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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 02/09/2026

Human DNA is ~70% similar to frog DNA. Just sayin'

Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 18/08/2026

This wise parable teaches us to refrain from judging everything that happens to us. Some things we believe to be good turn out to be bad, and some things we take to be bad turn out to be blessings in disguise.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 06/08/2026

Little-known fact: I was in @carlzimmer.com ’s classic book, PARASITE REX. That’s me right there on the page (LOL): one of David Roos’s graduate students in the 90s, laying flasks of cherry-colored liquids under a microscope in the sunlight of the soft Philadelphia sky…(1/2)

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 02/08/2026

Happy birthday to Pleased to Meet Me!

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 30/07/2026

How the podcast is made! Today’s episode is a breeze: I bring the science, @religionprof.bsky.social brings the religion, and together we figured out the meaning of life. No big whoop. Spoiler alert: It is NOT 42! More details on this podcast series coming soon!

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 24/07/2026

RFK Jr: "We do have the outbreak under control." The real world:

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 29/06/2026

Check out Psychology Today’s cover story: 26 Keys to Thriving. Mine is next to Faulkner’s, which is a much better piece of advice.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 20/06/2026

The mess at The Reflecting Pool is not vandalism. This is vandalism:

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 21/05/2026

Yesterday's "alternative medicine" is today's "WTF were they thinking?!" Today's "alternative medicine" is tomorrow's "WTF were they thinking?!"

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 13/03/2026

When I was hired as an Assistant Professor way back in 2003, NIH was awarding between 7,000-8,000 R01 research grants each year. In 2025, NIH awarded only 3,900 of these research grants. We are witnessing the death of American science.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 10/02/2026

For those interested, I'll be talking about the importance of federal funding for biomedical research on Saturday, Feb 14, for CIVIC DAY at the Indiana State Library.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 10/02/2026

As the worst measles outbreak continues to rage through the US, thanks to Trump and RFK Jr, some within this dreadfully incompetent administration are finally stepping up to beg Americans to get the vaccine and reassure them that there's no link to autism.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 01/02/2026

I'll be speaking at CFI CIVIC DAY about the impact of federal funding and policies for biomedical research. It's on Valentine's Day, so I'll be sure to put a lot of HEART into my talk. Registration link follows...

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 29/01/2026

"Restoring gold-standard science..."

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 27/01/2026

I’m a little behind drinking my seasonal beers. But this is the last Summer Ale that I have. On to the Oktoberfests!

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 21/01/2026

The strong arm alpha male myth, and the corrosive effects it has on cultural attitudes, have caused incalculable suffering and led many a great nation to its ruin.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 20/01/2026

QUACKERY: HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF! Our History of Medicine society is excited to host Lydia Kang, MD, as this month’s speaker. Her virtual seminar (Jan 26 at 12pm ET) promises to be a terrific and timely talk. It's FREE to register and tune in. @lydiakang.bsky.social

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 12/01/2026

Our IUSM History of Medicine society is excited to host @lydiakang.bsky.social as this month’s speaker (Jan 26 at 12pm ET). Her seminar, "Quackery: History Repeats Itself,” promises to be a terrific and timely talk. It's free to register and tune in.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 20/12/2025

Maybe this German newspaper did this by accident, but if done on purpose, chef's kiss…

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 24/11/2025

RFK Jr: "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim" Ummm...

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 02/11/2025

Today I discovered that when you play a Star Wars theme on the Spotify desktop app, the volume bar becomes a lightsaber! As if that wasn't cool enough, click the handle and it changes the style and the color of the beam. #StarWars

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 07/10/2025

Title slide for my talk at our departmental retreat this week.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 01/10/2025

Tune in to DOCTOR RADIO (SiriusXM) this Friday (10/3) at 1pm ET. I'll be discussing the use of Tylenol during pregnancy and the claim that it is linked to autism with Samantha Heller

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 31/08/2025

I’ve always viewed the truth as my first duty as a scientist, even when that truth upsets longstanding beliefs, traditions, or corporate bottom-lines. Ignorance of reality has led to the fall of many societies.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 15/08/2025

Every scientist in America right now

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 16/07/2025

I want this on a T-shirt that I can wear to student thesis committee meetings From Essentialism by Greg McKeown

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 14/07/2025

One story of many about the innocent, hard working scientists fighting to find much-needed medical treatments for Americans but thoughtlessly shut down by the Trump administration.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 12/07/2025

New at PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: Why Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA Will Not Produce Another Ozzy In 2010, Ozzy Osbourne became one of the first people on the planet to have his genome sequenced. (1/n)

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 05/07/2025

I had the pleasure of reviewing @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social 's new book, "Everything Is Tuberculosis," for Indiana Humanities. As a scientist who studies neglected infectious diseases, I am grateful that Green brought much-needed attention to TB. (1/2)

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 17/06/2025

I'm so glad we finally have a president looking out for our struggling billionaires.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 10/06/2025

Reason #382 why I stopped checking my spam folder

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 04/06/2025

A better life for everyone is really this simple. Hate drains you. Love fills you up.

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