Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology
An analysis of +65 million papers, patents & software products finds that small teams tend to disrupt science & technology with new ideas, whereas larger teams have tended to develop existing ones
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

GREAT 8 🤝 BIG THREE

Revisiting Dashboard Confessional, 25 Years Later | Defector Sometimes the best music is the most embarrassing music. That’s part of the magic of art: the mystical properties that can make a work simultaneously vulnerable and uncomfortable and alluring and groo...

It’s true. I wrote about dashboard confessional

defector.com/revisiting-d...

1970s Pittsburgh Pirates logo with laser eyes

The Pittsburgh Pirates

Buccos!

A line graph showing funding curves for all NIH projects awarded grants for fiscal years 2021-2026. The curve for fiscal year 2026 is lagging behind that for previous fiscal years substantially.

My weekly update on NIH funding.

This is for all projects.

The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow.

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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Wow. This is devastating.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Dave into the commercial break, Dead out of the commercial break. Nice.

RIP Bob ❤️

💔

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist, Dies at 78 Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the band’s many latter-day offshoots, has died

Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...

Hell yeah Treb. You guys are amazing for coordinating this every year. Just made a few donations!

Loved the article man! Their show was great and I had no idea of their backstory. Great read.

Love that pint glass

Cheers dads

Hell yeah Trev

#NowSpinning - The Beatles Blue 1967-1970

#NowSpinning America - Homecoming

Haven’t posted here in a while but really enjoying this album from RSD last weekend.

#NowSpinning Grateful Dead - Beacon Theatre New York 1976

IIRC, they actually filmed this in the Israeli desert?

Jesus Christ Superstar?

#NowSpinning Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78

#NowSpinning Kansas - Point of Know Return

Dude lol yes. RATM’s music video for Testify is permanently embedded into my brain

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - New York 1975 vinyl

#NowSpinning Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - New York 1975

Jesus Christ Superstar

#NowSpinning Jesus Christ Superstar st

Oh man yeah I’m definitely gonna look that one up.

Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits

#NowSpinning Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits

It’s so good! My college roommate was actually from the same hometown as them so I got my fair dose of exposure to the music lol