The US National Science Foundation could lose more than half its budget go.nature.com/3ZPSrk8

The senators across the board at this hearing are destroying the proposed NIH budget! The only person who doesn’t seem to be fighting for the future of the NIH…is its own Director 😑

China is on course to overtake the United States as the world’s largest contributor to research go.nature.com/3HLpoIh

“Silence is not without cost.” As political forces try to control what science can study, fund, or say - those who can speak out, must. Scientific freedom isn’t guaranteed. The future of research will depend on leaders and institutions willing to defend it.

Advocates from across the country answered the call to join the #FlagsForHeadache initiative to make migraine and headache disorders impossible to ignore. 💜 #MHAM #MigraineAwareness

The scale of funding cuts in the United States means that countless scientists will lose their jobs. It would be naive not to start thinking about alternative career paths go.nature.com/4kibeMv

NEW: The NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take roles on panels that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and to expect placements by political appointees. nature.com/articles/d4158…

We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki. His generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬 Learn more: mbl.edu/news/mbl-annou…

Grateful to Meg Tirrell and CNN for covering this story. My NIH grant to study hearing loss was abruptly canceled, then restored by a court, but NIH hopes to terminate the grant AGAIN(statnews.com/2025/07/06/hhs…), creating massive uncertainty for my trainees. We're in a golden age

Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced that the US federal government is terminating US$500 million worth of grants for mRNA vaccine research. We must never, ever, forget that millions are alive today, or in better health, because of this life-saving technology. go.nature.com/3HDCS9n

A napping dog might twitch her feet, flick her ears, and thump her tail. But cephalopods are even more active. While sleeping, their skin blooms with colors.  Horst Obenhaus, a 2025 Whitman Fellow, investigates. Read more: bit.ly/4fpV96o

“These cuts are a threat to health in America, potentially even global health.” On “The Intelligence” Natasha Loder 🦋🐝 explains the cost of RFK junior slashing funds for mRNA-vaccine research economist.com/podcasts/2025/…

Dr. Susan Monarez: “On the morning of August 25th, Secretary Kennedy demanded two things of me that were inconsistent with my oath of office and the ethics required of a public official. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the

Breaking: Jane Goodall, the English primatologist and anthropologist who was considered a foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at age 91. on.wsj.com/3Kw7Pxk

Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence. Maria Corina Machado – awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize – has spent years working

Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit.

More MAHA pseudoscience. Remember, antivaccine activists don’t care about you or your family. In my state of Texas this year, 2 otherwise healthy but unvaccinated school-aged children died from measles, 100 hospitalized. Parents were targeted by activists wellness influencers.

Given the issues facing neuroscience around government policy and funding, the naming of an outsider to SfN’s top position caught some neuroscientists by surprise. By Natalia Mesa thetransmitter.org/teaching/kevin… #SfN2025

A special edition of our Launch Newsletter, highlighting The Transmitter's State of Neuroscience 2025 report, features rising stars of neuroscience, 80 new labs, how funding cuts have affected the careers of young scientists, etc. bit.ly/49qsHAx #StateOfNeuroscience

Due to the shutdown, NIH cancelled >370 study sections, impacting >24,000 applications Rescheduled meetings will only discuss 30-35% of applications, have simplified summary statements (no narrative paragraph), and a new category - "competitive but ND" grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…