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Very informative post from Elizabeth Ginexi about NIH grant delays.

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Scientists stunned by ‘fundamentally new way’ life produces DNA Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code’s central dogma

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NSF awards record number of coveted PhD fellowships in surprise move — Scientific American Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after the U.S. funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half gorodenkoff/Getty Images In an unexpected turna...

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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
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New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked — The Washington Post Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk’s group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they pushed for grant and contract cancellations with little oversight.

New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked - The Washington Post

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The New Ivies: 20 Great Employer-Friendly Colleges Embracing AI The job market has already been hit by artificial intelligence tremors. These 20 colleges—10 public and 10 private—are graduating the talent that employers will seek in this new era.

The New Ivies: 20 Great Employer-Friendly Colleges Embracing AI

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Trump is still trying to DOGE the NIH. Republicans are tired.

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Beautiful! Congrats. Can’t wait to read it

Couldn’t agree more.

My quote of the day

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again.

Nicole Scherzinger

A star scientist showed that better genetics lessons could reduce racism. It was the death knell for his career Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught.

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A Different Kind of AI Disclosure Statement (opinion) If faculty use AI in building a course, we should insist and perhaps require that they disclose it. But where’s the magic in that?

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❗Early-career researchers: The deadline to apply for an Early Career Representative seat on FASEB’s Board or Science Policy Committee is this Friday, April 3. Add your voice to decisions shaping biological and biomedical research ➡️ buff.ly/Pb5s9fc

Avoid collaborating with jerks?

Sign of the times.

Dude likes to wear women's clothes. Big deal.

In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred.

Truth

Why bioRxiv

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done? Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.

I can understand if there are errors. But if the paper has completely made up, hallucinated references, there should be consequences

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the jeans are the INOCULUM

Yes, agree - mostly

Thinking about a faculty career? Jiae Lee and Frank Huynh share real-world insights on navigating the academic job market—from preparing applications to standing out in interviews. Read their stories: buff.ly/UaUUjmB

Penn Must Give EEOC Names of Employees in Jewish Groups The decision marks a significant development in a monthslong legal battle between the Ivy League university and the Trump administration.

Someone please help me understand how this is a good idea

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NIH has not updated the overall success rates pages The NIH finally updated the data underlying good ol’ Report 302 of the Databook to include FY2025, which ended 09/30/2025. This allows us to examine the fate of R01-Equivalent applications by…

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Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially d...

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Tracking NIH Awards in FY 2026 The NIH has obligated just $5.8 billion of its extramural funding in FY 2026, 15% of the estimated $38 billion the agency needs to spend by Sept. 30.

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