A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.

Deadline 4 Jan: Postdoc, variability and vowel harmony, metaphony (phonetic and psycholinguistic approaches), Potsdam (w/ A. Gafos) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yr5ak5eoRxGysoDMChAhmDJ6tIYeE574KpLQ3Gh0gEM/edit?tab=t.0

The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise. This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/26/2025-21150/notice-of-request-for-information-accelerating-the-american-scientific-enterprise I plan to highlight:

I simply cannot with this. The r-word is a demoralizing slur that should NEVER be used as an insult. Trump did it yesterday and plenty of otherwise tolerant blue accounts jumped on board using it to describe Trump instead. Take the pledge below to stop using the r-word. It is wholly unacceptable. https://www.specialolympics.org/spread-the-word

The long-time NINDS researcher, best known for studying movement disorders, has died at age 82.

In August, NIH institute and center directors received this document entitled "Achieving NIH Mission: Leveraging Funding Policies". 1/6

How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Leading scientists and bioethicists are urging the creation of an international oversight body to monitor advances in human neural organoids

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide