An effusive review of #ScienceUnderSiege by Kirkus Reviews of my forthcoming book with Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) , #ScienceUnderSiege kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/m…

"Let it rip" is always a bad idea for containing epidemics. It's a REALLY bad idea for containing H5N1 in chickens. Besides the obvious biosafety issues, it has terrible ecological, economic, & food security consequences as well. Must-read Policy Forum in Science Magazine 👇

Berkeley Earth's next monthly temperature briefing, looking back on June temperatures, will be held online on July 10th at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / 5 PM CET. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… It's open for anyone, but geared toward the news media. See you there.

And how the warnings were ignored

Dr. Peter Hotez vs the Parasites: What He Actually Knows About Ivermectin Antivax influencers pushed ivermectin as a COVID cure. But the irony? Dr. Peter Hotez is actually a global expert in parasitic diseases—and he’s worked with ivermectin for decades. Let’s break it down.

The key takeaway from the Global Tipping Points Conference at the University of Exeter, where I've been this week, convening over 500 earth-system & other scientists: Global heating over 1.5C risks setting off tipping points that would destroy the world. The hotter, the more danger. 1/

Wait. What? “We are witnessing a true reversal of ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere—something we’ve never seen before,” explains Antonio Turiel, ICM-CSIC researcher and co-author of the study. “While the world is debating the potential collapse of the AMOC in the North

In just the past 24 hours, 15 new fires have ignited — on federal land — from Modoc to Klamath to Trinity. Trump needs to WAKE UP and start funding federal firefighters and land-management teams in these rural communities - instead of giving tax cuts to billionaires. Trump's

this story is going wildy viral on reddit. ChatGPT flagged a hidden gene defect that doctors missed for a decade. ChatGPT ingested the patient’s MRI, CT, broad lab panels and years of unexplained symptoms. It noticed that normal serum B12 clashed with nerve pain and fatigue,

The new caps on Federal student loans won't cover the full cost of tuition and living expenses at many US medical and law schools. Even if such expensive degrees are still notionally a good investment, many students will have to take out large private loans to get there.

Permitting reform deals were not necessary to get any IRA investments built. Literally none. Same thing with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments. This is false.

1-3 We are at "Oops."

‘Sickening’ and ‘evil’: Musk bashed for USAID cuts after study predicts millions could die msnbc.com/top-stories/la… by Allison Detzel "...death toll of more than 14 million over the next five years worldwide to 'one man’s cruelty & venality.'"

We had a grim BBQ at my aunt's house. We are a family of #Latinos We are all legal citizens, some of us are veterans, some are civil servants, and some of us are community volunteers. We sat and pondered what we would do should things get worse. 🧵

“Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,” wrote five former NWS directors from both Democratic and Republican administrations in an open letter on May 2nd. In Houston, 44% of NWS positions are vacant.

I see. There has been an "abrupt critical transition in the system," creating "a possible new state" in the Southern polar ocean, which is causing Antarctica to melt. No one knows how this will play out yet, but it's not looking good. Antarctica is key for global ocean

I write a lot about Covid origins. I thought the lab leak theory made sense, back in 2020, but I eventually came to realize that it's very unlikely to be true. Here's a summary of some long posts I've written and many shorter threads:

Short thread with 2 basic facts you should know about this kind of flash flood. ⬇️

I was feeling so depressed on July 4th that I decided to think about something even worse to take my mind off it: why haven't we heard much about H5N1 lately? open.substack.com/pub/rasmussenr…