An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:
Alejandro Arteaga’s efforts to identify and protect tropical reptiles and amphibians have entangled him in controversy
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Defendants face up to 5 years prison for alleged “smuggling” and “conspiracy”
Recent news of a Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has some worrying that it could become the next pandemic. Journalist @cohenjon.bsky.social breaks down which viral offenders may spark the next worldwide contagion, and how ready we are to address it. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/pre...
John Powers III will replace Jeffrey Taubenberger as NIAID's acting director. Powers, an infectious disease specialist who focuses on antimicrobials, worked as a contractor for NIAID and was employed by Leidos Biomedical, which runs NCI at Frederick. Taubenberger will return to his lab.
Small monkey experiments raise some hopes—and many questions
