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Are we great yet? So great...

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Editorial from Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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We’re hearing from several people who want to talk about the benefits of both the NIH intramural and extramural programs, and how they work together to build support for science. Happy to hear more ideas on this: please send us your thoughts via DM or Signal. 🧪

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The measles outbreak is up to 90 cases. How great can we get?

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Our national parks are treasures. "US national parks are famed for their biodiversity... In 2024, Big Bend National Park in Texas presented a particularly rare one – the first new plant genus and species to have been discovered in a US national park since 1976." www.iflscience.com/wooly-devil-...

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Gorgeous!

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DC rally and hopefully more local events soon. standupforscience2025.org

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Thank you PLOS!

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You don’t say…

submitted 15 days ago • 174 comments

Damn...

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More to come.

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Science comedy you can catch "in-person", or "from couch".

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100% behind this idea.

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Important read on how the Trump admin is dismantling science. #scicomm

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Who doesn't love a good stink "Here’s a question you’ve probably never thought of: What do Egyptian mummies smell like? An international team of researchers has a surprising answer: woody, spicy, and sweet..." gizmodo.com/sugar-spice-...

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Happy VD! "New research out this week shows that people also leave behind remnants of their genitals’ unique microbiome post-sex, a.k.a. their “sexome.” gizmodo.com/meet-the-sex...

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100% support from me. Always.

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Awesome!

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Statement from the combined Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, and Society of Systematic Biologists. #scicomm www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

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We need more weird right now. "The mystery plate appears on the second day of every month on the corner of Abbey Road and Wensor Avenue in Beeston, and residents say it has been a constant in their lives for more than a year." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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This is much needed news.

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That is not a good look. "The man’s doctors detail how his “carnivore diet” led him to get such high levels of cholesterol that it literally started seeping out of his body." gizmodo.com/a-florida-ma...

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New movie idea: "Jurassic Chunks". "Scientifically speaking, the find is regurgitalite—or the stony remains of an animal’s stomach contents. It is a remarkable fossil specimen that... shows how ancient animals made use of their environments." #scicomm gizmodo.com/yep-thats-66...

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Epic and informative post from the Vagina Museum today.

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