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Mark Johnson

@majohnso

Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post science reporter. Author of novel "Though The Earth Gives Way". One-time guitarist for punk band, The Bloody Stumps.

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The latest in a line of strange communications between the new administration and the scientific community: washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

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Hegseth just issued his first public comments about this story, from the White House. He said the story was based on "anonymous smears" from “disgruntled former employees.” “I have spoken with the president and we are going to continue fighting. On the same page all the way,” he

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Read this deeply moving story, the most honest depiction I've ever seen of a spiritual journey to discover what is good. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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What happened when the richest man in the world began clashing with others on the Trump team. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

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Doctors at University of Maryland Medical Center removed a spinal tumor through a patient's eye socket in medical first. My story on the surgery is in The Post. washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

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Amazing. Ann Telnaes just won a Pulitzer Prize for her work at The Washington Post --- which she resigned from after they refused to run this cartoon.

Amazing. Ann Telnaes just won a Pulitzer Prize for her work at The Washington Post --- which she resigned from after they refused to run this cartoon.
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Centuries of deep diving for food have given Jeju Islanders a genetic adaptation that helps blood pressure. washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

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Excellent, important work by my Washington Post colleagues on DOGE's effort to build a massive centralized database of personal information that "often violates or disregards core privacy and security protections," according to government workers. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

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Some much welcome good news. Would be wise to study what factors have resulted in the lower number of mass shootings. washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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A decline in mass shootings. Will NIH be curious enough to fund studies to determine why? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

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Scientists say a new AI device can tell your biological age from a photograph of your face. Not how old you are in years, but how old you are in health. Here's my story in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

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Researchers working on the NIH BRAIN Initiative are one step closer to developing treatments for diseases like ALS, Parkinson’s disease, + Alzheimer’s. This is the type of breakthrough funding cuts will halt. Read more from Mark Johnson in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

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NIH will phase out its support of HIV clinical practice guidelines. I have a story on this in today's Post. washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…