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The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements science.anu.edu.au/news-events/ne…

Even a PhD isn’t enough to erase the effects of class ift.tt/wPORuGV

There is a lot happening in the news these days, but it seems like we should be paying a bit more attention to the fact that the world just saw its hottest day on record (in absolute terms), coming on the back of 13 straight record setting months:

UK expensive visas - latest evidence: - Cancer Research UK is expecting to spend £700k on visa costs each year - the equivalent cost of 17 new CRUK PhD students - Cambridge cancer institute being outcompeted for specialists by institutes in Germany, due to costs

"Deliberate efforts within the auto industry shifted the blame for traffic deaths to children and their parents"

"Despite being our greatest assets for life-changing discoveries and economic growth, universities have been perilously neglected." Beth Thompson in The Times and The Sunday Times letters page today

This is a major issue in the UK we need a focus on research in the NHS rather than it being a "nice extra". Not only could it improve outcomes for patients but it also will result in cost savings if we can attract commercial studies

Tuesday's GUARDIAN: 'Silent killer' heatwaves in Europe claim 50,000 lives #TomorrowsPapersToday

Bluesky has got good. Aiming to spend more time there than here now. bsky.app/profile/aidanw…