Cole Statham

Bio + Psych undergrad 🧠🧬 | Future MD 🩺 | Microbe lover 🦠 | Nature explorer 🌲🎣⛺ | #SciComm #MedTwitter

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@IGNDeals Got as far as adding it to my shopping cart, but says out-of-stock when trying to place the order.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@BardBard @SuiNetwork Bardito

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@simonmaechling Obviously yes. That’s why it’s so important Ito stay in school, so that you can unlock more complex foods in your diet.

[Isabel🌻 @isabelunraveled]

get your dopamine from what you create not what you consume

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@HustleBitch_ You know hypothetically this is a good idea, to unplug from the internet and social media. Boredom is a good thing, allows you to think, to wonder, to dream. But, the issue I see is the trend is only 15 minuets, and once its over, they're running right back to the internet.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@simonmaechling I’ve used AI a lot in my undergraduate program. Not to do the work for me, but as a kind of student-to-student tutor. But, I have to also to read source material to recognize when AI is right and wrong, and it is wrong, frequently. So, trust but verify!

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@MarioNawfal Seriously looking forward to reading the paper! This is cool science!!

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

This is seriously cool. Can’t wait to read the paper.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

NEURALINK MADE HIM THE FIRST PATIENT - NOW HE’S UNSTOPPABLE

21 months after becoming the first human to receive a Neuralink implant, Nolan Arbaugh isn’t just typing with his mind, he’s taking pre-calc, studying neuroscience, and launching a speaking career.

Paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident, Nolan says the chip, nicknamed “Eve”, made the impossible not only possible, but normal.

He’s gone from hospital bed to tech conference keynote, with Fortune already cutting the check.

Neuralink doesn’t call him much anymore, he jokes it’s “once in a blue moon”, because now, others are joining the trial.

And as for Nolan? He’s building a brand, getting straight As, and teasing “big news” for 2026.

Not bad for a guy running on brainwaves.

Source: Teslarati, @ModdedQuad

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@miangoar Success

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

I’m a chemist. And I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there.

The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines. Or GMOs. Or fluoride.

It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.

Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.

From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.

Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”

That’s a lie.

Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.

Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.

We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.

You’ve seen the slogans:

“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”

They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.

And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.

Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.

Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.

Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.

It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.

Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.

Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong.

We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.

Because influencers sell fear for clicks.

Because lawyers monetize doubt.

And because scientists are too tired to fight back.

So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:

🧪 Learn how toxicology works.
📣 Call out chemical fear-mongering.
✅ Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.

Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.

If we let fear win, we lose all of it.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@bardbard @SuiRunClub @FullSailFi @EmanAbio @SuiNetwork @Bearbunniepup @therealglupta @GrootKkw “The first ship to set its sail to Singapore” got me, lol.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@simonmaechling No way, pretty sure this is what happened to Spider-Man. And I ain’t turning into no super fruit hero.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

Amazing!

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

With x-ray microtomography, researchers created a full 3D model of a half-billion-year-old trilobite.

Learn more: https://t.co/GFbUgs8UZo #ScienceMagArchives

[ISVM @VirusOfMicrobes]

🦠 Phage Feature of the Week
Meet Mucbipollo, a jumbo phage infecting Pseudomonas 💥 able to defeat XDR strains that resisted 49 other phages!
Isolated from the San Dieguito Lagoon (Del Mar, 🇺🇸).
📸 Ana Cobian Guemes & Jesse Leonard
Want to be featured?
📧 [email protected]

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@simonmaechling As an aspiring scientist finishing my bachelors degree. I am constantly looking for communities talking about and sharing real science. I decided it may be impossible, haha. So, if anyone knows some good pages to follow let me know.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@EverythingOOC There are approximately 37 trillion cells in the body (+/- 10 trillion). In order to remove the root cause of down syndrome, every single one of these cells would need to have the duplicated chromosome excised. So, this claim of “no more Down syndrome” is hyperbolic.

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

@greg16676935420 No way it’s AI. I am currently training my dachshund for the next strong man tournament. 🐕 🏋️‍♂️

[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

Follow the science!🔬🧫
@CDCgov @PhageDirectory @CF_Foundation @NatureComms

#PhageTherapy #Microbiology #CysticFibrosis #AntibioticResistance #InfectiousDiseases #ScienceTwitter
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[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

A July 2025 Nature communications study found statistically significant results using a phage cocktail to treat cystic fibrosis patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa — in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
🔗 https://t.co/pdSZGw5xnl
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[Cole Statham @CycloSynaptic]

Phage therapy is an old idea with new power. Targeted. Viral. Bacteria-killing. A promising weapon in the fight against superbugs.🧬🦠
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