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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We're growing--join our team! Developmental Science is recruiting Associate Editors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Developmental Science is inviting applications for the role of Associate Editor
Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A law of human proxemics? Children align side to side at closer distances and face-to-face when distances are greater than .65 m. #PreschoolPhysics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Alignment phase transition in socially driven motion
Collective human motion reveals a sharp transition in how individuals align.
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The Drain of Scientific Publishing-- arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The heath benefits of multilingualism appear to be far beyond prior expectations erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingu...
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Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan
Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Join our team! The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Child Clinical Program at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-eligible). umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMFacult
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are starting a new longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/2...
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University of Miami joins international study on autism risk in young children
Psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences are monitoring the development of infants and toddlers whose parents have a sibling with autism.
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Social Cognition Lab, University of Miami @soccoglab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Join @dmessinger.bsky.social in our developmental psychology PhD program! #PsychSciSky
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters: ~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Liz Simpson @simpson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - Behavior Research Methods
Automated behavioral measurement using machine learning is gaining ground in psychological research. Automated approaches have the potential to reduce the labor and time associated with manual behavio...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Swimming around Manhattan. @njohnstonphotography; @newyorkopenwater
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Our brain-immune system axis has recently has some fascinating new reports Here is one summarized www.nature.com/articles/s41... More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Why call? Why sign letters? Why protest? What does it do?? It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS! Keep it up, Dorks! #StandUpForScience www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO
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14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought.
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Liz Simpson @simpson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New paper by PhD student, Arushi Malik! Stability of individual differences in social and nonsocial visual attention from newborn to 14 months #OpenAccess w/ wonderful team @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @shuoz.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, @dmessinger.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/dev....
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Automated, digital data collection -- daylong child-specific audio recordings-- is yielding important insights for research in language development and hearing loss. Our new report uses stakeholder interviews to discuss the ethical issues involved pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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The Use of Automated Digital Data in Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Confronting a New Ethical Landscape
Purpose: The use of automated, digital data collection, such as daylong audio recordings of children's language environments, is yielding importa...
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Lynn K. Perry @lynnkperry.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Check out our new work in JSLHR where we consider ethical issues in collection of daylong audio recordings in children with language delays and disabilities. This work was part of a bioethics supplement from NIDCD. @dmessinger.bsky.social
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
APA leads a coalition of 76 organizations fighting for science and health! Check it out!!! unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...
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United Call for Transparency: Federal Agency Reorganizations
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Join our @DevelopmentalScience Team as an Editor! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Developmental Science
Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Once again sharing this info. Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
If you are national guard or active duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens then this is the number to the GU Rights Hotline. There is support, you don’t have to go thru with it.
1-877-447-4487
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
From a piece of tissue 1*1*1 millimeter: the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, containing more than 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons (the branches that reach out to other cells) and 523 million synapses (the connection points between cells).
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Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date
From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the br...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
There's a protein craze. How much protein should you eat? In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful "Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment" @nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
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The More Protein, the Better? (Gift Article)
It’s a common refrain on social media. We fact-checked this and five other big protein claims circulating online.
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U Miami Dept of Psychology @umiamipsych.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States - #OpenAcess by Shannon Shaughnessy, @dmessinger.bsky.social, & Spencer Evans doi.org/10.1111/camh...
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<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Physical environments are linked to adolescents' well-being in various ways. Green and blue (natural) spaces may protect against psychopathology, while gray (urban) spaces may confer risk...
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Administration is weakening U.S. research capacity and endangering Americans, nation’s leading scientists warn
America&#39;s longstanding position as the world leader in science, technology, and medical research is now under threat, about 1,900 elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering...
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 28/03/2025
Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow. She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.
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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Rumeysa Ozturk, aTufts human development PhD student, was kidnapped by ICE in broad daylight on the streets of Somerville today, presumably because of pro-Palestinian activism. No info has been shared with her attorney about her whereabouts or alleged charges. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody
A Tufts University international graduate student was reportedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and remains in federal custody, according to an email sent by the university ...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“Nobody feels like their job is safe. Everyone is on edge,” said Kim Hasenkrug, an NIH scientist emeritus… “Even the top people can’t keep track because they’re hiring and firing so much. Direct supervisors of those who were terminated didn’t even know that it was happening.”
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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The Hungarians are telling us something.
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
From the other site... (from EVP at Columbia to a training grant director)
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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
It's Baaaaack... All NIH (and other HHS employees) received another request for their 5 accomplishments for the past week on Friday and were told by HHS to comply. It is early in the day, so that NIHers are likely to get jerked around again several times before midnight...
 A memo from the Department of Health and Human Services regarding compliance with a request for 5 accomplishments for the week from 2/28/25.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 28/02/2025
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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Yes, the NIH is *still* violating a court order and freezing funds for new and competitive awards. But I guess the law is more guidelines than rules these days.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Nature Story "Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order" (with non-paywalled link) archive.ph/7h6Im
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan
Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org
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Dr. Jen 🎓📝🚸 (she/her) @jmck-75.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I would not have a PhD in special education without the IES. The hundreds of teachers I’ve helped prepare benefited from the evidence-based practices I taught them that were funded by the IES. The work of IES is a MODEL of efficiency in research excellence. Your educator friends are not okay.
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dmessinger.bsky.social @dmessinger.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
From the Council of Graduate Schools
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CGS Statement on NIH Caps of Indirect Cost Rates - CGS
CGS Statement on NIH Caps of Indirect Cost Rates
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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
IES review panel cancelled. Just got the Stop Work Notice for the upcoming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics panel.
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Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
“Currently, indirect costs [at Yale] support the infrastructure that enable more than 38,000 patients to participate in over 2,000 research trials. Among these clinical trials, 280 are focused on cancer therapy, 80 involve mental health and behavioral care, and 50 are related to heart disease.”
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/full/10.... "This is a moment to unite."
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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"Everybody's nervous...Head Start serves the lowest-income families. What else is there?" Tucker said. "Parents need to drop their kids off to go to work. If there's nowhere...to go, they can't go to work or pay their bills. It's just a snowball effect." www.union-bulletin.com/news/nationa...
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Head Start child-care centers face pay delays after Trump's federal funding freeze
Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll and expenses in the week since the
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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more #NIH #MedSky #research #science
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking....... washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW from inside NIH: I am hearing that a “young” DOGE staffer now has access to eRA, the software system used to track/administer all NIH grants.
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
🚨Important notification from NSF nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/TRO-NY... Institutions can drawdown funds from NSF today new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
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