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“This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the world’s largest biomedical research funder.”
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I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14
How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal researchElizabeth Ginexi
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Love tinkering with #Linux? Enjoyed #biology and #genetics at uni? Come work with us and turn that passion into a career.
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🧬 We're hiring a Bioinformatician in NZ! Come work with me and our global R&D team at Barenbrug. Ideal for an early‑career researcher or recent grad who loves coding, #genomics and solving cool biological problems.Luke Pembleton (genomic.social)
I cannot agree more! “Why we should look beyond grades to spot potential in STEM”
"Do you think it's inappropriate in any way that someone w/ no experience w/ grants for the federal government was making personal judgment calls about what grants to cancel?" an attorney asked.
"Um, no. I don't think it's inappropriate," Cavanaugh said, arguing that he did not need formal education or experience to make informed judgments. 🤔
abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-st… #science #uspol
2 DOGE staffers say 'no' regrets for people losing income, didn't reduce the deficit: Depositions
The DOGE employees defended the effort to cut "useless agencies."Peter Charalambous (ABC News)
Scientists often assume the main challenge in policymaking is ensuring that legislators have access to high-quality evidence.
But Capitol Hill is fast-paced, resource-constrained & shaped by competing considerations. sheril.substack.com/p/beyond-t… #science #uspol
Beyond the Briefing Memo
Science policy isn't just about high-quality evidence.Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
"Differences lead to diversity;
It exists within any given species;
it is just natural."
A beautiful message for this moment from the 2024 winner of the AAAS dance your PhD competition, WELI's 'Kangaroo Time' youtube.com/watch?v=RoSYO3fApE… #art #science
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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
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Op-Ed: Preserving a Habitable Earth by Julian Cribb
Renowned and prolific science communicator and author Julian Cribb writes this op-ed piece for Palm Oil Detectives. He addresses the world’s most pressing needs for survival as we descend int…Palm Oil Detectives
Starlink Is Dropping From the Sky Again and Again. Scientists Warn Earth Is Already Feeling the Effects
For decades, space safety rules assumed satellite reentries would stay rare. By early 2026, with over 70,000 megaconstellation spacecraft planned, that assumption has collapsed.Evelyn Hart (Indian Defence Review)
On this day in 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took a photo of our planet from approximately 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) away.
"Commissioned by NASA and resulting from the advocacy of astronomer and author Carl Sagan, the photograph was interpreted in Sagan's 1994 book, Pale Blue Dot, as representing humanity's minuscule and ephemeral place amidst the cosmos."
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#OnThisDay #OTD #history #space #science #nasa #PaleBlueDot #humanity
Nasa 're-masters' classic 'Pale Blue Dot' image of Earth
The US space agency reprocesses the Voyager probe's iconic "Pale Blue Dot" picture of Planet Earth.By Jonathan Amos (BBC News)
If you're making slides, figures, or training material: remember that the #NIH has a pretty impressive catalog of scientific #illustrations mostly #CCO or #CCBY licenced.
Bookmark: bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
#BioRender #AcademicChatter #Figure #ScienceMastodon #ProteinSynthesis #Science #Communication
"I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too"
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#academicchatter #academia #science
I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too
If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.Barnett, Adrian
The world’s smallest ‘fanged’ frog found in Indonesia
Researchers have identified a species of frog Limnonectes phyllofolia completely new to science. The tiny Indonesian amphibian is in the possession of little fangs. Researchers think that their fan…Palm Oil Detectives
Postes de MC à l'Université de Lorraine - UMR Silva
Deux postes de maître.sse de conférences vont être ouverts au concours au printemps 2026 dans l'UMR Silvasilva.nancy.hub.inrae.fr
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Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) (Deadline 26/03/15) @LeibnizIGB
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Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) at Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
We're looking for: Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) (Full Time) • Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Deutschlandkarriere-igb.softgarden.io
Thank you, #RetractionWatch, for all you do to try to keep #science and #scientists honest and to help bring about change! ⭐✨
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Cheers to 2025: In which Retraction Watch turned 15, and The Center For Scientific Integrity really became a center
We always enjoy our annual review of the year at Retraction Watch, and 2025 is no exception. But we’re more excited about what lies ahead than what we already accomplished. We’re on track for…Retraction Watch
"Faculty would prefer more emphasis on teaching and somewhat more on service than they observed in practice. The largest disconnects were the overvaluation of publication numbers and grants and undervaluation of publication quality in research" #Science #AcademicSky #EduSkydoi.org/10.1007/s442...
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A new study that takes advantage of a change in availability of the shingles (*Herpes zoster*) vaccine in Wales finds that vaccination reduces dementia symptoms in those already diagnosed with the disease, and reduced deaths from dementia by approximately 30% over the following nine years.
Summary: sciencefocus.com/news/shingles…
Original paper: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8…
#Science #Health #Dementia #Alzheimers #Shingles #HerpesZoster
Interesting new study that shows huge knowledge gaps in spillover potential in endangered species which is bad news for us. It's also bad news for the endangered species themselves who are at risk of being wiped out completely if a new virus strikes, considering they are already facing serious extinction risks
Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species
Evolution doesn’t look how it’s depicted in pop culture. We often picture the famous “March of Progress” illustration where a series of apes stand in line leading to a modern human.
But evolution is not linear. It branches and branches. Divides in some places and recombines in others. #science
Image: @keesey
And so begins the #enshittification of Google's last good product...
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#AIslop #Science #DigitalHumanities
Scholar Labs: An AI Powered Scholar Search
Research questions are often detailed. Answering them can require looking at a topic from multiple angles. Today, we are introducing Scholar...Google Scholar Blog
A lot of my works fit #solarpunk but I discovered the genre recently and so this film is the first I'm making with it in mind. meaning I have to carefully create the futurism aesthetics to fit. I imagine a world without central governments or the police or capitalism, and I'm seeking your support to create this future.
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Please boost! Donate if you can spare dollar! dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…
#sff #writing #writingcommunity #crowdfund #mutualaid #scifi #science #BuyIntoArt #blog
On embracing solarpunk in my stories
I discuss the various genres that I work in, including Africanfuturism, afrofuturism, and solarpunk, and why I'm embracing the later as my preferred genre.Dilman Dila
Of all the Serving Up #Science episodes, this is my favorite. youtu.be/FnOHwq6iSpk?si=zl5Q95…
It’s also our least popular & least viewed. But for 7 mins, I got to talk about how amazing & essential soil really is. And that’s a win! 👩🏻🌾🪴
My thoughts are with the people in Hurricane Melissa’s path.
#ClimateChange makes the ocean warmer, fueling stronger, more intense storms.
It’s not about politics. I hope we can come together to help the communities impacted by this extremely dangerous Category 5 #hurricane. #science
Hidden inside every growing hypha lies a microscopic powerhouse — the #Spitzenkörper.
It’s not just a blob at the fungal tip — it’s the traffic controller, architect, and GPS of fungal growth. 🍄
This video will uncover how this mysterious vesicle cluster orchestrates the very architecture of life beneath our feet.
#fungi #mycology #Mushrooms #FungiFriday #Science #nature #NatGeo #academia #aspergillus
#hyphae #mycelium #phdone #conidia #youtube #Education #microbiology
Truer words...
“A lot of diversity fellowships end up going to people who are marginalized but still fit the mold of being ‘high-performing,’” Chaterjee said. “Disabled researchers who need real accommodations are often left out, because the system still measures worth by productivity instead of equity.” #Ableism #HigherEd #Science
Heliozoans are a group of amoeboid protists found commonly in both fresh and saltwater. They were termed sun-animalcules due to their spherical shape and distinctive radiating microtubules, which support axiopods used to capture food and facilitate movement. Some will also capture symbiotic algal cells which provide energy through photosynthesis. Heliozoa is "polyphyletic", meaning it is an artificial grouping of multiple taxonomic lines.
#Science #Biology
Nobel Prizes honor great discoveries — but leave much of science unseen
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Nobel Prizes honor great discoveries — but leave much of science unseen
The Nobel Prize might be the most famous science prize but it celebrates just a narrow slice of science and very few scientists.Bethany Brookshire (Science News)
Scientific thought on emotions in animals
How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question.ScienceDaily
Making ranked lists can certainly be a convenient way to communicate and organize things, but it seems ridiculous to rank the significance of Nobel Prizes. As if the toxicity of prize culture, and all of the amazing discoveries and scientists that were overlooked over the years, isn't bad enough
The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed
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The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed – Physics World
Matin Durrani counts down the five most significant physics Nobels since 2000Matin Durrani (Physics World)
NPR: Neglected form of diabetes with unusual symptoms finally gets its own name
"Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning to diversify and spread around the world."
@AssociatedPress reports: flip.it/PZgHMh
"Amid massive cuts to US scientific research, the Science Foundation will raise public funds for transdisciplinary, discovery-based research!" nature.com/articles/d41586-025… #science #uspol
Congratulations to Maren Friesen, Venkatesh Srinivas & The Science Foundation team! Donate at science-foundation.org/donate/
Will the public support basic science? A new non-profit aims to find out
The Science Foundation seeks donations to fund ten $10,000 ‘what if’ seed grants.Gewin, Virginia