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Here, we show Promethearchaeota (Asgard archaea) “moving” under anaerobic conditions.
The videos capturing this unique behavior are so fascinating you can watch endlessly.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here, we show Promethearchaeota (Asgard archaea) “moving” under anaerobic conditions.
The videos capturing this unique behavior are so fascinating you can watch endlessly.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
look at these crazy moves!! Let's face it, what these cells want for Christmas is #cilia... the best type of motility appendage...
look at these crazy moves!! Let's face it, what these cells want for Christmas is #cilia... the best type of motility appendage...
Ending road deaths will be one of the greatest public health wins.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Ending road deaths will be one of the greatest public health wins.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
(check out preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...) #protistsonsky
go.nature.com/4452LXP
(check out preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...) #protistsonsky
“Metamorphosis is wild,” marvels historian Oren Harman in his beautiful new book, which I reviewed for this week's @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“Metamorphosis is wild,” marvels historian Oren Harman in his beautiful new book, which I reviewed for this week's @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Our bottom line stayed: never use leave-one-out cross-validation as it has inherent train-test leakage. Consider our Rebalanced version instead!
We now also account for regression and nested cross-validation, with more extensive benchmarking.
Our bottom line stayed: never use leave-one-out cross-validation as it has inherent train-test leakage. Consider our Rebalanced version instead!
We now also account for regression and nested cross-validation, with more extensive benchmarking.
We are seeing this everywhere
So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We are seeing this everywhere
So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
bioRxiv has always declined reviews/hypotheses b/c of concern about signal:noise and a wish to avoid subjective judgments. AI slop makes screening certain content similarly challenging so other servers are adopting new restrictions. Two thoughts... 1/3
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bioRxiv has always declined reviews/hypotheses b/c of concern about signal:noise and a wish to avoid subjective judgments. AI slop makes screening certain content similarly challenging so other servers are adopting new restrictions. Two thoughts... 1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵