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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Lovely piece of research debunking a wee bit of nonsense - but with an important message for anyone who might trust ChatGTP or any other AI to retrieve truth from trawling the web!

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Fantastic job by Hedi Young for the Champalimaud Foundation - thanks!!

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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

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I think this is right from my (historical)experience on Wikipedia. There is an assumption that secondary sources are sound; in fact they are very variable in quality (increasingly so in recent times), and few are systematic (and many that claim to be are not). Scholarly reviews are rare.

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I think you have this analysis right. It's what happens when you listen to people who don't understand what Universities are for, who don't understand what builds a reputation and how important that is, and who haven't thought about what students and the country needs from its Universities.

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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 · 04/05/2025

Easy to forget how far we have come over the last 50 years. In 1972 the last pit pony that worked underground in the coal mines of South Wales was brought above ground and retired. Our world has become more enlightened in so many ways - but we have to defend those gains.

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I so miss Terry Pratchett. Would have loved to read his Discworld take on the Trump universe.

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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 · 22/04/2025

Fully agree. There are problems with peer review - but mainly because too often it's not rigorous enough.

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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

You might find this helpful, from the UK Research Integrity Office ukrio.org/wp-content/u...

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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

You've done a good job in my view. I added a comment in the Talk section suggesting that Fraud doesn't really belong there (not in my User name - I left WP many years ago tho my user page is probably still there and easy to find (Gleng). The feedback you got exemplifies whats wrong with WP.

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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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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 · 27/03/2025

This is just unbelievable. Thanks for having principles, Tracy.

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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

And then, next day, having to read the 6 papers again to find something you remember (wrongly) having read in one or other of them

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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Indeed; not a good look. Truly shocking.

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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Thanks. I've ordered it directly.

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

So much depends on what China does. China is already the source of most high impact papers in many key areas. I can't see it standing by indefinitely letting the big Western publishers milk them. If China enters science publishing in a clever way it could reshape publishing - maybe for the better

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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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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

China is already by far the biggest producer of scientific papers (in Web of Science) and India is rising fast. Sooner or later these will enter journal publishing in a big way, and China may start publishing more in Chinese language journals. The decline in US output will accelerate these trends.

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

There's a lot of good Canadian whiskey out there to go with that. Maybe better if you skip the Coke though.

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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 · 11/03/2025

Read it here at a price! Surely opinions are free, aren't they?

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Gareth Leng @g-leng.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Lengths sound about right for human brain. Missing other modes that don't involve direct connectivity: autocrine/paracrine factors ; gases like nitric oxide; neurosteroids; prostaglandins; neuropeptides;- and dendro-dendritic communication both via synapses and the above.

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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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