Kalin McDannell

The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.

A new feature by a journal that is part of the problem. Researchers not being compensated for their labor is a big issue and this isn’t just service to the community any longer. Look at the cartoon…

Graph of depth to groundwater in a well, showing sudden water level oscillations of up to about 1 foot, starting around 7:45PM eastern on July 29, 2025.

Look at that hydrograph! This is from a USGS monitoring well in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, VA. Observation well 27F2 SOW 019 is 450' deep, completed in carbonate rocks of the Elbrook Formation and well known for its response to quakes.

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I agree I liked the rolling submissions but it was still sort of a soft, unspoken deadline based on when review panels met.

…the budget which is now proposed to be cut 57%. 😖

Fewer proposals, sure. Better, idk 🤷‍♂️ that is a bit subjective and likely perceived. [Mercurial] reviewer panel still has influence. From the NSF numbers it looks like the long-term trend is decreased # but award % doesn’t budge much. Suggests total NSF budget is still the controlling factor.

Well perception is hard to measure and fewer submissions could be due to many things. Did the implementation of rolling submission deadlines etc. meaningfully change funding rates?

Hasn’t there always been persistent demand? I don’t think the current administration cares either way.

He said this to the guy kneecapping NASA.

The best people

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Look at this photograph…

hopefully it lingers and results in actual change

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...

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A modern re-make of a Roman tile makers experiences, in Gaul circa 120 AD.

Maybe if they replaced “scapila” with “spatula” we could get Dire Wolf 3.0

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NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.

For many applicants, receiving this award “could be the difference between them staying in science or finding another career”.

Between this current admin debacle and current hiring practices, perhaps the writing is on the wall.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

But it looks as if officials set the tariffs using a formula that takes America's bilateral trade deficit as a share of goods imported from each country and halves it-which is almost as random as taxing you on the number of vowels in your

Your tariff rate is half your age plus seven.

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Is this rhetorical? 😂

Ughhhhhhhhhh.

Film is a victim of its own success. Don’t talk about fight club

Two years ago today was one of the most thrilling moments of my life when I captured this sunrise eruption of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego. My drone was much closer than I realized, and the eruption was the largest I saw in my two days up there. I may never again film something as remarkable as this:

The right has boosted and monetized a culture war and monopolizes the current information landscape. Money is their mindset. The left is lazy and engaged in too much handwringing and holier-than-thou preaching. It turns off the average person.

Talk about Supreme Court precedent.

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

Love this quote, "Are we creating burnout and need for wellbeing in staff simply because of the new bullshit tasks we impose upon them."

Hoping you don't spend as much time as I do..forced to do meaningless admin tasks.

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The other issue with voucher programs is that they are basically “discounts” for the wealthy. The vouchers usually don’t cover the whole cost of tuition-that still makes it unaffordable for low-income people. Also by design.

Water Damage xkcd.com/3059

Abstract or not. The point stands. I think posts that try to make it seem like there are no scientists that try to communicate using “plain language” are misleading, but also exclusively put the onus on scientists to “do better”. Not saying they shouldn’t. But others can too

No, I said the original post is an oversimplification. There is a certain percentage of the population where it doesn’t matter how accessible information is.

Chinook on the way?

An oversimplification of anti-intellectualism. Mainly because the effects of populism are difficult to overcome. You can make science accessible and people will still buy other ideas.

It’s a blend of selective attention, confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and the illusory truth effect.