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Katie Langin

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journalist covering the scientific community and the environment for @science.org / Ph.D. in ecology / tips to [email protected] (or Signal: klangin.48)

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Science Magazine @science.org · 4d

As government websites go dark, educators across the country have been reworking lesson plans and searching for reliable sources of up-to-date scientific information. https://scim.ag/46Vlwxu

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void

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Science Careers @sciencecareers.bsky.social · 5d

“The program showed me I was capable of doing neuroscience research, but it didn’t give me a feeling that I belonged.”

Read this story about an undergraduate student in a program for students with underrepresented backgrounds: https://bit.ly/4gC03hu #DEI #STEMCareers

An illustration of a person standing at the top of stairs that end, with text: To increase diversity in STEM, a foot in the door isn’t enough. We need better support.

Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 7d

Here we go again.

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U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown

Political impasse to hobble research agencies—and perhaps enable layoffs

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Science Careers @sciencecareers.bsky.social · 8d

Why scientists should take more coffee breaks

Grad students should make time for casual conversations with peers, this Ph.D. student writes. #NationalCoffeeDay https://bit.ly/4nyTOOe

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 11d

Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

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‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 13d

A week later and prospective applicants are still awaiting the instructions for this year's #NSFGRFP. I checked in with NSF today and was told "I don’t have anything for you at the moment." #GradSchool

Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 20d

"We are so very late that many students will not be able to apply this year."

My latest story—about frustration over delays for NSF's graduate research fellowship program. #NSFGRFP #GradSchool @science.org

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Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students

After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 20d

"We are so very late that many students will not be able to apply this year."

My latest story—about frustration over delays for NSF's graduate research fellowship program. #NSFGRFP #GradSchool @science.org

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Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students

After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 21d

Despite its 162-year-history of service, congressional Republicans tell federal agencies not to seek the advice of the National Academies. www.science.org/content/arti...

House panels charge U.S. National Academies with producing partisan studies

Pending spending bill urges agencies to find other sources of scientific advice

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Science Careers @sciencecareers.bsky.social · 26d

How an academic betrayal led me to change my authorship practices

“Every cleaned data set, debugged script, and refined figure deserves acknowledgment,” this researcher writes. #AcademicChatter https://bit.ly/4fPwA38

An illustration of a man falling out of a piece of paper, with text that says: How an academic betrayal led me to change my authorship practices.

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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · Aug 26

Pushed out by Trump, New Jersey ecologist launches bid for Congress | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Pushed out by Trump, New Jersey ecologist launches bid for Congress

Megan O’Rourke hopes to be a voice for science, also touts her blue-collar roots

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Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social · Aug 15

New in @science.org a really helpful metaphor for many life stages!
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike

This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · Aug 13

might they be willing to speak with me for a story? if so, they can reach me at [email protected]

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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · Jul 11

Exclusive: NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns

Trump executive order leads to pauses on U.S.-funded research into TB, influenza, COVID-19, and other diseases, dismaying some scientists

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · Jul 8

“Everywhere funding is short.”

For my latest story, I spoke with U.S. academics who are bracing for a major downsizing of the science workforce amid funding cuts. NSF's own numbers are stark. @science.org

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‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels

“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Between June 2024 and January 2025, a full 62% of commercial honey bee colonies in the U.S. died, the largest on record. USDA efforts were slowed by funding cuts and layoffs. Now, USDA scientists have finally identified a culprit. But it may be too late. www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off

USDA research points to viruses spread by pesticide-resistant mites, indicating a worrying trend

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Jeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · Jul 1

If getting a research grant required scoring applications from your competitors, would you apply? New evidence on this novel method, “distributed #peerreview,” at #Metascience2025. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Should grant applicants judge competitors’ proposals? Unorthodox approach gets two real-world tests

Distributed peer review enlists more researchers in the process, but some may lack expertise

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 30

Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S

EPA employees accuse Trump officials of undermining the agency’s mission

“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns

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Annika Inampudi @annikainampudi.bsky.social · Jun 24

new orca skincare routine dropped! read my latest article in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · Jun 24

If I scratch your back with kelp, will you scratch mine? That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · Jun 17

"There’s a rhetoric that what we do is wasteful."

My latest story—about scientists writing op eds in their hometown newspapers, a grassroots effort organized by
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social and others.

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U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers

Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · May 30

Breaking from @science.org: The Trump administration wants to kill off a host of active and healthy NASA climate and planetary spacecraft. It would be a "leaner, more focused" agency, they say -- and one far less capable of studying the Earth and exploring space.

Dozens of active and planned NASA spacecraft killed in Trump budget request

Proposal would end nearly all new major science missions

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · May 31

Trump's detailed vision for NSF's 2026 budget is not a pretty picture. www.science.org/content/arti...

Final NSF budget proposal jettisons one giant telescope amid savage agencywide cuts

Trump’s 57% proposed cut to agency would drop grant success rates to 7% and gut education and training

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 26

"Sometimes good can come from a path redirected." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4kCjozZ

An illustration of a woman hanging from a parachute made of words. The headline says: As a laid off postdoc, I turned to a side hustle—and found a new career

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · May 13

For those having a hard time following all the changes to NSF by the Trump administration, here's a wrapup of the past week's momentous events--and what they mean for the agency. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · May 13

"The lived experience of a scientist right now is terrifying."

Story by @science.org's Warren Cornwall—about the fear of retaliation permeating the scientific community.

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Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate

Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

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