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As the measles outbreak in TX has grown to 146 cases, 20 hospitalizations, and one death, and has spread outside the state, we could reasonably expect that the HHS Secretary would be out front messaging about the importance of vaccines. But RFK Jr. has spent two decades lying about MMR vaccine, so.
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As the measles outbreak in TX has grown to 146 cases, 20 hospitalizations, and one death, and has spread outside the state, we could reasonably expect that the HHS Secretary would be out front messaging about the importance of vaccines. But RFK Jr. has spent two decades lying about MMR vaccine, so.
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The damage is incalculable.
"Much of modern life would not be possible without the scientific innovation that NSF investments supported.
"There is no guarantee the US will continue to lead in scientific innovation, and without innovation, talent and resources will naturally flow elsewhere"
www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/n...
"There is no guarantee the US will continue to lead in scientific innovation, and without innovation, talent and resources will naturally flow elsewhere"
www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/n...
NSF decimation puts future US science leadership in doubt
An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more
www.theregister.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The damage is incalculable.
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"our scientific representations are not, as many hoped in the heyday of logical empiricism, a super vending machine to which we can feed in facts about the questions we are interested in, turn the crank of logical derivation, and pick up answers that fall out." —Cartwright, The Tangle of Science
November 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
"our scientific representations are not, as many hoped in the heyday of logical empiricism, a super vending machine to which we can feed in facts about the questions we are interested in, turn the crank of logical derivation, and pick up answers that fall out." —Cartwright, The Tangle of Science
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A big day of output for the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaborative project with 100 countries to understand our ~37 trillion cells
A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement"
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/immersive/d4...
A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement"
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/immersive/d4...
November 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM
A big day of output for the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaborative project with 100 countries to understand our ~37 trillion cells
A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement"
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/immersive/d4...
A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement"
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/immersive/d4...
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New timeline, so I get to share some of my favorite science images again. 1) Sparsely labeled pyramidal cells in cortex. #neuroscience #neuroskyence
November 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
New timeline, so I get to share some of my favorite science images again. 1) Sparsely labeled pyramidal cells in cortex. #neuroscience #neuroskyence