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Lizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

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Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?

Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/05/2026

Herpetologist Alejandro Arteaga has won accolades for his efforts to identify and protect Ecuador’s reptiles and amphibians. But his methods have entangled him in controversy. scim.ag/4ePKBQ4

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Did this scientist go too far trying to save Ecuador’s wildlife?

Alejandro Arteaga’s efforts to identify and protect tropical reptiles and amphibians have entangled him in controversy

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Humberto Basilio @humbertobasilio.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:

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Did this scientist go too far trying to save Ecuador’s wildlife?

Alejandro Arteaga’s efforts to identify and protect tropical reptiles and amphibians have entangled him in controversy

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Nature @nature.com · 23/04/2026

Two thousand graduate student workers who went on strike at Harvard University starting on 21 April have brought a sizeable chunk of the institution’s teaching and research to a halt. go.nature.com/4sQ6VMs

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Thousands of Harvard graduate students strike — bringing research to a halt

Workers at the elite US university want higher pay, and ask for better protection for students at risk of deportation.

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Humberto Basilio @humbertobasilio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🚨🧪 Are you a graduate student taking part in Harvard University’s strike? I’m a reporter working on a story for @Nature.com. If you’re open to talking, please reach out. I can keep your identity private if needed. Signal: humbertobasilio.24 Email: hmbrtbasilio@gmail.com Repost please!

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Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I edited @humbertobasilio.bsky.social’s recent story on how Venezuela’s scientists are faring after the US capture of Maduro. A few of them made an important observation: Science is downstream of basic human needs and freedoms. Research cannot thrive when fundamental rights are under attack.

González, who helped create Venezuela’s research funding framework in the 1980s, says the only way to promote national development—and to encourage emigré scientists to return—is to reinvest money into research. Any deal with U.S. oil companies, he adds, should include that requirement. “We cannot leave everything in the hands of foreign companies.”

Scharifker, who witnessed firsthand the rise and collapse of Venezuela’s scientific system, adds that money alone won’t restore it. “Until there are basic freedoms in the country, there is no way science will flourish again.”

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Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

@humbertobasilio.bsky.social did a terrific job reporting out how scientists in Venezuela are responding to the chaos over the past few weeks. One constant refrain: The oil industry once funded a lot of research in related sectors, and researchers in the country are now wondering what comes next.

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Humberto Basilio @humbertobasilio.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Maduro’s capture marks a new era for Venezuela. As U.S. oil companies return, national science could revive—and Venezuelan scientists want in. “We can’t leave everything in the hands of foreign companies,” they told me. My story for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

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Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it?

Decades ago, Venezuelan researchers helped the oil industry thrive. Now they hope to be part of its reconstruction

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We assumed that chunks in Roman cement were the mark of poor mixing. Turns out they're the key to the self-healing properties that have made the cement so durable. 🧪 (By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social)

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Scientists have a whole new understanding of how the overlooked lichen helped plants turn Earth's land green. Which means, ahem! Please lichen subscribe to our excellent news stories!!! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...