Opinion | Burnin’ Down the House

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NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human Behaviour Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Making America poorer again: each US $1 million invested by the NIH in health research generates about $2.5 million in economic activity. NIH funding produced $94 billion in new economic activity and supported more than 400,000 jobs in 2024 alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

America's Corn Belt acts as barrier for migrating songbirds | Cornell Chronicle The vast agricultural landscape of the U.S. Midwest known as the Corn Belt acts as a barrier for migrating landbirds, causing them to adjust their flight behaviors similar to when crossing natural bar...

Think all barriers for migrating birds are natural like deserts and seas? Not so! I helped discover that the man-made Corn Belt is also a barrier to migration for many birds. Check out more about my study here...

Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.

Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid" YouTube video by Annie Andrews

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.

Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.

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NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.

These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
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This could also jeopardize access to important climate and weather data for research.

Thank you @bou.org.uk for nominating me for the award lecture and to a great audience, who had my heart racing for the whole talk! Now time to relax and enjoy talks to come on Frontiers in #ornithology @ #BOU2025. Special shout out to @natbzielonka.bsky.social for the thread below

How does the migration of Swiss red kites change with age? Check out the blog post about our Elton Prize shortlisted paper! @vogelwarte.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social

Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.

Flies are masters of migration – it’s about time they got some credit Flies are the most ecologically diverse and important migrant group. We just had no idea.

So pleased to see this article about the incredible migration of flies on @theconversation.com!

Fly migration is so vitally important to humans but massively under-appreciated. I'd love to spread the word further - could anyone help?
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This does not make America great. We ignore climate change to our detriment.

Graphic for State of the Birds Report 2025 featuring a vibrant Blackburnian Warbler perched on a branch, with text emphasizing the importance of investments in healthy habitats for bird populations. Investments in healthy habitats are investments in what matters most to Americans. Photo by Owen Deutsch.

Here’s another reason to support bird conservation—Birds contribute $279 billion to the U.S. economy and create 1.4 million jobs. 💸 #Birds are big business!

Screenshot of the paper front page.

Now this is exciting.

Antonin and his team have just published a study showing that the number of migrating hoverflies through Czechia are positively correlated with the numbers of birds!
Suggests that the birds are using the flies as fuel on migration.

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European data on animals aloft now publicly available Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...

Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.

Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:

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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

Near-absence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Little Terns Sternula albifrons across 13 European countries | www.tandfonline.com/... | @birdstudy.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

New from @propublica.org: We studied a massive set of hospital discharge data to see what happened after Texas banned abortion. …

Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor | doi.org/10.1111/jav.... | @avianbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶

Basic science is important for medical discoveries. Thank Gila monsters for Ozempic!

Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk of catching virus The majority of the doses will be handed out to provinces and territories, which will decide when and where to deploy the shots

Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1

Transmission dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza among multiple waterfowl species and backyard poultry: the impact of the stopover period | www.nature.com/artic... | Scientific Reports | #ornithology 🪶

Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.

H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

Urge Congress to Institute Scientific Integrity Protections for Federal Scientists Scientists working for the federal government need safeguards to do evidence-based work and to inform our nation’s policymaking without political interference. Urge Congress to support the Scientific ...

1/ Within one week of releasing our action alert, almost 10k UCS supporters have sent emails to their members of Congress to support the passing of the Scientific Integrity (SI) Act. Looking for a quick way to add your voice and support for Scientific Integrity? Use the link below!

Excited to write about the first chapter of my dissertation, which was supported by @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social and published awhile back!