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"'The Goal of the Trump Administration Is to Destroy the Elite'
The administration of... trump continues to ramp up the pressure on American universities and scientific research institutes. Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof of Stanford University speaks of his own mistakes and about what trump's onslaught means for the future of science in the U.S..."
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nobel-laureate-on-americas-crisis-in-academia-the-goal-of-the-trump-administration-is-to-destroy-the-elite-a-cf3d8532-e44e-42f4-87b0-dbc27a4c3722
h/t @dougcoulson
https://mastodon.scot/@dougcoulson/114889889086142858
#ScienceMatters #antiscience #science #dystopia
DER SPIEGEL · Nobel Laureate on America's Crisis in Academia: "The Goal of the Trump Administration Is to Destroy the Elite"
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s retreat from science endangers the health of people and the planet
#EPA #Environment #ScienceMatters #Pollution #PollutionCrisis #PublicHealth #ChemicalSafety #ClimateCrisis #ToxicChemicals #CleanAir #CleanWater
https://the-14.com/the-us-environmental-protection-agencys-retreat-from-science-endangers-the-health-of-people-and-the-planet/
#Measles cases are surging in #Europe and the #US
30 years after Wakefield’s discredited study linking #MMR #vaccine & autism, we badly need an injection of rationality
It’s the most depressing conspiracy theory there is, not because the impacts are so much graver than some cranks who believe the Earth to be flat, but because #vaccination is the most concrete proof of how much we rely on one another’s care and rationality
The Guardian · Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us
CHEN: I am standing up for science because science saves lives
‘Funding scientific and medical research is a nonpartisan issue. We all benefit from its progress, and we all suffer if it stalls’
https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/chen-i-am-standing-up-for-science-because-science-saves-lives/
Sentinel Colorado · CHEN: I am standing up for science because science saves lives
The US Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed a “Stand Up for Science” petition using their official titles and EPA positions.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/epa-workers-speak-up-for-public-health-then-trump-officials-sent-them-home/ #EPA #ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience #TrumpAdministration
Mother JonesEPA workers stand up for public health. Then Trump officials sent home.The document criticizes the agency for “undermining the public trust."
The UK has a major new variant that could fuel a summer Covid wave
The #UK is well on its way to having a new dominant variant, fuelling concerns that a fresh #Covid wave could be just around the corner.
“Given that #immunity to Covid is waning in the population due to a decline in uptake of the spring #booster jab and the reduction of Covid #infections
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/new-covid-variant-fuels-fears-of-summer-wave-3765532
The i Paper · The UK has a major new variant that could fuel a summer Covid waveThe new variant has quickly grown to account for more Covid infections than any other variant around at the moment in the UK
Just want people to get a feel for me and my little family. It's hard these days in the USA as a double transgender parent family, with two little girls.
So on a positive, here's is my wife and youngest enjoying the interactive science night at our local college. We love science, and they had fossils so I was thrilled (dinosaurs and fossils are my #1 special interest!)
#sciencematters #transfamilies #translivesmatter
If you need a boost, look past the awful politics and grift. There is so much real progress being made in the world today. Don't give up hope. Work for a better future.
Compared to just a few years ago, this is truly remarkable: (CAR) T-cell therapy for cancer — in this case, multiple myeloma.
https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2025/06/a-revolutionary-drug-made-in-nj-is-giving-cancer-patients-years-of-their-lives-back.html
#ScienceMatters #MultipleMyeloma #CAR_Therapy #CAR_T_cell_therapy
nj · A revolutionary drug made in N.J. is giving cancer patients years of their lives back
Called “Gwada negative,” it marks the discovery of the 48th known blood group system in humans. So glad someone's still doing science...
Doctors Detected a Mysterious Antibody in a French Woman’s Body. It Turned Out to Be a Brand New Blood Type
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doctors-detected-a-mysterious-antibody-in-a-french-womans-body-it-turned-out-to-be-a-brand-new-blood-type-180986866/
“everyone in a position of responsibility in world science needs to gather evidence to rebut authoritarian, anti-science narratives, and speak out.”
#Science #ScienceMatters #HigherEd #Authoritarianism
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01966-4
www.nature.comIn the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without costMore scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.
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#TheGremlinZoo #ScienceMatters
From ProPublica.org: Science Shattered
Thx @tornatrix
https://projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/
ProPublica · Science ShatteredThe Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost.
Letter from American Scientists Regarding NSF Advisory Committees Dissolution
https://nasawatch.com/trumpspace/letter-from-american-scientists-regarding-nsf-advisory-committees-dissolution/
#NSF #ScienceMatters #science #antiscience
NASA Watch · Letter from American Scientists Regarding NSF Advisory Committees DissolutionIn April, the Administration abruptly dissolved 12 federal advisory committees tasked with guiding various NSF directories and programs
We need more of this from our legacy media! tRump's attack on #Science in the #UnitedStates will have devastating impacts on people's lives!
#ScienceMatters
#tRumpDisaster
#BudgetBill
Yes, it's a bluesky link. Some things are too damn important regardless!!
https://bsky.app/profile/gxldsociety.bsky.social/post/3lqqydzimh22g
Bluesky Social · Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social)BREAKING: John Morales just went on air in South Florida and told the truth: hurricane forecasting models are underfunded and outdated.
Translation:
The U.S. government cut the budget so deep, even seasoned meteorologists can’t track deadly storms.
You’re not safe.
And they do. Not. Care.
As a professional researcher for policy design and analysis, I'm not a proponent of policies supporting "I do my own research" actions — but it's 2025, Voldemort is POTUS and RFK Jr. is the bad wizard of health. Here we are. 
As RFK Jr. ends COVID vaccine recommendations, what do facts say about risks?
TLDNR — Get vaccinated. RFK Jr. is a vaccine skeptic — or worse.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/30/rfk-jr-ends-covid-vaccine-recommendation-what-do-facts-say-about-risks v @AlJazeera
#vaccinate #vaccines #PublicHealth #ChildhoodVaccines #COVIDvaccine #ScienceMatters
Al Jazeera · RFK Jr ends COVID vaccine recommendation: What do facts say about risks?
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3/ Le psychiatre Robert L. Findling, cité comme auteur dans ce rapport, affirme qu'il ne l’a jamais écrit, et qu’il n’existe aucune trace de cette étude dans les bases de données médicales. Pire encore, un "auteur" n’a même pas de trace numérique ! 
#ÉtudesFictives #ScienceMatters #ÉthiqueMédicale #Responsabilité
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3/ Psychiatrist Robert L. Findling, listed as an author of this report, says he NEVER wrote it, and there's no record of it in medical databases. Not to mention, a second "author" may not even exist! No digital footprint.
#FakeStudies #ScienceMatters #MedicalEthics #Accountability
Galactic Stone
FACT : 100 years ago a Tennessee grand jury indicted science teacher John Scopes for violating the state’s law making it a crime “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals."
History repeats itself.
Scientists are calling out Trump’s $175B “Golden Dome” missile shield as pure fantasy 
. Despite decades of effort, experts say no tech can guarantee 100% protection from nukes. Read why this dream is impossible: https://www.404media.co/scientists-explain-why-trumps-175-billion-golden-dome-is-a-fantasy/ #MissileDefense #ScienceMatters #GoldenDome #newz
404 Media · Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a FantasyShooting missiles out of the sky from space could require a constellation of 36,000 satellites.
Explainer: Lifecycle of a research grant*
https://theconversation.com/lifecycle-of-a-research-grant-behind-the-scenes-of-the-system-that-funds-science-255163 v @TheConversationUS
*Not all grants / grant processes are identical. This is a useful overview
#ScienceMatters #science
The ConversationLifecycle of a research grant – behind the scenes of the system that funds scienceA scholar reveals the ins and outs of how research gets funded, including the checks and balances that ensure high scientific standards and financial integrity at every stage of a grant’s lifecycle.