Max G. Levy

2 weeks ago | spektrum.de | Max G. Levy

Hintergrund Lesedauer ca. 8 Minuten DruckenTeilen Computergestützte Biologie: Wie ein mathematisches Modell Korallenriffe retten könnteEine einzige Korallenart kann viele verschiedene Formen bilden. Bislang war unklar, wie und warum. Ein Team aus Physikern und Biologen hat das Rätsel nun möglicherweise geknackt. Übersetzung ausLänger, als sie sich erinnern kann, geht Eva Llabrés schnorcheln.

3 weeks ago | drugdiscoverynews.com | Max G. Levy

A new approach for gene editing will get its shot in a common and chronic autoimmune disorder. Credit: iStock.com/JohnceA new approach for gene editing will get its shot in a common and chronic autoimmune disorder. Register for free to listen to this articleAt the root of anything good or bad in the human immune system is a question about recognition. When the immune system functions correctly, it clocks unrecognized bacteria and viruses.

3 weeks ago | sequencermag.com | Max G. Levy

This article was produced in partnership with The Sick Times, a journalist-founded website chronicling the Long COVID crisis. When a pandemic begins, so does the blame game. Early days of COVID-19 pointed fingers at wild meat markets and debunked lab leak conspiracies, and that crystallized a long-running narrative that outbreaks are generally humans’ fault; roll the dice enough times with wildlife and you’re bound to land on a plague.

3 weeks ago | sequencermag.com | Max G. Levy

The Trump administration’s assault on research institutions threatens countless people’s livelihoods and security at all levels of the country’s scientific enterprise. Non-government researchers, students, professors, postdoctoral fellows, and even researchers funded by private foundations — all face radical changes to their careers and risk indefinite detours to their life’s work. I recently caught up with Max Kozlov, a science reporter at Nature who has been all over these regressive policies.

3 weeks ago | sequencermag.com | Max G. Levy

What first drew me to Charlie Engelman's shortform nature videos was their simplicity. A gradient blue background frames the museum specimen of the moment, maybe a bright calcified starfish or a snail, held in place by blue gloved fingers. Engelman's Odd Animal Specimens series is calm, gentle, and unusually slow. Piano riffs bookend Engelman's questions and musings like "How do snails make more snails?" The pacing and enunciation reminds me children’s TV.