The new obesity drugs (G-agonists) emerged from pioneering research by one woman and three men. And guess who's getting credit? The three male scientists just received a major award. Chemist Svetlana Mojsov, not so much. science.org/content/articl…

We’ve always wondered if there was something beyond CRISPR for genome editing. We now report that animals, plants, fungi and viruses have troves of programmable nucleases capable of efficient gene editing in human cells An update on our Fanzor work! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 1/7

What happens when psychotic delusions make people deliriously happy? That's the mystery I hunted down in my latest science piece. nautil.us/the-happiest-m…

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Criminal Podcast just released a one-hour show based largely on my NY Times article "The Rape Kit's Secret History." I was thrilled to participate in this excellent adaptation of Marty Goddard's story. thisiscriminal.com/episode-246-th…

When journalist Pagan Kennedy started looking into the origins of the rape kit, most sources said a man named Louis Vitullo invented it. “And then some sources would say that this activist named Marty Goddard had helped.” Hear Marty’s story: buff.ly/3wT3g64

The "no-marriage women" of South Korea are adopting each other as family members and creating mutual-aid societies. This fascinating story made me think about how we could push harder in the US to create feminist communities. aljazeera.com/features/2023/…

My forthcoming book has a cover! Pub date: Aug 2024

A Boston electrician just invented the "overdose-proof" public bathroom. This could be a game-changer for preventing opoid deaths. statnews.com/.../opioid-ove…

"The oil palm is a Shiva of the modern consumer economy, a great creator and a great destroyer." Why we need to reboot our relationship with the oil palm: nautil.us/the-environmen…

“The rape kit is caught in a time warp,” writes @PaganKennedy. “Even while other forensic tools have leapt into the digital age, it remains stuck in the 1970s.” It’s time for a rape kit hackathon, she argues. harvardpublichealth.org/reproductive-h…

The rape kit hasn't fundamentally changed in 50 years. We need to bring together a diverse group of citizens and experts to re-imagine it for the 21st century. harvardpublichealth.org/reproductive-h…

Congratulations to my fabulous, fierce friend Sophia F**k A Blue Check Chang. She's featured in this NYT article - nytimes.com/2024/04/15/mag…

Today's NY Times delivered my favorite headline of all time.

The galleys for Pagan’s book arrived! “The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story.” (Out in early 2025) Pagan Kennedy

'Untested Evidence': Sexual assault survivors struggle to access rape kits in Canada ctvnews.ca/w5/untested-ev… via CTV News

First Nations people in Canada are fighting for access to rape kits -- more than 40 percent of hospitals don't serve survivors. "they were told by the RCMP that their local hospital could not do a sexual assault examination on a child." ctvnews.ca/w5/untested-ev…

Mind-blowing new research from NaomiOreskes shows definitively that climate change was on the minds of members of Congress as they drafted the Clean Air Act -- and that even schoolchildren were being alerted to the risks, way back in 1958: grist.org/science/lost-h…

The "Q-anon cops" of Tennessee-- such a crazy story, and one that deserves much more attention.