Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus), The Panhandle, Okavango Delta, Botswana, September 2023. Credit: Sergey Dereliev

Heat extremes attributable to climate change have led to a 25–38% average reduction in monitored tropical bird populations since 1950, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3UIIpP7 🧪

#DailyLesson4: Increase Productivity with Science 🧪:
Sleep: power naps and/or solid 8hrs at night
NO MULTITASKING
Natural light, plants, and clear working space
Take breaks: studies disagree whether 40/10min 25/5- or 90/10-min rounds are best, so pick your favorite
Break tasks into small steps

US applications for jobless benefits up modestly but remain at a healthy level The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy.

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy.

Trump to require universities to hand over admissions data on race The move comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown struck settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race.

President Trump is expected to sign a directive mandating universities provide admissions data to prove they are not implementing affirmative action policies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posts on X.

The Latest Phase in Trump’s War on Data When the facts don’t fit the President’s narrative, he asks for new ones, as evidenced by his recent firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.

Donald Trump’s decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the release of a jobs report for July—which he deemed unfavorable to him—is the latest phase in the President’s war on data.

Political vetting of all scientific grants.
Welcome to post-science America.
🧪 #episky #medsky

#DailyLesson3: trusted places to access Full research publications (in light of the government politicizing their scientific and historical databases) 🧪
www.science.org
www.nature.com/nature/resea...
pubs.acs.org?ref=SendGrid...

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

🧪⚛️ I don't even know where to start with this. It's a mess. This is an explicit attempt to destroy peer review for federal science grants. "The grant review process itself also undermines the interests of American taxpayers." Great. Awesome. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The administration has also gutted cancer research funding. “Forty years ago, more than 60% of children diagnosed with cancer would have died within five years of diagnosis. Today there is a 90% survival rate. We should not put progress like that in danger,” — @LaBonneLaB

‘It’s really, really bad right now’: NIH scientists dismayed by Trump cuts Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to ‘destroy’ vital work

“The Trump administration is, for the first time in history, substantially intervening inside NIH to bring it under political control,” according to a senior NIH official who spoke on condition of anonymity. My latest.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

RFK Jr.'s claims are not backed by the professionals in these fields-check out our Instagram account @scienceliteracynews for more info!🧪

RFK Jr. is cutting funds for mRNA vaccines. His claims and actions disagree with professionals in science and medicine. Check out our Instagram post to understand how these vaccines work so you can form your own opinion on his policy changes. 🧪

www.instagram.com/p/DNChbLFgcH...

Statistical Significance:
Null hyp: no relationship between two variables studied
Alternative hyp: a relationship exists
P-value: probability data is random (likelihood null is true)
0.05 or Lower p-value, the more likely alt hyp is true
but not definitive proof of the alt hyp
#dailylesson2 🧪

interetsinggggg

XFG purple coronavirus, NB.1.8.1 pink coronavirus, JN.1 brown coronavirus, LP.8.1 blue coronavirus. Syringes and vials with pink fluid.

Good news!
Upcoming 2025-2026 COVID vaccines should still protect against severe disease (limited antigenic shift) buff.ly/HEnrSxs

✅Moderna & Pfizer LP.8.1 mRNA vaccine

✅Novavax (w/Sanofi) JN.1 protein vax (for 2nd year)

Surveillance for new COVID variants has slowed though.

#medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪

🍂 🏛️ Senator Patty Murray (WA) on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Aug 5
🧪
The President "has illegally impounded research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in violation of the Impoundment Control Act (ICA)"

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Should I Trust This Scientific Paper? 🧪
Ask:
1. Is it Peer reviewed?
2. Have other papers cited these findings?
3. Are the author(s) + editorial board positively and widely recognized in the field?
4. Did the experiment use the scientific method?
5. Is it a trustworthy publisher?
#dailylesson1

Stay safe! Check out this post from Nature

What would happen if you replaced the sun with a black hole? 🔭🧪

Knowledge is power and reading dense science writing is a big barrier to your empowerment. Check out the fourth and final part of our HOW TO a research paper series on Instagram 🧪 #selfimprovement #knowledgeispower #selfcare www.instagram.com/p/DM8eLtIBw4...

Upper-gastrointestinal tract metabolite profile regulates glycaemic and satiety responses to meals with contrasting structure: a pilot study - Nature Metabolism In this randomized crossover pilot study, the authors collected human gastrointestinal digesta using a unique intubation technique to compare how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect post...

RESEARCH | 🧪
M Cai, G Frost, C Edwards et al
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social ‬‬‬

This study compares how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect postprandial luminal metabolites, glycaemia, gut hormones and satiety sensation.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant funds The Trump administration cited alleged antisemitism at UCLA as a reason for suspending the funding. Years worth of research could be lost, one UCLA researcher said.

LAist: UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant funds 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 laist.com/news/climate...

Class of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cuts Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future.

Nature spoke to five early-career researchers who began their PhDs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and are now planning their next steps as they graduate. #Academicsky 🧪

When reading the methods and results section of a research paper it is easy to get lost. Our fix? Skimming through and then really focusing in on the discussion section.

Click the link for more! 🧪www.instagram.com/p/DM1hCfWRtLB/

Undergraduate college science journalist here- graduate schools are accepting far less applicants and every rescinding offers due to loss of funding. Some scientists have also begun removing areas of their research that made them ineligible. Let me know if you want more info from a student pov!

Seems on theme for today's Tsunami alerts-glad so far everything has seemed to be mild in Russia, Japan, and Hawaii.

This is how a seal’s nose prevents water from entering its lungs.

Check out our post for some info on the science behind these geological occurrences + sources we trust for you to learn even more about them: www.instagram.com/p/DMvi2o4y2o...

Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Morning Scientists check out our latest post on instagram! Part 1 of series on how to break down and read a research paper 🧪