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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hey folks out there who ❤️ to #CTscan things and ❤️ museums! the @amnh.org is hiring a Laboratory Manager for their Microscopy and Imaging Facility, a.k.a. the CT lab 🧪

careers.amnh.org/postings/4550

Laboratory Manager

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

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MWU Anatomy @mwuanatomy.bsky.social · Aug 21

New Publication Alert!
Dr. Jieun Kim, Dr. Erin Leslie, and Dr. Hadiah Kedwaii (DO, MWU alumnus) have a new paper out in Forensic Science International.
"Breaking the 50+ Barrier: Cortical Speed of Sound via Quantitative Ultrasound as a New Age-at-death Estimator in Older Adults"

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MWU Anatomy @mwuanatomy.bsky.social · Aug 15

The MWU Anatomy Department in Downers Grove welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr. Deming Yang! Dr. Yang earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from Stony Brook University and completed postdoctoral research fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History.
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MWU Anatomy @mwuanatomy.bsky.social · Aug 6

A couple photos from the 2025 CGS Picnic, where the Anatomy Department retained our BEAST trophy for another year, thanks to Tyler Speer (CCOM '28) and Dr. Deming Yang!

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · Aug 1

AI in the DOE report? This ref (p29) is fake:

Lee, S., Byrne, M. P., Loikith, P. C., & O’Dell, C. W. (2024). Zonal contrasts of the tropical Pacific climate predicted by a global constraint. Climate Dynamics, 62(1–2), 229–246. doi:10.1007/s00382-023-06741-7

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RealClimate: The Endangerment of the Endangerment Finding?

RealClimate: The EPA, along with the "Climate Working Group" (CWG) of usual suspects (plus Judith Curry and Ross McKitrick) at DOE, have just put out a document for public comment their attempt to res...

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Jason West @profjasonwest.bsky.social · Aug 1

Pass this on. I've signed up.

This is what this is about:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...

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Dr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social · Jul 17

Anthropology collections manager job at the AMNH @amnh.org in New York! Additional info: A PhD (or PhD candidacy) is required to apply. Prior training in collections management and databases is essential. This is not a research position. Salary range $93-98k/year. careers.amnh.org/postings/4509

Curatorial Associate

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

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Deming Yang @demingyang.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congratulations!

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · Jun 22

Waking up excited hearing that Antarctica is mentioned in international news.

Reading the news: “Antarctica and sub Antarctic islands are the safest place for humans to flee to during WW3”.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jun 19

Most staple food crops are expected to experience substantial production losses due to climate change, even when mitigation measures to limit the impact of climate change are considered, according to a study in Nature. The study finds that only rice might avoid substantial losses. 🧪

Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation - Nature

Analysis of data on six stable crops, capturing two-thirds of global crop calories, allows estimation of agricultural impacts and the potential of global producer adaptations to reduce output losses owing to climate change.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jun 16

A federal judge on Monday declared the Trump administration’s move to cut hundreds of grants issued by the National Institutes of Health illegal, accusing the government of discrimination against minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. individuals. nyti.ms/4jSIjOG

Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules

The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much of the funding.

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Bill Lukens @paleosol.bsky.social · Jun 2

So who are the winners? Very clearly AI takes the cake.
$22M more would be added to AI programs in GEO (>1100% incr) [who really asked for this?]

In contrast, the Global Change cross-cutting program would drop from $335M to $10M (-97%). OPP would drop from $161M to $12M (-93%).

US Global Change Research Program funding summary. GEO programs would lose $325M (-97%) in FY2026 compared to FY2024. OPP would lose $148.6M (-92.6%).

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Jun 2

Argh. The P4CLIMATE program solicitation will be archived (the program website itself hasn't been updated) www.nsf.gov/geo/updates/...

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · May 9

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.

This cannot be allowed to happen.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Eos @eos.org · May 1

Happy Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month from Eos!

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Deming Yang @demingyang.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you, Chris! It is always wise to learn from Paleontology :)

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Deming Yang @demingyang.bsky.social · Apr 22

20 years ago, on April 22, 2005, Misha the zoo elephant was moved from Vallejo, CA to Salt Lake City, UT. Her relocation inspired a suite of studies about isotope turnover, including my recent one published in @commsbio.bsky.social Learn more about the study here: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Strontium isotope mapping of elephant enamel supports an integrated microsampling-modeling workflow to reconstruct herbivore migrations - Communications Biology

Comparisons of 87Sr/86Sr data from the tusk and molar enamel of a zoo elephant suggest that a microsampling-modeling workflow is the best practice strategy for geospatial reconstructions of seasonal m...

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · Mar 31

NEW: The number of new grants handed out by the National Science Foundation since President Donald Trump took office has fallen by nearly 50% compared with the same 2-month period 1 year ago. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office

The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · Mar 11

Geologists are using strontium isotope analysis from a zoo elephant's teeth to track large herbivore migrations, offering insights into both ancient and modern wildlife movement patterns. doi.org/g87t9p

Misha the elephant lived in zoos, but her tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for tracking the movements of large herbivores across landscapes, even for animals now extinct, such as mastodons and mammoths.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 21

IMLS, the primary source of federal support for U.S. libraries and museums, is one of seven independent agencies that President Donald Trump wants to dismantle because he believes what they do is “unnecessary.” scim.ag/4iryNlY

Trump order could wipe out federal support for U.S. science museums

Institute of Museum and Library Services now run by Department of Labor as part of proposed dismantling

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Deming Yang @demingyang.bsky.social · Mar 19

The KSL also reported on our recent work published in @commsbio.bsky.social and what Misha can teach us about forensics and paleoecology: kslnewsradio.com/utah/misha-h... Our original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Strontium isotope mapping of elephant enamel supports an integrated microsampling-modeling workflow to reconstruct herbivore migrations - Communications Biology

Comparisons of 87Sr/86Sr data from the tusk and molar enamel of a zoo elephant suggest that a microsampling-modeling workflow is the best practice strategy for geospatial reconstructions of seasonal m...

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Deming Yang @demingyang.bsky.social · Mar 13

The University of Utah @utah.edu wrote a great article about our recently published paper in Communications Biology. The link to the article here: attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
The link to our original article here: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations - @theU

Utah geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where large plant-eating animals have roamed.

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The Leakey Foundation @leakeyfoundation.org · Mar 4

Ever wondered what happens to your grant proposal once you submit it? Join a hands-on “mock review” workshop to learn about review processes at The Leakey Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. March 12 at #AABA2025. Registration is limited so act fast! @bioanth.org bit.ly/4havY78

AABA Workshop in Baltimore: What happens to my grant proposal? Peek into the process through mock review!

This workshop introduces early career scholars to the grant review process through mock review exercises with experienced panelists and representatives from Leakey and Wenner-Gren. Date and Time: Marc...

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · Mar 10

Twitter/X is currently down for many users.

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