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"The fine arts are lovely, but do they receive NIH grants? Have you ever seen a cellist on ESPN?" mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-ar…

My now 6-year-old son was hospitalised twice in his first year with suspected RSV (thank you, NHS). My pregnant partner is getting this vaccine next week - I hope others will too.

Bacteria implanted into fungi offer clues to the origins of complex life go.nature.com/3zHTBEE

Gary Ruvkun is a quote machine. Not sure if my editors will include quotes from his press conference in my story, but if there ever was cause to use 'free-wheeling' to describe a Nobel Prize presser, it was this.

Excellent article by Ewen Callaway on the emergence of protein design competitions and their relationship to CASP for structure prediction. He spoke to me about the Adaptyv Bio EGFR competition. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Really fun to talk to Ewen Callaway for his great writeup on the rise of protein design competitions like the ones held by Adaptyv Bio The Align Foundation nature.com/articles/d4158…

AI + Protein Design is developing rapidly, but are the proof points keeping up with the hype? Read on about how competitions, like our Protein Engineering Tournament, can bring designs into the real world! nature.com/articles/d4158…

How a huge database of protein structures spawned AlphaFold and the biological AI revolution. My Q&A with Protein Data Bank Protein Data Bank co-founder Helen Berman. nature.com/articles/d4158…

First, the Winter Fuel Allowance was scrapped for millions, and now there may be plans to scrap the £2 cap on bus fares. It feels like Rachel Reeves is sold on targeting those who need the most support instead of holding the ultra-rich accountable with fair taxes.

#OnThisDay twenty years ago, the world met Homo floresiensis on the cover of nature. A hobbit-sized species so shocking, scientists can still tell me where they were when they heard the news. 📸 A copy of the issue I found tucked away at the Indonesian archaeological center.

To me this is more powerful than a formal endorsement, and a riposte to those who say we should “stick to the science”

“We’re very excited to see what people do with this” AlphaFold3 is open at last go.nature.com/4fHAfio

It is with great sadness that we announce the recent death of award-winning researcher and colleague Prof Eleanor Maguire. Prof. Maguire was a cognitive neuroscientist at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology for more than 30 years. bit.ly/40fjpBk

Bristol residents - including those in the trial area - voted last year for Councillors who supported implementing this trial. I don't live in the trial area, but I'm not happy that protesters are subverting democracy.

I think Elon Musk should be expelled from the British Royal Society. Not because he peddles conspiracy theories and makes Nazi salutes, but because of the huge damage he is doing to scientific institutions in the US. Now let's see if he really believes in free speech.