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Whether you use it or not, better public transit makes your commute better A surprisingly small drop in cars on the road can dramatically ease congestion, and public transit is one way to get there.

"A surprisingly small drop in cars on the road—just 5-10%—can dramatically ease congestion, and public transit is one of the most effective ways to get that drop." www.fastcompany.com/91493803/whe...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience at University of Birmingham Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

We are recruiting! Postdoctoral research fellow at www.sdn-lab.org, studying the computational & neural basis of social decision-making. Birmingham is a fantastic & affordable place to live, with one of the youngest populations in Europe & over 600 parks. Please share!
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Lab manager position in the Cognitive Development Lab Please forward to motivated students! Apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/182022 Deadline: March 2, 2026 Questions? Email andrei.cimpian@nyu.edu

Looking for a lab manager! Join us! 😊
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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931 or 1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao

Moderna says FDA will now consider its new mRNA flu shot after initial refusal Moderna announced the change Wednesday, about a week after revealing that the FDA’s vaccine chief was refusing to review the new vaccine, made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology.

Fighting for everything is exhausting, but at least it can move the needle.

(Okay - pun was not intended, but now I'm keeping it in.)

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Come work with me! I'm hiring for a post-doc position with expertise in health economics, to work on projects about healthcare markets and organizational form. Apply at academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31702

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Wishes of joy, prosperity and fried food to all.

📢 Predoc Opportunity

I'm hiring a full-time predoc to work with me at UC Berkeley, supporting my research on labor economics, the economics of education, and public policy.

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Please pass on to anyone who might be interested.

#econsky #econ_ra

YouTube video by By Destiny Pinto Girls wearing the medical devices I designed & Adison bag💌 bydestinypinto.com #fashion #accessories

I just stumbled on Destiny Pinto, who makes fashion versions of medical accessories. This is such an awesome space for product design.
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Oh my lord. (Great camera angle on that billboard - that's art.)

Study Finds Ocean Impacts Nearly Double Economic Cost of Climate Change The “blue” social cost of carbon provides a more complete measure of the monetary harm caused by global climate damages…

This sentence floored me - "Until now, the ocean was largely overlooked in the standard accounting of the social cost of carbon"

Critical work from my colleague Kate Ricke.

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spoiler alert: this is one of the papers that will be included in the JEBO issue in honor of @cfcamerer.bsky.social stay tuned for more great papers in the issue.

I took a quick look, and this seems pretty great.

This is *great* - also deeply appreciate that the source news orgs / sites are clearly listed for each link. Thank you!

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new research publications that use one or more of the following datasets (collectively, Datasets) from the Global Religious Futures (GRF) project: Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2022 dataset. This cumulative dataset includes measures of government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion in nearly 200 countries and territories. Spring 2024 Survey. This dataset includes measures of religion and spirituality in 35 countries. (Comparable data was also collected in 2023 and 2024 for the United States. The downloadable materials which accompany the international dataset include additional information about U.S. data.) Dataset of Global Religious Composition Estimates for 2010 and 2020. This dataset includes estimates of the size of seven major religious groups in more than 200 countries and territories. We encourag

Please share: 2 weeks remain to submit a proposal for $3k for writing a paper using recent Pew-Templeton global datasets. We will support 19 projects. Submit by Monday, March 2.
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/

I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!

Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑

Still one of my favorites.

I will be hiring a full-time pre-doctoral Research Professional to work with me at Chicago Booth.

Know someone interested in studying conversation and connection? Please help spread the word!

More details, including application instructions, are here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...

Earliest recorded use of zero is centuries older than first thought | The concept and associated value of the mathematical symbol ‘zero’ is used the world over as a fundamental numerical pillar. However, its origin has until now been one of the field’s greatest

Also - zero. Try doing STEM without the concept of zero. (Appeared in artifacts from Babylonians, Mayans, but in terms of math, seems to be Indian. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-09...)

kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room . Alt: kermit the frog is banging away at a typewriter in a messy room from the muppet show

Honestly, my husband gave me one to use at home. It is not only deeply satisfying to use, but maybe also helps with typing strain. He also put in rainbow backlighting under the keys.

Still needs a little "bing" sound when I hit enter though!

Oh yes - that's an excellent point

I mean, kind of, if she was a voice I thought people trusted on scientific topics?

My opinion is predicated on hoping that non-academics gain knowledge about (& ideally benefit from) scientific findings. If their priors came from somewhere else, it's helpful to know that starting point.

Totally see your overarching point, but perhaps it's because the author was Michael Pollan whose Omnivore's Dilemma was *wildly* influential? IMHO it's important for scientists to know what people outside the lab read and think about the topics we study.

Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial

It seems like its going to be increasingly important to have a well-supported definition of "clinical" addiction that is specific to behavioral addictions?

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I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data.

PLEASE SHARE!!

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Thermal imaging reveals the heat of competition at Milano Cortina 2026, from freestyle ski cross and luge training to Violette Braun’s reaction in the women’s 3000m speed skating, and the intensity of pair skating performances by Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea. Credit: Getty Images

Getty Images used thermal imaging for these killer Winter Olympics photos, now i want a Thermal Cam option from NBC

Depressed? Anxious? Lonely?

What if mental health doesn’t just result from media use, but shapes how we choose media?

In a new preprint, Valerie Klein, @gongxuanjun.bsky.social @aeden.bsky.social and I and I test this using a computational decision-making model: doi.org/10.21203/rs....

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Boston built a global biotech empire. Now the talent is quietly drifting away. - The Boston Globe In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.

In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
The results were stark:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...