Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.socialSasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For context: Palantir isn't named that because he's a Tolkien fan. It's because he's a fan of the uber-reddit Russian fanfic "The Last Ringbearer" which recast Sauron as a progressive industrializing force. 1731686
Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.socialJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ok, this "there are two separate brains" thing appears to be making the rounds, and I want to be absolutely clear: this is a press office overhyping some perfectly reasonable science that won't come as a surprise to most developmental biologists. 32755238
Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.socialC @spiffyscientist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I won’t lie, it’s a bit overwhelming to see the work hyperbolized by many press outlets, including the university. We did not discover a new organ, or that you have two consciousnesses, etc! I’m excited for the general positive recognition, (especially the coverage from the Chronicle by Jack Lee)sfchronicle.comThe brain is a single organ. But it may not start that way, study suggestsA Stanford-led study challenges the idea that the brain develops from one common pool of early cells — and could help researchers model diseases such as ALS. 523477
Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Basically, the United States is running short of key munitions because the insecure man-children running the country keep firing off expensive stand-off emotional support munitions as a desperate act of gender-affirming self-care. Alas, there are not enough TLAMs to make Trump or Hegseth into men. 538693
Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026For those in the mood for some seriously well-done gallows humor, I heartily recommend this... inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...inpreparation.substack.comNIH Simplifies Grant Scoring To 👍 🤷♂️ 😂BETHESDA, MD—The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday that it would replace its 50-year-old numerical scoring system with a streamlined three-emoji format, in which grant applications will ... 711440
Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 29/07/2026Two physicists won the Nobel Prize for the 2012 discovery of the so-called “God particle.” Under a new rule proposed by the Trump administration, American scientists might be forced to watch similar discoveries from the sidelines.propublica.orgHow Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy DiscoveryA proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th... 18339161
Reposted by @altoclefscience.bsky.socialSholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Earlier this week I posted an example of a fake western blot provided by ThermoFisher to demonstrate the validity of a p53 antibody. I considered it an amusing curiosity. In fact Thermo Fisher Scientific has systematically manipulated antibody validation data! 713660
