iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This one has been a long time coming! I'm happy to share that another chapter of my PhD has been published! In this one, I'm shaking up the taxonomy of North American metoposaurids. This work was largely done in museum collections, and more on that below. peerj.com/articles/217...

A figure with maps showing the distribution of metoposaurid occurrences in Upper Triassic outcrops of western and eastern North America (centered on the USA). The approximate chronostratigraphic ranges of the now five recognized species are plotted, and line drawings of all of the potentially or definitively diagnostic holotypes of North American metoposaurids are included.

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our update to the BES Data Management Guide is now live! assets.britishecologicalsociety.org/2026/09/2110... Huge thanks to the incredibly talented ECRs who contributed sections. It's an excellent resource that I've already used with my PhD students. ❤️

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

SI is truly the bane of research data librarians' jobs, and then many journals also lazy on their sharing policies and let people put all the data/code, not just appendices, supp figs, etc., in SI + the large publishers who automatically funnel the SI to figshare without telling authors 🙃

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

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White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants

The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/06/2026

NEW from me in @pnas.org on the risks of data sharing with qualitative research: "Today, confidentiality risks are amplified by social media, surveillance, and AI tools, which make ample data about people publicly available, thus making deidentification less effective" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "With qualitative research, the risks of data sharing can outweigh the rewards." June 5, 2026.

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📣 The difference between replicable and not replicable is not itself scientifically replicable. 📣 New work with Erkan Buzbas, showing that verdicts such as "X% of results replicated" are based on an inferential machinery that doesn't work. arxiv.org/abs/2604.26268

Screenshot of a paper's title page. Title: "The Difference Between 'Replicable' and 'Not replicable' is not Itself Scientifically Replicable". Authors: Berna Devezer and Erkan O. Buzbas, both at the University of Idaho — Devezer in the Department of Business and the Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation, Buzbas in the Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science. Authors contributed equally. Corresponding author: bdevezer@uidaho.edu.
Abstract: Replication studies estimate the replicability rate of scientific results by aggregating binary verdicts of experiments. Exact replications are rarely attainable, so most replication sequences are non-exact. Experiments differ in ways that matter and do not share a single common data-generating process. We formalize two statistical interpretations of this non-exactness. In a shared latent rate model (benchmark), experiments are exchangeable and depend on a common random replicability rate. In a conditionally independent rates model (operational), each experiment has its own replicability rate drawn independently from a population distribution. Under the shared latent rate model, even small variability among replicability rates induces an irreducible variance floor on the estimated mean replicability rate that cannot be eliminated by adding more replications. Under the conditionally independent rates model, the degree of non-exactness is not identifiable from standard replication data, because one binary verdict per experiment contains no information about between-experiment heterogeneity. Researchers therefore cannot tell which precision regime they are operating in or whether high- and low-replicability sequences can be distinguished in principle. As a result, the usual data structure of one binary verdict per experiment cannot support reliable demarcation between "replicable" and "not replicable" results and systematically understates uncertainty, making high- and low-replicability sequences appear discrim…

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Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Today, we are sharing our newest report, "Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data", which extends the open data practices originally designed for climate data in our 2023 report "Recommended Best Practices for the Better Sharing of Climate Data" to other disciplines. buff.ly/mkmMe2S

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Licensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data - Creative Commons

Creative Commons publishes the report Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data, a guide for researchers and data producers.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social

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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Lots to unpack in the FY27 budget proposal but an interesting one under DOE (p. 17): "The Budget prohibits the use of Federal funds for expensive subscriptions to academic journals and prohibitively high publishing costs unless required by Federal statute or approved in advance by a Federal agency."

Government-Wide Prohibition on Publishing and Subscription Fees. The Budget ends the diversion
of research dollars to high priced publishers across the Government. The Budget prohibits the use of
Federal funds for expensive subscriptions to academic journals and prohibitively high publishing costs
unless required by Federal statute or approved in advance by a Federal agency. Research funded by
taxpayers should be publicly accessible; yet many publications charge the Government to both publish
and to access the same research study. There are numerous low-cost outlets to make federally-funded
research publicly available

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

👋 Back for #FossilFriday with more data on where/what new species get published! Updated data and scripts: github.com/bryanmgee/ne... Nature/Science: ⬆️in coverage through 1995 PNAS: 🆕, new species through 2000 Current Bio: 🆕, new species through 2006 Palaeontology: 🆕, new species through 2010 🧵👇

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Last week, amidst the hoopla over a new Speen, @fishfetisher.bsky.social suggested a review of naming papers in fancy journals in response to a post by @daveyfwright.bsky.social - I got bored after work and now I have (some) data! 🧵👇 #FossilFriday #CharismaticTaxaAreOverrated

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a close up of a dinosaur 's head with green eyes

Alt: a close up of a Spinosaurus head with green eyes from Jurassic Park

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Very sad to hear about the passing of Hans Sues. I was always impressed with Hans' breadth across Tetrapoda and his enthusiasm, but he was just a really nice guy above anything else. He was very patient and kind to me as a nervous grad student when handling my first MS, which I have never forgotten.

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Looks like it's that time of the year to pull this out again (with updated speen art) #FossilFriday #TemnospondylsDidItBetter

"Show me the best"/"Perfection" meme with Michael Fassbender showing three sail-backed tetrapods, the new Spinosaurus mirabilis (art by Dani Navarro), Dimetrodon (art by Danielle Dufault), and Platyhystrix (art by u/SaurArch on Pinterest), from top to bottom. Corresponding text is "show me the best sail-backed tetrapod" (Spinosaurus), "I said the best sail-backed tetrapod" (Dimetrodon), and "perfection" (Platyhystrix)

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Guess we're about to find out how many people checked the author list before fanboying over an overrated dinosaur

Screenshot of the author list from Sereno et al. in Science, describing a new species of Spinosaurus. The list of more than two dozen authors includes Nathan Myhrvold, who has been found to have been well-connected to Jeffrey Epstein

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

What stood out to me is that SVP calls its Ethics Committee "independent." That committee is chaired by the VP of SVP (vertpaleo.org/protocols-fo...), who I don't know personally & have only heard good things about, but who also has a B.S. from Montana St. and who was an undergrad in Horner's lab

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11/02/2026

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons." The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

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FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights

The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I have nothing of substance to add re: the condemnation of paleo associations with Epstein, but as the initiator of one of the more recent high-profile SVP ethics cases who spent months going through their process, I have some thoughts re: SVP's handling of ethics cases/reports. A thread 🧵:

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet). But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings. The lesson: let the world see.

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo via Reuters)

Elderly man wearing only shorts with a blanket over his shoulders is flanked by ICE officers on either side as he descends the front stairs of him home in the snow.

“A man, whose family requested a Hmong interpreter, is detained after ICE agents and other law enforcement officers conducted an immigration raid at his home, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., January 18, 2026.REUTERS/Leah Millis”

via @idreesali114.bsky.social on X

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The yearly round-up of #temnospondyl research from the past year for the first #FossilFriday post of the year: once again, a lot of stuff on European taxa but also a great mix of researchers involved in all sorts of interesting work! 🧵👇 (1/25ish?) #temnospondyls #fossils #histology #anatomy

Photographs and interpretive line drawings of various skulls of Plagiosternum granulosum from the Late Triassic of Germany. The skull is much wider than long, as is typical for plagiosaurids, and broadly parabolic. The orbits are greatly enlarged, taking up more than half the length of the skull, with a very narrow interorbital region; similarly large interpterygoid vacuities occur on the palate. Figure from Schoch et al. (2025).

Photograph and illustration of a specimen of the stereospondylomorph Glanochthon lellbachae from the early Permian of Germany. The skeleton is nearly complete and articulated, though it is flattened dorsoventrally such that elements normally found ventral to others like the jaws and pectoral girdle are splayed to the side. The impression of the tail is fully preserved, giving a clear indication of the full length of the tail relative to the torso. Figure from Werneburg (2025)

Photograph and illustration of the skull of the new neotype of the early Permian dissorophid Aspidosaurus chiton, from Texas, in dorsal view. The skull is an orange-brown color, longer than wide, and largely undistorted. Figure from Gee et al. (2025).

Comparison of the four predominant tissue types found in the pectoral girdle samples of the Late Triassic metoposaurid Metoposaurus krasiejowensis from Poland, imaged under circular cross-polarized light: (a) interwoven structural fibered matrix; (b) coarse PFB; (c) fine PFB; (d) LB fibered matrix. Figure from Kalita et al. (2025).

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 29/11/2025

Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot. Useful to Journalists, Useful to Students, Useful to more than 2 million people a day. Collections growing at 150TBytes/day @internetarchive archive.org/donate www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...

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Tamás Kriváchy @krivachytamas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

5️⃣/🔟 In Scientific Reports, 5 of the top 10 most cited articles have an article number of 1. 5️⃣/🔟 In Nature Communications the same: 5 of the top 10 are article 1s. Coincidence? 👇 scirate.com/arxiv/2511.0... I think not.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

One of the largest temmnospondyls ever to exist: the gigantic Koolasuchus was also the last non-lissamphibian temnospondyl to exist. It survived into the Early Cretaceous of Australia when all other stereospondyls were long gone #temnospondyls #paleoart

Illustration of Koolasuchus next to the silhouette of a ca. 1.8 m tall human

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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

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The official home of the Python Programming Language

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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?! Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴‍☠️ [Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ] (1/n)

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Diogo Veríssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🚨 New paper in PLOS Biology! 📉 Women publish up to 45% fewer papers than men 📉 Non-native English speakers: –35% 📉 Triple barrier (woman + non-native English + low-income): –70% 🌍 Language & equity matter in science! 👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #EquityInScience #LanguageMatters #OpenScience

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

📣 Hot off the press at #ProcB! 🔍 Our study checked data/code-sharing policies in 275 eco/evo journals and compliance in Proc B (n=2,340) & Ecology Letters (n=571). Policies exist, but clarity and strictness vary, affecting reproducibility. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

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A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

While full solicitation isn’t up, looks like we have 2025 proposal deadlines for the GRFP: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Excited to share the first paper from my PhD! We looked at what traits help Aneides salamanders excel at climbing using museum specimens, CT scans, SEM, and more! No claws or toe pads, so how do they do it? In short, with long limbs, big feet and grippy toes! 🦎🧪 DM for PDF doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Phylogeny of Aneides and Plethodon with animal photos

Phylomorphospace showing body shape variation

Morphospace of toe bones and box lots showing estimated gripping force

Representative SEM images of salamander feet

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

New: Both NIH and NSF have put out their gold-standard science plans. NIH: www.nih.gov/sites/defaul... NSF: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF-GS... Our story from May:

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Trump’s call for ‘gold-standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why

Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...

Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on the House floor, with a blanket, pillows and a book

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 08/08/2025

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities. It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree. Likely to enter force within days.

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 08/08/2025

Happy International Cat Day 🐈‍⬛ Once described as the "unofficial mascot of the Internet", cats have a longstanding relationship with humans. Today, images and videos of cats make up some of the most viewed content online. Pounce over for more feline content ➡️ w.wiki/9eT3

Article of the Week: Cats and the Internet. Research suggests that viewing online content about cats is linked to positive emotions, stress relief, and reduced feelings of guilt when procrastinating. Image depicts a white cat next to a laptop showing an older version of the Wikipedia article about dwarf planets.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 07/08/2025

Snapshot of US beliefs about science and flat-earthy stuff. [1000+ people surveyed, +/- 3%] carsey.unh.edu/publication/...

A graph showing agreement with various statements about science as well as conspiracy theories

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Bryan Gee @koskinonodon.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

For #TemnospondylTuesday, I finally got the next version of the TEMNOS database out! Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Preprint: osf.io/preprints/os... v1.1.0 mainly boosts the sample size of all constituent datasets after fully sampling all #temnospondyl clades (previously omitted fossil-rich clades)

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TEMNOS (Temnospondyl Evolution, Morphology, Nomenclature, and Other Stuff) v1.1.0

This is the second release of the TEMNOS database, which contains three metadata files, four data files, an overarching README, a README for each data file, and a contributing document. Refer to the l...

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2025

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-internation…

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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Update: A Trump administration effort to block all funding that flows to outside health researchers was scrapped Tuesday evening after senior White House officials intervened www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding

The administration halted and then restarted billions in new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health.

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