Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships announced from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for the 2026-2027 academic year casw.org/news/seven-j... via @sciencewriting.bsky.social

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

I appreciate this, from @lonnibesancon.bsky.social: "Although it is true that scientists and sleuths are busy...we owe it to the public — those funding a lot of our research — to devote time to help science journalists." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I have a brief in here about NSF's new "X-Labs" program, which will award grants to what the agency calls "institutionally independent organizational structures."

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

I wrote about the FDA's announcements this week that it's investigating chemicals in the food system, as part of @cenmag.bsky.social's policy roundup. Important to note that these are continuations of efforts that began under Biden -- so, news, but not new, per se. cen.acs.org/policy/NSF-N...

This from @maxkozlov.bsky.social is absolutely bonkers: DOGE has been screening all NIH awards before they go out www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The US Food and Drug Administration is once again at a crossroads after Commissioner Marty Makary resigned from his position Tuesday. cen.acs.org/policy/regul... #chemsky 🧪

We asked @propublica.org's board to agree to a fair contract. Chair Paul Sagan replied that they support management, whose last offer includes weak job security, minimal guardrails on AI & wages that don’t keep up w/ rising costs. We know you stand with us. Tell Mr. Sagan: shorturl.at/MkUbQ

How has the Canvas outage affected your chemistry classes? We'd like to hear from you if you're a student, professor or TA for a story in @cenmag.bsky.social .Please DM or email [email protected]. #chemsky #science

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

A little late in posting this, but: For @cenmag.bsky.social I wrote about why the recent restart of small business grants for researchers is welcome, and also not enough. cen.acs.org/policy/resea... #SBIR #STTR

Restart of US small-business research grants may be too late for some cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday renewed the charter for its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the body that makes recommendations about vaccines. #chemsky 🧪

It is really striking that the word that's come up the most in these last six months of covering science policy is "uncertainty." I am hearing it over and over and over again.

It’s here! Today is Local News Day! Today is the day when we can come together and share our support for local news and information with our friends and neighbors. Visit localnewsday.org to find trusted local news where you live, and share with us how you’re celebrating Local News Day! #localnewsday

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Indirect Costs (But Were Afraid to Ask) I have been working on this post for some time. Lots of data, analysis, and some policy recommendations. goodscience.substack.com/p/everything... Questions and comments welcome.

Hi #chemsky! I'm looking for examples of U.S. labs that have closed, moved overseas, or otherwise been lost in the last year. If this is you or someone you know, please reach out: [email protected] or LDattaro.73 on Signal.

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

A group of 17 leading public health researchers and advocates from the US, Canada, and Europe are calling on regulators around the world to treat the widely used herbicide glyphosate as hazardous and limit or eliminate its use to protect public health: cen.acs.org/food/agricul... #chemsky🧪

Researchers looking for NIH funding in 2026 will likely find increased competition and politicization. Some are choosing to find other support instead. #chemsky 🧪

In a survey of NIH-funded scientists, 25% said their research had been impacted a great deal or a fair amount by a move away from foreign subawards. www.statnews.com/2026/03/27/n...

Thanks so much to @kristinsainani.bsky.social and @reginanuzzo.bsky.social for having me on Normal Curves to talk about the research on autism and epidurals and why there is almost certainly no link. Also, epidurals rock. www.normalcurves.com/epidurals-ar...

A year after NIH began cutting thousands of grants, researchers are starting to figure out who was affected and what was lost. The cuts hit women and early-career researchers particularly hard, according to a new paper. cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Great run through of where things stand at NIH and in the broader scientific community currently from @ldattaro.bsky.social cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

The National Institutes of Health received a small appropriations bump for fiscal year 2026, but concerns beyond spending levels abound. Read more: cen.acs.org/policy/resea... #chemsky 🧪

Congress gave NIH its money. But there's a lot more to science funding than a budget. I dug into it for @cenmag.bsky.social. cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling. www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

My attempt to explain-like-I'm-5 the OMB apportionment fiasco - how did I do?

Whoa

"It was a striking example of something that happens more than the public sees: rigorous investigative reporting often arms lawmakers with facts that help them hold officials to account." Love this point from @banikarim.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Hey #chemsky and chemsky adjacent academics. I would like to find and download my father's doctoral thesis. It's been forever so I forget how to do it... And free would be great.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

I'm looking to talk to journalists who are not AI evangelists but who are experimenting with using AI in their journalism work (but not for writing!). If this is you and you'd be willing to chat about it, DM me here or email me at megangreenwellprojects at gmail?

Really smart and important angle from @policyhound.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

This is such a fascinating and well-reported story.

Scientists and policy experts say that by revoking the endangerment finding, the Donald J. Trump administration has reached a dangerous milestone in dismissing, ignoring, or directly contradicting scientific information in its policy decisions. cen.acs.org/policy/chemi... #chemsky 🧪

Hi #chemsky! If you're navigating the NIH grant application process right now—or if you decided not to—I'd love to hear from you. Email: [email protected] Signal: LDattaro.73

More than half of people who receive antibiotics to treat appendicitis do not see their disease come back 10 years after the initial illness, a new study shows. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antibiotics-appendicitis-no-surgery

In a tiny bit of good news, long-term followup on the first trial of antibiotics for appendicitis shows that fewer than half of participants ended up needing surgery, even a decade later. My latest for @sciencenews.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/anti...

BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.

#SaveThePost, Jeff Bezos.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule on emissions from gas turbines is the latest development in a staunch shift in how the agency evaluates the costs and benefits of regulations, analysts say. cen.acs.org/policy/chemi... #chemsky 🧪

#Journorequest: I'm looking to speak to women who use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for health questions and guidance. If you're open to chatting, please send me a message or email. Thank you! [email protected] 🧪🧠💬

Read the Save HHS open letter! www.savehhs.org/letter-we-wi...

What do you do when you know how to work with biological materials and are experts in 3D printing at small resolutions? Create this 10 µm long elephant inside a living cell, of course. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/3-... #CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪