Fudge Lab

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.

“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw

After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river State’s fish and wildlife department posted a video showing an adult female guarding a nest of eggs

After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river

A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case. Sea star wasting disease causes sea stars to decay and die, often within days.

A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case. gizmodo.com/a-mystery-ki...

The larval stage of a spotfin #flounder dancing to the music in its funky headdress.

#spotfinflounder #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #benthic #scubadiving #underwater #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater #marinelife

Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.

Summer Diet of Humpback Whales in the Northern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (Canada), Revealed by Stable Isotope Analysis North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) have recovered rapidly following their depletion by commercial whaling. Diet studies are necessary to assess food web implications of their reco...

RESEARCH: Summer Diet of Humpback Whales in the Northern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (Canada), Revealed by Stable Isotope Analysis. By Joan Moreaux, Brian Hunt and Villy Christensen. @ubcpelagic.bsky.social
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In Rare Spasm of Sanity, Pentagon Backtracks on Plan to Scuttle Storm Tracking The Department of Defense has walked back its decision to stop sharing satellite storm data with federal forecasters.

In Rare Spasm of Sanity, Pentagon Backtracks on Plan to Scuttle Storm Tracking gizmodo.com/in-rare-spas...

Please share! We are still seeking neurodivergent faculty (past and present, adjunct, tenure-track, postdoc, and/or research, including self disgnoses) to participate in our study/survey on their experiences, wellbeing, and strategies for success! For more info and/or to participate, click the link!

I have never seen this octopus! I have no clue which one that could even be! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 819 #MarDelPlataCanyon #MarineLife

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

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Leopard seals sing 'otherworldly' love songs akin to nursery rhymes, study finds Male leopard seals sing nursery-rhyme like songs underwater for hours during mating season, a new study has found.

Leopard #seals sing 'otherworldly' love songs akin to nursery rhymes, study finds nationalpost.com/news/world/l... via @nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy t

NPR examines the origin of the most important word in the English language: Dude A typical United States generational beef about clothing, and some poetry, seems to have given us a word that today has one thousand uses, dude. "They were young. They were…

NPR examines the origin of the most important word in the English language: Dude boingboing.net/2025/07/30/n...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Adding a little zest to your day with the lemon jelly—Aegina citrea. 🍋

The lemon jelly is different from other jellyfish because it has only four tentacles extending from its bell. Although jellies in the genus Aegina are relatively well known, they can evolve unusual forms or colors in deep water.

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Recruitment poster for the Bhamla Lab. Top shows Georgia Tech and CU Boulder logos. Main headline: “Hiring Multiple Postdoctoral Researchers: Organismal Biomechanics, Soft Robotics, and Raman Diagnostics.” Left column lists four roles—Organismal Biology, Bioinspired Engineering, Raman Diagnostics, and a Curiosity‑Based slot—plus note of 3‑year funding from DARPA, NSF, NIH, and Schmidt. Right side features a vintage collage of a Victorian‑era scientist with robotic arm, insects, and globe, and a circular “Physics of Life” diagram linking biology, physics, engineering, and mathematics. Tan background, Bhamla Lab crest at top.

Hiring 4 postdocs — organismal biophysics, soft robotics, frugal Raman diagnostics, or your own bold idea.

3-year funding, $65K+ benefits. GT (Atlanta) now → CU Boulder BioFrontiers Institute in Fall ’26.

PDF/details in next post. Tag/share if someone comes to mind. 🧪🪲🪳#livingphysics

Schematic of how we measured live clingfish suction performance in a water tunnel with pressure transducers

In @fishguy.bsky.social’s lab we have done many studies on the suction cups of dead clingfish. In this new paper, @fishyologist.bsky.social et al and I found that clingfish can control their suction and stick harder than dead ones! @sicbjournals.bsky.social 🐟 🧪

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Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams The feathers can emit two frequencies of laser light from multiple regions across their colored eyespots.

Peacock feathers can emit frickin' laser beams. The feathers can emit two frequencies of laser light from multiple regions across their colored eyespots. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

X post by @nobushiromasaki. JP text: カムチャッカ半島付近の大地震（M8.0）による津波、日本各地にも1m程度の津波が来るという注意報が出てる。侮らないで。1mは、ふつうに自動車が流されるレベルです。画像は拾い物だけど、これが本当だから。沿岸地域の方、特に気をつけて！

On X, Masaki Nobushiro posts a recurring (and useful) drawing about how people wrongly think a 1m tsunami is a cresting wave when it's actually a wall of water filled with dangerous and deadly debris that's strong enough to sweep up a car.

#tsunami

MSWord question:

I’m trying to increase the font on my editor’s comments because I am too low vision to see them

Have modified the styles and comment text to 22pt and it’s still printing 10pt which is invisible to me

I am contractually required to work in Word, but I can’t see it

“…I must sing my own song.
For me the earth is small
And could far larger be..."

Read the full excerpt, translated from “The Gaucho Martín Fierro” by José Hernández, 1872 on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DMtSsJz...

#MarDelPlataCanyon #TaludContinental4 #TaludContinental_IV

Sinocyclocheilus wanlanensis sp. nov., GXU2020000062, holotype, 86.74 mm SL. (A) Live specimen (not holotype); (B) lateral view of head in preserved specimen; (C) dorsal view of preserved specimen.

𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new species of eyeless cavefish is described from Guizhou Province, China. 🐟🧪

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⚠️TSUNAMI ADVISORY in effect for the California coast. Stay away from the water! Stay away from beaches and waterways! Remain away from shore until local officials say that it is OK to return. #KnowYourZone at . #CAwx #Tsunami https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1950370981848961247

BREAKING: Department of Defense Makes Eleventh Hour Decision to Maintain Critical Hurricane Satellites After critical feedback, Navy officials step in to keep data flowing from three U.S. Defense-operated weather satellites scheduled to go dark this week

According to a Navy spokesperson I spoke with, the 11th hour decision to keep data flowing from the three weather satellites was due to critical feedback it received. A testament that our voices and concerns do very much matter. My full afternoon update ⬇️

NOAA places 2 high-ranking officials on leave The Trump administration has placed two high-ranking officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on leave amid a series of efforts to make cuts at the agency. NOAA spoke…

Two senior NOAA scientists - longtime defenders of scientific integrity who led the probe into Sharpiegate - were just placed on leave.

The purge of science continues, one senior expert at a time.

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EPA Releases Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, Regulations that Paved the Way for Electric Vehicle Mandates | US EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regu...

Lee Zeldin, Trump’s EPA chief, plans to revoke the 2009 “endangerment finding”, the EPA’s legal basis for regulating climate pollution. This isn’t rollback. It’s sabotage. Without it, the EPA can’t limit emissions from cars, power plants, or industry. Decades of progress gone.

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

Researchers’ chances of winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health have dropped under a new policy. scim.ag/4f7uew2

Wow, 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age' is premiering November 26, 2025! This is terrific news for those of us who love Pleistocene megafauna & their ecosystems. Looking forward to this season inspiring a new paleo-fandom & educating about this not-so-distant past. macdailynews.com/2025/07/29/a... 🧪🦣🦥🧊

2 yrs ago @yiechanglin.bsky.social sent me this movie of lipid scrambling by OSCA1.2. Now we show it’s common to WT OSCA/TMEM63 proteins, mechanically activated, cholesterol dependent, and protects cells from damaging forces. Awesome collab with @charlesdcox.bsky.social &Zhang lab. tiny.cc/tmem63