Barreling toward dystopia rn

NERC just sent an email out recognising that the cost of living increase means its PhD stipend isn't sufficient to live on. Their solution isn't to increase it, it's to suggest students start selling Avon and sign up to clinical trials... ARIES Doctoral Training UK Research and Innovation Natural Environment Research Council

Are you a researcher who works with fetal tissue, human embryonic stem cells, or other scientific resources whose availability might be affected by Dobbs? I want to hear from you for a story I'm working on for The Scientist (you won't need to be named in the piece)

I wrote about energy consumed when we chew for @TheScientitLLC and it is indeed a lot!!

❗️Another week, another PhD student has come to my office in tears as they can’t afford to live in London on £18k. And this is before the price cap increase. UK Research and Innovation this time - can I ask what you are doing to support the next-generation so there is a next-generation?! Pls RT

I hope everyone in higher ed is watching what's unfolding today at Emporia State University. They just suspended tenure and fired five professors from the English department.

Like other people who have reported about long COVID, I went down a winding road. It’s hard to sum up what we know, and yet there seem to be few answers for long haulers the-scientist.com/news-opinion/l…

Covid knocked me out completely and now I’ve been sick for ten days. Absolutely ruined my holiday plans. I got my bivalent booster as soon as I could. :(

Researchers found the snake clitoris (they actually have two!) I wrote about the finding and why it matters, for The Scientist the-scientist.com/news-opinion/s…

Some personal news

My first for News from Science is about the brains of polyglots- people who can speak five or (many) more languages. Featuring research from the Ev (like in 'evidence', not Eve) Fedorenko 🇺🇦 lab. Thank you Saima Malik-Moraleda and everyone else who talked to me about this piece science.org/content/articl…

Oklahoma School for the Deaf is offering virtual ASL classes (1 and 2) for FREE that you can do at your own pace. courses.osd.k12.ok.us

It was bittersweet to work with @DanRobitzski for his final edited piece The Scientist Dan is a wonderful editor and I know he’ll do amazing things!

Academics, institutions and funders need to work together on improving mentorship for all researchers. With my colleague Natalie Niemi we discuss our recent survey findings on academic mentorship experiences. Many thanks to Natalia Mesa Science Magazine science.org/content/articl…

UPDATE: thanks to everyone who has shown support for the @HCNUnion this week! Even though a majority of eligible employees expressed support for the union, High Country News leadership has chosen to force an election. This is disappointing & a waste of HCN’s limited resources.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed during difficult times, but HCN’s March issue finds good reason to hope. Digital issue now live. ow.ly/5cfr50QJU9y

Check out our latest issue, blooming with stories from Josephine Woolington Miles W. Griffis Natalia Mesa Emily Withnall Caroline Pre-order Salt Lakes Tracey Sarah Trent Kenji C. Liu Geri Doran @RakshaVasudevan The Land Desk and this incredible cover by Alex Boersma. hcn.org/issues/56-3/

My first for The Transmitter looking at how the NIH funding chaos has impacted neuroscience funding.