We especially want to thank other SNAPpers and ASAPers and all the writers who made this possible! @leahtreffer.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @disha-patel3.bsky.social @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social @ksxue.bsky.social @visscherlab.bsky.social @shockerbotany.bsky.social @haileyrobertson.bsky.social

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Civilians in Tehran are reporting toxic oily rain following US and Israeli airstrikes on oil storage facilities. An estimated 10 million people face exposure to hazardous chemicals, with risks including skin burns and lung damage.

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

Speaking/attending the Washington, DC, Stand up for Science event today, among many others, were George Conway, Dr. Jenna Norton, US Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Beaker.

Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that. Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/40qbXnv

IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT NIH is seeking input for the NIH-wide Strategic Plan. Open to everyone but Registration is Required! Your chance to listen and get your 2 or more cents in. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

This is an absolutely bonkers statistic. Yet this administration is trying to spend $500 billion on the military (that the Pentagon did not want and is having trouble spending) and the Trump administration is now asking for $50 billion more. While teachers are having to do side hustles…

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

09:03 on Thursday February 26th, over the Indian Ocean

18:04 on Thursday February 26th, over the South Pacific Ocean

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Below is the response to my question. The funny part of his response is that my research needed a control arm. My study actually did have a control arm (about 80% of the sample never reported discrimination). So the answer itself makes me even more confused.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 "Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship — Harvard’s highest faculty distinction — and remaining on leave until that time"

FACT: Kat Cammack and the GOP spearheaded a 23% cut (a reduction of $2.1 billion) to the EPA in their latest budget. The same EPA that protects us from things like this. They DON’T GIVE A DAMN about you or your family. #GOP #EPA #Alzheimers

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This is what happens when people never face any consequences for their behavior.

Trump: "I am allowed to cut off any and all trade…I can destroy the trade, I can destroy the country, I'm even allowed to impose a foreign country destroying embargo…I can do anything I want to do to them…I'm allowed to destroy the country, but I can't charge a little fee."

no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.

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things have not changed here. please, if you’re not in minnesota, do not look away. please prepare where you are. this is what they’ll do to your community next.

Senator Mark Kelly's response:

The lesson for all the students out there is that science is a community project. Most of us make individually small contributions to this project. Success is measured at the collective level. Many of our professional (and personal) dysfunctions could be fixed by more fully embracing this view.

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Many of them thought, "Someone else will do something." Call me "someone." How about you?

I was on NPR last week talking about a new publication that is really important to me - part of our larger effort to change the way we think and talk about both mental and physical health, and how they relate to each other, after stress and trauma. www.knkx.org/2026-01-28/u...

Meet the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center at Hoover Library on Feb 15 at 2PM for Brain Chats! Dr. Matthew Macaluso will present “ECT and other Advanced Therapies for Depression”. Bring a friend and join the discussion! 🧠

I've got a new #visionscience video for you! Today I'm showing off how to see the hidden object in Magic Eye stereograms without worrying about getting your eyes lined up the right way. If you're interested in reading why this works... <1/2>

We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Denise C. Park, founder of CVL, passed away on Sunday, Feb 1. A pioneering cognitive neuroscientist, mentor, & leader, Dr. Park shaped the study of memory, aging, & the brain. Read the full remembrance here: cvl.utdallas.edu/in-memory-of-dr-denise-c-park/

Hats off to the great Anne "I don't do fancy" Treisman!

Alabama dealt with anti-DEI government mandates months before most of the US. I caught up with folks impacted and chatted with an academic who is critical of DEI. My latest for @al.com on the front page this morning. www.al.com/news/2026/02...

Nonhuman primate neuroscience research remains crucial in advancing scientific discovery. Hear from someone with more than 20 years of experience in this space on how to educate and advocate in this upcoming Meet-the-Expert webinar. Register now 🔗: vist.ly/4prsr #neurosky #academicchatter

This is such an excellent article. One that Democrats need to read if they want Doug Jones to win.

Lukoil, one of Russia’s largest oil companies, said Thursday that it had agreed to sell its foreign assets to a U.S. investment firm, ending months of geopolitical turmoil after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Lukoil last year to put pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Shine a Light Vigil for Alex Pretti BSN, RN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

I just want people who are seeing the crowd pics to know, every single piece of Mpls infrastructure was strained to the limit today to get people there. I’m able bodied and prepared, was outside for 2 hours and still never made it bc our trains downtown were never meant to be packed like they were.

A letter signed by 40 neuroscience groups asks Congress to ensure that scientific expertise remains a priority in the search for a new director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. By @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

The #scicomm content creation journey continues! Here's a new short video showing off one of the benefits of living someplace horrendously cold: Sun dogs! #visionscience

I need to write a long-form piece about how dang *Minnesotan* the resistance to ICE is here. You have a metro population that quietly got itself organized in a completely decentralized way, and everyone just got down to work. And it's clearly sending the feds into a tailspin.

One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

In this month’s “Liftoff,” @shawnrhoadsphd.com talks about how he’ll implement hackathons to foster community in his lab, and @zurisullivan.bsky.social shares how weekly discussions about unfamiliar topics can encourage curiosity in a lab. bit.ly/3ZkMQl8 By @franciscorr25.bsky.social #neuroskyence

he Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense officials said Sunday. https://to.pbs.org/45Zjw7s

Sub-zero resistance: Minnesotans standing tall against ICE.

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