1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.
Tracing addiction
buff.ly
Using modified rabies virus tracing, researchers show that even a single exposure to addictive drugs can induce long-lasting, cell-type-specific changes in inputs to dopamine neurons.
NIH announces the creation of the Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA) to reduce use of animals in research.
dpcpsi.nih.gov/oriva
This paper took nine years and was, honestly, a labor of love and a fair amount of suffering. It took several labs, sustained NIH support, and a lot of people who stuck with it, a whole village!
