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A very nice article about the consequences of killing fundamental research because a small group of zealots. www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NASA/GSFC being gutted demonstrates the actual ideology of the value of science to the new government. nasawatch.com/trumpspace/n...
NASA Goddard Begins To Disassemble Itself
this memo was sent to GSFC-DL-ALL from GSFC-Communications today at 2:12 PM
nasawatch.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Nobel prize awarded for pointing out that Research & Development is a positive feedback in national economies. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...
www.nobelprize.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A new book on the decay of American science leadership. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
The current war on science, and who’s behind it
A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.
arstechnica.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Dot Goner
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Vannevar Bush is a name folks should know. He is a founding father of the modern American research infrastructure. Research and innovation are not things you can just turn on and off. Creating a education pipeline for inquisitive minds is essential. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanneva...
Vannevar Bush - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Photovoltaic panels can last 30+ years at 80% efficiency! It sure would be nice to participate in the solar revolution.
www.zmescience.com/ecology/rene...
Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power — And That’s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future
Thirty years later, old-school solar panels are still delivering on their promise.
www.zmescience.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
First PhD Interview
YouTube video by PhD Illusion and Reality
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I know the feeling. youtube.com/shorts/9lcBk....
Astrology crashes the science party
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Oh INTEL, why have you lost your way?
July 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The CDC keeps publishing papers after firing scientists who made the research possible - STAT
May 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Shuttering American science institutions continues apace with a proposed 50% cut to the NASA budget. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
arstechnica.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by Dot Goner
Trans activist Donelle Jae Tromphe at a recent golf tournament. Please respect their right to 'be all they can be'!
April 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Will the Parker Probe be the apex of human understanding of our sun? Watch the videos. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14741
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Parker Solar Probe: Humanity’s Closest Encounter with the Sun
Controllers have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
March 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM