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The Engine of Scientific Discovery: How New Methods and Tools Spark Major Breakthroughs Abstract. How do we spark new scientific discoveries? Why do some breakthroughs seem even accidental? And most importantly, how can we accelerate them and

⚗️🔭 How do we spark new scientific discoveries? Why do some breakthroughs seem accidental?

The new book 'The Engine of Scientific Discovery' by CPNSS Research Associate Alexander Krauss is for anyone who wants to understand how we make discoveries.

➡ Link to the book: doi.org/10.1093/oso/...

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today.

You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov

Videos of talks from COSYNE (computational and systems neuroscience) are available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@cosynetalks

Congress: Protect NCAR and Climate Research Urge your members of Congress to oppose the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR.) Act now to protect weather and climate research and help stop...

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Data Engineer - Civic & Political Data, Contract Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hello! The best team in Climate Politics and Policy is still looking for a Data Engineer!

We're interested in people with more relevant civic data experience and a strong interest in Climate Cabinet's mission.

Priority deadline extended to March 17th.

Fully remote within the US.

New paper hot off the (pre-)press! We dig into the evolutionary origins of neural computations for behavioral control across mice, monkeys, and humans: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....

As our lab's first foray into comparative analysis of neural dynamics, I’m super excited about this work! 1/18

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in #airpollution

- Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is a miraculous use of the passive voice.

War and capitalism do "degrowth by disaster". When we speak of the need for selective degrowth by design, just and ecological, it's because a 4-day work week is possible, sovereign access to renewables too, but we're trapped in dependency. Being this vulnerable is a choice of the system.

If you're not subscribed to Grounded Neuro by @rcfduarte.bsky.social, you're missing out.

Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?

"Grammarly curated a list of real people, gave its models free rein to hallucinate plausible-sounding advice on their behalf, and put it all behind a subscription. That's a deliberate choice to monetize the identities of real people without involving them, and it sucks." @caseynewton.bsky.social

All anyone is discussing is how fast gas supply & gas infrastructure can be expanded to meet AI demand. You will not hear the word "climate" uttered in any of those rooms; none of those guys are even pretending to give a shit any more. Boom times, boom mentality.

When you can't control wider events, you can only do the next right thing. For those of us in the climate fight, the next right thing is to bury the fossil fuel system that props up (actual and aspiring) dictators, impoverishes billions, and is used to justify barbaric wars.

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

Hahaha yes!

Brought my daughter to the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in NYC this morning! But, fittingly, we couldn't stay long because we needed to get to her school science fair. A big part of what is lost with these cuts is the training of future generations of scientists.

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

📢 PhD position in the NeuroAI of Language

Why can LLMs predict brain activity so well? We're hiring a PhD student to find out -- AI interpretability meets neuroimaging
Deadline March 20
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Interesting reports on an experiment conducted on X in 2023, in which users were randomly assigned to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed significantly shifted political opinions in a pro-Republican direction. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

📌 New feed alert!

Excited to announce - ML Feed: For You

It is the AI/ML same feed, but now powered by @graze.social's personalization algorithm.

Please check it out, and let me know what you think!

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.

How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered - Bolts The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to... Read More

Recently, we asked for questions from readers about what local and state leaders are doing in response to the federal immigration crackdown.

Our new explainer shares some answers. Our entire team worked on this and it’s *really* worth a read:

boltsmag.org/how-state-an...

Reporter, Nature News Job Title: Reporter, Nature Location: Washington DC or New York (Hybrid Working Model) Application Deadline: March 27, 2026 About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of re...

JOB OPENING! If you want to work as a reporter with Nature's US news team, this is a VERY RARE opportunity. The beat is physical sciences/energy & environment/technology. DC or NYC location. Deadline 3/27. Join our awesome team! #journojobs

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📢📢 Announcing this year's conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience & AI (Rome, 9-12th June). We’ve got a stellar line-up and venue, and invite everyone to join:

www.neuromonster.org

I'm just a PI, standing in front of his lab, asking them once again to please label things more specifically than "Abstract.docx" or "Grant.docx"

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students — and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

NIH funding is back in limbo, and it’s a mess. Between a 90% drop in new funding notices and White House spending blocks, only about 800 new awards have been made, less than a third of the usual rate.
If these "spend plans" don't clear soon, we’re looking at a major gap in biomedical research.