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Maintenance loans in England cover just half of students’ costs - Research Professional News Shortfall could mean fewer professors from disadvantaged backgrounds in long term, says Hepi director

Maintenance loans in England cover just half of students’ costs.

Shortfall could mean fewer professors from disadvantaged backgrounds in long term, says Hepi director

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised

🌍 Chemical pollution is now a global threat on par with climate change.

Toxic chemicals & plastics—from PFAS to PVC—are harming our health & destabilizing the planet.

That’s why our work has never been more urgent. We’re fighting for stronger laws, safer products & a healthier future.

Ping, You've Got Whale - bioGraphic A new artificial intelligence-powered detection system is giving ship captains real-time alerts when a whale is in their path.

Ping, You've Got Whale - bioGraphic 🦑🌎🧪

DNA from the deep reveals a hidden ocean “superhighway” Deep beneath the ocean's surface, a groundbreaking DNA study reveals that the deep sea is far more globally connected than once thought. By analyzing thousands of brittle stars preserved in museum col...

DNA from deep reveals a hidden ocean “superhighway”
Ancient creatures have migrated across planet's seafloor for millions of years, forming a vast evolutionary network from Iceland to Tasmania
This fragile life will be obliterated by Deep Sea mining
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Immigration crackdown threatens NHS workforce, data show The NHS and social care have been able to fill many vacancies in recent years by relying on immigration—with more than two thirds of doctors, and almost half of nurses, joining their registers having ...

'The NHS and social care have been able to fill many vacancies in recent years by relying on immigration - with more than two thirds of doctors, and almost half of nurses, joining their registers having trained outside the UK.' @markgdayan.bsky.social et al., @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Plastic pollution is still a problem. A UN meeting in Geneva is hoping to change that | CBC News Countries are gathering in Geneva from Aug. 5 to 14, with the hopes of passing a legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution.

Plastic pollution is still a problem. A UN meeting in Geneva is hoping to change that

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

#PlasticPollution
#PlasticsTreaty
#INC5.2

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

This is too much. Too much.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

great observations. i've been struggling with Zimmer's article, esp after reading the PNAS paper. i'm also concerned that bad actors are going to run with some of these conclusions as a "see, much research is not reproducible and it's all fraudulent! what a terrible investment".

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.

“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

"Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone— not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse"

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

'Plastic pollution is a grave and growing danger to human and planetary health.'
@aaas.org
@eurekalert.bsky.social
@tessforum.bsky.social
@thelancet.com
'Plastics harm human health at every stage of the plastic life cycle, and at every stage of human life.'

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Deregulatory proposals to UK chemical safety laws will remove vital consumer and environmental safeguards Earlier this month, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) launched a public consultation on a package of deregulatory policy changes to chemicals regulation. If enacted, these changes will weaken vital…

New deregulatory proposals to UK chemical regulations would:
🧪 Weaken vital chemical safety laws
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Increase divergence between UK and EU chemical regulation

A consultation on the proposed changes is open till 18th August, read more in our latest blog ➡️

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...

We can't rely on nature to fix climate change because ecosystems will collapse as heating worsens

The only way out is to eliminate fossil fuels at double speed

... and protect and restore nature for a gazillion other reasons

Graphic text image that says: New application deadline. Strategic Fund, for grants of £1-3 million, apply online by 16 March 2026. Visit our website for more information: nuffieldfoundation.org.

We need bold and ambitious ideas💡 Can you help?

Our Strategic Fund has reopened – we’re looking for original, transformative research & innovation to reshape policy and/or practice.

Projects must anticipate and address the risks/opportunities posed by one or more of our five priority questions 🧵

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Voices: I started my career in Dinosaur National Monument. Now I fear for its future. “It is a bitter thing to see something so worthwhile and uplifting sabotaged and defunded by its own government,” writes Tom Elder, a retired science teacher and one-time park ranger, in an op-ed.

Dinosaur National Monument is just one of America's iconic national monuments threatened by Sec. Burgum's energy order.
One local advocate shares what could be lost if oil and gas development takes precedence over parks and people. bit.ly/46uxuzu

I went out to challenge the law used to ban Palestine Action. Would I be arrested too? | George Monbiot Around the country, peaceful protesters see their actions as the legitimate exercise of free speech. The police often disagree – and that’s a problem for our democracy, says Guardian columnist George ...

“When people who oppose all forms of violence, who are trying to stop war and terrorism, are arrested on terrorism charges, nothing makes sense any more”

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why funding "silly" science research leads to billion-dollar breakthroughs From studying desert lizards to breakthrough weight loss drugs, discover how seemingly 'silly' scientific research leads to world-changing innovations

Boing Boing wrote about my American Scientist essay on the importance of federal funding of basic research.

boingboing.net/2025/07/29/w...

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

🚢🛢️ 90,000 #OilSlicks - only 0.5% reported. PML's Dr. Elizabeth C. Atwood has made headlines today in concerning new analysis that reveals the massive scale of unreported #OilPollution at sea - and the lack of enforcement that allows it to continue: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding

"It marks a notable shift in the administration’s position from one that had downplayed the threat of global warming to one that essentially flatly denies the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...

United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -

Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.

EPA rejects key finding underpinning US climate rules Energy secretary cites new DOE report on climate change by known climate denialists to justify repeal

Yesterday at a semi-truck warehouse in the middle of nowhere Indiana, Lee Zeldin annouced that the EPA is trying to recind the regulatory basis to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. I was there. Here's my story for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/regul...

BBC uncovers lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka Scientists warn the damage to the environment after the 2021 X-Press Pearl disaster could be much more enduring.

Oil, acid, epoxy resin, heavy metals, plastics spewed from the burning wreck into the ocean, searing through local wildlife populations. Fish is a staple food + livelihood in this part of Sri Lanka: overnight, many families lost their livelihood + main source of food:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gaza War coverage: new report reveals systematic bias against Palestinians The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts

"The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts"

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

newatlas.com/infectious-d...