Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

Portugal decriminalised drugs in 2001 and subsequently treated drug abuse as a public health issue. Between 1999 and 2016 deaths from overdose fell by 92%.

If Westminster refuses to even consider this approach then future deaths are on their hands.

Opportunities for creative expression through arts in medicine programs are increasing in U.S. hospitals.

Making #art offers something that just taking pills can’t.

Evidence shows that taking part in art programs has many therapeutic benefits, such as reducing #anxiety and stress, supporting #mentalhealth and well-being and connecting people to one another.

https://theconversation.com/drawing-making-music-and-writing-poetry-can-support-healing-and-bring-more-humanity-to-health-care-in-us-hospitals-204684

#health #news

Roger Green

The relevance of the unique anatomy of the human prefrontal operculum to the emergence of speech | Communications Biology https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05066-9

Facebook reportedly turned over chat messages between mother and daughter, leading to charges of abortion-related felonies. You all think you'll be able to just go to another state or Canada, but don't be so sure. Your phone knows everything, and tech will snitch.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/10/23299502/facebook-chat-messenger-history-nebraska-teen-abortion-case

Happy to share a new pre-print of my postdoctoral work (thus far) aiming to understand the causal basis of circadian plasticity loss in our favorite equatorial island endemic, D. sechellia!

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.05.547553v2

I'm happy to report that the third edition of my textbook Evolution, coauthored with @LeeDugatkin, is now available.

The new edition features expanded coverage of anthropogenic evolution as well as a strengthened focus on data literacy and data reasoning.

If you're an instructor in this field or training to become one, drop me a DM or email, and I can get you an evaluation copy.

Research Staff Assistant

Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-staff-assistant-31/?feed_id=49377

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
New York City #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchAssistant #ResearchTechnician #Researcher
https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-staff-assistant-31/?feed_id=49377

Discovering the hidden connections between neurons and immune cells in pain perception.

First preLight post from Patrick Penndorf #mpi_ie #FEBSnet covering a #preprint from Aakanksha Jain and team. Includes a response from the authors...👀

#preLight 👉 https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/nociceptor-neuroimmune-interactomes-reveal-cell-type-and-injury-specific-inflammatory-pain-pathways/

#Neuroimmunology

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro died #OTD in 1856.

In honor of Avogadro's contributions to molecular theory, the number of molecules per mole of substance is named the Avogadro constant, NA. It is exactly 6.02214076×10^23 mol−1. The Avogadro constant is used to compute the results of chemical reactions. It allows chemists to determine the amounts of substances produced in a given reaction to a great degree of accuracy. via @wikipedia

#science

🦠 🦟
Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus (SLEV) is a common mosquito-transmitted #virus in the Americas that can cause life-long neurological disability.

Mostly unknown to doctors in the US, there are recent reports from California & Argentina:
https://mstdn.science/@hmpxvt@mastodon.social/110677596096783744
https://outbreaknewstoday.com/argentina-reports-7-saint-louis-encephalitis-cases-in-buenos-aires-and-entre-rios-76639/
(h/t @hmpxvt)

🤔 An open question is whether the life-long neurological disability is due to #ViralPersistence in the brain, as sometimes seen with other flaviviruses:
https://mstdn.science/@pyrrhus/110043486128121333

#virology @virology

What looks like Night Sky is actually a constellation of Goniatite fossils on the surface of a seaworn shale pebble. Their spiral shells trapped in what was once the muddy floor of an ancient ocean (320 million years ago). County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com Walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #fossils #irishfossils #Goniatite #burrenandcliffsofmohergeopark #atlanticgeoparks #nightsky #Ireland

Where #ClarenceThomas Entered an #Elite ircle and Opened a Door to the #Court. The exclusive #HoratioAlgerAssociation brought the justice access to wealthy members and unreported #VIP treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of #access.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html The deep, wide long term impactful influence on control by rich white men waped #SCOTUS brought us to this point. How many articles must be written before we comprehend the stark reality of the words - #democracy and #justice #denied

'Loss of TIM-1 enhanced the type 1 interferon response in B cells, which augmented B cell activation and increased antigen presentation and co-stimulation, resulting in increased expansion of tumour-
specific effector T cells.'
#Immunology

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06231-0