RIP Charles Darwin, died this day 1882.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...
Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The fight for the Boundary Waters isn’t over, it just looks a little different now. We will not give up. That would play right into their hands.
"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV
DOGGETT: Doesn't your budget propose another 12% cut for NIH?
VOUGHT: Most of what you said is untrue. NIH was not cut at all--
D: My Q is don't you propose another 12% cut?
VOUGHT: We propose a cut
D: Is it your feeling that we just can't afford to invest more in doing something about cancer?
This must be stopped! One of the most beautiful, u disturbed areas in the country!
It often seems like there has been little progress in fighting back against The Regime’s war on science, but this is a major victory.
The proposed cap of 15% for indirect costs for NIH funding has been defeated in court.
Doesn’t mean they won’t try again, but this is worth celebrating.
A study of thousands of Colorado patients who were prescribed GLP-1 drugs – among the most talked-about medications of recent years – reveals that four out of 10 of these prescriptions were never filled. My latest story for @cuemergency.bsky.social at @cuanschutz.bsky.social. #cucityofhealth
I can't watch this without crying. This is why I dedicated my life to America. Not because of what it is. Not because of what it was. Because of what it *could* be. Because of where our ideals *could* have taken us. We're squandering our potential, and it's soul crushing.
youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk
Photo of a cuneiform tablet shown from the front, back, and various side angles. At the bottom is a watermark for the Yale Babylonian Collection, and to the left of that watermark is a 1cm scale. Based on the scale, the tablet is about 4-5cm wide and 3-4cm tall. In the bottom left corner of the image is a tiny winged creature thumbnail, and along the left side are the letters and numbers "GCBC 766 (YPM BC 034383)"
Today, I've been reading a very old medical commentary from ancient Uruk, written in the Akkadian language.
It's a tiny cuneiform tablet that explains words and phrases excerpted from another text - a diagnostic manual, known in antiquity as Sa-gig.
Watch “Secret Agent” if you have not already. Topical and extremely well acted and made!
we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe...
🎶”who runs the world…” 🎶
Empowering visit by @thebalelab.bsky.social !!!
Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social
I am just now catching up on the fact that the FDA was demanding Uniqure do sham brain surgeries (from what I can tell, comprising simulated burr holes and 10-12 hours of anesthesia) in their placebo arm for their Huntington's therapeutic, and I'm absolutely floored that this was a serious demand.
Tried that. This guy’s got a common name.
As a woman and an academic, why do I feel like I’ve read this story a hundred times - while the names change, the plot is the same. It feels like gut punch every time. We have a long way to go in changing this culture.
Agreed!! It also puts us academics in a bind. Example: I am involved with putting together a small meeting paid for by private donors. I know nothing about them. How do I run a criminal background check?
MacArthur Foundation “genius” @drdamienfair.bsky.social discusses his return to his home state of Minnesota and why it’s important to protect the developing brain, in this episode of “Synaptic.”
By Brady Huggett
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/synaptic/sti...
Let’s not forget his co-director. If you’re not a mad scientist, you’re not paying attention.
Finally - a detailed look at how inputs from the PFC and hippocampus converge in the NAc! Well done!
Have you seen the Trump skating AI video? This is much more realistic.
It felt like the right time for a reminder. This is based on an older interview but almost too relevant today. “On Failure and “Pathological Persistence” in Science“ by Michael Yassa on Medium: medium.com/@myassa_6289...
We were trying to confirm the precens of DMT in the brain and in particularly in serotonin neurons.
But to our surprice, DMT is neither in the brain or taken up by serotonin nerve terminals!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Prediction: Kidnapped President Madura confesses to election interference in exchange for a DOJ plea deal that sets him up in the Club Fed prison next to Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump uses it as pretext to nationalize elections and the Roberts court says OK because we can’t second guess national security
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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