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'While nine out of 10 cancers affect people over 50, the authors of another new study believe tobacco, diet and alcohol are among the causes of the increase in cancer diagnoses in people under 50 worldwide. Cancer‑linked deaths of adults in their 40s or younger grew by 27% between 1990 and 2019.'

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

👏 #SIB PhD paper award goes to Viktor Petukhov for Cell segmentation in imaging-based spatial transcriptomics, with open code at github.com/ZhuangLab/MERFISH_a doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-010 #BC2basel

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'The civilian and military conspiracy to overthrow Mr. Allende’s government, aided by C.I.A. financing and covert operations to destabilize the country, culminated in a bloody coup, the likes of which Chileans, unlike people in other Latin American countries, had never experienced.'

nytimes.com/2023/09/11/world/a

The germ deniers. Great highlight, with Dr Dan Wilson! @debunk_the_funk

Conspiracy theories about viruses and vaccines have exploded in recent years. At the same time, something even stranger has emerged, those who don’t believe in germs at all.

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5d94

A comprehensive microbial resource reconciles genomic and 16S rRNA data in a single tree go.nature.com/3DxqAcY

"Fifty years ago on Monday, a violent coup ended one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, brought an abrupt halt to the Chilean military’s tradition of noninvolvement in politics and ushered in 17 years of ruthless dictatorship."

nytimes.com/2023/09/11/world/a

'Olson forced out the president of the local Catholic Charities because that president had organized a women’s empowerment summit—something Olson thought was “aligned with the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” which, in his view, “are most truly hostile to the principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

slate.com/human-interest/2023/

'Although private equity’s foray into book publishing is new, funds have been buying up news publications for the past decade. When they do, they tend to lay off reporters and editors, cut back on print editions, and invest less in the resources necessary for great journalism.'

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

'Fifty years on, the US role in overthrowing the socialist government of Salvador Allende is not a secret. But as documents that surfaced over the past couple months should remind us, there’s still a whole lot that’s being kept from us about this shocking crime.'

jacobin.com/2023/09/chile-coup

'Next week, world leaders will meet in New York City to assess progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There’s no varnishing it: the meeting will be a damp squib. Halfway to the SDGs’ 2030 deadline, none of the 17 goals to end poverty and protect the environment is on track, and only 15% of the 140 targets for which data are available look likely to be met.,

nature.com/articles/d41586-023

A tiny wasp drilled its ovipositor through a petri dish. Through a f#$%^g petri dish. Multiple f$$%^g times. Like, I can't even...

#wasp #entomology #insect

doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.107786

This #TechnicalTuesday we’re highlighting @haesleinhuepf 's post describing how to organise an international symposium. Robert organised the recent #PoLBIAS23 and shares his recommended timeline for organising a successful event.
focalplane.biologists.com/2023

The sun is finally rising again on UK association to Horizon Europe - my blog for WonkHE to celebrate many years of work by many people wonkhe.com/blogs/got-horizon-d

'On average, depression knocks about 10 years from someone’s life expectancy. It is, Gold concludes, a “cancer of the self” that “erodes our dignity and self-respect while it erodes our bodies”.

theguardian.com/books/2023/sep

"Headlines announce that transmission is surging and hospitalizations for Covid are rising by alarming percentages. There’s debate in some places about whether or not to resume wearing masks. People are worrying about whether the latest subvariant, BA.2.86, spells bad news for our fall and winter, and whether soon-to-be-released booster shots will be a match for it or whatever variant follows."

statnews.com/2023/09/10/covid-

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