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."

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

1st panel at Science Diplomacy Summit: 4 women in front of the summit backdrop.

1st panel at Science Diplomacy Summit: 4 women in front of the summit backdrop.

Title of 1st panel at the Science Diplomacy Summit: ‘Women Advancing Science Diplomacy: Mirroring Perspectives from Scientists and Diplomats’

The panelists on the first panel of the Science Diplomacy Summit

I’m back for my third Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Summit, and the first panel is doing a fantastic job of addressing both the potential for science and diplomacy to serve society, and the dangers of global disinformation campaigns and anti-expertise messaging.

Look at the year over year drops in active grants going out the door, including 2025. The admin. is illegally strangling appropriated funds through a variety of tactics like pocket rescissions and setting US STEM back decades. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

email.ourpublicservice.org/new-federal-...

It will take us decades to recover. federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganizati...

Trump Slashed Science Funding. Now the U.S. Could Face a Costly Brain Drain.

The #braindrain has already begun and is accelerating. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/b...

Saving SBE Starts Before the Bill Is Written The FY2027 NSF budget request is alarming, but Congress has not made it law. That means there is still time for researchers and universities to act.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/saving...

Déjà vu All Over Again: The White House's Diminished Vision for Science in FY 2027 A first look into the proposed FY 2027 budget reveals an ideological commitment to reduce the size, scope, and capacity of American leadership in R&D.

open.substack.com/pub/joshuasw...

The White House released a clear indication that it seeks to diminish American leadership in science spanning NIH, NASA, EPA, NSF (and beyond). As one telling example, the White House FY 2027 budget…... The White House released a clear indication that it seeks to diminish American leadership in science spanning NIH, NASA, EPA, NSF (and beyond). As one telling example, the White House FY 2027 budget ...

#ScienceMatters to #onehealth, our security and to future generations.
www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua...

nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

If you're wondering what's happening with the US Forest Service and why it matters, read this:

Waiving the Endangered Species Act is an Abdication of Science and Moral Authority Last spring, while on a bike ride with a fellow conservationist also well-versed in the Endangered Species Act, we made a prediction: the new Trump administration would invoke the Endangered Species C...

Lots of moral abdication going on, but this one strikes particularly close to home. open.substack.com/pub/scilight...

The tech industry props up the richest people on the planet and pays far less than its fair share of taxes. It can absolutely afford its own R&D. But instead, it’s effectively hijacked our public science infrastructure because having more wealth than anyone could ever spend is still not enough.

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

I missed this one, but damn is this a destructive administration. open.substack.com/pub/morethan...

This is appalling: “Case counts [of measles] in 2026 are more than double what they were the same period of 2025 and more than ten times what they were in 2024.” 4/1/26 … 1/ www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

It’s Official: China Tops U.S. in R&D Spending | Association of American Universities (AAU) A new assessment shows China has officially crept past the United States in total research and development (R&D) investment.

Expected, given the administration’s priorities. www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea...

The Illusion of Strategy Why the search for a plan in Iran misses the point.

Both their tactics & their strategy are illusions. open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

How close did the world’s first deep-sea mining come to the dredging the world’s largest cold-water coral reef? The Blake Plateau, off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, is one of the most remarkable ecosystems in the United States. It is home to the world’s largest cold water coral ree…

A little precautionary principle goes a long way. www.southernfriedscience.com/how-close-di...

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

Plans proceed to dismantle one of the world's great centers for the study of climate change

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

The Seeing Stone The company bombing Iran and deporting families just named educated women as the problem its product solves.

A really sobering, important read on Palantir’s openly stated intent to disenfranchise most Americans and destroy democracy. open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...

International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know Women across the world will call for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day.

Happy 115th International Women’s Day!

apnews.com/article/inte...

Breaking: Our study finds Tylenol use dropped after White House autism event. Leucovorin prescriptions skyrocketed despite lack of evidence. Today, my colleague Dr.

A really well-done study on the health impacts from a single press conference. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Wow!

Also for Women’s History Month.

NOAA satellites helped rescue 300 people in 2025 From an injured skier in the Rockies to a disabled catamaran in the Atlantic Ocean, NOAA’s satellites were pivotal in helping rescue 300 people from life-threatening situations in the U.S. and its sur...

Just in: NOAA satellites helped rescue 300 people in 2025

See how: noaa.gov/news-release...

NOAA.gov via NOAA Satellites

#SARSAT

Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges

Continuing the war on science.

“A group of Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to the center on Jan. 29, claiming that the climate chapter was biased and demanding its retraction. About a week later, the center deleted the chapter…”

NSF Plans to Boost Staffing, Halve Grant Solicitations Following last year’s cuts, the chief management officer of the federal research funding agency says its number of employees is “too low.”

Important for current and future applicants and grantees to understand when crafting proposals. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...; grantedai.com/blog/nsf-hal...

Trump’s NSF pick is a stranger to its research community Jim O’Neill will need to build ties, say former agency leaders

I have somewhat nuanced thinking on this. We definitely need to robustly support basic research. otoh, use-inspired/translational research is a natural outgrowth and is critical for NSF to support. We need a balance. But, a working scientist would be a better fit. www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

This is … bad. It’s dangerously short-sighted and will kill people. www.nature.com/articles/d41...