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MIke Ambler @mike-ambler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Out in eLife - response to reviewers coming soon. Super proud of this, demonstrating the principle that conserved circuits for torpor not only exist in species that don't naturally do it, but engaging them is cardioprotective! elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

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Synthetic torpor in the rat protects the heart from ischaemia-reperfusion injury

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Alex Banks @bankslab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🧵1/15 Delighted to share our study on the naked mole-rat (NMR): a mammal with bizarre thermal biology, notorious longevity, and cancer resistance. But how do NMRs maintain (or fail to maintain) their body temperature? Our latest work digs deep! #ThermalBiology #Thermogenesis

Picture of a naked mole-rat in a fleece bed

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The speed of light visualized on a cosmic scale. Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.

Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy

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redneeraj.bsky.social @redneeraj.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This trial demonstrated the dangers of algorithmic adaptive trial design. Miscoding meant that pts were put into the wrong arms. The authors say that despite the trial not having internal validity it should be regarded as having validity outside of how it was conducted. I am not convinced. #EMIMCC

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 14/04/2025

The reason we were all watching the Challenger launch is because it was quite literally an assignment for us to do so. Can't help but contrast this to today's flight. Back in the day, space flight was for science and learning (and yes, industry). Now? It's vanity. www.nasa.gov/history/40-y...

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40 Years Ago: President Reagan Announces Teacher in Space Project - NASA

On Aug. 27, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan announced the Teacher in Space project as part of NASA’s Space Flight Participant Program to expand the space

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility

In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

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