Steve’s invited to present Science Homecoming to the American Mathematical Association @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

Join this free workshop on Nov 12 with Steven T. Piantadosi of Science Homecoming and learn the how-to's and beneficial impacts of communicating the importance of scientific research to your local community through opinion pieces. Register today. Link in comments.

Come to the workshop at BUCLD @bucld.bsky.social, and bring a pen ✍🏻 www.bu.edu/bucld/

Here's the newest piece in the @nytimes.com "Lost Science" series. @emilyanthes.bsky.social talks to a scientist who was learning about the minds of elephants--and how to use those insights to help the animals coexist with farmers. Gift link: nyti.ms/3KXVSAG

Conservation biologist Tabor Whitney learned to value nature in Colorado’s forests. Now her federally funded work protecting the Colorado River Basin and building resilience against drought, wildfire, and water scarcity is at risk of being cut. 🧪🏠 www.vaildaily.com/opinion/whit...

Just a reminder that if you are a scientist wondering how you can communicate the value of federally-funded scientific research outside of your bubble, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is here to help you pitch and publish in your hometown newspaper sciencehomecoming.com

🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually! RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...

@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social has tools for finding local newspapers and writing for them!

Coincidentally, another group published results today on a very similar question: What research wouldn't have gotten done had the NIH's budget been cut by 40%, as Trump proposed? Under that scenario, NIH-funded research on more than half of 557 drugs approved 2000-2023 would have never happened!

Participation has been outstanding at every level, across diverse science fields. We’ve published nearly 300 articles in local hometowns. 🧪🏠 Write yours today with help here: sciencehomecoming.com

Have you written to your home community to tell them what’s going on? They likely are unaware of the consequences 🧪🏠 penncapital-star.com/health/resea...

“Universities are the incubators of medical breakthroughs.” Long Island native Sam Cermak, now a biomedical PhD student at Northwestern, studies how chronic pain rewires the brain and fuels opioid addiction. Progress takes years, but has already saved many lives 🧪🏠 tbrnewsmedia.com/your-turn-ho...

Here is a link to share, to spread the news about the importance of science for healthcare nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

For his hometown in Montana, Nick Weber, PhD reminds his hometown that science once cured “black measles” and Rocky Mountain spotted fever—proof that investment in research saves lives, then and now. 🧪🏠

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Schumer, Jeffries propose strongly-worded letter to counter RFK Jr.'s purge at the CDC.

You spelled ENDANGERING wrong, @nytimes.com. “Pushing the boundaries” is a *positive* frame implying unconventional innovations. There are no innovations here. Just medieval anti-science populist attacks on some of best methods of truth seeking we have.

RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM. They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

Where the Science Homecoming authors are from…so far 🧪🏠

Seema Shah and Kingsley Osuala write about all the lives saved by science in Detroit, “NCI funding has helped research institutions develop better detection methods, contributing to a 34% drop in cancer mortality since 1991.” 🧪🏠 @princess-vimentin.bsky.social www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

Seema Shah and Kingsley Osuala write about all the lives saved by science in Detroit, “NCI funding has helped research institutions develop better detection methods, contributing to a 34% drop in cancer mortality since 1991.” 🧪🏠 @princess-vimentin.bsky.social www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

One reason scientists should WRITE ✍🏻 to small towns and suburbs is that people FORGOT what all science does for them. Interview with @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

As see in the few examples in this thread, the #SCIMaP team has released an interactive bluesky bot. You can ask for scorecards in a variety of ways: Just send a zip (98105) or state (South Carolina) or district (MD-04)

A clear message about the value of science for Pennsylvania 🧪🏠

Find me in Colorado Medicine talking about the importance of ALL of us standing up for science and innovation! Read here 👉 issuu.com/colomedsoc/d... Big thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social, @thebalelab.bsky.social and Dr. Steven Lowenstein!

Important work by @asinclair.bsky.social‬ and colleagues showing that communicating the impact of NIH cuts markedly changes beliefs across the political spectrum. bsky.app/profile/asin...

The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket. It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok. We must speak up now. 1/

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Neuroscientist Chris Camp writes home to Charleston, SC: “World-changing scientific discoveries are the products of decades of risky research.” From SC to Yale, his career was built by public science funding, now threatened by cuts. @chrisclaycamp.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/opinion/lett...

Biologist John Benning writes home to North Carolina: “The fruits of science are so widespread, they sometimes escape notice.” Decades of taxpayer-funded research made miracle gene therapies possible, saving countless children’s lives. 🧪🏠 @jbenning.bsky.social johnbenning.net/2025/08/01/a...

Cell biologist Steve DiNardo writes to The Swarthmorean in Pennsylvania to honor Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock, and warn of the dangerous cost of “forfeiting prospective knowledge” by cutting science funding 🧪🏠 @cornellasap.bsky.social

Math professor Johanna Franklin writes home to Waterloo, IL, where a 4th grade teacher sparked her math career. Cutting the NSF, “means not only fewer scientists and less scientific progress in general, but also fewer chances for anyone but the rich to do science.” 🧪 🏠 @johannamath.bsky.social

Frontline nurses Teri Mills and Donna Gaffney write to Oregon: OHSU is Portland’s largest employer. NIH funding brought $388M to Oregon, thousands of jobs and better healthcare care that extended Oregonians’ lives. 🧪🏠 @donnagaffney.bsky.social local.newsbreak.com/west-linn-ti...

Neuroscientist Michelle Chen writes home to Colorado: Inspired by the loss of a Broncos legend and the support of her public school teachers, she’s training to become a doctor-scientist to fight brain disorders and help serve her community. 🧪🏠 sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/chen...

Clinical psychologist Brittany Rohl urges Long Islanders to support science funding, “As your neighbor and a product of this community…I offer my perspective not to tell you what to think, but to offer a look behind the scenes.”🧪🏠 @brittanyrohl.bsky.social www.babylonbeacon.com/articles/new...

Here’s our CEO’s statement. Factually, I just want people to understand that you can still help a lot if this is something you care about. And because at this very hard moment I am not in a position to answer for the network, I’m going to keep this closed. (3/3) www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g...

"But what universities are learning, that authoritarian scholars already know and have been saying, is that complying with illegitimate attacks does not make them stop—it makes them continue" Super useful timeline of the attacks on GMU

Physicist Gregor Dairaghi writes home to California: “It may be tempting to relegate these concerns as hurdles to be dealt with by universities, but doing so overlooks the broader connection between academia and society.” 🧪🏠 www.paloaltoonline.com/guest-opinio...

From farm to faculty. Writing home to his community in Minnesota, Prof Jim Magnuson explains that the powerhouse behind U.S. research is the infrastructure, paid by “indirect costs”. “This system has made U.S. science the strongest in the world.” 🧪🏠 www.hometownsource.com/county_news_...

Come see Science Homecoming presenting our project at Cog Sci @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social @cogscisociety.bsky.social

@cogscisociety.bsky.social conference: Friday August 1st at 4:00pm, Salon 2 - join @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and two other speakers at the symposium, 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

📢 followers in the DC area: Please consider attending this rally happening TODAY! The brave NIH civil servants who are standing up against the destruction of U.S. science need our support.

Science funding is essential for Michigan cancer biologists Seema Shah and Kingsley Osuala as they carry forward America’s strong legacy in cancer research. As Mary Lasker said: “If research is expensive, try disease.” 🧪🏠 @princess-vimentin.bsky.social www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

Just called and got a person--Call now! Chairman U.S. and Congressman Hal Rogers is from Kentucky so folks with KY ties are especially important

Jenna Christensen, molecular biologist and Missouri native, writes: “The message that this sends to young people is clear – science is not a stable career.” Cuts to federal research risk losing the next generation of scientists.🧪🏠 @christensenlab.bsky.social www.mycouriertribune.com/cuts-to-scie...

Biologist Katie Digianantonio writes home to Ohio: The medical breakthroughs that often reach Ohioans first are now at risk from federal cuts. Her work mapping molecular shapes helps design treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative disease. 🧪🏠 www.cantonrep.com/story/opinio...

DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. A key Senate committee has indicated that it will reject Trump’s proposed cuts to science agencies including NASA and the NSF. Keep speaking up and calling your electeds 🗣️🗣️🗣️

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding. Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24. See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it. 🧵 1/3