Some things are beyond words (and pictures, and video)

Sometimes you just have to be there

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I'm on vacation for the eclipse. So instead of the usual Monday post, I have a request: tell me what you want!

Academics in Germany and Austria are stuck in job limbo

Also: Montana's "right to try" law for experimental cures, UK science gets reshuffled, a university sues Anthropic over patents, and more from last week

It is not science journalism's job to improve trust in science

Also: The "Science: A New Golden Age" report, layoffs at National Geographic, and studies on the consequences of AI adoption in research

Is peer review at Science sexist?

Also: Attention as a class issue, an anti-AI editorial containing AI links, and a Thiel-backed journalist-rating startup

"The bullets we've dodged have hit someone else" — UK science cuts largely spare physics and astro, hit projects and labs

Also: AI conflict of interest disclosures in philosophy, PhD admission down 15% at US universities, an AI "humanizer" tool for science, and more from last week

In the last 2 weeks, 4 science magazines shut down, sold, or lost funding

Also: Avi Loeb to head White House UFO committee, overworked ERC peer reviewers, Anthropic's push for AI in science, and more from last week

Is the NSF slashing research to fund a tech initiative?

Also: SciAm sold, two Max Planck papers retracted, a big study links AI to skill atrophy in schoolkids, and more from last week

What determines how science is done — and how it matters?

The newsletter is back with a new focus on the systems, instincts, and incentives that shape what's discovered, what's believed, and what happens when science hits the real world

Pluto is MAGA's favorite "planet" for a reason

Jared Isaacman's Pluto push is a master class in science populism

I want to do more than write science entertainment

Let's talk about science, science communication, and how knowledge matters

Who gets the job? Here's how computers could help catch unfair rankings

I am weirdly hopeful that it could be easier to notice biased AI than biased humans?