The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

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Autumn hasn't officially arrived until you've had the 'we've had a problem with central heating' email from your University.

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“Sorry the A/C is still on. The icicles will be removed shortly”

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Arithmetic in the "New Golden Age of Science" at NSF: Reduce $600M in STEM funding between FY25 and FY26 grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Propose to reduce NSF GRFP fellowships by $180M in FY27 nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202... Declare "success" w/a $100M "push" for US scientists.

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#GoldenAgeofScience: "The move comes after the Trump administration implemented a raft of policies that have upended postgraduate academic research, including in STEM fields. Doctoral programs have been roiled by more than a year of cuts, freezes and uncertainty around the federal research grants"

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