Thrilled to see our new Robotics Engineering major gaining formal approval at the University of Nebraska. This is designed to meet workforce needs and to support students who have interest in robotics. Many participated in robotics competitions from a young age. news.unl.edu/article/nebr...

Great work in addressing workforce needs in the bioeconomy. nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/08/02/e...

"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler ... But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent ... 'This is an unparalleled destruction from within.'" www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

And then there is this gem, which stuck. CBS is done. Not going to miss it. youtu.be/cGFSh6Cis-s?...

👀 What a time to propose this policy: "Duke University School of Medicine (SOM) plans to implement new faculty productivity guidelines that would tie tenured professors’ salaries to external research funding, according to documents reviewed by The Chronicle" www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

Egad www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

NIH is allowing us to recruit postbacs and postdocs again. Please reach out if you are interested in working with us! Ad: genomeinformatics.github.io/jobs2025/

Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform. Thanks for all you do, Rick! From your fan, Mar🐫

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts for US science in next fiscal year NASA cut by 24% NIH cut by 40% EPA cut by 55% NSF cut by 56% Analysis from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social and @nature.com team www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Analysis shows that if federal R&D is cut "in half (from 0.6 percent of GDP to 0.3 percent of GDP or ~ $260 per person) would ... make the average American some $10,000 poorer ... than projected under the historical trend in productivity growth." aura.american.edu/articles/rep...

UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.

A statement from the Computing Research Association (CRA) The reported termination today of 10 percent of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) workforce — in…

If you are attending #AAASmtg in Boston this week, stop in and join my workshop: aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...

Way to go Anna! Great study and amazing demonstration of the use of citizen science and eDNA! apnews.com/video/mexica...

Are you talking to colleagues impacted by executive branch targeting? Here’s a thread 🧵 w/ simple tips about how to show support—what to say that is likely to help, rather than make things worse. (The tips are simple, but I try to explain the rationale behind them. So please follow to the end.) 1/

After the past 48 hours addressing changes in federal funding landscape, I feel like Herbert Lom - images.app.goo.gl/Pn6GM3fy1AJP...

Want to see the numbers for how NIH funding impacts your state? Remind your Representatives, Senators, and fellow citizens how federally-funded biomedical research advances health, created jobs, and fosters innovation and economic growth. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

From COGR, here is the text of the Lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in D.C. 1/28/25 addressing the OMB Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”

🍄📷 #FungiFriends 🍂🌱🌿 This mushroom made me happy.

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.