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Heat extremes attributable to climate change have led to a 25–38% average reduction in monitored tropical bird populations since 1950, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3UIIpP7 🧪
August 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Heat extremes attributable to climate change have led to a 25–38% average reduction in monitored tropical bird populations since 1950, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3UIIpP7 🧪
#DailyLesson4: Increase Productivity with Science 🧪:
Sleep: power naps and/or solid 8hrs at night
NO MULTITASKING
Natural light, plants, and clear working space
Take breaks: studies disagree whether 40/10min 25/5- or 90/10-min rounds are best, so pick your favorite
Break tasks into small steps
Sleep: power naps and/or solid 8hrs at night
NO MULTITASKING
Natural light, plants, and clear working space
Take breaks: studies disagree whether 40/10min 25/5- or 90/10-min rounds are best, so pick your favorite
Break tasks into small steps
August 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
#DailyLesson4: Increase Productivity with Science 🧪:
Sleep: power naps and/or solid 8hrs at night
NO MULTITASKING
Natural light, plants, and clear working space
Take breaks: studies disagree whether 40/10min 25/5- or 90/10-min rounds are best, so pick your favorite
Break tasks into small steps
Sleep: power naps and/or solid 8hrs at night
NO MULTITASKING
Natural light, plants, and clear working space
Take breaks: studies disagree whether 40/10min 25/5- or 90/10-min rounds are best, so pick your favorite
Break tasks into small steps
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The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy.
US applications for jobless benefits up modestly but remain at a healthy level
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers despite economic uncertainty related to U.S. trade policy.
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President Trump is expected to sign a directive mandating universities provide admissions data to prove they are not implementing affirmative action policies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posts on X.
Trump to require universities to hand over admissions data on race
The move comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown struck settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
President Trump is expected to sign a directive mandating universities provide admissions data to prove they are not implementing affirmative action policies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posts on X.
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Donald Trump’s decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the release of a jobs report for July—which he deemed unfavorable to him—is the latest phase in the President’s war on data.
The Latest Phase in Trump’s War on Data
When the facts don’t fit the President’s narrative, he asks for new ones, as evidenced by his recent firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Donald Trump’s decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the release of a jobs report for July—which he deemed unfavorable to him—is the latest phase in the President’s war on data.
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#DailyLesson3: trusted places to access Full research publications (in light of the government politicizing their scientific and historical databases) 🧪
www.science.org
www.nature.com/nature/resea...
pubs.acs.org?ref=SendGrid...
www.science.org
www.nature.com/nature/resea...
pubs.acs.org?ref=SendGrid...
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#DailyLesson3: trusted places to access Full research publications (in light of the government politicizing their scientific and historical databases) 🧪
www.science.org
www.nature.com/nature/resea...
pubs.acs.org?ref=SendGrid...
www.science.org
www.nature.com/nature/resea...
pubs.acs.org?ref=SendGrid...
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🧪⚛️ I don't even know where to start with this. It's a mess. This is an explicit attempt to destroy peer review for federal science grants. "The grant review process itself also undermines the interests of American taxpayers." Great. Awesome. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🧪⚛️ I don't even know where to start with this. It's a mess. This is an explicit attempt to destroy peer review for federal science grants. "The grant review process itself also undermines the interests of American taxpayers." Great. Awesome. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The administration has also gutted cancer research funding. “Forty years ago, more than 60% of children diagnosed with cancer would have died within five years of diagnosis. Today there is a 90% survival rate. We should not put progress like that in danger,” — @LaBonneLaB
August 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The administration has also gutted cancer research funding. “Forty years ago, more than 60% of children diagnosed with cancer would have died within five years of diagnosis. Today there is a 90% survival rate. We should not put progress like that in danger,” — @LaBonneLaB
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“The Trump administration is, for the first time in history, substantially intervening inside NIH to bring it under political control,” according to a senior NIH official who spoke on condition of anonymity. My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s really, really bad right now’: NIH scientists dismayed by Trump cuts
Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to ‘destroy’ vital work
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The Trump administration is, for the first time in history, substantially intervening inside NIH to bring it under political control,” according to a senior NIH official who spoke on condition of anonymity. My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr.'s claims are not backed by the professionals in these fields-check out our Instagram account @scienceliteracynews for more info!🧪
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"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
RFK Jr.'s claims are not backed by the professionals in these fields-check out our Instagram account @scienceliteracynews for more info!🧪
RFK Jr. is cutting funds for mRNA vaccines. His claims and actions disagree with professionals in science and medicine. Check out our Instagram post to understand how these vaccines work so you can form your own opinion on his policy changes. 🧪
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August 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
RFK Jr. is cutting funds for mRNA vaccines. His claims and actions disagree with professionals in science and medicine. Check out our Instagram post to understand how these vaccines work so you can form your own opinion on his policy changes. 🧪
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Statistical Significance:
Null hyp: no relationship between two variables studied
Alternative hyp: a relationship exists
P-value: probability data is random (likelihood null is true)
0.05 or Lower p-value, the more likely alt hyp is true
but not definitive proof of the alt hyp
#dailylesson2 🧪
Null hyp: no relationship between two variables studied
Alternative hyp: a relationship exists
P-value: probability data is random (likelihood null is true)
0.05 or Lower p-value, the more likely alt hyp is true
but not definitive proof of the alt hyp
#dailylesson2 🧪
August 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Statistical Significance:
Null hyp: no relationship between two variables studied
Alternative hyp: a relationship exists
P-value: probability data is random (likelihood null is true)
0.05 or Lower p-value, the more likely alt hyp is true
but not definitive proof of the alt hyp
#dailylesson2 🧪
Null hyp: no relationship between two variables studied
Alternative hyp: a relationship exists
P-value: probability data is random (likelihood null is true)
0.05 or Lower p-value, the more likely alt hyp is true
but not definitive proof of the alt hyp
#dailylesson2 🧪
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Good news!
Upcoming 2025-2026 COVID vaccines should still protect against severe disease (limited antigenic shift) buff.ly/HEnrSxs
✅Moderna & Pfizer LP.8.1 mRNA vaccine
✅Novavax (w/Sanofi) JN.1 protein vax (for 2nd year)
Surveillance for new COVID variants has slowed though.
#medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪
Upcoming 2025-2026 COVID vaccines should still protect against severe disease (limited antigenic shift) buff.ly/HEnrSxs
✅Moderna & Pfizer LP.8.1 mRNA vaccine
✅Novavax (w/Sanofi) JN.1 protein vax (for 2nd year)
Surveillance for new COVID variants has slowed though.
#medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Good news!
Upcoming 2025-2026 COVID vaccines should still protect against severe disease (limited antigenic shift) buff.ly/HEnrSxs
✅Moderna & Pfizer LP.8.1 mRNA vaccine
✅Novavax (w/Sanofi) JN.1 protein vax (for 2nd year)
Surveillance for new COVID variants has slowed though.
#medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪
Upcoming 2025-2026 COVID vaccines should still protect against severe disease (limited antigenic shift) buff.ly/HEnrSxs
✅Moderna & Pfizer LP.8.1 mRNA vaccine
✅Novavax (w/Sanofi) JN.1 protein vax (for 2nd year)
Surveillance for new COVID variants has slowed though.
#medsky #IDsky 🛟😷🧪
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🍂 🏛️ Senator Patty Murray (WA) on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Aug 5
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The President "has illegally impounded research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in violation of the Impoundment Control Act (ICA)"
gao.gov/products/b-337203
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The President "has illegally impounded research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in violation of the Impoundment Control Act (ICA)"
gao.gov/products/b-337203
BREAKING: A top government watchdog confirms that YET AGAIN, Trump is illegally withholding your taxpayer dollars.
This time, it's NIH funding—they're blocking CANCER research. Clinical trials will be cut short and labs will shutter.
Trump needs to answer for this personally.
This time, it's NIH funding—they're blocking CANCER research. Clinical trials will be cut short and labs will shutter.
Trump needs to answer for this personally.
Trump Illegally Blocking NIH Funding, Top Government Watchdog Concludes - Senator Patty Murray
Murray responds as GAO finds Trump has illegally impounded enacted funding for 5th time in recent weeks ICYMI last week: OMB chokes off virtually all NIH research funding, then reverses itself after d...
www.murray.senate.gov
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🍂 🏛️ Senator Patty Murray (WA) on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Aug 5
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The President "has illegally impounded research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in violation of the Impoundment Control Act (ICA)"
gao.gov/products/b-337203
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The President "has illegally impounded research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in violation of the Impoundment Control Act (ICA)"
gao.gov/products/b-337203
Should I Trust This Scientific Paper? 🧪
Ask:
1. Is it Peer reviewed?
2. Have other papers cited these findings?
3. Are the author(s) + editorial board positively and widely recognized in the field?
4. Did the experiment use the scientific method?
5. Is it a trustworthy publisher?
#dailylesson1
Ask:
1. Is it Peer reviewed?
2. Have other papers cited these findings?
3. Are the author(s) + editorial board positively and widely recognized in the field?
4. Did the experiment use the scientific method?
5. Is it a trustworthy publisher?
#dailylesson1
August 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Should I Trust This Scientific Paper? 🧪
Ask:
1. Is it Peer reviewed?
2. Have other papers cited these findings?
3. Are the author(s) + editorial board positively and widely recognized in the field?
4. Did the experiment use the scientific method?
5. Is it a trustworthy publisher?
#dailylesson1
Ask:
1. Is it Peer reviewed?
2. Have other papers cited these findings?
3. Are the author(s) + editorial board positively and widely recognized in the field?
4. Did the experiment use the scientific method?
5. Is it a trustworthy publisher?
#dailylesson1
Stay safe! Check out this post from Nature
A Comment article in Nature discusses the integration of physiological models and weather data to estimate people’s ‘heat-health risk.’ #medsky 🧪
To save lives in heatwaves, focus on how human bodies work
Strategies for heat-health preparedness should concentrate on cooling people, not just the air.
go.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Stay safe! Check out this post from Nature
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What would happen if you replaced the sun with a black hole? 🔭🧪
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What would happen if you replaced the sun with a black hole? 🔭🧪
Knowledge is power and reading dense science writing is a big barrier to your empowerment. Check out the fourth and final part of our HOW TO a research paper series on Instagram 🧪 #selfimprovement #knowledgeispower #selfcare www.instagram.com/p/DM8eLtIBw4...
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Knowledge is power and reading dense science writing is a big barrier to your empowerment. Check out the fourth and final part of our HOW TO a research paper series on Instagram 🧪 #selfimprovement #knowledgeispower #selfcare www.instagram.com/p/DM8eLtIBw4...
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RESEARCH | 🧪
M Cai, G Frost, C Edwards et al
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This study compares how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect postprandial luminal metabolites, glycaemia, gut hormones and satiety sensation.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
M Cai, G Frost, C Edwards et al
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
This study compares how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect postprandial luminal metabolites, glycaemia, gut hormones and satiety sensation.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Upper-gastrointestinal tract metabolite profile regulates glycaemic and satiety responses to meals with contrasting structure: a pilot study - Nature Metabolism
In this randomized crossover pilot study, the authors collected human gastrointestinal digesta using a unique intubation technique to compare how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect post...
www.nature.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
RESEARCH | 🧪
M Cai, G Frost, C Edwards et al
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
This study compares how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect postprandial luminal metabolites, glycaemia, gut hormones and satiety sensation.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
M Cai, G Frost, C Edwards et al
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
This study compares how meals with contrasting cellular structures affect postprandial luminal metabolites, glycaemia, gut hormones and satiety sensation.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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LAist: UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant funds 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 laist.com/news/climate...
UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant funds
The Trump administration cited alleged antisemitism at UCLA as a reason for suspending the funding. Years worth of research could be lost, one UCLA researcher said.
laist.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
LAist: UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant funds 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 laist.com/news/climate...
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Nature spoke to five early-career researchers who began their PhDs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and are now planning their next steps as they graduate. #Academicsky 🧪
Class of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cuts
Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Nature spoke to five early-career researchers who began their PhDs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and are now planning their next steps as they graduate. #Academicsky 🧪
When reading the methods and results section of a research paper it is easy to get lost. Our fix? Skimming through and then really focusing in on the discussion section.
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When reading the methods and results section of a research paper it is easy to get lost. Our fix? Skimming through and then really focusing in on the discussion section.
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Seems on theme for today's Tsunami alerts-glad so far everything has seemed to be mild in Russia, Japan, and Hawaii.
July 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Seems on theme for today's Tsunami alerts-glad so far everything has seemed to be mild in Russia, Japan, and Hawaii.
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This is how a seal’s nose prevents water from entering its lungs.
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is how a seal’s nose prevents water from entering its lungs.