospearce.bsky.social, Cameron Weaver & a host of others. www.economist.com/technology-q...
The age of CRISPR | Mar 1st 2025 | The Economist
The age of CRISPR. Technology Quarterly from The Economist. You've seen the news, now discover the story.
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Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · last yr.Nice roundup on CRISPR genome editing @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
the best thread on the internet?
Nadine, Hunter of Rocks@nadwgab.bsky.social · 2y ago1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Quetzalcoatlite: - Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour - Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals - This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
It’s often assumed that the horizontal transfer of transposons btw animals is rare (Myr scale). But recent detective work by Kofler lab & others suggest HT must be very frequent, so that a single transposon can successfully invade multiple species around the world in just a few decades! Wild!
Robert Kofler@rokofler.bsky.social · 2y agosuper proud - our new work about the invasions triggered by two troublesome TEs in Nat. Comm. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The most Danish thing about Denmark is that everyone has been nervous about the King’s first new year’s speech for days, like it was their own son sitting an exam. My parents high-fived at the end.
Absolutely do not recommend having the flu at Christmas. All the food is just … texture.
Already seen this crop up several times in my short time here. Will be interesting to see if they will do something about it, not sure anyone has the time/headspace to check handles if pictures and posts are identical. www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/11/1...
Bluesky has an impersonator problem
Cryptoscammers tried to trick me using fake profiles of tech personalities. I am not alone.
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Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃
Johan Lind@johanlind.bsky.social · 2y agoOh, yes, at this time of the year we're all waiting for Wisdom to return to her breeding grounds, the Midway atoll. Fingers crossed. Two things. Last year, she returned early December. And, apparently, 73 year old Wisdom got a new boyfriend in 2023. friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-a-lay...
I want a girl with a mind like a diamond I want a girl who knows what's best I want a girl with shoes that cut And eyes that burn like cigarettes (Cake, Short Skirt/Long Jacket) #birds
Jeope!@jeope.bsky.social · 2y agoThe winter wildlife management unit has arrived. #birds 🪶
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Oxford Nanopore@nanoporetech.com · 2y agoWe are proud to announce a collaboration with UK Biobank to create the world’s first large-scale #epigenetic dataset of 50k participants. The dataset will unlock crucial insights into how #epigenetics drives disease & the breakthroughs to treat them. Read more: nanoporetech.com/news/oxford-...
Thank god we are past that weird moment when LinkedIn looked like it might become the new app
WIRED@wired.com · 2y agoA new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
do check out @ainsliejstone.bsky.social's excellent write-up, which also covers what people are trying to do about this
Paolo Crosetto@paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper. What is this all about? We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape. Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵 www.economist.com/science-and-...
