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ScienceCommunicator<p>Bridging Nature and Nurture: Study reveals brain's flexible foundation from birth</p><p>"The results revealed a surprising level of organization in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infant</span></a> brains'</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250317164050.htm?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/250317164050.htm?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroScience</span></a></p>
Michele Banks<p>I’m back to thinking about writing and reading vs. painting and seeing, this time with a lot more <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://artologica.substack.com/p/read-the-signs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">artologica.substack.com/p/read</span><span class="invisible">-the-signs</span></a></p>
Charité Berlin<p>🧠 Researchers from <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Charit%C3%A9Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharitéBerlin</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@MDC_Berlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MDC_Berlin</span></a></span> have detailed the precise mechanism through which the inflammatory messenger IL-12 contributes to Alzheimer’s disease. The study was published in Nature Aging.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/inflammatory_messenger_fuels_alzheimers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">charite.de/en/service/press_re</span><span class="invisible">ports/artikel/detail/inflammatory_messenger_fuels_alzheimers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Charit%C3%A9Paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharitéPaper</span></a></p>
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )<p>Is it possible that adults have lower <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/neuroplasticity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroplasticity</span></a> because of the taboos? Restriction on thought and what ideas can be explored teach kids to ask fewer questions resulting in their brains drying out by adulthood. Could that be the case?</p><p>Is that a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> ? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ageism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageism</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Rhythms of the Brain</p><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/book/11166" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">academic.oup.com/book/11166</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>&gt; Abstract. Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a>. This book provides support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the source of our cognitive abilities. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p><p>A basic understanding of neuroscience is the required prerequisite knowledge for this book</p>
Matteo Farinella<p>Today, for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BrainAwarenessWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainAwarenessWeek</span></a> I want to share this brainy map commissioned by The Brain Observatory for last Summer's Brain Explorer Camp.</p><p>If you pass by San Diego, make sure to check out this little hidden gem of a museum: www.thebrainobservatory.org 🧠</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a></p>
SecondUniverse<p>I ask periodically but haven't found an answer yet. My partner has dyslexia, and I definitely don't have that (I can easily help her spell any word she asks), but I when typing I transpose S/2/5, 1/L and of course 0/O. I also substitute words like suitcase/briefcase. I also reverse the order of letters. When reading, numbers in particular, the digits seem to shift around, and if a digit is repeated I struggle to count how many times it is repeated. Is there a name for this? <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dyslexia</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Once upon a time, you had no clue what a phone was, or how to use it. But now, you've learnt to use your phone, &amp; phones in general (a general intelligence). You don't have to learn it all again, every time you use a different phone.</p><p>This book, explains, using the research of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a>, how we do that. </p><p>A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> (Jeff Hawkins) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54503521-a-thousand-brains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodreads.com/book/show/545035</span><span class="invisible">21-a-thousand-brains</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Neurofrontiers<p>When I transitioned from cognitive to computational neuroscience, I found myself in a bit of a bind. I had learned calculus, but I had progressed little beyond pattern recognition: I knew which rules to apply to find solutions to which equations, but the equations themselves lacked any sort of real meaning for me. </p><p>So I struggled with understanding how formulas could be implemented in code and why the code I was reading could be described by those formulas. Resources explaining math “for neuroscientists” were unfortunately quite useless for me, because they usually presented the necessary equations for describing various neural systems, assuming the presence of that basic understanding/intuition I lacked. </p><p>Of course, I figured things out eventually (otherwise I wouldn’t be writing about it), but I’m 85% sure I’m not the only one who’s ever struggled with this, and so I wrote the tutorial I wish I could’ve had. If you’re in a similar position, I hope you’ll find it useful. And if not, maybe it helps you get a glimpse into the struggles of the non-math people in your life. Either way, it has cats.</p><p><a href="https://neurofrontiers.blog/building-a-virtual-neuron-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neurofrontiers.blog/building-a</span><span class="invisible">-virtual-neuron-1/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ComputationalNeuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputationalNeuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tutorial</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a></p>
Matteo Farinella<p>Since it's <a href="https://spore.social/tags/brainawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brainawareness</span></a> week, I want to take a break from the ongoing dystopia to celebrate my favorite organ and repost some of my favorite <a href="https://spore.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a>!</p><p>Let's start with this <a href="https://spore.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> brain city I just made for an upcoming Italian graphic novel 🧠 🏙</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/cervello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cervello</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/graphicmedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicmedicine</span></a></p>
Michele Banks<p>Yaaaaaas new rainbow brain in watercolor <br>🌈🧠🎨 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://artologica.etsy.com/listing/1886196239" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">artologica.etsy.com/listing/18</span><span class="invisible">86196239</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Why nothing matters</p><p>It took centuries for people to embrace the zero. Now it’s helping neuroscientists understand how the brain perceives absences</p><p>By Benjy Barnett. Edited by Richard Fisher.</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/why-zero-could-unlock-how-the-brain-perceives-absence?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=a9f3c1c639-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_10&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-d88b59c7bc-72664972" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/why-zero-could-</span><span class="invisible">unlock-how-the-brain-perceives-absence?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=a9f3c1c639-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_10&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-d88b59c7bc-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>50 years ago, Tim Bliss and Terje Lømo worked in the Oslo lab of the late neuroscientist Per Andersen, where they made a momentous discovery: the fact that when a neuron signals to another neuron frequently enough, the second one will later respond more strongly to new signals for hours afterwards. The phenomenon is called long-term potentiation (LTP) and it’s fundamental to how we learn and remember. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KnowableMag</span></a></span> talked to Bliss and Lømo about their discovery, and to other neuroscientists about how they’re applying knowledge about LTP to their research about memory disorders, chronic pain and more. </p><p><a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2025/memory-formation-long-term-potentiation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowablemagazine.org/content/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/mind/2025/memory-formation-long-term-potentiation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MemoryLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MemoryLoss</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ChronicPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicPain</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Take home, or to school, message. Feeling safe, I.e., not threatened, is the best physiological \ environmental condition or environment, to learn in. </p><p>Chasing Consciousness: Dr. Stephen Porges PHD - POLYVAGAL THEORY EXPLAINED</p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chasing-consciousness/episodes/Dr--Stephen-Porges-PHD---POLYVAGAL-THEORY-EXPLAINED-e11ocr6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho</span><span class="invisible">w/chasing-consciousness/episodes/Dr--Stephen-Porges-PHD---POLYVAGAL-THEORY-EXPLAINED-e11ocr6</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/51be8448/podcast/play/34402598/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-4-28%2Fd169487f-b622-8772-6bd0-2fb88e21737c.m4a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anchor.fm/s/51be8448/podcast/p</span><span class="invisible">lay/34402598/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-4-28%2Fd169487f-b622-8772-6bd0-2fb88e21737c.m4a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellbeing</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>How do you feel? Do you feel able to express in words how you feel?</p><p>Chasing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consciousness</span></a>: Dr. Stephen Porges PHD - POLYVAGAL THEORY EXPLAINED</p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chasing-consciousness/episodes/Dr--Stephen-Porges-PHD---POLYVAGAL-THEORY-EXPLAINED-e11ocr6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho</span><span class="invisible">w/chasing-consciousness/episodes/Dr--Stephen-Porges-PHD---POLYVAGAL-THEORY-EXPLAINED-e11ocr6</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/51be8448/podcast/play/34402598/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-4-28%2Fd169487f-b622-8772-6bd0-2fb88e21737c.m4a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anchor.fm/s/51be8448/podcast/p</span><span class="invisible">lay/34402598/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-4-28%2Fd169487f-b622-8772-6bd0-2fb88e21737c.m4a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. A new<br>antioxidant material neutralizes brain-damaging molecules in mice, boosting<br>recovery—offering hope for treatment. A materials science engineer explains:<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BrainInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainInjury</span></a> [<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BrainInjury" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">newsie.social/tags/BrainInjury</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>] <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a><br>[<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Neuroscience" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsie.social/tags/Neuroscienc</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a>] <a href="https://buff.ly/4i12REj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4i12REj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>[<a href="https://buff.ly/4i12REj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4i12REj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>]</p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>A new study claims that bingeing short-form videos is changing our brain structure for the worse. Neuroscientist Christian Jarrett explains if we should really be afraid of "brain rot" from those TikTok videos.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/2v7HyR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/2v7HyR</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>
Megaphone :verified:<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ScienceUnderSiege?src=hash" title="#ScienceUnderSiege" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceUnderSiege</a>: The Orlando Research Conference Fallout<br> <br> Something alarming is happening in the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ScientificCommunity?src=hash" title="#ScientificCommunity" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScientificCommunity</a>, and it’s not getting the attention it deserves. A recent <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/NIH?src=hash" title="#NIH" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a>-backed <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/neuroscience?src=hash" title="#neuroscience" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neuroscience</a> conference in <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Orlando?src=hash" title="#Orlando" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orlando</a> turned into a disaster. Research sessions were canceled after being mistaken for “<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DEI?src=hash" title="#DEI" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>” initiatives, and funding was pulled.<br> <br> One session on the diversity of afferent firing in the cochlea (how nerve cells transmit sound) was targeted because people saw the word “<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/diversity?src=hash" title="#diversity" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a>” and assumed it was political. <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/MAGA?src=hash" title="#MAGA" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> hat-wearing attendees reportedly vandalized posters.<br> <br> The nescient reaction of the MAGA hat-wearing attendees to the word “diversity”—mistaking a scientific discussion on neural firing patterns in the cochlea for a political agenda—exemplifies a dangerous blend of <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ignorance?src=hash" title="#ignorance" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ignorance</a> and ideological rigidity. Their inability to differentiate between linguistic context and <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/partisan?src=hash" title="#partisan" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#partisan</a> buzzwords not only disrupted legitimate research but also underscored the broader issue of anti-intellectualism undermining scientific progress.<br> <br> Worse, researchers discovered their already earned funding was revoked, postdoc opportunities disappeared, and the conference felt like a <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/funeral?src=hash" title="#funeral" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funeral</a> for the field as careers crumbled in real time.<br> <br> Meanwhile, the NIH was banned from attending due to a new administration-imposed blackout on communications and travel, delaying critical <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/research?src=hash" title="#research" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> on <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Cancer?src=hash" title="#Cancer" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cancer</a>, <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/HeartDisease?src=hash" title="#HeartDisease" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeartDisease</a>, and <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Diabetes?src=hash" title="#Diabetes" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diabetes</a>.<br> <br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Science?src=hash" title="#Science" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> depends on open inquiry—but now, <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/political?src=hash" title="#political" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> interference is gutting <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/research?src=hash" title="#research" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a>. This isn’t just about one conference. It’s a direct attack on scientific progress. If we don’t stand up now, what’s next?<br> <br> 🔬 Science must remain free from political control.<br> <br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ScienceUnderAttack?src=hash" title="#ScienceUnderAttack" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceUnderAttack</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ResearchMatters?src=hash" title="#ResearchMatters" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResearchMatters</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/SaveScience?src=hash" title="#SaveScience" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveScience</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FreedomOfInquiry?src=hash" title="#FreedomOfInquiry" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfInquiry</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ScienceNotPolitics?src=hash" title="#ScienceNotPolitics" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceNotPolitics</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/AcademicFreedom?src=hash" title="#AcademicFreedom" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a>
The Conversation U.S.<p>Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. A new antioxidant material neutralizes brain-damaging molecules in mice, boosting recovery—offering hope for treatment. A materials science engineer explains: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BrainInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainInjury</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://buff.ly/4i12REj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4i12REj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Matilda<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>My name is Matilda, I am a member of Greenheart Co-op. Interested in <a href="https://social.coop/tags/interactiondesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactiondesign</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/systemsdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemsdesign</span></a> and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/servicedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>servicedesign</span></a>. Specifically in the spirit of e.g <a href="https://social.coop/tags/VictorPapanek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictorPapanek</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DonellaMeadows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonellaMeadows</span></a>. Also in interested in <a href="https://social.coop/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> in the spirit of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/KateRaworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KateRaworth</span></a> (<a href="https://social.coop/tags/DoghnutEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoghnutEconomics</span></a> ). Furthermore interested in <a href="https://social.coop/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frontend</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/GrowOwnFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowOwnFood</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/mushroomfarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mushroomfarming</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TechCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/cognitivescience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cognitivescience</span></a></p>
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