VA-sponsored committee wants to hear from vets with neurological conditions Veterans who developed neurodegenerative conditions after deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq are being sought for a NASEM review.

A VA-sponsored committee at the National Academies is seeking input from veterans who developed certain neurodegenerative conditions after deploying to the Middle East and Afghanistan to help inform its recommendations for future studies and reviews. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)

Nature: ‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

by Edward Chen @nature.com

bit.ly/42jbMLr

I guess this is tied to this 2024 thing -- x.com/maxwelltani/... ?

How a Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment

A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment

NASA’s 2028 moon landing may be delayed because of lack of space suits, watchdog report warns NASA needs new space suits to land astronauts on the moon by 2028, but development is behind and in danger of slipping further, according to a report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Delays to lunar landing systems aren't the only things that could dash NASA's hopes of putting U.S. bootprints back on the moon by 2028. A lack of lunar spacesuits could push crewed landings to 2031 or later, a new report warns.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH.

But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔

NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards.

Here are funding curves for each.🧵

"Most time-traveling cyborg assassins are really pedagogical problems. Have you thought about using Perusall?"

Report: Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Could Affect Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory pasadenanow.com/main/report-... #NASA

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It ST. LOUIS—Voicing frustration as he discussed his lack of even the most rudimentary skills, local man Henry Right told reporters Monday that he had finally gotten good enough at his new hobby to under...

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It — theonion.com/man-finally-...

#OPAG will be sitting in on the sessions today and will be reporting back with any notable information. PS - OPAG has been around since 2004; however, it will no longer be supported by NASA, and the community is trying to figure out how OPAG will move forward w/out NASA support.

Peptides promise longevity and healing. Does the science back them up? The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little clinical evidence

The way the reporting for this piece has ruined my algorithms I can't even tell you.

My feeds are now all bald dudes in backwards baseball caps in front of large mics, hyping their "living like elite athletes" when they don't believe in leg day. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Budget Hearing – National Aeronautics and Space Administration YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee

House Appropriations Cmte: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Budget Hearing – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apr 27, 2026 - 3:30 p.m. - www.youtube.com/live/iRbb1C0...

I will die on the hill that U.S. culture suffered a grievous and potentially mortal injury when we retired the concept of "selling out"

So honored to share this award with my good friend and #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social.

Thanks @center4inquiry.bsky.social --means so much from you folks! centerforinquiry.org/press_releas...

“I have seen the future of science. It is ruled by bitter competition instead of collaboration, pageantry instead of exploration. . . .Those willing to toil over genuine questions will necessarily lose out to those that can furnish cheap answers. . . .”
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/20/94/

One Year After Leaving NIH One year ago, I left a job as a Program Official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that I had held for 22 years.

One Year After Leaving NIH

elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/one-year-a...

"...what it was like to work in a completely nonsensical and chaotic agency environment, purposefully designed to spread dread, trauma, hate, and fear."

HITT Unveils Visionary Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, Sets Stage for a Sustainable Future - HITT Contracting New net-zero-ready headquarters building will create more space and community for HITT Contracting team members and a collaborative educational hub for the built environment FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Novembe...

wild stuff. a construction company hq being built near my grocery store outside DC is going full solar - a 100,000 sq ft solar voltaic canopy will shade the 6 story building - www.hitt.com/news-hub/hit...
local news really is dead, i guess. hadn't heard this until i drove by and saw a poster

Opinion | Robert F. Influencer Jr. Is Selling Politics, Not Health 'Make America Healthy Again' takes a page from political campaigns to engage supporters

"Robert F. Influencer Jr. Is Selling Politics, Not Health" www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...

FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: A Review of the President’s Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Fiscal Year 2027

DATE: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

18 months.
14 newsrooms.
70 journalists.

1 groundbreaking investigation into a global surveillance empire whose phone-tracking software has targeted world leaders, corporate executives, journalists, activists, celebrities…and maybe even you.

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."

News: Leading atmospheric science summer undergraduate research program canceled due to NSF funding loss Quieter weather on tap for a few days for most of the country

News: a leading NSF supported University of Oklahoma atmospheric science summer undergraduate research program that has mentored hundreds of top atmospheric scientists over two decades has been canceled for 2026 due to funding loss. (repost w/correct link) More: tinyurl.com/3zjzf7vu

A FWIW: This was a system used by electric car manufacturers in the early 1900s.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

health policy under trump

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Cover of report "Mission Aborted: how NASA illegally implemented the president's budget request without congressional approval. Minority staff report, prepared by members of the committee on science, space, and technology, us house of representatives, April 2026

This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report...

“Making Your Research Free May Cost You”
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/18/m...

With Vaccines Widely Popular, Kennedy Changes Tone, but Maybe Not His Plans

Takeaway from a dizzying week of RFK Jr. testimony: Kennedy appears to have changed his tune on vaccine policy. Will that mean a shift in policy, or is he just "a wolf in sheep's clothing?"
w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @by-cjewett.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Behold! This is the largest, sharpest 3D map of the universe yet A new map of the cosmos, including more than 47 million galaxies and other cosmic objects, represents one of the most extensive surveys of our universe ever conducted

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Behold! The DESI project just released the biggest, best 3D map of the universe ever made—and it's beautiful.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/astr...