Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

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Been wondering how well runs of homozygosity can predict inbreeding depression? Read our new meta-analysis where we show a significant relationship between ROH and fitness across taxa #popgen #consgen: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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When suspected cases of mpox, viral haemorrhagic fevers, rabies and other viral diseases emerge in Cameroon, samples arrive at Delia Doreen Djuicy's laboratory in Yaoundé. She is tracking viruses and building the science to understand them: spklr.io/63323ErSWt #WhereIWork #WomenInSTEM 🧪

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That illustration is gorgeous!

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New survey results show the harm done by Trump policies to US science capacity, research, training future scientists www.firsthandaccounts.org/home Led by @drk-lo.bsky.social on behalf of @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social and other organismal biol societies.

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