Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Keosha Bond - “They Knew Nothing About Sex”: Cultural Silence, Gendered Expectations, and Barriers to PrEP for Young Black Women
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Psychologist @cecilietraberg.bsky.social describes the power of storytelling in science communication and education. If you want people to remember scientific ideas or boost their media literacy, you can’t just present data, you need to make them feel the story behind it.
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Same!
“As an openly gay producer, Mr. Lovett was a rarity in the broadcast news world of the 1970s and ’80s. Working at CBS and ABC, he pursued news segments aimed at destigmatizing gay life in the United States and drawing attention to the AIDS crisis at a time when that subject was largely overlooked”
The world has entered a new era of rainfall supercharged by climate change, rendering existing response plans inadequate. A Post investigation reveals why so few people evacuated in the state hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, last year’s deadliest disaster.
NBC: "A previously unreported network of hundreds of accounts on X is using AI to automatically reply to conservatives with positive messages about people in the Trump admin." Researcher Darren Linvill says the bots exist to "massage perceptions." Great illustration for this story too:
We spoke with Graduate Center psychologists Tracey Revenson and Arielle Shanok to discuss the science of stress, how it manifests, and what we can do to better manage stress to live happier, healthier lives. Here’s their advice www.gc.cuny.edu/news/science... @cunygcwellness.bsky.social
Can’t believe that after not getting to see Nirvana play when I was growing up in Grunge Era Seattle thanks to the Teen Dance Ordinance, I finally saw them in person (well… Post Nirvana) at #SNL50 last night.
The US National Institutes of Health is lowering the maximum “indirect cost rate” that research institutions can charge the government, the agency said late Friday – a move that scientists said could be devastating for the nation’s position as a research leader.
But the cost of eggs…
The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.
William says Merry Christmas Eve!!!
That's the title that Science magazine is bestowing upon the medication called lenacapavir — a twice yearly injectable that prevents infection by the HIV virus.
Probably two or more per month. But I think quite a few go to spam/junk.
