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Scientists globally are racing to save vital health databases taken down amid Trump chaos The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.

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@ebi.embl.org:

Many scientists are worried that vital biomedical data housed in U.S. government databases is at risk.

Which aspects of NCBI are mirrored on EMBL-EBI?
Do you plan to back up more U.S. data?

@altcdc.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

International Society for Research on Psychedelics The International Society of Research on Psychedelics (ISRP) is pleased to announce our upcoming online conference on March 7th, 2025, bridging the gap between our biannual in-person gatherings.

Today is the last day for early bird discounts for registration for the ISRP 2025 virtual conference! Register today at isrpsych.org. A limited number of ‘travel grants’ are available. More information on how to apply is on our web site.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Cool new preprint from the Kwan labs:

Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties - Communications Biology Rapid temporal modulation added to music affects attentional performance and brain activity; parametric manipulation of this added modulation reveals rates that differentially affect individuals with ...

Music helps attentional focus. I hope so. I'm not going to stop listening to music when I work.
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience

Thank you @thenapministry.bsky.social and @therealangelina.bsky.social for reminding us to reclaim time for healing and self-care. #RestIsResistance

Same girl, same. It's time to let the bridges we burn light the way. #neuroskyence

I'm here for all the neuroscience echo chambers I can get! #neuroskyence

Linocut print meant to resemble a microscopy image of dendritic spines, where the spines are all various mushrooms.

In honor of this place livening up I'm going to do something scary and share some of my more recent #neuroskyence themed lino prints! This is a personal fave based off of a pun of mushroom dendritic spines I've had in my head for ages

Video Of Māori Lawmakers Performing Haka To Protest Anti-Indigenous Bill Has Internet Cheering Incredibly powerful 🔥

Lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped up a copy of an anti-indigenous bill in New Zealand's Parliament before starting a haka, and was soon joined by other indigenous lawmakers and protesters.