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CHNOPS in ferruginous saline. Multicellular aerobic chemoheterotroph; symbiont of photosynthetic autotrophs. Descendant of stardust; aspiring good ancestor. Senior Editor, Scientific American. Signal: @lee_billings.81
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Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance

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Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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My pleasure! Such cool work. Eager to see what emerges from the next steps.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Just to be clear I only edited this one and did a smidge of reporting. The incomparable @meghanbartels.bsky.social did all the hard work!
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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*acting chief, not "interim," my bad
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Terry Wallace's Facebook post continued.
Post continued (4): On October 28, President Trump announced that the U.S. would restart nuclear weapons tests: “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” Although his statement lacked clarity regarding what “immediate testing” would entail, it was widely assumed he meant explosive testing of weapons, thus breaking the 33-year moratorium. This assumption stemmed from the first Trump administration’s suggestion in 2019 that such testing was necessary. In January 2025, the Heritage Foundation released a paper titled “America Must Prepare to Test Nuclear Weapons” (Figure 2 shows a screenshot of the report cover). It is important to note that the Heritage Foundation is behind Project 2025, which the Trump Administration has followed closely. The worldwide response to Trump’s announcement was uniform and best described as “outraged.” Moreover, U.S. experts stated that preparing for a safe underground test would require 18 to 36 months. However, this elicited a response from the Heritage Foundation, suggesting, “the President may order the above-ground testing of a nuclear weapon... And while the United States leaving the [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty may not be optimal and may indeed have negative downstream effects, doing so may be necessary to stave off further adversarial escalation.” Today, the Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, attempted to downplay the idea of explosive testing but could not clearly define what Post conclusion (5): Today, the Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, attempted to downplay the idea of explosive testing but could not clearly define what “immediate testing” would entail beyond the current activities of the U.S. government. Nevertheless, given that public statements from the Trump administration continue to assert that Project 2025 is not necessarily “their” policy plan while simultaneously carrying out its implementation, there is growing concern about how even statements regarding testing will be perceived by Russia and China. Above-ground nuclear tests have been outlawed by international treaty since 1963, and even the suggestion of an atmospheric test is exceedingly troubling—such testing is unnecessary and presents a significant risk of radioactive fallout affecting U.S. citizens, not to mention the inevitable tit-for-tat responses from other nuclear nations. I cannot fathom the extent of harm the Trump administration has inflicted on the environment and science, but nuclear testing is beyond the pale. An atmospheric test of U.S. weapons would produce fallout three to ten times larger than that produced by Baneberry; however, this would not be an accident but an intentional contamination of our country. The implications of coal use, removal of EPA regulations on emissions, and radiation present a dystopian distain for America.
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Thank you, Heidi!!!
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM