Wouldn't it be cool to invest trillions of dollars into a technology that would actually make society better?
Maybe we can call it “HI” — Human Intelligence.
Instead of “data centers”, we could fund “schools”.
Instead of *stealing* art, literature, and science, we help people *create* it.
Crazy!
“It wasn’t only that America was a big, dynamic country with many world-class research institutions. It was that here, unlike so many other places, differences of opinion were encouraged, and the prevailing ethos was to let the best ideas win.”
Compelling article, must-read. 🧪
I have a worse than usual anxiety that something catastrophic and irrevocable is about to happen.
I used to give a talk on this with one of my early cloned mice that was jumping up and down obsessively in the corner of its cage - then I showed the movie Multiplicity which remains strangely scientifically relevant.
Well done. Every news outlet should run a piece like this.
By my age, you will have lost someone to cancer. Or cardiovascular disease. Or another disease NIH funding combats. You will wish you had more time with them. That’s what NIH funding does. Buys us time with the people we love.
#FundNIH.
some of us have been known to spin unbalanced centrifuges from time to time - so maybe more accurate than one would hope :-)
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
As far as NSF is concerned, when it comes to postdocs, biology is only worthwhile if it’s AI now. If there’s a clean break for saying America is no longer a country where it’s possible to do science, I think this is a pretty good death date
All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.
It's so stupid. Do you know how many kids in this world would WISH they had two mothers that love them and cared for them?
This. Absolutely. ❤️
I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
“.. After the release of thousands of Epstein files on Friday, The New York Times contacted Ms. Farmer .. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years,” she said. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
I think a lot of people still aren't used to the idea of a federal government that lies openly, nakedly and as a matter of course.
Someone get me (genetic epidemiologist) & my husband (school psychologist) on a podcast bc our rants on these people are...fiery. We spent 5y in the bay around these folks and oh boy.
I'm also so sick of these puff pieces that avoid saying plainly what this actually is. Shoddy science for eugenics.
Love this.
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
Public engagement: building common ground How can we help to bridge this divide? Simply producing more excep tional science will not be enough to rebuild public trust. Rather, we must adopt a new model that recognizes communication and advocacy as core pillars of science, on a par with rigor and reproducibility. Public engagement efforts should be valued for faculty promotions, much like obtaining grants and publishing our findings in scientific journals. Researchers should be recognized and rewarded for activities such as giving public talks, working with local schools, engaging with policy makers, developing social media campaigns and platforms or writing accessible articles for general audiences. Developing these skills must be an integral part of scientific training, reinforcing the notion that the responsibility to champion science lies with us. Courses that teach graduate students and postdocs to communicate complex ideas clearly, to use social media effectively and to advocate for evidencebased policies must be deemed critical and supported by our universities. These efforts should not be viewed as distractions from research but woven into the fabric of what we do as scientists. Rebuilding public trust requires a cultural paradigm shift: scientists must see themselves not just as producers of knowledge, but also as its ambassadors and translators. Such a fundamental change will occur only if it is embraced by our scientific leaders and institutions, emphasizing the critical role of public engagement for science to succeed.
A thought-provoking piece in Nature Neuroscience by many neuroscience colleagues: "Science must break its silence to rebuild public trust". Lots to think about here.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congrats to our PhD student Louis Romette, among the winners in this year's @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World competition! His hard work optimizing long-term live-cell imaging of developing neurons makes for mesmerizing movies (and lots of insights)
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
Exactly.
this is the conscice thing I've been mulling over all day
We cannot use race and ethnicity for college admissions but we can for arrests?
🚨NEW: Maine Governor Janet Mills is strongly considering a run for the U.S. Senate against GOP incumbent Susan Collins.
RETWEET if you would support Governor Mills for the Senate!
Seeing Kamala Harris openly say that the system is broken was so powerful.
Just having someone in her position say it so candidly without qualification was beyond powerful.
"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler, says David Wootton, a historian of science. But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent, he told me: “This is an unparalleled destruction from within.”
i can't say for sure, but it was definitely this
