The National Science Board, which oversees NSF, has published recommendations to update the foundation's merit review (which was just updated). Below are the main points. www.nsf.gov/nsb/updates/...

The Canadian government will provide as much as C$92 million ($66.8 million) in funding to help #quantum computing firms to scale up and remain in the country, as competition with the US in the emerging field heats up. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I fear we really have no grasp of how civically damaging it's going to be to suddenly have an entire generation emerge whose brains have not been fundamentally shaped by regular engagement with lengthy texts.

One of the problems with AI discourse is humans equate intelligence with speed.

Quite possibly the greatest individual athletic achievement ever. That she was able to walk again was a small miracle

DOE outlines $320 million Genesis Mission to develop AI models for scientific discovery www.aip.org/fyi/genesis-...

What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science www.aip.org/fyi/what-the...

The State of Connecticut will invest $121 million statewide in quantum technology, including support for QuantumCT, a nonprofit co-led by UConn and Yale. news.yale.edu/2025/11/25/s...

The Trump administration has implemented policy changes at both the NIH and NSF that will reduce long term investments across the disciplines of scientific research. The result has been fewer grants and shortened grant duration. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand apnews.com/article/chin...

New vaccines could transform cancer treatment. There’s just one problem. apple.news/ALMqqbi5WSUq...

AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail

The focus areas include -- applied artificial intelligence -- biomanufacturing -- contested logistics technologies -- quantum and battlefield information dominance -- scaled directed energy -- scaled hypersonics. defensescoop.com/2025/11/17/d...

I’ve been following offensive AI developments with great interest over the last year. I don’t think defenders yet appreciate how rigorously capable Agentic AI will test their attack surface. New blog with Morgan Adamski and David Ames on the topic. www.pwc.com/us/en/servic...

What James Watson got wrong about DNA www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...

I have an AMA starting now on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCa...

There ARE real vulnerabilities in some of our election infrastructure, and this is absolutely a problem that we should fix (and on which significant progress has been made). But the mere existence of vulnerabilities is not evidence of fraud.

🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions. 📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146... #sciencepolicy #saveNASA

“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels.” economist.com/leaders/2025...

Personally I have never used an LLM to: - review a paper - review a grant - mark student assessments These are tasks I do not pass to LLMs because I am getting paid to do them and because I was asked to provide my individual professional judgement on their quality

Happy Critical Infrastructure Fail Day to those who celebrate!

This is the equivalent of a permanent snowstorm where it will take the system a few weeks to reach equilibrium

Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe on.ft.com/3Lq2xnr

Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Happy critical infrastructure fail day to those who celebrate www.tomsguide.com/news/live/aw...

Basic research is the foundation of American prosperity www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great article about how TEEs are providing much less security than folks believe they will. arstechnica.com/security/202...

So proud to support this exciting public-private-academic partnership in #quantum #QIS #tech #workforce development! wnyt.com/top-stories/...

Are solid-state batteries about to kill combustion engines for good? apple.news/ALyZNGmLjTYy...

Are SBIR-funded inventions more likely to make it to market? ssti.org/blog/recent-...

America’s Quantum Manufacturing Moment warontherocks.com/2025/10/amer...

Renewables are a masterclass in learning-by-doing. Each doubling of deployment cuts costs via experience curves: better manufacturing, finance & supply chains. Result: Solar now cheapest new power in many regions Falling battery costs enable flexibility Electrification gets more attractive

My one general axiom is that innovators are not found at tech conferences.

Austria has lured what it calls 25 "top researchers" away from U.S. institutions including Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton with grants set up in response to the Trump administration's funding cuts targeting universities. www.reuters.com/world/austri...

Brookhaven National Laboratory @brookhavenlab.bsky.social director JoAnne Hewett resigns www.newsday.com/long-island/...

When I say the US has bet its post-pandemic economy on AI while China has bet its on green energy, this is what I mean: Here, AI related companies account for 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT's launch. In China, green tech accounts for one quarter of GDP growth.

75% cure rate when none existed. mRNA ftw www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think often about how many of the pictures of slaves were taken a short walk from my home in Alexandria, VA. The pens of the slave dealers were still here on Duke St when the Union Army arrived in 1861.

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Except… Cosmic radiation is a thing.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Just another tricky day

Instead of coming here and having families, paying taxes, and starting businesses, they'll stay in India.

And Three Days of the Condor

Proud of you sis hfcompanies.com/hoffmann-med...

She threw 100 mph in every episode, every scene.

Choreography and merriment for everyone!