John Travis

Managing News Editor for @NewsfromScience, former biology reporter @Science and @ScienceNews, Dee-troit loyal

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UNC announced virologist Ralph Baric is retiring but @sciencecohen has the exclusive backstory--HHS wants to debar him and he's fighting it, calling BS on charges https://t.co/FNDlbsJjU9

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Small biotechs and other firms relying on U.S. research dollars can rejoice after Trump yesterday signed long-stalled SBIR/STTR reauthorization package. A Senate impasse was broken recently. See our @NewsfromScience story on the programs' importance https://t.co/QkpykugWDb

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@ChezWu Yes! How could Solace do it when all purpose closed yards away :(

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A forgotten social media post may hold key clues to COVID-19’s origin | Science | AAAS https://t.co/bRxcPHvqG1

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Few of the things I work on at Science are purely fun, but the Dance your Ph.D contest is an exception. I'm always impressed by the creativity and enthusiasm of the entries. Graceful electrons and pole dancing analysis of pee? See this year's winners! https://t.co/bOjZvzdo5U

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@BarredinDC As a former Red liner who now does stadium armory to metro center, this 100%,

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@BarredinDC We’ve tried so many flavors of their wings and they’ve alll been mediocre at best. Don’t understand the love for the wings. Sad to see place fail as it had a nice mix of people, decent beer despite the elementary school class architecture.

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@BarredinDC If you go back, hope you make it to Playa Del Carmen which has a great Mexican craft beer bar scene in the block or two around the Mahekal resort (we just stayed there for 3rd time). Club de la Cerveza and two others rock! Rough coming home night of the big DC ice storm

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I kind of feel like a one trick pony in that I seemingly only ever cover vaults--but they are about the most mysterious, coolest things ever. Here's what we can do with them now: time capsules for gene activity https://t.co/xcoTPEXLFT

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@richardfuisz Very intriguing. Any timing on an actual peer-reviewed paper, preprint or presentation at science meeting? We (and others outside the trade press) likely wouldn't cover this til then.

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Why @minakimes do I feel like one of these mandatory 10 second runoffs will anticlimactically end an exciting playoff game one day. NFL has been lucky so far

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@ChezWu Nats continue their cheap ways. But you get a free hot dog day?

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Fun, fascinating, provocative vaccine story to ponder while sipping an IPA. Nice find by @thsaey https://t.co/Bs5gFmoemo

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Breaking news: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R–KY) has asked Science to divulge a range of confidential information about its scholarly articles and external private communications on that family of viruses. https://t.co/yUgG8cCMQQ

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@ChezWu They were on display in Home Depot weeks ago!

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@ChezWu That's the advice in response to most anything, my brother would say. He opened far too many.

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@DMVAdventures Well they listed 1 million beers and had about one third of them :) but I still loved it too.

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A fake neuroscientist, Jeffery Epstein, lawsuits, and the most famous pic of DNA. Another wild @sciencecohen yarn: After bizarre journey, prized history of molecular biology archive finds new home https://t.co/seQjO91EKi

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I always like the marriage of science and art--and this story by one of our interns adds in some Peter Gabriel so there's a rock undertone. Amazing images. https://t.co/NUekoVtbQW

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@ChezWu @eat_dc @mattadler81 @DereckHarmon Yea, the deep dish is probably best in DC. Their Detroit style is strong. NY fine but no Andy's. Bring a block away is rough on my waistline!