Kevin Lee

Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025 A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.

And congrats to @cdelawalla.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social, who is one of Nature's "Ones to watch in 2026"!

Delawalla has been focusing on building resistance to the US government’s targeting of the nation’s scientific enterprise ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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Announcing UHF's Health Equity Fellowship program, empowering clinicians with space and time and training, in partnership with community organizations, to advance equity in health care! Please Share!

Join us tomorrow!

Opinion | I Understand MAHA’s Appeal, but It Threatens My Life

Powerful essay. Read and share widely. I Understand MAHA’s Appeal, but It Threatens My Life www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...

Medical Research Funding: Timeline — Unbreaking How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January:

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Crick-knacks

The male genitalia of an 𝘈𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 mosquito

What does mating look like when you only have a single shot at getting it right?

Very excited to share our work on an almost-invisible female control, rapidly evolving mating recognition systems, and species that break the rules and take over the world. IN MOSQUITOES>

A big part of why the White House's destruction feels so visceral is that it's emblematic of a much broader pattern of wantonly chopping up our shared national patrimony and selling it for parts

It's a great story and an excellent documentary. I was especially struck by the parts about discussions with the Cambridge city council. What did you take away from the viewing?

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Congratulations! Hammer 10th floor collab! 😀

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LOL hardly. But I love a challenge and your post made me check it out!

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Who burgled the Louvre? Right answers only.

Great article! Inspiring.

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

Such a powerful article. Bravo @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...

My quote of the day

We have managed to unite a country tearing down the barriers the regime built to divide us. Ours is a fight of a nation united against a criminal tyranny, in defense of its human rights, freedom, and democracy. That is why we have no alternative but victory

María Corina Machado

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A strong statement from MIT President Sally Kornbluth rejecting Trump's "compact for higher education." I hope other higher ed leaders follow this example.

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Poster with text: Conversation with Dr. Michael E Mann, Dr. Peter J Hotez. Image of a book cover: Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten our World by Michael E Mann and Peter J Hotez, with a picture of a microscope on fire. Brief blurb of the book: In this powerful manifesto, they reveal the 5 maan forces threatening science: plutocrats, pros, petrostates, phonies, and the press. It's a call to arms and a road map for dismantling the forces of antiscience. Red banner at base of page with text: Today, 10/2 @7pm, Also Livestreamed! At Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW

DC folks! Stand Up for Science will be at Politics and Prose this evening in support of @michaelemann.bsky.social and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social's new book: #ScienceUnderSiege!

Come join us, in person or virtually!
Livestream: youtube.com/live/-foS1FI...

I am deeply saddened and angered by news that more NIH RIFs may happen next week. This is unacceptable, especially after NIH staff have worked nights & weekends to dig out from the backlog created by this admin's incompetence.

Tell your Congress people NIH needs its staff to keep delivering cures

My last grant was an R25 focused on introducing undergraduates to aging research to motivate them to address these gaps, be it in research or clinical careers. It was terminated b/c “DEI is bad.”

Science Under Siege: A Talk With Peter Hotez and Michael Mann Lysenko comes to America

My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I talk with the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/science-un...

Excellent news! Congratulations Cheryl!

📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team!

Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
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Public Science Call for Papers Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceThe Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy

Call for Papers! 🧵

The Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy a Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Editors: Alondra Nelson (IAS) and Jenny Reardon (UC, Santa Cruz)

Abstract Deadline: Sept 19

www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pub...

The glacial pace of scientific publishing: why it hurts everyone and what we can do to fix it www.rockefeller.edu/research/upl...