Hot Plasmids: September 2026

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

Statistical power made manipulable: watch the null and alternative sampling distributions separate as the sample size grows, estimate power by Monte Carlo simulation and check it against the exact ans...

YouTube video by University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau

The seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the har...

Four ways to run an open-source project—castle, clique, university, commune—and which one you're really running.

Alt: Roomba cat

Preprints now disseminate a large share of biomedical research before peer review. Because they have not yet passed peer review, some scientists regard preprint claims as unverified or potentially unr...

On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

Alt: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. AND I”M ALL OUT OF ASS!!1

A new book shows how to turn a crisis into the change you've been waiting for

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

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A collection of high-quality human genomes. Contribute to lh3/human-asm development by creating an account on GitHub.

Dr. Letai will serve as NCI’s 18th director.

Alt: The enchanter