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Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

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Exclusive: retraction-prone editors identified at megajournal PLoS ONE Study says small editor group handled many problematic manuscripts — and a Nature investigation finds out who they are.

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Clearly it is the editors who have contributed to the rise in article retractions.

With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency Republicans on spending committee push back against proposed reorganization and overhead cuts

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Has Substack failed us? It sure seems that way!
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Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

Trump continues its efforts to stifle scientific and biomedical discovery.

Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Opinion | This system is critical to Americans’ health. We must defend it. Medical progress depends on independent journals to advance science without political interference.

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RFK Jr wants to create government funded journals to publish government funded research. We can't let it happen because science requires the rigorous peer review provided by independent journals.

When fasting bites back: The bile dilemma in tiger sharks Photo by Kris Mikael Krister, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Happy Shark Week!! In this post, we take a look at how fasting may harm young tiger sharks. Sharks LOVE to eat fish, which are packed w…

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Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

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Science will suffer in the absence of qualified advisory committee members.

This is patently false.

DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry.

But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone.

This lawlessness must stop.

US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.

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Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team Democrats hosted a protest event featuring ‘things we’ll never know’ because of the US government’s cuts to science.

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Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science Some sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself.

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Kennedy Abruptly Cancels USPSTF Meeting Move raises concern that the task force may face a similar fate as CDC's federal vaccine advisors

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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

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Turmoil at US science academy as Trump cuts force layoffs Efforts by leaders of the US national academies to adjust to the new political reality have spurred member concerns about capitulation and censorship.

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Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.

Harvard must prevail!
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A Terrible Day for Science . . . And it might get even worse . . .

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How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.

RFK Jr's plan won't make us healthy again.
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Ocean oddity: how teleost fish stay hydrated in saltwater Image from M Grosell, AM Oehlert. Staying hydrated in seawater. Physiology. 38(4): 178-188, 2023.  It may sound strange to hear that saltwater fish need to stay hydrated. After all, they live in wa…

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The Irony of Exercise and Sudden Cardiac Arrest - I Spy Physiology Blog The irony of exercise is that while it works wonders for heart health, it actually increases short-term risk for experiencing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) while you’re working out. The acute risk of SC...

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RFK Jr.’s Letter to Congress In which he explained why he withdrew the Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for young children and pregnant women

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RFK Jr lies to advance his anti-vaccine views.

Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.

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Raskin on Trump's corruption: "Whatever kind of varnish they had from the first administration is completely off now. They're not even pretending to do anything else ... it's a gangster state."

.@timmiller.bsky.social on Mike Lee: "Either he's so mentally ill and deranged that he's convinced himself that this person is a Marxist, and that Tim Walz is responsible....Or he knows it's a lie....either one of those options makes him totally unacceptable as a person in public trust."

In our scramble to win the AI race against China, we risk losing ourselves A fraud is being perpetuated on the American people and our pliant, gullible political leaders.

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Muscle adaptations to endurance exercise Happy Pigeon Appreciation Day! Okay, I know it sounds strange to celebrate pigeons – the animal best known for gathering in large numbers, causing a raucous, as well as perching and pooping o…

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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

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The Trump administration is destroying our research infrastructure.

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Opinion | Donald Trump vs. California (and everywhere else) What happened in California this weekend was another facet of the president’s effort to quash critics.

Four times over the weekend Stephen Miller referred to the LA protests as an "insurrection." Not because it was one but because he, Trump and Homan were looking to gin up a pretext for clenching the federal government's fist against its opponents.