Surely this set up could only be to make fun of Google Scholar... who would believe in 5 million citations, with both Eric Topol and Noam Chomsky among his coauthors? scholar.google.com/citations?us...
I want to know- can I use this principle to reward myself so I can learn a foreign language faster? Huge pieces of chocolate after each word remembered correctly doesn’t seem like a great long-term idea.
One neat trick to end extreme poverty
economist.com/finance-and-...
NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime.
“I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”
www.nature.com
Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.
By design they are featuring some controversial folks. Hopefully it will spark some good dialogue.
I just have to say… sociology is *not* a radical discipline.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
“MRI scans of the marathon runners’ brains showed that myelin content was reduced in several white-matter tracts immediately after the race; two months later, myelin levels had recovered to baseline levels.”
The locus coeruleus, which provides norepinephrine to the rest of the brain, is even more spatially and functionally diverse than previously thought, new findings suggest.
By Holly Barker
www.thetransmitter.org/locus-coerul...
Good news on maintaining university funding through indirect cost recovery: fabbs.org/news/2026/04...
The Emotion & Cognition lab is recruiting for a full-time project assistant. If you know of any graduating seniors looking for a research position, please let them know!
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Mara Mather
Nathan Kalman-Lamb
The arrangement of locus coeruleus neurons in mice points to how the structure mediates specific effects across the brain, a new study shows.
"Structure and metabolism should no longer sit in separate boxes. The brain’s wiring could also be part of its fuel strategy. Myelin may be more than insulation; it may also form part of the brain’s adaptive metabolic infrastructure."
🧠👇 #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/metabolism/b...
Last week, the Trump Administration decided not to appeal the most recent court ruling on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) indirect costs policy. This
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Myelin may serve as an energy reserve for the brain, and neuroscientists are rethinking how the brain stores, shares and protects energy.
Y'all I spent YEARS of my life putting mice in little cages and giving them tiny little treats, took a solid month to train...
...and it turns out that no one ever checked if a BIG TREAT might work better. www.hhmi.org/news/bigger-...
YEARS OF MY LIFE.
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The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. USC is consistently ranked...
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Researchers in the Dudman Lab at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus found that learning happens faster when there’s a bigger payoff for success, potentially changing how neuroscientists think about learni...
I'm co-organizing a free, 2-day Zoom workshop from the NAS & hope you'll consider attending!
📅 April 23-24: Discuss how we can enhance scientific integrity in the social and behavioral sciences
REGISTER: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DBA...
PROGRAM: www.nationalacademies.org/cdn/material...
