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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 19 hours ago • 558 comments

He nails it.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1185 comments

Feeling stuck in your science career? It’s not just burnout. It’s a misalignment. The system pushes scientists through a rigid path: • Publish or perish → Endless pressure, little security. • Funding cycles → Chasing stability that never comes.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

The call for abstracts of the International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation is now open (www.icssi.org/guidelines, submission link coming soon)! Submit your abstracts until the 14th of March, and join us in Copenhagen from the 16th to the 18th of June! Repost without qualms!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Do yourself a favor and read this entire NYT interview with Ed Yong. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

submitted 8 hours ago • 4 comments

Can avian flu spread via the wind? Can't be ruled out, experts say A 2024 outbreak of #H5N1 on three unrelated poultry farms in the Czech Republic suggests airborne transmission, which is difficult to prove. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Really great thread describing the development of a new pain medication. It's clear that basic research in obscure animals was essential to this, along with a whole lot of additional work from BOTH the private and public sector. The public sector is a MAJOR driver of private sector science. See how:

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

I have the opposite problem. With 75 years of hindsight available to me, I know EXACTLY what I'm doing, and where it's (or should be...) going - but my follower-count and engagement traffic tell me I'm somehow getting the delivery all wrong...

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Qué sorpresa www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/li...

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Building a profitable space tourism business is HARD. Space Perspective having issues in Florida. www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/s...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

📢 We’re excited and grateful to announce @unesco.org has launched the Open and Inclusive Science Hub, a platform showcasing practices to inclusivity and equity in science! And guess what? VCWAP is featured! 🔗https://www.unesco.org/en/open-science/inclusive-science/grid?hub=178646 #womeninscience

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On this day in 1959, the Avro 'Arrow' project was cancelled, breaking many hearts then and over the years since. This story, originally written and published by Managing Editor @terencecgannon.com in 2019, seems to have particular resonance again given all that has occurred recently. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

In the future, Science will be DIFFERENT - not because the way fundamental effects WORK has changed, but because we SEE them differently. But if we want it, that viewpoint is available RIGHT NOW...

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Watch the world’s first electric flying car hop over another vehicle as it takes flight [Video]

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Just in case you thought DEI was some new-fangled idea at NASA, I found this Equal Opportunity Award trophy at NASA HQ today which was first awarded to Goddard Space Flight Center in ***1980***, which was 45 years ago for people who are too afraid to count.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

YouTube is the world's 2nd-largest search engine. So why aren't more conference keynotes and presentations there? 🤔

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

In the future, Science will be DIFFERENT - not because the way fundamental effects WORK has changed, but because we SEE them differently. But if we want it, that viewpoint is available RIGHT NOW...

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Academia made me believe my only value was in publishing papers. Here’s what I learned when I stepped away. Your worth isn’t tied to journal citations. Or impact factors. Or the number of grants you win. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment