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THIS is the most devastating constitutional crisis.

submitted 11 hours ago • 239 comments

Yes! Exactly what’s needed to #SaveNSF include letters like these that use stories of local impact to call on specific reps in Congress.

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Listen to Andrew Zimmern & @chefjoseandres.bsky.social. It’s more important than ever that we give dignity to the people who are keeping America and the world fed…building longer tables instead of demonizing others.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

🥗 Andrew Zimmern speaks the truth. #agsky #econsky Not from #hungerpc25 but absolutely relevant.

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After steep premium hikes, Australia's insurance companies post $6.1 billion profit, that’s 3 times higher than the 5yr avg profit levels. #agsky www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

"Many farmers are finding ways to grow some crops, like leafy greens and berries, under the panels. The shade reduces evaporation from the soil, allowing growers to water less often. In turn, a wetted landscape cools the panels, which improves their efficiency." #AgSky #EnergySky #ClimateSky

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Bees in the US are emerging 10.4 days earlier in the spring than they did 130 years ago. A biologist explains how a timing mismatch with flowering plants is worsening pollinator decline and reducing food production. buff.ly/pG5fXgA #climatechange 🌎#climatesky

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Our Medical Establishment felt parents who vaccinated their children against COVID should be investigated by the government. They reject your medical freedom and bodily autonomy.

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Has anyone done the economic modelling to test the hypothesis that providing everyone with as much asthma medication as they need, for free, would be cost-effective (avoidance of emergency admissions for ex)?

submitted 15 hours ago • 15 comments

Perseverance captured a new selfie to celebrate 1500 Sols on Mars. The rover is currently investigating the outer rim of Jezero crater near an outcrop named Sally's Cove. #planetsci Full panorama: www.360cities.net/image/persev... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß

submitted 14 hours ago • 78 comments

Happy Mitochondrial Mother's Day. All living humans are descended from a single female ancestor, known as Mitochondrial Eve. Because science.

submitted 14 hours ago • 6 comments

In February I got this little one node cutting of a Hoya NS05-055 when I was trying to get it out of the plug, I broke off the roots. I put it in Perlite and Stratum anyway because I really wanted it to survive. Today I checked it and found a little runner!!! #plants #hoya #hoyahead #plantgrowth

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#TansleyInsight: #Forest productivity response to elevated #CO2 in free-air CO2 enrichment experiments: the 23 percent solution, revisited Richard J. Norby 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

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Registration is open for this year's Summer Grazing School, hosted by Foothills Forage on July 29 & 30 🐮 🌾 Click the link to learn more and register - t.co/GB4ld1jXwx #sustainableagriculture #sustainablefarming #albertaag #agriculture

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Can machine-grown lettuce help cut Canada's reliance on U.S. greens? This farmer is betting on it In 2024, 92 per cent of Canadian lettuce was imported from the U.S. #Food #Produce #IndoorFarming #FoodSystems #Health #Canada #Greenhouses #BuyCanadian 🇨🇦 #CDNpoli #ElbowsUp www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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🌱 37 global opportunities in health, sustainability, agriculture & food systems—grants, scholarships, fellowships, internships & more: wp.me/p23f03-esG #Opportunities #ClimateAction #FoodSystems #Youth #Sustainability

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This is what big #peatfree #horticulture looks like: Alba Trees in East Lothian turns out 30 million cell-grown trees/yr (yes you read that right) - all seed raised in 100% peat-free compost. CEO Craig Turner says switching away from peat has been 'pretty straightforward' 🌱 #scotland #gardening

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Cool new story out from the Barberon Lab! @mariebarberon.bsky.social Enormous effort by Jianpu clearly paid off!! Congratulations to everyone involved! #plantscience

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#TansleyInsight: Acyl-CoA-binding #proteins: bridging long-chain acyl-CoA #metabolism to #gene regulation Allegra Wundersitz, Kurt M. V. Hoffmann & Joost T. van Dongen 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Contribution of Nanomaterials to Soil Health and Crop Growth Improvement ->ResearchGate | #SoilHealth | More info from EcoSearch

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We have real solutions: 1. To avoid inequality & overshoot, we should try to grow most of what we consume ourselves. 2. To have resilience, we should use dynamic facilitation to organize seed and food sharing networks. Democratizing (food) systems #foodsystems www.nature.com/articles/s43...

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Gave a talk at the University of Mainz on "Exploring the Specialized Metabolism of Plants with Long Read Sequencing." 🌿🔬 Shared how nanopore sequencing provides insights into complex plant pathways. Thanks to all who came! #Genomics #PlantScience #LongReadSequencing @puckerlab.bsky.social

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Richest 10% of the world responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds ->Pakistan Today Profit | #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange | More info from EcoSearch

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1. After getting some further insight into changes at NSF (thanks to those who reached out), I deleted a previous post where I tried to make sense of Cheatham's memo as reported in the Science story below.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

My NSF grants (incl training grants) have contributed to the deep research training of over 100 students who have gone into industry, medicine, and academia. #SaveNSF

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#WithoutNSF, it will be more challenging to train the next generation of scientists & entrepreneurs in #agriculture #Soil #Crop #plant #biology #genomics #teamscience & more; #NSF supports training of students & that is in our national interest #SupportNSF #SaveNSF #AgSky #AcademicSky #highered 🌾🌱🧪

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Wildlife trade, not bats, likely moved the ancestors of SARS-CoV-2 to humans 🦇🧬🌏 www.news-medical.net/news/2025050... #COVID19 #Zoonosis #WildlifeTrade #BatViruses #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #Science #VirusEvolution #Phylogeography @cellpress.bsky.social

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@emilylau.bsky.social @ostratodd.bsky.social et al. show that bioluminescent luciferases in brittle stars and octocorals evolved in parallel from haloalkane dehalogenases, highlighting how gene function and genomic availability shape convergent evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb... #evolbio #molbio

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Congratulations, University of Wisconsin faculty!!!! Well-done. #standtogether #highered @maddow.msnbc.com We'll be adding you to the UMass Amherst #MADC tracker. This is a national movement. And this is just the beginning.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

We lost our NSF HSI STEM funding last Friday #WithoutNSF we won’t be able to train NYC community college students in science research and help them get jobs with Dept of Health and Dept of Environmental Protection #SupportNSF #SaveNSF #ISupportNSF and #ISupportScience

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My graduate research was funded by the National Science Foundation. The research that sealed my tenure case was majority funded by NSF. Five of my graduate students have been funded by NSF. My current sabbatical is #NSFfunded. In short, #withoutNSF, I would not be the scientist I am today. #saveNSF

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

On the NSF 75th anniversary, useful tools to support a critical agency for this country’s future. @holdenthorp.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @needhibhalla.bsky.social @kvasquez.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social #SaveNSF #research #science

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Here's my federal funding story #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF #scicomm 🧪

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

With the news of NSF divisions being abolished and more grants terminated, we urge our community to continue communicating with Congress to #SupportNSF and #SaveNSF. Scripts and tools you can use: shorturl.at/i7WfU

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Happy 75th birthday, NSF, I guess. #saveNSF

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🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired. In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.” High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

LISTEN TO ME. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, OR WHERE IN THE US YOU LIVE. I'M HERE BEGGING YOU. #SaveNSF Here are your talking points: democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments