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People with autobrewery syndrome had increased levels of the ethanol-producing bacteria Escherichia coli, according to a new study.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/3LJGLeY
How some people get drunk from their own gut bacteria
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Researchers identify PGBD5, a transposase-derived gene, as an essential regulator of normal brain development in mice and humans.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/49SRrB8
Stylized cortical neurons drawn in the style of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s classic neuroanatomical illustrations and color-coded to symbolize somatic genomic diversification during brain development.
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."

One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/3Zfm0e8 #NationalMentoringMonth
A person holding out their arm while people line up on it. The hedline is: One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
January 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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"The High Seas Treaty was enabled by science. Now, science must be used to successfully implement the agreement and the protected areas it creates," write Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3YERGtu
"… global leaders must ensure that scientific findings, rather than politics, continue to play the leading role." Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack
January 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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In Science, researchers report a strategy to stabilize metal halide perovskites by coating them with layers of protective shells. This provides a practical route for using the material in displays under diverse operating environments.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4pHWBEZ
Colloidal perovskite nanocrystals offer exceptional color purity and efficiency but have long been limited by poor operational stability.
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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A large patient study suggests that testing for tau protein in blood can predict post-stroke outcomes, an antibody cocktail shields rodents from RSV while preventing viral escape, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/3YHiUQ2
The cover shows in situ spatial transcriptomics on brain and tumor tissues from a diffuse midline glioma (DMG) xenograft mouse to identify tumor and infiltrating immune cells.
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Active galactic nuclei can launch a jet that drives a gas outflow, shaping star formation in their host galaxy.

Researchers in a new Science study have observed this phenomenon in the nearby active galaxy VV 340a. https://scim.ag/3NBetnq
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Single-cell imaging captures the timing of how T cells respond to antigens, a new preclinical study decodes the origin of calcium signals necessary for T cell activation, and more in the new issue of #ScienceSignaling. https://scim.ag/49kYCCb
The image is a colored scanning electron micrograph of a helper T cell (small) and a B cell (large).
January 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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"… what I took from the MBA wasn’t a corporate playbook—it was a mindset. It taught me to view the lab as a dynamic organization whose success depends as much on trust, motivation, and leadership as on technical expertise." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4swOBJz
An illustration of a man at a podium talking to people in different towers, with the hedline: What business school taught me about running a research lab
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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How do you control a robot smaller than a grain of sand? With a bit of help from Albert Einstein, it turns out.

Learn more in one of our favorite stories from last year: https://scim.ag/3Ng7aSc
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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A group of “gifted word learner” dogs can learn new words that label objects by overhearing their owners talking with each other, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/3L3mhha
Miso, a 6-year-old male border collie from Canada, that knows the names of about 200 toys.
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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In 2024, researchers in #ScienceRobotics followed up on their development of Third Thumb—a robotic appendage that, when trialed by members of the general public, was a big hit.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/3LmQ9oL #ScienceMagArchives
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Researchers have discovered a periodic scaffold in the epidermis adjacent to the nervous system of C. elegans. The find may indicate similar structures in other organisms.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4qaC6BF
Lateral view of nematode C. elegans larvae.
January 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Two new Science studies on lizard coloration reveal how a delicate interplay of genetics, environment, and social dynamics can either preserve or erase polymorphic diversity in species.

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Throat coloration in common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis). From top to bottom: White morph with the characteristic green and black coloration of the nigriventris syndrome; White morph with the ancestral brown phenotype; yellow and orange morphs from populations where individuals show varying expression of the nigriventris characters.
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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"Rejecting evidence-informed infectious disease strategies and undermining vaccine-based interventions will not make us healthy again," argues Seth Berkley in a new #ScienceExpertVoices article. https://scim.ag/3YJRA3P
"Magical thinking has no place in public health." Seth Berkley, Brown University
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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New research reveals that paperbarks, among other trees, host abundant, specialized, and metabolically active bark-dwelling microbial communities that modulate climatically relevant gases, including methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide.

Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4bp9hgl
This photograph, taken at the ephemeral wetland study site in Bogangar, Australia, shows a paperbark tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia)—a hardy, iconic Australian wetland species that is recognized by its layered, papery bark.
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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You don’t need a brain to benefit from a good night of sleep. Despite lacking a central nervous system, jellyfish and sea anemones have sleep patterns remarkably similar to those of humans, researchers report.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/3NgeAEQ
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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The first #ScienceTranslationalMedicine issue of 2026 has arrived!

A new study shows that HIV can acquire mutations to resist lenacapavir at a fitness cost, medical imaging empowers research into shorter treatment regimens for tuberculosis, and more. https://scim.ag/49vura5
The cover image depicts the symbolic chess game between the HIV-1 research community (represented by blue chess pieces) and HIV-1 (red pieces); the game itself illustrates the series of moves and countermoves made by each side in the fight against HIV-1. Moves by the research community have led to recent approvals for the long-acting HIV-1 capsid inhibitor lenacapavir (shown in gold).
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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The first #ScienceSignaling issue of 2026 has arrived!

Scientists identify a protein in mice that acts as a brake on lipid breakdown in the liver, a new analysis elucidates the structure and activation mechanisms of the metabolic receptor HCAR1, and more. https://scim.ag/45DoDKm
The image is a colored transmission electron micrograph of a section through liver tissue in a case of hepatic steatosis.
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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"I didn’t know how I was going to make it through my studies. But amid my struggles, a caring colleague said something that would forever shape my approach to science and mentoring." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4aG4JSw
An illustration of a man walking through a bubble quote. Hedline is: I almost quit my Ph.D. A lab mate gave me the confidence to continue
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Evolution doesn’t always take thousands or millions of years. Sometimes it happens right before our eyes.

Such is the case with the Anna’s hummingbird, a species that has undergone a dramatic transformation in a few generations, thanks to the advent of hummingbird feeders: https://scim.ag/3YMuQQu
Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds
January 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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The January 2026 issue of #ScienceImmunology is out!

This month's cover depicts the repopulation of resident cardiac macrophages after chemotherapy, protecting the heart against subsequent injury. Learn more about this research and more: https://scim.ag/3NsLjqu
This month’s cover illustration depicts the repopulation of cardiac-resident macrophages with cardioprotective monocyte-derived cells as chemotherapy-guided patchwork mending of the cardiac macrophage pool.
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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The abstract deadline for #Type2Immunity26 in Ghent, co-organized by @vibtrainconf.bsky.social and #ScienceImmunology, is this Thursday, 8 January.

Learn more: vibbio.tech/3UwmTNk

Key dates:
🗓️26 January: Early-bird deadline
🗓️23 February: Final deadline
🗓️9–10 March: Meeting
Promotional graphic for the Type 2 Immunity, Homeostasis and Disease (3rd edition) symposium organized by VIB and Science Immunology. Includes the event title, topic, and a collage of headshots with names and affiliations of twelve speakers such as David Artis, Nora Barrett, Daniel Dwyer, and others. The event logo and question 'And you?' are also displayed.
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Scientists have developed a pair of birdlike robotic legs and feet that can enable drones to catch objects and perch on branches.

Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Birds lay eggs in a diverse array of colors, patterns, sizes, and shapes.

After looking at nearly 50,000 eggs from more than 1400 bird species, researchers in Science found that egg shape is related to flight ability.

Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/3YUZkQc
Birds lay eggs in a diverse array of colors, patterns, sizes, and shapes, as seen in this assortment from the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology collection.
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM