Each Friday night, I write about what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪
Year 2, Week 6: Feb 6
- civil servants face Schedule F
- NSF disappoints on pre & postdoc research fellowships
- Oklahoma ends tenure
- Dept of Ed Civil Rights Office fails
& much more - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
A feature in Nature reports how research shows that ‘exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death. #medsky 🧪
Thanks, Mr. President.
We've got an editorial series of "expert comments" for you.
#NewSTART #armscontrol #nuclearweapons #nukesky
Rose Gottemoeller, the former chief US negotiator for New START, explains that a one-year extension of the treaty limits would not prejudice any of the vital steps Washington is taking to respond to China's nuclear build-up.
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#NewSTART #armscontrol #nukesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social
Imagine bringing American food to Italy
Thanks for highlighting the ludicrous notion that we'd go for massive retaliation when we don't know who attacked us (even if it's not an accident or rogue national element). @thebulletin.org
www.npr.org/2025/12/17/n... Not a word on security? Safety isn’t the whole story (and I favor having more nuclear power options) especially with plans to sell SMRs worldwide.
Yesterday was my last day working at the State Department. This time around I had the privilege to serve first as a Senior Advisor to Under Secretary Amb Bonnie Jenkins and later as a Senior Advisor (Consultant) to AUKUS Senior Advisor Matt Steinhelfer and the great teams they assembled.
📣 We're looking for post-docs in the fields of heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics and fundamental physics.
Come carry out your independent research with us.
Apply to the ESA Research #Fellowships in Space Science 👉 www.cosmos.esa.int/web/space-sc... 🔭🧪☄️
Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb test. I wrote about its human impact in today's @washingtonpost.com. wapo.st/44vNOP1 #trinity #oppenheimermovie #nukesky
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.
Russia's 'relentless' drone strikes cause over 3,000 civilian casualties in Ukraine, UN reports #Ukraine
Paid internship at The Economist. Put a lot of effort into the piece. Be original and write it well. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Graph showing that 65% of germans support higher defence expenditures to reach NATO’s 5% goal.
Absolutely striking numbers. 65% of Germans support Germany significantly increasing its defence expenditures to reach NATO’s 5%* goal.
*it’s a 3,5%+ goal, to be exact.
Excited to announce I'm recruiting for my first two Postdoctoral Research Associates! These 5-year positions will allow the holders to dive into applying quantum foundations to understand and develop quantum advantage!
White House National Security Council slashes staff in dramatic restructuring, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
The £20M Power Move: Alexis Ohanian, Chelsea Women, and the Battle for Global Relevance
open.substack.com/pub/original... @thepriceoffootball.bsky.social
Scientific giant Dick Garwin died yesterday. He turned 97 less than a month ago.
Physicist Enrico Fermi once called Garwin “the only true genius I have ever met.”
Despite his pivotal work on nuclear weapons, Garwin never observed an atmospheric nuclear explosion. “I didn’t want to take the time.”
