Charlie Borst @chasb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I’m having success with a garden shovel on this stuff 130
Reposted by Charlie BorstJeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgU.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took officeA Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies 15353262
Charlie Borst @chasb.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Fun piece for @science.org that pretty much wrote itself. Interview with AP photographer Lindsey Wasson telling the story of being the one to tell a disbelieving Mary Brunkow that she’d just won the @nobelprize.bsky.social Prize in Medicine— www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWhat’s it like to tell someone she won a Nobel Prize?Science chats with photographer Lindsey Wasson, who captured how Nobel winner Mary Brunkow reacted to life-changing news 24811
Reposted by Charlie BorstDaniel Clery @danclery.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The Vera Rubin Observatory will change everything. Seeing wider, deeper, and faster. Investigating everything from dark energy to Planet 9. Here's all you need to know. 🔭🧪 @science.org @vrubinobs.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgThis giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomyThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory will build an unprecedented map of the universe—and discover billions of fast-changing objects 37727
Charlie Borst @chasb.bsky.social · 17/11/2024One of the best takes I’ve read about why Nov. 5 unfolded as it did — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I Study Guys Like Trump. There’s a Reason They Keep Winning.Democrats walked into the trap of defending the very institutions most Americans distrust. 000
Reposted by Charlie BorstMartin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · 15/11/2024“It’s like having somebody who believes the Earth is flat as head of NASA.” Scientists respond to RFK Jr's nomination as head of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social and Jocelyn Kaiser.)science.orgProspect of RFK Jr. as head of HHS panics many in medical science communityRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed radical change including scrutinizing long-standing vaccines and slashing staff at research and regulatory agencies 083