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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 6d

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.

“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 13d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14d

The Stupidest Speech in UN History! “Everyone’s saying so,” writes @billmckibben.bsky.social

“the shots of delegates looking on in disbelief as Trump vented about broken escalators, MAGA hats, & his general greatness for nearly an hour (ignoring the 15min time limit…)”

Global embarrassment. Joke.

The Stupidest Speech in UN History

Everyone's saying so!

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats. The message is clear. Please also consider forwarding these suggestions to the Canadian Institutes of Health.

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Aligning Science Across Parkinson's @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org · 15d

The NIH is exploring how to improve access to research and manage publishing costs. We shared a response grounded in #OpenScience.

We recommend:
🔹 Requiring preprints
🔹 Funding preprint infrastructure
🔹 Supporting services that add real value to research

🧪 Read ASAP's full response: bit.ly/467PdME

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Elbows Up Canada 🇨🇦 @humanityisdoomed.bsky.social · 19d

#ElbowsUp Canada 🇨🇦

You are not welcome here Pete Hoosktra.

#boycottUSA

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 19d

MAGA ambassador Pete Hoosktra is telling Canada that he doesn't like the term "elbows up." He says it's anti-American.
Sorry Pete, your president might be able to fire Jimmy Kimmel but you don't get to tell Canadians how to talk.
Elbows up Mother-stucker.

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · 20d

Sorry to see that you now live in a dictatorship. I hope you can get rid of this someday soon.

Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · 20d

The USA looks more and more like a dictatorship. Shameful.

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 20d

"The Trump administration has learned to effectively weaponize the regulatory powers of the federal government to punish speech it doesn’t like from people it doesn’t like. [It] shows how far down the authoritarian road the United States has traveled in just 8 months." www.vox.com/politics/461...

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.vox.com

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 27d

The scientific community has lost a giant of #molecularbiology. We are saddened. David Baltimore has led breakthrough research and supported the next generation of researchers by hosting #HFSPFellows in his research laboratories. 🧪
🔗zurl.co/Ppj7y #sts #nobelprize

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 3

Watch this.

What smart nations are building.

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 2

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 29

I would say, a toxic mitochondrion. :-)

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 29

In fact, the problem is not the urban planner, but the politician who does not ask the urban planner to propose a plan to implant a protected bike lane.

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 15

Same in Montreal. Every day, every hour, every intersection.

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Marco A. Maximo Prado @maximoprado.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is a really good article. And
my friend Arthur Brown did a great job Politicians should not sow distrust in science 🧪 and I am hoping the recent emotional reponse from our Premier gets a strong answer from Universities All animal research has strict oversight www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Scientists fear political meddling after Ontario premier vows to 'catch' anyone testing on dogs | CBC News

Some researchers say they're concerned about possible political interference in science after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he'd be "hunting down" scientists who use dogs and cats in medical studies.

www.cbc.ca

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Quinntronics @carolinequinn.bsky.social · Aug 8

“This isn’t just for rich cities – it’s something every city on the planet can do if they want to become more efficient.”

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 8

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...

What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution

Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.

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Prof Malú Gámez Tansey @malutansey.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please join me for this #Debate on Monday Aug 11 at noon Eastern w my colleague Alberto Espay on the role of #proteinopathies in #neurodegenerativediseases Indiana University School of Medicine #NeurologyGrandRounds Zoom link in QR code
lnkd.in/eFAFXNgC

Meeting ID: 831 3389 0773
Password: 653209

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is not acceptable.

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 7

Why do people accept to add "Created with Biorender" on their figures, presented at scientific meetings, on posters and in theses? Would you accept to add "Manuscript written in Microsoft Word" or "Manuscript prepared on a Apple computer" on your figures? This non-sense needs to stop.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 5

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congrats!!

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Aug 4

A very good read if you want to learn everything there is to know about dopamine. Take a look at chapter 4!
www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience | Volume 32: The Handbook of Dopamine | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Matt Perich @mattperich.bsky.social · Jul 29

Check out our new review/perspective (w/ @juangallego.bsky.social & Devika Narain) on neural manifolds in the brain! It was a lot of fun to think through these ideas over the past couple of years, and I'm excited it's finally out in the world!

🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄: rdcu.be/ex8hW

A neural manifold view of the brain - Nature Neuroscience

Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed how neural population activity underlying behavior can be well described by topological objects called neural manifolds. Understanding how nature, nurture...

www.nature.com

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Jul 29

For the moment.

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Louis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just tried Copilot to locate a paper dealing with the effect of partial dopamine system lesions in the brain. Not only did it fail to locate the paper I was looking for, it actually invented fake references. Scary.

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