Polio is bad.

Salaries Americans say they consider the minimum to be "financially successful" axios.com/2024/11/22/boo… Kids today… 🤔

The #food system is one of the most meaningful places to address climate change. My new ep of Serving Up Science is all about the switch to induction cooking. youtu.be/JyTvHQnHq14

Redwoods

The best day of my dog’s life ❄️

“The 20-year move toward lower emissions will not stop just because of Mr. Trump’s bully pulpit,” Michael E. Webber, a professor of public affairs and engineering, writes. nyti.ms/40UKklZ

It’s not that the pieces on the board have shifted, but rather the game itself has fundamentally changed.

Scientific information does not flow into policy the way most scientists think. 20 years after her jarring first day as a fisheries-biologist-turned-Senate-staffer, Sheril Kirshenbaum, PhD shares what every scientist hoping to influence policy on the Hill needs to know: issues.org/information-fl…

Pretty accurate portrayal of information sources and flows on Capitol Hill by Sheril Kirshenbaum, PhD issues.org/information-fl…

3 takeaways from my research: 1 - Not 1 staffer said they’d turn to scientists first on #science related questions. 2 - Party leadership, lobbyists & friends have more influence than studies. 3 - Scientists sideline themselves if they only engage w Ds. sheril.substack.com/p/what-scienti…

"To make scientific voices more impactful in policymaking, scientists will need to get to know Congress." In a new Issues in Science and Technology article, Sheril Kirshenbaum, PhD discusses challenges to promoting science on the Hill and suggests ways to enhance #SciencePolicy engagement: ow.ly/OHNG50VU6zX

America didn’t become a superpower by playing it safe. We did it by funding the impossible & believing that today’s basic research would become tomorrow’s transformative technology. That choice made us the most innovative, prosperous nation in history. open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p/t…

Not sure who needs to hear this, but #science cuts don’t just affect researchers. They ripple out to the food we eat, the air we breathe, the safety of our water, and our health. This is personal for you. Me. All of us.

As I conclude my IAF fellowship, I’m deeply grateful to Senator Gary Peters & his brilliant, thoughtful team. I will miss working with them tremendously. Thanks also to Council on Foreign Relations for the chance to serve during such a pivotal moment in our nation’s history.

Jane Goodall, one of my greatest heroes, has passed away. How lucky we were to read her books and learn from her wisdom about our place on Earth. She was an inspiration to me and countless others. And her memory is a blessing.

How congressional dysfunction paved the road to political violence tinyurl.com/ymhmsuah