Dr Alina Chan spoke at the USF Covid Conversations conference about the origins of Covid-19. Alina is the author of “Viral: the Search for the Origins of Covid-19” and her book is a deep dive into the source of the virus. 🦠 🔬

Hear more from Alina and other Covid Conversations speakers on the latest episode of Big Biology: https://bigbiology.substack.com/p/covid-conversations-ep-138?r=b2j9a&triedRedirect=true

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I thought this #Guardian / #WaPo piece by some Peter Brennan might be worth a glance, though expecting only 60% stuff everyone knows (or should know), and 40% tedious irrelevant human interest guff. Which just proves that you can never set one's expectations low enough.

Well, I made it as far as the fourth sentence before deciding I'd be better off slamming my genitals in the fridge door.

"Seeing as it’s all carbon-based life here on Earth, these extreme disruptions to the carbon cycle express themselves as, and are better known as, “mass extinctions”.

/o\

*thud, *thud, *thud goes head on desk.

I fucking despair sometimes, I really do. How is it that clueless fuckwits get paid good money to generate such atrocious rubbish?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/19/a-climate-of-unparalleled-malevolence-are-we-on-our-way-to-the-sixth-major-mass-extinction

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The road to scientific discoveries is often long and full of unexpected twists and turns. Dr. Beth Stroupe shared her career path and her recent breakthrough in the lab that was decades in the making. She's been working to identify the structure of an enzyme called sulfite reductase that has broad biological importance, from amino acid metabolism to a potential target for drug discovery. Learn more about Beth's research, her experiences in science, and her life in this new podcast episode!

https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-beth-stroupe/

This episode was made possible with support from Innovative Research.

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✨🌌 Curious about the patterns that fill our night sky? Here’s a quick explainer on constellations and the Milky Way!

🔭 From our Cosmic Exploration Series: ▶️ https://TPC8.short.gy/qSuokXFv

#Constellations #NightSky #Astronomy #MilkyWay #Stargazing #ScienceCommunication #Tpc8

Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers a remarkable dinosaur specimen; but one that also has a troubled history in smuggling & private collections.

Read the editorial here: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2545090

Read the original paper: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2530148