<p>Judge deems <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> grant cuts illegal</p><p>A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a> for <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> on <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a>-related topics by Trump's admin's was "void & illegal," & accused the government of discriminating against minorities & <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a> people.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/healt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/</span></a></p>
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<p>PRESS RELEASE: <a href="https://www.seti.org/news/skymapper-and-seti-institute-team-up-to-map-the-entire-sky-all-the-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.seti.org/news/skymapper-and-seti-institute-team-up-to-map-the-entire-sky-all-the-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.seti.org/news/skymapper-an</span><span class="invisible">d-seti-institute-team-up-to-map-the-entire-sky-all-the-time/</span></a></p><p>Today, the SETI Institute announced a strategic collaboration with SkyMapper, the world’s leading decentralized global astronomy and space science network. Together, they plan to deliver continuous, real-time astronomical data to scientists, educators, and enthusiasts worldwide. </p><p><a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>
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<p>I am glad my government is still funding <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> projects like this, but I believe it’s only because ignoring the threat would immediately harm business. </p><p>👉🏾 The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fly-factory-texas-flesheating-screwworm-cattle-5eb62edc42bcfce40cdbea27b5f8b60c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/fly-factory-texas-flesheating-screwworm-cattle-5eb62edc42bcfce40cdbea27b5f8b60c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/fly-factory</span><span class="invisible">-texas-flesheating-screwworm-cattle-5eb62edc42bcfce40cdbea27b5f8b60c</span></a></p>
<p>Astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk.</p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#nasa</a></p>
<p>Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal<br>—</p><p>In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>A landmark study sequenced the entire genome of over 100 individual cells from one person, revealing we are all genetic mosaics. Individual cells showed major mutations, from missing chromosomes to duplicated DNA, illustrating the widespread genetic chaos accumulated over a lifetime and its links to disease.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03768-0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03768-0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nature.com/articles/d41586</span><span class="invisible">-025-03768-0</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a></p>
<p>Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.</p><p>This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.flickr.com/photos/fireflys</span><span class="invisible">pace/54386246629/in/dateposted/</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>
<p>National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval<br>—</p><p>Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nat</span><span class="invisible">ional-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfk/" rel="tag">#RFK</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>From <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidho</span></a></span> on 🦋 5 minutes ago: </p><p>I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy.</p><p>They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.<br><a href="https://eos.org/research-and-developments/national-science-foundation-staff-booted-from-headquarters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="eos.org/research-and-developments/national-science-foundation-staff-booted-from-headquarters"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/research-and-developme</span><span class="invisible">nts/national-science-foundation-staff-booted-from-headquarters</span></a><br>___<br>Me:</p><p><a href="/tags/nsf/" rel="tag">#NSF</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
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<p>Scientists Discover a 5-Million-Year-Old Whale Graveyard Deep Beneath the Indian Ocean <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-5-million-year-old-whale-graveyard-deep-beneath-the-indian-ocean/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-5-million-year-old-whale-graveyard-deep-beneath-the-indian-ocean/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/scientists-di</span><span class="invisible">scover-a-5-million-year-old-whale-graveyard-deep-beneath-the-indian-ocean/</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>Our upcoming <a href="/tags/setilive/" rel="tag">#SETILive</a> interviews look at a new <a href="/tags/laserseti/" rel="tag">#LaserSETI</a> exhibit and observatory location, the stunning artwork created in honor of this year's <a href="/tags/drakeaward/" rel="tag">#DrakeAward</a> recipients, and new science that reveals how <a href="/tags/ceres/" rel="tag">#Ceres</a> froze. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for notifications: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/SETIInstitute" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.youtube.com/SETIInstitute</a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/sciart/" rel="tag">#sciart</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>
<p>The FDA allowed into the United States at least 150 drugs or their ingredients made at banned factories that were found to have mold, foul water, dirty labs or fraudulent testing protocols.</p><p>Key takeaways of our investigation:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/pharma/" rel="tag">#Pharma</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/lab/" rel="tag">#Lab</a></p>
<p>Drone footage captured orcas crafting tools out of kelp—and using them for grooming <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-drone-footage-captured-orcas-crafting.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-06-drone-footage-captured-orcas-crafting.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-06-drone-fo</span><span class="invisible">otage-captured-orcas-crafting.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>Farewell to US status as a science nation — Llewellyn King <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1155830/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.byteseu.com/1155830/</a> <a href="/tags/commentary/" rel="tag">#Commentary</a> <a href="/tags/opinion/" rel="tag">#Opinion</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Pluto </p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>My <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>.</p><p>I talk about life in <a href="/tags/cambridgema/" rel="tag">#CambridgeMA</a> and <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>, <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a>, <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a>, <a href="/tags/radios/" rel="tag">#radios</a> (<a href="/tags/sdr/" rel="tag">#SDR</a>, <a href="/tags/ham/" rel="tag">#HAM</a>, <a href="/tags/lora/" rel="tag">#LoRa</a>, <a href="/tags/meshcore/" rel="tag">#MeshCore</a>), <a href="/tags/pinball/" rel="tag">#pinball</a>, <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a>, retro computers/video games, and more.</p><p>I collect <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>, <a href="/tags/laserdiscs/" rel="tag">#LaserDiscs</a>, study <a href="/tags/horology/" rel="tag">#horology</a>, visit museums (The Met, MFA, Harvard Art <a href="/tags/museum/" rel="tag">#Museum</a>) and support my local <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a>.</p><p>I read <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> and books on <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a>, <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a>, and <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#urbanism</a>.</p><p>I walk or take public <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#transit</a> everywhere.</p><p>I practice <a href="/tags/permacomputing/" rel="tag">#permacomputing</a> and self-hosting, running <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> where I can.</p>
<p>PRESS RELEASE: <a href="https://www.seti.org/press-release/meteorites-geologic-map-asteroid-belt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.seti.org/press-release/meteorites-geologic-map-asteroid-belt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.seti.org/press-release/met</span><span class="invisible">eorites-geologic-map-asteroid-belt</span></a> </p><p>Where do meteorites of different types come from? Astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid belt. </p><p>“This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue,” said Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center. “We now have the first outlines of a geologic map of the asteroid belt.”</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>
<p>Stand Up for Science: Join with us in supporting the <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> staff</p><p>Read their Declaration which directly addresses the new Administrator Lee Zeldin with their FIVE CONCERNS and invites him to “change course by re-committing to his oath to protect the health of the American people and our environment.”</p><p><a href="/tags/leezeldin/" rel="tag">#LeeZeldin</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a><br><a href="https://www.standupforscience.net/epa-declaration" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.standupforscience.net/epa-declaration"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.standupforscience.net/epa-</span><span class="invisible">declaration</span></a></p>
<p>I always gush about <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZLabe</span></a></span> and his account, because for one thing it makes the data he works with more accessible (via <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a>), but secondly because the <a href="/tags/infographics/" rel="tag">#infographics</a> he stares are very informative - and consistent.</p><p>Are there any other <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a>, <a href="/tags/edutainment/" rel="tag">#edutainment</a> and <a href="/tags/infographic/" rel="tag">#infographic</a> accounts on the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> that has similar consistent and qualify of posts? Think content that is fairly easily digestible during a scroll.</p><p>We're looking for the accounts that <a href="/tags/teachthefediverse/" rel="tag">#TeachTheFediverse</a>.</p>
<p>Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts</span></a> <a href="/tags/researchanddevelopment/" rel="tag">#Researchanddevelopment</a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#Trumpadministration</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a> <a href="/tags/race/" rel="tag">#Race</a></p>
<p>EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts</span></a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#Trumpadministration</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#Animals</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a></p>
<p>Under <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> US national labs found themselves hamstrung by micromanagement, demands from the administration that resources be diverted away from <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> while regulators repeatedly shut down programs much to the chagrin of our International partners.</p><p>It's been a breath of fresh air that the new administration has allowed us to actually get back to work. I don't even care if they know what they are doing, at least they are no longer interfering. Science is getting back on track now. </p><p>Regardless of everything else that <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> might be getting into, and maybe it's just because he's just that incompetent, at least the US is getting back on track with its scientific endeavors. Our experiments are getting back up to speed after years of crippling bureaucracy, and we can start making progress again.</p><p>There's a lot to complain about with Trump, but I am very glad to see that the expectations for science are living up to what I'd hoped. </p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-07-hymn-babylon-millennium.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-07-hymn-babylon-millennium.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-07-hymn-bab</span><span class="invisible">ylon-millennium.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>This is beyond…</p><p><a href="/tags/lemonde/" rel="tag">#LeMonde</a> reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> after a <a href="/tags/search/" rel="tag">#search</a> of his <a href="/tags/phone/" rel="tag">#phone</a> & <a href="/tags/computer/" rel="tag">#computer</a> revealed messages critical of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> cuts, "which [says <a href="/tags/cpb/" rel="tag">#CPB</a>] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/thoughtpolice/" rel="tag">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="/tags/nazis/" rel="tag">#Nazis</a> <a href="/tags/viewpointdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#ViewpointDiscrimination</a> <br><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lemonde.fr/international/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html</span></a></p>
<p>We can learn a few things from frogs </p><p><a href="/tags/frogs/" rel="tag">#Frogs</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
