BBC: Rare Turing papers worth £397k saved from export. “A collection of rare documents by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing have been saved for the nation. Last year, a temporary export bar was placed on the wartime project writings to prevent them being taken abroad. A successful campaign was launched to keep the papers on home soil, which were described by the government as some of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/bbc-rare-turing-papers-worth-397k-saved-from-export/

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/science-destruction-america

Not so sure about the "unmuzzled scientists" part since many of us are forced to sign nondisclosure agreements for various reasons, some legit, some not. Ideally, we would get rid of NDAs. They are abused, and result in unnecessary muzzling of federal, provincial, and private sector scientists far too often. (Harper was horrific to federal scientists though. Hands down, Harper was the worst PM I ever encountered, for eliminating scientific progress and scientists.) #scientists #science #canada

#Galaxies Without #Stars? #Scientists Zero In on the #Universe’s Darkest #Halos

https://scitechdaily.com/galaxies-without-stars-scientists-zero-in-on-the-universes-darkest-halos/

Trump Misleads on #Transgender Issues

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trump-misleads-on-transgender-issues/

#Trump’s first transgender-related order declared that people are either #male or #female at “conception.” But #scientists say that excludes certain people and #sex is not fully determined at conception.

#Scientists debate actual weight of the #internet

https://www.wired.com/story/weight-of-the-internet/

#NIH #scientists have a #cancer breakthrough. #Layoffs are delaying it.
Scientists demonstrated a promising step toward using a person's own immune cells to fight gastrointestinal #cancers" at America's National Institutes of Health (or NIH), the same day the agency was hit with devastating layoffs that left many NIH personnel in tears.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/nih-scientists-have-a-cancer-breakthrough-layoffs-are-delaying-it/ar-AA1Co50C

Bridging the gap: Why scientists must master communication in age of misinformation – EnviroNews https://www.byteseu.com/897547/ #communication #FutureOfScienceCommunicationForum #Misinformation #Science #scientists

The next generation of #scientists is being pushed into fleeing the #US due to the policies of #Trump, #Musk, #RFKJr, & others. This must be immediately reversed, public #science is an important aspect of healthy #democracy!

https://futurism.com/majority-scientists-considering-fleeing-america

Top American #scientists just lost their jobs. #Canada is rolling out the welcome mat. Manitoba, B.C., Ontario looking to recruit top scientists from the U.S., by Jennifer Yoon

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/us-scientists-canada-1.7502527

The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of #Trump are causing many scientists in the country to rethink their lives and careers. More than 1,200 #scientists who responded to a Nature poll — three-quarters of the total respondents — are considering leaving the United States following the disruptions prompted by Trump. #Europe and #Canada were among the top choices for relocation. #research #healthcare #medicine #vaccines #publichealth https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y

#Scientists use #tech to track #toilet breaks to keep #Antarctica clean

https://talker.news/2025/04/02/scientists-use-tech-to-track-toilet-breaks-to-keep-antarctica-clean/

In this #Geolog post, Bianca Drepper shares her experience at the European Parlement as part of the EGU 2024 Science-Policy Pairing Scheme. With the support of Member of the European Parliament Jutta Paulus, Bianca offers insights into #EUPolicyMaking and the crucial role of #scientists in shaping policy.

Read the full article here: https://egu.eu/8I3CXB

“High #phylogenetic distance between non-native #species and the recipient community increases #invasion success.”

- the formal definition #invasion #scientists propose in structured format for #Darwin’s #naturalisation hypothesis.

Check out the Hypothesis Description openly published with us: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e140548

#invasivespecies #invsp

Cc: @tinaheger @EvoMRI @LeibnizIGB

#Poll Finds That 75% of #Scientists Are Thinking About Leaving the U.S.
https://gizmodo.com/poll-finds-that-75-of-scientists-are-thinking-about-leaving-the-u-s-2000582743

#Scientists Discover “Shy” New #Fungus Species

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-shy-new-fungus-species/

#Scientists Stunned by #Bird That Pretends To Be a #Toxic #Caterpillar

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-stunned-by-bird-that-pretends-to-be-a-toxic-caterpillar/

You want to know how saving US data of #science / #knowledge works? Example: @curatedjenny asks about a #Smithsonian podcast.

@lavaeolus with @SafeguardingResearch work hard: https://mastodon.online/@SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org/114245681648466006 and #secure it: https://mastodon.online/@lavaeolus@fedihum.org/114247086021398297 Great work, follow them for more! @academicchatter