@cmatacic

Science editor @TangledBankHHMI, formerly @NewsfromScience and @USChinaBusiness. Opinions are as opinions do, and none of them should be blamed on my employer.

Joined September 2013
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“We are an example not only outside our country, but inside it too,” says Gabriela Curtiz, a @BoiseState student and guide at Mozambique’s @GorongosaPark, which empowers local women by providing schooling for 2000 girls. #SEJ2023
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50 vultures can dispatch a fresh carcass in just five minutes, says @BoiseState raptor biologist Gregory Kaltenecker at #SEJ2023. Without them, our world would be swimming in bodies—and disease.
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Sound on! This it what it sounds like when grouper fish spawn. "Treasure of the Caribbean" premieres Wednesday, April 26 at 8/7c on PBS. #NaturePBS
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ICYMI: Gravitational waves may help predict big quakes science.org/content/article/… by @savagitsky

Gravity signals could detect earthquakes at the speed of light

Algorithm set for deployment in Japan could identify giant temblors faster and more reliably

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"The black hole is ravenous but inefficient." Like me, waking up in the morning. science.org/content/article/… nice piece by @DanClery

Shadow of Milky Way’s giant black hole seen for the first time

After 5 years, astronomers release picture of Sagittarius A*’s event horizon, ringed by bright gas

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Astronomers calculated decades ago that it would take a telescope as big as Earth to see Sgr A*. So scientists did the next best thing: They harnessed the power of eight observatories scattered around the world. science.org/content/article/…

Shadow of Milky Way’s giant black hole seen for the first time

After 5 years, astronomers release picture of Sagittarius A*’s event horizon, ringed by bright gas

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Most problems with forensics do not originate with “bad apple” technicians who have infiltrated crime labs: science.org/content/article/… by @douglasstarr

Are forensic experts biased? Scientist’s claims spark outrage

Forensic pathologists, fingerprint examiners, and DNA analysts are all fallible, Itiel Dror’s work suggests

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Are forensic experts biased? Itiel Dror's controversial studies suggest many can be: science.org/content/article/… by @douglasstarr

Are forensic experts biased? Scientist’s claims spark outrage

Forensic pathologists, fingerprint examiners, and DNA analysts are all fallible, Itiel Dror’s work suggests

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The Veesler Lab@veeslerlab10 May 2022
We analyzed human plasma, mucosal and memory antibody responses against #SARSCoV2 and found a pan-variant neutralizing antibody! Led by @YoungjunPark11 Dora Pinto @coronalexington @JZhuoming Collab. with @DavideCorti6 @HHMINEWS @Vir_Biotech 1/24 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Imprinted antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages carry distinct spike mutations and represent an antigenic shift resulting in escape from antibodies induced by previous infection or vaccination. We show that hybrid...

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Omicron "should be called SARS-3." Nice story on that restless virus by @GretchenVogel1 science.org/content/article/…

New versions of Omicron are masters of immune evasion

Vaccines and prior infection still prevent severe disease from new SARS-CoV-2 strains

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After 2 years of disappointing results, interferons knock some sense into SARS-CoV2: science.org/content/article/… by @meredithwadman

Interferon therapy shows striking results against COVID-19

Given early, one shot sliced hospitalization risk by half in large trial

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Practice makes perfect, even with seizures: statnews.com/2022/05/02/brai… Cool find by @JonathanWosen

The brain ‘learns’ to have seizures more efficiently and frequently over time, mouse study shows

A new study in mice suggests that the same process that allows one to hold onto new information and skills could also make certain neurological diseases worse.

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Although the U.S. Southwest is famous for petroglyphs carved into canyons and cliff faces, much of the southeast’s rock art is hidden underground in caves: science.org/content/article/…

Largest Native American cave art revealed by 3D scans

Previously hidden glyphs in Alabama cave are more than 1000 years old

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Deep in an Alabama cave, scientists found the largest cave art in North America: science.org/content/article/… by @tessjoosse

Largest Native American cave art revealed by 3D scans

Previously hidden glyphs in Alabama cave are more than 1000 years old

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Just 9% of a dog's personality traits are linked to breed, new study suggests: science.org/content/article/… by @David_Grimm Fetching vid courtesy of @mhc205 😻

Your dog’s breed doesn’t determine its personality, study suggests

Work challenges popular idea that breeds have specific, reliable behaviors

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Scientists in the desert find a "sound tunnel" in the sky: science.org/content/article/… a great tale by @savagitsky
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Ukraine’s mounting death toll includes a growing number of scientists. Absolutely heartbreaking: science.org/content/article/… by @yashastone
1/5 reptile species is at risk of extinction, new study finds: science.org/content/article/… by @erikstokstad @cbickel27
You keep posting that sign! I don't think it means what you think it means: science.org/content/article/… by @tessjoosse

Highway signs showing traffic deaths don’t reduce crashes

Texas study shows small increase in collisions near signs displaying yearly fatalities

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As @tessjoosse writes, sometimes love bites:
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To escape death, these male orb-weaver spiders catapult away after mating: fcld.ly/sprl1xg
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