Evidence suggesting that earth had a ring in the Ordovician sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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So recycled paper packaging has just been named as one of the worst for leaching chemicals into food… We’re at a point now where “recycled” is just becoming synonymous for lower quality & higher risk

The early days of startups typically aren't that pretty. In 2016 Solugen did NOT win an MIT pitch competition but they won $10K. They took that money and built a prototype reactor with wood and PVC pipes bought from Home Depot. Literally held together with zip ties. That

The PSP GPS still works in 2024

Fave thing about October is defs the falcon livestreams Like we get to watch these falcons hatch, learn to walk, & take their first flight in realtime?? The 367 Collins nest is by far the coolest - they’ve been nesting there in Melb cbd for over 30 years !!

Woah new alt milk just dropped - this time using watermelon seeds?? Turns out that Força Food’s MILKish is way more sustainable than others too - 🌱 Lowest carbon footprint out of soy, oat, and almond milks 💧 99% lower water footprint than almond milk !!

@Pal_zoology The most famous fish in the world! Here are the images from that CT scan that our amazing Veterinary Medicine team provided!

We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in Nature Communications shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵nature.com/articles/s4146…

A forest of neurons inside your head, happy #FluorescenceFriday 🔬🧪🧠

The latest M4 Macs can still sync with the original iPod from 2001. Just need Thunderbolt 3 to 2, Thunderbolt 2 to FireWire 800, and Firewire 800 to 400 conversion technology.

The 2024 Consumer Biotech Gift Guide is here! From glow-in-the-dark plants to hangover-fighting probiotics and flavormaxxed™ fruits, Michela Caffrey and I curated our personal top product picks this year.

We did it! We tested 300 Bay Area foods for plastic chemicals. We found some interesting surprises. Top 5 findings in our test results: 1. Our tests found plastic chemicals in 86% of all foods, with phthalates in 73% of the tested products and bisphenols in 22%. It's

Folks often ask me about our #ClimateFellows so we added a directory on the 776 Foundation website, take a look at these inspirational young people who all dropped out, took $100K from me, and are building to save our planet: 776.vc/3W1Pxai

The iGEM Headquarters Grand Jamboree doesn't feel like any other scientific conference. It's zany, it's authentic, and most of all, it's FUN I wrote this OpEd piece for ACS Synthetic Bio about what makes iGEM work and why other scientific events need to take notes pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

had to bring out the 𝒸𝓊𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓂 vegemite for my last summit as a 776 fellow ‼️ thanks so much for the past 2 years 776 Foundation 🫶🌏

For the first time since 2017, SB.X is back! Join us on Oct 30 for the return of synthetic biology’s most influential forum, now hosted at the world’s largest SynBio gathering - the iGEM Grand Jamboree, in Paris. jamboree.igem.org/2025/program/s… #iGEM2025

Fenugreek and okra can remove up to 89% of microplastics from water. These everyday food plants outperformed the synthetic chemicals currently used in water treatment facilities. It's increasingly evident that microplastics are everywhere. These tiny plastic fragments