Amazing to see the discourse swing so far to the right.

I was on RNZ this morning talking about #phages and antibiotics! rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

The FieldQuestions blog returns! Read about BONUS EVENTUS AND THE CHILDLESS CAT LADIES with #GMO and #PESTICIDES AND #INDUSTRY_ATTACKS_ON_SCIENTISTS tinyurl.com/mtt97ye9

This is eugenics. As President of the American Genetics Association and a human, I reject this. We are better than this. cnn.com/2024/10/07/pol…

The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin. wpr.org/news/wisconsin…

1 year, 381 attacks, 51 countries and territories. #Free2Think2024 shows how widespread and pervasive threats to #academicfreedom and scholars’ lives are. See how attacks on #highered impacted your country: scholarsatrisk.org/resources/free…

"liberal and authoritarian governments are increasingly taking pages from each other’s playbooks to damage democratic institutions, including the higher education sector" scholarsatrisk.org/resources/free… new from Scholars At Risk

GWAS for Nobel prize laureates.

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

Universities are as essential to a free society as a free press or independent judiciary. #Free2Think2024 shows how threatening universities means weakening democracy in the process: ow.ly/vMTn50TI1o3

Undermining universities in liberal democracies “emboldens” authoritarian regimes in their own attacks on higher education—Juliette Rowsell & Times Higher Education on #Free2Think2024. timeshighereducation.com/news/universit…

Stop the exponential increase in plastic waste. More than 180 nations are negotiating a UN treaty to regulate plastic and cut pollution. “There is a need for action to avoid additional permanent damage to the planet and the human body" theguardian.com/environment/ar…

In a study of 10,000 people, no matter what level of severity, the risk of heart attack and stroke increased in the three years following an initial C0VID infection.

Using IQ to measure not only intelligence but also human worth helped prop up 20th c. eugenic sterilization of those deemed “unfit.” Trump calling his opponents “mentally disabled” and “low IQ” reflects ableism continuing beyond eugenics’ heyday. theconversation.com/yes-calling-so…

Conservative groups want universities to have “a policy of institutional neutrality on social and political issues that do not concern core academic matters or institutional operations.” Silencing the university is their form of academic freedom. insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…

Academic Feedom Aotearoa directly addressed this push in its blog series. Conservative groups don't want the university to challenge them. teu.ac.nz/campaigns/acad… x.com/Jack_Heinemann…

The United States Department of Energy says it is closing in on mass producing warhead-ready plutonium pits—the explosive core of nuclear weapons. A federal court ruling suggests otherwise. thebulletin.org/2024/10/the-en…

The nose must look after itself before it cares for the face. x.com/mangonui08/sta…

Help us get the word out! And hope to see you in Detroit in March! 👇

Embryo screening for IQ "normalises this idea of ‘superior’ and ‘inferior’ genetics” said CGS' Katie Hasson. The rollout of such technologies “reinforces the belief that inequality comes from biology rather than social causes." theguardian.com/science/2024/o…