geologist, paleontologist, malacologist
Professor @ Universidad Austral de Chile
Dr. Sven N. Nielsen
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Daily mollusk
I have often been critical of the leadership @aaas.org but they just took action on the new OMB rules that will politicize science, speaking out and notifying members. I hope all take the time to follow their advice, contact Congress, and most important, post a comment
www.aaas.org/news/aaas-st...
This is extraordinary. Read the the account in the link. The editor in chief of the principal journal of the ADA is escorted from their national conference by police for handing out his editorial, in their journal, that criticises Trump biomedical research policy.
The Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule that would politicize federal science grantmaking, replacing scientific rigor with ideological gatekeeping.
AGU President Brandon Jones on why it's important to make your voices heard: spklr.io/6011E3zfZ
"This is not a routine regulatory update...What it actually does is restructure the foundational rules of US science funding—with cascading impact for global collaborators—to serve political priorities rather than the public good." [email protected] Pres. Brandon Jones.
fromtheprow.agu.org/a-rule-that-...
Daily mollusk - I LOVE this 🧪
Interesting read on AI 🧪
So there go freedom of opinion and independence of science in the US 🧪
Daily mollusk, because Chile
That was exactly my thinking when I read the news 🧪
Dr. Sven N. Nielsen
The Office of Management and Budget has proposed sweeping revisions to the regulations that govern all federal grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of federal financial assistance.
As capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) advance rapidly, human understanding of these systems is increasingly falling behind. Several trends are converging to make AI systems harder to underst...
Chile's largest land snail (Macrocyclis peruvianus) is the only species in its genus and is found exclusively in Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina ... and that scale card in the photo gives a sense of just how large they can get: shells can reach 60mm across!
This is extraordinary. Read the the account in the link. The editor in chief of the principal journal of the ADA is escorted from their national conference by police for handing out his editorial, in their journal, that criticises Trump biomedical research policy.
Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were removed by police during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
I encountered an Electric Flame Scallop exhibiting its illusory method of warding off predators by shimmering its mantle, giving the impression it is electric.
#marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #eastcoastkin #photography
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Guy Baily
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were removed by police during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
I'm afraid that this is why the US administration wants to shut down ocean observations: they don't want the people to know what is happening in our oceans, as it does not fit their ideology and the interests of their fossil fuel industry funders.
edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/c...
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Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
The Trump administration will dismantle a $368 million monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans, sparking alarm among scientists
