Brendan Maher
News featured editor at Nature. bmaher.01 on signal.
- Reposted by Brendan MaherSorry for the preview pic in your feed, but we've posted a thoughtful story by @dangaristo.bsky.social that delves into the tangled web of relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and various scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Yeesh! Anyway, it’s a great obituary. And worth sharing.
- No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- In NJ and around the world, schools are reintroducing mandates to learn cursive writing. Does it make a difference? My colleague @marilenharo.bsky.social digs into the science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Brendan MaherDo not miss this fab video from our team 😂 youtu.be/jskktKzWfys
- Reposted by Brendan MaherNew from me: Last month I asked HHS about South Carolina's measles outbreak. They brushed me off, saying they weren't "concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak." A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Twin study power!!!! Genetics has a much larger role in how long a person lives than previously thought, according to a new analysis. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Sneaky little bot. It said it was unable to quote the US constitution verbatim, when of course it could!!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Brendan MaherThe chemicals found in a person’s breath might reveal the identity of the microbes in their guts go.nature.com/49TbAWP
- Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- For anyone following the on-again-off-again saga of the Guinea-Bissau hep B vaccine trial. The latest is that GB health authorities have SUSPENDED the trial. @sciwriabdul.bsky.social tries to get to the bottom of it, here. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- I love the photo my colleagues picked for this excellent story on a recent 'breathomics' study. It's like an alternate Pink Floyd Dark Side cover! www.nature.com/articles/d41... "Breathe ... breathe out the air. Your microbiome shows it's there"
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- When US officials announced earlier this month that they were cutting down the childhood vaccination schedule, physicians and scientists wondered what to expect. Japan has some hard-won wisdom to offer. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Reposted by Brendan MaherHistory is a great teacher. In this piece our own @heidiledford.bsky.social looks at what we can learn from what happened in Japan when vaccine support was withdrawn and how the government is now working to reverse the effects 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Brendan MaherDon’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.
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- Reposted by Brendan MaherPre-long weekend story: Multiyear funding for NIH grants has become a sticking point in negotiating HHS’s appropriations package for 2026 www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/n...
- Here’s what US scientists and their global collaborators can expect in 2026. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Great interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in @nature.com today. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- About to get started on an edit. I just need to shut off this one little piece of my brain... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- As the darkness closes in around us, this story warmed me, if but for a moment. It is very sweet and very worth your time.
- Reposted by Brendan MaherThis wk's @nature.com podcast has - ME on my heart-warming festive gifts piece 🎁 - A choir of scientists 🎤 - @bmaher.bsky.social on researchers who shaped science in 2025 - ME again, on our festive quiz w/ @shamini.bsky.social, @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social and Ben T 🏆 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Hey. I think I’m on this one.
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- This is a thought provoking investigation. Lots of questions with no simple answers. As an editor, these are the hardest stories to put out there - and not just because of all the very careful and delicate work that they require.
- When should a paper be corrected? Last December, @elisabethbik.bsky.social and other sleuths began flagging papers by a prominent bioengineer, Ali Khademhosseini. They found over 80 with image issues. Khademhosseini and his colleagues have issued over 40 corrections, but avoided retractions.
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- Reposted by Brendan MaherSusan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025 go.nature.com/48FnHpx
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- It's been months of work, but it was worth it. The Nature's 10 is finally live. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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- Women doing medical research appear to be involved in fewer retractions. And shoot ... people are going to have some weird ways of trying to explain that, aren't they? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Great reporting, as always, from my colleague @marilenharo.bsky.social
- Did the FDA make the right decision yesterday on menopausal hormone therapy? Scientists aren't so sure. @lynnepeeps.bsky.social writes for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Reposted by Brendan MaherBluetorial-Jim Watson I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions. What follows is my personal perspective. 1/41
- A solemn and stormy Edmund Fitzgerald day to all who celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0k...
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- Reposted by Brendan Maher8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM). Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21). Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
- Jim Watson – who became notorious for his history of racist and sexist comments – has died at 97 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- International students in the US haven't declined (yet). Interesting analysis by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- 'Mind captions' sound pretty cool. This work covered by my colleague promises to create text descriptions of the things you see by decoding your brain activity while viewing them. In testing it also worked when people recalled watching videos. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- These walls CAN talk! Turns out the plant cell wall isn't just a boring cubicle for hard working chloroplasts and stuff. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- What movies to physicists go absolutely gaga over? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- De las Casas was required reading in the fairly conservative catholic university I attended. And I can’t thank them enough for it.
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- Reposted by Brendan MaherJournalist here I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04 Reposts are appreciated!
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- Reposted by Brendan MaherI don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
- Y'all. This interview is sooo good. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- What does science have to say about getting a good night's sleep? Quite a lot, really. @lynnepeeps.bsky.social captures most of it nicely in this feature www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
- Seismic shifts are afoot for universities in the US and worldwide. @dangaristo.bsky.social captures the trends in four telling graphics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Inspired by Fred Rogers, @nature.com asked readers to help us 'find the helpers' amid the crisis in American science. What emerged were inspiring stories of researchers, legal experts, data hounds and government scientists who are fighting the dismantling of the US research enterprise. 🧪🧵1/6
- Reposted by Brendan MaherNEW: Don't ask too many questions, but... NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all. To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW! 🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:
- “All this training and then we weren’t allowed to do anything.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
- If you, like me, are still trying to put last week's complex SCOTUS decision on NIH funding into context, this great story by my colleagues is a great resource 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Why are people having fewer children? According to one source: "A lot of men are undateable. Truly undateable.” 😆 @lynnepeeps.bsky.social offers a great in-depth look at falling fertility rates around the world, and how to adapt. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Anyone else among us willing to admit that they first learned this from G.I Joe?
- Reposted by Brendan MaherWell, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3
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