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Gareth Leng

@g-leng.bsky.social
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Neuroendocrinologist, retired, living in France but still writing. Author of 'The Heart of the Brain' and (with Rhodri) 'The Matter of Facts' mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043885/the-…

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British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Are you a postdoc or student working on a neuroendocrine research project? 🔬 Get up to £8,000 support for consumables/other research costs to enable you to carry out the best possible neuroendocrine research project. Deadline 1 Oct 2025 Apply: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
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Society for Endocrinology @socendocrinology.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Do you have any students passionate about science communication and busting myths? Why not encourage them to enter the our Student Media Award to show off their skills. Whether it’s videos, blogs, podcasts, or graphics there’s a chance to win up to £300! bit.ly/SfEStudentMe...
Student Media Award 2025 in bold white writing on a blue background. There is an old fashioned projector with a shining light in the background. and then icons to represent podcasts, gaming, writing and media.
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Neuroendocrinologist Gareth Leng, author of “The Heart of the Brain,” unpacks the intricacies of the hypothalamus—a tiny yet powerful structure at the core of what makes us human. 🎧 Listen to Part 1 of his interview on Leafing through Science: @champalimaudf.bsky.social @g-leng.bsky.social
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5. The Brain Below: Mating Marathons & the “Love Hormone” (Part 1) | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Appetite. Aggression. Puberty. Parenthood. Even 48-hour prairie vole mating marathons. Is there anything the hypothalamus isn’t involved in? In Episode 5 (Part 1) of Leafing Through Science, Hedi is…
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Champalimaud Foundation @champalimaudf.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🍽️ Appetite. 😡 Aggression. 🧒 Puberty. 👶 Parenthood. Is there anything the #hypothalamus isn’t involved in? Join our new #podcast #LeafingThroughScience 🎙️ as we shine a torch 🔦 into this deep, dark cave of the brain 🧠. 🎧: rss.com/podcasts/lea... 🎥: youtu.be/et_T1gpXoHU @mitpress.bsky.social‬
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5. The Brain Below: Mating Marathons & the “Love Hormone” (Part 1) | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Appetite. Aggression. Puberty. Parenthood. Even 48-hour prairie vole mating marathons. Is there anything the hypothalamus isn’t involved in? In Episode 5 (Part 1) of Leafing Through Science, Hedi is j...
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Senzo Mchunu: South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims
Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.
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Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...
Author-Paid PublicationFees Corrupt Science and Should Be Abandoned 
Thomas J. H Morgan & Paul E. Smaldino
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"... how important it is to create a laboratory filled with young scientists from all aspects of our cultural and societal mosaic." @denisebelsham.bsky.social is the Alison Douglas lecturer at @bsneuroendo.bsky.social Bradford, and this is from her abstract. Alison would have been so pleased.
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Consensus vs Convergence "Unlike declarations that a consensus exists...a claim that convergent evidence exists honors science’s norms of critique and correction by inviting discussion of the extent of existing knowledge and the multiple ways in which it was developed” By @holdenthorp.bsky.social
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Convergence and consensus
In these days of political instability, geopolitical tensions, and social discontent around the world, there are continued threats to the principles, conduct, and findings of science. This assault on ...
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
From Nature Index, the top 10 academic institutions in the world ranked by number of papers published in 2023-24 in the most prestigious scientific journals (all fields of science). Harvard is first by a long way; the next 9 are all Universities in China.
Table showing the top Universities in the world ranked by papers in top journals in 2023-4. Harvard is first, the next 9 are all Chinese.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Chinese trolling us…
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
The image is a heatmap titled "Measles," showing measles cases across U.S. states from 1928 to 2003. States listed on the y-axis include Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The x-axis spans years from 1928 to 2003. A vertical line marks the introduction of the measles vaccine around 1963. The color scale at the bottom ranges from blue (0 cases) to red (4,000+ cases), with shades of green, yellow, and orange indicating intermediate values (1,000, 2,000, 3,000 cases). Before 1963, many states show frequent high case numbers (yellow to red), while after 1963, cases drop significantly, with mostly blue indicating near-zero cases.
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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283
University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences  School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Finally, there were various comments from viewers about how universities are just ivory ideas discussing abstract ideas and of no use to society. This was my defence of university & higher education
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Poets say things best. "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them."
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The Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
💡 Are you passionate about promoting and championing equity, diversity, and inclusion? Are you interested in doing so within your institutions? Find out how our new EDI Fund could support you! 📆 Deadline is 3 April 🔗 Apply here:
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Fund
Applications are now open for our new EDI Fund. We are committed to creating a community and culture in which equity, diversity and inclusion is embedded across all activities, and we want to support…
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Why is anyone decent still on X! If your Society or Journal or University is - just let them know it's not OK.
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
In 1938, the American sociologist RK Merton (at Columbia University) drew attention to political attacks on scientific institutions. He went on to ask “How should scientists respond”... www.the-matter-of-facts.com/post/the-imp...
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The Importance of Scientific Societies
In this time of trial, when Science is again under attack, we must re-examine its foundations, and where necessary, rebuild its institutions
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Andrea Baronchelli @baronca.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Indeed academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Russia demands to keep captured territory The new Private Eye is out now
A photo of the front cover of issue 1645 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "On shelves now." The headline reads "RUSSIA DEMANDS TO KEEP CAPTURED TERRITORY" in bold white text on a red background. The cover features a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at a desk, speaking on the phone with a smirk. A speech bubble adds dialogue, with Putin saying, "Including the White House."
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Dave Cadaqu @spek-music.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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When Evil Is At the Door, Cadaqu (c)2016
Stream When Evil Is At the Door, Cadaqu (c)2016 by The Cadaqu Band on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Been revisiting the ancestors for guidance, these last few months. This is the mindset in which I keep finding myself:
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British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Found an interesting conference abroad you’d love to attend but aren’t sure how to finance? Get up to £700 towards your travel costs with our international conference travel grant. Deadline: 1 March 2025 More information: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Basel, Switzerland
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"Scientific work which promises direct practical benefit to the Nazi party or the Third Reich is to be fostered above all and research funds are to be re-allocated in accordance with this policy...the scientific significance of any knowledge is of secondary importance" RK Merton (1933)
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline
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Pim Huis in 't Veld @huis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Here with subtitles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDV...
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Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the US
YouTube video by Gregory Mullins
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Fifty-five of the top 200 universities in the THE World University Rankings 2025 have a female v-c or president, representing 27 per cent and a milestone for the seventh consecutive year #AcademicSky #highered
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More than quarter of world’s top 200 universities led by women
Number of female university leaders reaches record high, with Switzerland seeing biggest growth
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British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What is JNE's main strength? "Society-owned journals allow scientists to be in control of publishing research that serves science and society." #LoveMyJNE @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social chatted with JNE Editor-in-Chief @mikelehman.bsky.social to find out more:
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Pubmed down for me but Europe PMC is fine
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 21/02/2025
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH
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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 13/02/2025
Thrilled to announce the creation of the @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science Integrity Fund to provide "funding for training programs, grants, or awards for science integrity advocates." Thanks to @science.org for covering this. Help us grow the fund with a tax-deductible donation.
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Renowned scientific integrity investigator endows fund to support fellow sleuths
Microbiologist Elisabeth Bik donates $200,000 to support training, travel
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Rediscovering Robert K. Merton. Here from a 1942 essay
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British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Found a neuroendo lab in the UK or abroad whose work you love? Apply for up to £5000 for travel and accommodation with our research visit grant. Deadline: 1 March 2025 More: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
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Journal of Neuroendocrinology @jne-editor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
What is JNE's main strength? "Society-owned journals allow scientists to be in control of publishing research that serves science and society." #YourJNE @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social chatted with JNE Editor-in-Chief @mikelehman.bsky.social to find out more:
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pnkalugin.bsky.social @pnkalugin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I’m thrilled to share our preprint presenting MORSE: a new way to simultaneously & quantitatively track patterns of neuromodulators/neuropeptides in vitro & in vivo using spatially multiplexed 3D imaging of 10+ green optical sensors on a microendoscope biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634931v1
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Don't you just hate IKEA? Clear plans, given everything you need, everything fits, and in the end it all works. God I miss science sometimes.
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Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 @45xiatai.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #MetaScience www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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Opinion | The Long Shadow of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research (Gift Article)
Fraud in research needs to end.
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
For my application to extend my residence in France (and prove that I am still living with my French wife) I had to provide a HANDWRITTEN letter. This is more than I have written by hand in 20 years, but I found a fountain pen and covered myself with ink. which made me strangely happy.
Extract of my (poor) handwriting
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Looks like Trump might be giving China a helping hand on its way to science dominance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Half of the top 20 science cities are now in China — and regional city growth is the key
The country’s research progress means its cities might lead in all Nature Index subjects within a decade.
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Bjørn Sætrevik @satrevik.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2025
This is such a great journal cover (and journal)! journal.trialanderror.org. Cover by Lieve Visser. #JournalOfTrialAndError #AcademicPublishing
A screenshot of the cover of the latest volume of the Journal of Trial and Error, showing multiple overlined misspellings of the name.
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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/01/toma... This is my first post on Bluesky after leaving the cesspit - using it to express my respect to Dorothy Bishop for her integrity and boldness - and for making me laugh out loud with this blogpost
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