Yvan Dutil
@yvandutil.bsky.social
Astrophysicien, énergie, développement durable, radioprotection, systèmes spatiaux, mode de scrutin. @[email protected] threads @yvan_dutil
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-7473
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-7473
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Can a virus reach the unborn? Yes, a virus can. An infamous example was the ZIKA virus epidemic. But, what about SARS-CoV-2? It seems it can.
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in fetal organs via intraamniotic infection
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Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in fetal organs via intraamniotic infection
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Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in fetal organs via intraamniotic infection
Nature Communications - Infection with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy may result in maternal and fetal complications. Here, the authors analyze 18 fetuses following maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection and...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Can a virus reach the unborn? Yes, a virus can. An infamous example was the ZIKA virus epidemic. But, what about SARS-CoV-2? It seems it can.
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in fetal organs via intraamniotic infection
www.nature.com/artic...
1/7
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in fetal organs via intraamniotic infection
www.nature.com/artic...
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Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
Nope!
Does blinding do anything?
It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.
haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...
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En pleine urgence, une septuagénaire reçoit, avant d'être intubée, plus de deux fois et demie la dose habituelle de #kétamine. Cette erreur de dosage la propulse dans une expérience de mort imminente qu’elle racontera aux médecins lors de deux entretiens
lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
#cerveau #EMI
lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
#cerveau #EMI
Une expérience de mort imminente sous kétamine lors d’une intubation d’urgence
Une patiente en détresse respiratoire a vécu une EMI après avoir reçu une dose massive de kétamine, administrée peu avant qu’elle soit intubée.
lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
En pleine urgence, une septuagénaire reçoit, avant d'être intubée, plus de deux fois et demie la dose habituelle de #kétamine. Cette erreur de dosage la propulse dans une expérience de mort imminente qu’elle racontera aux médecins lors de deux entretiens
lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
#cerveau #EMI
lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
#cerveau #EMI
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage www.zmescience.com/science/news...
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage
Your tax dollars fund the research. You pay again to read it.
www.zmescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage www.zmescience.com/science/news...
L’Université McGill supprime 25 de ses équipes sportives ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/22095...
L’Université McGill supprime des équipes universitaires
L’Université McGill a annoncé qu'il supprimera 25 clubs et équipes dans 15 sports en vue de la prochaine année.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
L’Université McGill supprime 25 de ses équipes sportives ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/22095...
Un cèdre de 670 ans, témoin de l’histoire de L’Anse-Pleureuse ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Un cèdre de 670 ans découvert à L’Anse-Pleureuse
Plusieurs cèdres de la Haute-Gaspésie ont été échantillonnés et analysés : ils seraient parmi les plus anciens de la province, voire de l’est de l’Amérique du Nord.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Un cèdre de 670 ans, témoin de l’histoire de L’Anse-Pleureuse ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago
Pale skin didn't dominate Europe until surprisingly recently.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton? Online photo sparks debate
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton? Online photo sparks debate | CBC News
An online photo has sparked a passionate debate about whether or not it's possible.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton? Online photo sparks debate
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Professors Who Stayed Close With Epstein www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
The Professors Who Stayed Close With Epstein
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Professors Who Stayed Close With Epstein www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
Read more from NASA mathematician Bill Taber. ⬇️
Read more from NASA mathematician Bill Taber. ⬇️
Black swans from the red planet—Could NASA bring back “mirror life” from Mars?
NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
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November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
Read more from NASA mathematician Bill Taber. ⬇️
Read more from NASA mathematician Bill Taber. ⬇️
Was a Canadian company’s multiple sclerosis research nearly derailed by ‘market manipulation’? www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Was a Canadian company’s multiple sclerosis research nearly derailed by ‘market manipulation’?
Part one of a W5 investigation into the phenomenon of “stock spoofing,” a market manipulation tactic that a Canadian biotech company says nearly derailed a promising medical treatment.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Was a Canadian company’s multiple sclerosis research nearly derailed by ‘market manipulation’? www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
En attendant les prix Nobel, on aura de la bonne bière.
Prestigious Chicago beer brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes
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Prestigious Chicago beer brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes
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Prestigious Chicago brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes | CBC News
The Siebel Institute of Technology, North America’s oldest brewing school, is moving from Chicago to Montreal in January 2026. The relocation is aimed at improving accessibility for international stud...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
En attendant les prix Nobel, on aura de la bonne bière.
Prestigious Chicago beer brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prestigious Chicago beer brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity www.psypost.org/a-mathematic...
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
www.psypost.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity www.psypost.org/a-mathematic...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive
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November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Forgotten Nuclear Weapon Tests That Trump May Seek to Revive www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
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Levons le tabou des médecins millionnaires www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Paiement à l’acte | Levons le tabou des médecins millionnaires
La crise d’accès aux soins, dont on discute abondamment dans le contexte de l’adoption de la loi 2, n’est pas seulement une affaire de main-d’œuvre ou de gouvernance. Elle révèle aussi les limites d’u...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Levons le tabou des médecins millionnaires www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty
RFK Jr.’s latest attack on vaccines shows evidence-based science has been replaced by the ill-informed opinions of a quack
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
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NEW: The worst good-paying job in America
Death threats and infighting are spurring House Republicans to contemplate whether they want to stay in Congress.
41 members have already announced they plan to call it quits at the end of their term.
Death threats and infighting are spurring House Republicans to contemplate whether they want to stay in Congress.
41 members have already announced they plan to call it quits at the end of their term.
Republicans consider quitting Congress early over death threats and infighting
41 members have already announced they plan to call it quits at the end of their term.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: The worst good-paying job in America
Death threats and infighting are spurring House Republicans to contemplate whether they want to stay in Congress.
41 members have already announced they plan to call it quits at the end of their term.
Death threats and infighting are spurring House Republicans to contemplate whether they want to stay in Congress.
41 members have already announced they plan to call it quits at the end of their term.
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This paper has also been “translated” into a practitioner-facing illustrated toolkit, which can be downloaded here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This paper has also been “translated” into a practitioner-facing illustrated toolkit, which can be downloaded here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Quand tu t'es planté solide...
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toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/24/i...
Poll shows newcomers want Canada to admit fewer immigrants
The new targets appear to be closer to, though still much higher than, what the vast majority of newcomers want from the federal government.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Quand tu t'es planté solide...
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The Nuremberg Code:
is it being followed by researchers of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)? edzardernst.com/2025/11/the-...
is it being followed by researchers of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)? edzardernst.com/2025/11/the-...
The Nuremberg Code: is it being followed by researchers of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)?
In the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial of 1946/47, some of the Nazi doctors who had committed crimes against humanity were prosecuted and sentenced. The trial has a historical significance far beyond its ori...
edzardernst.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Nuremberg Code:
is it being followed by researchers of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)? edzardernst.com/2025/11/the-...
is it being followed by researchers of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)? edzardernst.com/2025/11/the-...
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i can finally talk about this! 20k more unredacted epstein emails available to journalists and researchers (there's lots of sensitive info in there and things like victims are not redacted)! this is the same trove bloomberg has been working with, which is different from the gmail dataset.
Epstein emails (2.5 GB)
Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein's [email protected] email address over nineteen years.
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Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein's [email protected] email address over nineteen years.
ddosecrets.com/article/epst...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
i can finally talk about this! 20k more unredacted epstein emails available to journalists and researchers (there's lots of sensitive info in there and things like victims are not redacted)! this is the same trove bloomberg has been working with, which is different from the gmail dataset.