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Stand up.

Today I join with >1900 members of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine signing this letter, as individuals, decrying the assault on #science by the GOP and Trump administration.

docs.google.com/document/d/13g…


Drugmakers sink after key #FDA official ousted as #Trump plans *#health* overhaul

Shares of US drugmakers fell on Monday after reports that the FDA's top #vaccine official, Peter Marks, had been forced to resign, the most high-profile exit at the regulator as the Trump admin undertakes an overhaul of federal health agencies.

#law #science #medicine #RFKJr #HHS #PublicHealth #economy #Trumpcession
reuters.com/business/healthcar…


You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.

nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

#NSF
#NIH
#USPol
#Science


You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.

nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

#NSF
#NIH
#USPol
#Science


Can We Bottle a Star? Breakthrough Fusion Device Could Hold the Key

scitechdaily.com/can-we-bottle…

#science #space #energy #renewableenergy #fusion


Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem

sciencealert.com/antarctic-ice…

#science #ecology #environmentalscience #environment #earthscience #earth #antarctica


75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

You are welcome in the #EU 😎

#science #uspol


The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

propublica.org/article/measles…

#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science


Daylight savings time and myocardial infarction


source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

There was no difference in the total weekly number of PCIs performed for AMI for either the fall or spring time changes in the time period analysed. After adjustment for trend and seasonal effects, the Monday following spring time changes was associated with a 24% increase in daily AMI counts (p=0.011), and the Tuesday following fall changes was conversely associated with a 21% reduction (p=0.044). No other weekdays in the weeks following DST changes demonstrated significant associations.


#science #health #time #news #problem


#boycottusa #science #buyeuropean #buycanadian #maga

A new detention of a scientist. This time a woman who worked for Harvard Medical School. She was detained in Louisiana and may be deported to Russia, where her life may be in danger for having opposed war.
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…



Diversity ensures resilience in systems.

That’s not a partisan talking point.

It’s #science.


#Science #UsScienceCut #Academia #NIHCuts

Sharing from another medium, this seems pretty useful if you are in the #USA, feel free to use and share (check all the tabs at the bottom of the website):

"I’ve been leading a project to communicate the impact of these cuts to the general public, and measure attitudes and support for science. We’ve developed a public website that aims to helps people understand these research cuts and why they are harmful.
If you are able, please help to signal boost such as by sharing on social media or with friends/family! If we can reach a broad audience, we hope that we can meaningfully shift public opinion and elevate the importance of this issue.

scienceimpacts.org/ "


75 % des quelques 1600 scientifiques américains ayant répondu au sondage de Nature envisagent de partir, principalement pour l'Europe ou le Canada.

#science #braindrain #Usa #Europe #Canada
nature.com/articles/d41586-025…


75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving


Source: nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

#usa #politics #science #future #news


I look at a lot of space images, but this one made my eyes bug out like a cartoon character.

What you see here isn't a spiral galaxy, exactly. It's a spiral galaxy whose image was bent into a circle by the gravity of an elliptical galaxy visible at the center.

Warped space, right before your eyes!

esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/ #space #science #art #nasa #esa


😯 75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
@NatureNewsteam

「 More than 1,200 scientists who responded to a Nature poll — three-quarters of the total respondents — are considering leaving the United States following the disruptions prompted by Trump. Europe and Canada were among the top choices for relocation 」

nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

#uspol #science #exodus



I have resigned as a reviewer for the Royal Society. I encourage others to do the same.

Dear editors,

Today I saw some news about the Royal Society which made me very uncomfortable. As a result, I am afraid I will withdraw my voluntary reviewing work for Royal Society. I will not after all be completing this review for Royal Society Open Science.

[The rest of the letter: mcld.co.uk/blog/2025/letter-to…]

#royalsociety #elonmusk #science #reviewing #academicchatter


Wow – didn’t think I’d be in tears today, but this message sent home from Gaia as it was shut down forever today hits hard 😭

What you’re seeing is a map of the 106 CCD detectors that Gaia used to measure the positions of billions of stars in the Milky Way for the past 11 years 🛰️✨

They were turned off in a special sequence … 😕

#SpaceScience #Astronomy #Science


Wow, a stunning image by JWST of an Einstein ring, a more distant galaxy's light being bent by gravitational lensing around a much closer galaxy. The closer galaxy is an elliptical and the much more distant galaxy, which in this case is perfectly aligned behind the foreground elliptical thereby forming the ring, is a spiral galaxy. I think this beautiful image is going to be my desktop for awhile. Just stunning!

esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/…

#Astronomy #AstroPhysics #Universe #Cosmos #Science #JWST


I haven’t worked for #PBS or #NPR, but I’ve collaborated with both to share #science stories.

The talented people there are always thoughtful, curious & kind. They’ve gifted us Mister Rogers, Carl Sagan, Julia Child, LeVar Burton & Elmo. 🌈

It’s appalling to see members of Congress attack them for political points.


#GQPhandmaidsTale continued

@GottaLaff
You"re getting new, well-known neighbors, Laffy:

c.im/@cdarwin/1142304293840748…

#USpol #CanPoli #History #Science


“Yale professors, #TimothySnyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of #OnTyranny,
and #JasonStanley, a philosopher and the author of How #Fascism Works,
🔥move to #Canada
(to positions at the University of Toronto). leiterreports.typepad.com/blog…


1/3 An epic moonrise for an epic telescope! Kick off the week with this breathtaking video of the full #Moon rising behind our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in the Atacama Desert in #Chile.

youtube.com/watch?v=9pSxH0EkRN…

And check the thread below for some spectacular images!

📹 J. Beltrán/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #space #science



😱 Depuis quand un gouvernement peut-il décider de ce que les scientifiques peuvent ou ne peuvent pas publier??

Since when can governments decide what should be published or not by scientists??

Resist the censorship!!
#UsPol #Science #ScientificPublication


I'm not sure of a better example of the times we live in when books about science and medicine are 403 Forbidden.

#science #healthcare #research #NationalInstituteofHealth


Whoa: The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft got a spectacular view of Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) as it passed close to the Sun. Look at that enormous, splintered tail!

This comet won't be seen again for another 600,000 years.

esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp… #space #science #art


During the roughly month-long expedition, the researchers piloted a remotely operated vehicle to capture photos & video & collect specimens from some of the deepest reaches off #Antarctica. The team also explored areas of the remote BellingshausenSea farther from the ice sheet. Among the species potentially new to #science are crustaceans, sea snails, worms & fish.
It will take months of lab analysis to confirm the discovery of any #NewSpecies.
#ocean #discovery #research #climate #ClimateChange


The discovery, announced Thursday, not only shows how life finds a way into nearly every corner of the world — including entombed under floating glaciers — but also provides a crucial baseline for understanding how deep-sea life may change on a warming planet.

#ocean #science #discovery #research #Antarctica #climate #ClimateChange


…The scientists didn’t think much life could thrive tucked under such a thick blanket of ice.

But what the team members found under the #iceberg surprised them: giant sea spiders, octopuses, ice fish, corals & sponges, including a vase-shaped one that might be hundreds of years old. In total, the researchers believe they will be able to identify dozens of #NewSpecies from the expedition.

#ocean #science #discovery #research #Antarctica #climate #ClimateChange


Researchers were working off the coast of #Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic #iceberg about 19 miles long cracked off the #IceShelf on Jan 13, revealing a swath of #ocean that had not seen daylight in decades.

The team aboard a #research vessel called the Falkor (too) decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. No human had ever explored the deep sea there before.

#science #discovery #climate #ClimateChange


In Good News / Bad News ?

A huge #iceberg broke off #Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.

Crustaceans, snails, worms & fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive Antarctic #IceShelf.

#science #discovery #research #climate #ClimateChange
washingtonpost.com/climate-env…


High-resolution images capture intricate structure of mitochondrial supercomplexes phys.org/news/2025-03-high-res… #science


Research shows credit card behaviors are lifelong, whether users carry debt or pay balances monthly phys.org/news/2025-03-credit-c… #science


*DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE US!*

“‘I learned with concern that a French researcher,’ on a mission for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), ‘who was going to a conference near Houston was banned from entering American territory before being expelled,’ said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). ‘This measure was allegedly taken by the American authorities because this researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friendly relationships in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy,’ he added.”

lemonde.fr/international/artic…

#USA #fascism #EU #France #science #freedomOfSpeech #privacy #travelWarning


…Acc/to an #AFP source, the incident occurred on March 9. The space #science researcher allegedly underwent a *random* check on arrival, during which his work #computer & personal #phone were searched.…Messages referring to the treatment of scientists by the #Trump admin were found. He was accused of messages "which reflect hatred towards Trump & can be described as terrorism". His professional & personal equipment was #confiscated & the researcher was sent back to #Europe
#law #geopolitics #US


Acc/to another informed source of #AFP, "hate & conspiracy messages" were blamed on the French researcher by #US authorities. An #FBI investigation into him was announced, for which "the charges have been abandoned," continues this source.

…This incident comes as… #Trump has increased his shocking announcements targeting the #scientific community (brutal #BudgetCuts, #censorship of certain subjects in subsidized research...).

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #science #ThoughtPolice