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Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we will discuss the bad parts of the OMB Proposed Rule changes. The full links are available in the previous post. As Shrike alluded to in the last post, there may be some serious problems…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we will discuss potentially sweeping changes to government contracts in general and NIH funding in particular. While these changes may not last more than a few years, they aim to reshape how…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we will continue the discussion about Pump.Science launch. Here we will look at the competitors in more detail. Science competitions switched from ‘whose data are best’ to ‘who can get the…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we will discuss a new initiative in Decentralized Science: Pump Science’s impending launch, and what it is. This launch breaks new ground in many ways. It combines biotech funding with…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we continue the previous discussion on university power structures, and nuances to the power structures that are missed by many would-be reformers of higher ed. Skip to the end if you just…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Higher education continues to get roiled by disputes, loss of federal funding and lawsuits due to differences between universities (especially Ivies) and the Trump administration. While the…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Measles is capturing news cycles as the current epidemic in Texas spreads. Given RFK, Jr’s prior comments on vaccines, and post-COVID interest in every spreading infectious disease, this…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! NIH’s evening announcement that it is cutting all indirect cost rates down to 15% is a massive shock to the biomedical science community, and the universities that fund the research. Today we’ll…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! With cat consumption in the news, it is worth discussing the absolute disaster that outdoor and feral cats are for the environment and for local ecosystems. As a reminder, it is illegal to kill…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we discuss citizen science projects, what they are, and how you can participate. We’ll also examine how they are the web2 version of “decentralized science”. What is Citizen Science? Citizen…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Happy New Year! In light of the recent high profile plagiarism allegations against ex-Harvard president Claudine Gay, we will cover some of the tools used to detect plagiarism in academia. This is…
Welcome to Science with Shrike! Today we return to one of the more contested ideas in academia and broader society, that of “diversity, equity, and inclusion”. Many have strong feelings on one side or the other for this issue…