"Whatever we call it, Bashford says, the eugenicists of a century ago “would undoubtedly be delighted at contemporary possibilities for reproductive selections.”"
Good to see @danfalk.bsky.social digging into the ugly return of eugenic thinking.
nautil.us/the-return-o...

I get to teach about this paper next week. One of my favorites for the "👻ooh, but epigenetics👻" crowd:

academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Very excited to share our latest paper, with my terrific student @prakharj.bsky.social, and wonderful collaborators Dan Coombs, Caroline Wagner, and @troyday.bsky.social

We use simple models to explore how interventions could mitigate post-infection morbidity

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In the study by Nathan Burton, Claire Herbert, and Rori Rohlfs, they estimate that CAHOOTS handled 18% of calls that would otherwise go to police. They also find evidence that it may have prevented some calls from happening in the first place.

Technical paper:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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🚨New commentary🚨 in Science Advances (@science.org)

Many alternatives to policing strategies have been proposed, but do they work?

Michael Ralph and I wrote a commentary on a new study of CAHOOTS, Eugene’s civilian crisis response program.

Commentary:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interested in joining our lab (dunnlab.org) and YIBS as a postdoc? I'm looking for someone to work on siphonophores, diversity in the open ocean, or natural history. If that's you, please reach out this week to discuss a nomination for the Donnelley Postdoc Fellowship - yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...

A recent analysis in Science of more than 116,000 bird songs has revealed that the astonishing variety of passerine birdsong is built from just eight basic acoustic motifs, like trills, whistles, and harmonic notes.

Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/3SziyeL

We're committing $23M over 5 years to support research excellence at HBCUs through two new grants: the HBCU Centers of Excellence Program and the HBCU Faculty Fellowship Program.

Now accepting applications: https://bit.ly/4zu6OdB

#science #math #funding

The human genome is part virus. And here's a virus that's part human, having picked up a human gene about 100,000 years ago. My story here: nyti.ms/4hRKNPC

In my latest for @undark.org, I compare AI adoption in science to the Ship of Theseus:

"If you swap out every wooden plank on a ship over time, is it still the same vessel?"

I argue that science derives authority from something more than data generation + publication.

undark.org/2026/09/25/o...

I just gave a talk on interdisciplinary yesterday that features a call for interdisciplinary people and not just diverse teams of disciplinary types. Today I read this essay with delight. Viva antedisciplinarity. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

A good reminder "Data science" isn't Science..."Without models, mathematical or conceptual, data are just noise...science advances only if it can provide explanations...there is an area where petabytes of information can be used...But don't call it science" link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪🌐

Oh snap

The body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This Friday I will be in Copenhagen for a discussion with @cbo.bsky.social about how to broaden the scope of science communication. I'm so looking forward to it.
globalhumanities.ku.dk/events/2026/...