@truthlabexperiment.bsky.social
Debating truth is pulling us apart. Seeking the truth can bring us together. Understanding and supporting science, exploration and research is more important than ever, so help us shine a spotlight on those seeking answers.
Some good news in this study. Most still understand actual expertise matters and assign trust accordingly.
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...
This is a great and educational thread …
A pretty nerve-wracking piece, but fascinating: Also one of the climate change impacts that hasn’t gotten much (mainstream) press.
🙌 This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating the women driving research forward.
Explore our curated collection celebrating the achievements of women in research and advancing knowledge on gender equality.
#IWD2026 #GiveToGain
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And this is why days like today see important. #Science is indeed under assault (in case you had any doubts).
Good to see these efforts …
This is what we have to prevent. And it’s not a fight we can lose.
“There is still substantial distrust of science and medicine in the Black community, but bridging the gap is possible,” writes Jasmine Gabriel Hughes in a new #LetterToScience. https://scim.ag/3ZUAMYn #BlackHistoryMonth
Today’s @arktimes.bsky.social luncheon presentation with @jonesforar.bsky.social sparked a discussion about how average people (rather than solely billionaires & the market) can influence the path the U.S. takes with #AI. You can learn Jones’ perspective here: open.substack.com/pub/drchrisj...
“These are not just technical questions, but moral ones,” @jonesforar.bsky.social says. Dealing with the AI issue requires leaders who understand what they’re dealing with, and that we can’t simply let markets decide how growth proceeds. #ChooseDesign
Today we’re listening to @jonesforar.bsky.social, who is running for Congress in Arkansas. He brings a strong background in science and tech that informs his policy views. He’s addressing #AI and the critical importance of planning and guard rails in its use and expansion. Timely, to say the least.
Amazing developments like this take time, testing and funding. If we want to see the benefits of all this work, we need to identify new ways to support science and a better job of explaining the research process.
And this is why we’re here.
Today's anti-science pairing
So much harm in the decisions being made (forced by policy) right now. Meanwhile, there is a push to allow “unproven” treatments.
Cutting research funding is about more than you may realize … www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Incredibly destructive. We must not only fight this and make reinvestment in science a post-Trump priority, but we need to find new ways to support research and researchers.
Who is the pro-science lobby? More organized pushback is needed across the country. We know things are challenging at the federal level, but states could make the situation even more dire.
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
We're just getting started, but we're live on Substack and we hope you'll consider joining us.
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#science #searchingforanswers #researchstories
Truly fascinating finding. What could it lead to?
Fascinating and important, but will need to reach a wider audience.
This kind of thing has been happening for too long. The actual purpose (or correct funding amount) is irrelevant to them. They just find something that sounds weird enough to get certain members of the public worked up. This is why telling the story of science and research is so important.
Just 5 extra minutes per day of walking at an average speed is linked to a 10% reduction in deaths, from a meta-analysis of 135,000 participants in 7 cohorts (Norway, Sweden, and the US)
New @thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Certainly American corporate media has problems, but a good rule of thumb is, if someone says, “don’t let media mislead you,” then they are probably about to mislead you.
Physical chemist Ruth Benerito was born #OTD in 1916.
She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM
She held >50 patents. #inventor
Didn’t realize there was anything left for the U.S. to pull out of at this point, but here we are … Where do climate efforts go from here?
Troubling news. In more normal times, it would seem a government department or division could step in to help with or solve this, but these aren’t normal times.
