Peer review reliability is shockingly low. Meta-analyses show reviewer agreement barely above chance, and grant outcomes often depend more on who reviews than what's proposed. Our new preprint with Agnes Urban and Arjun Krishnan @compbiologist.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 🧵 1/
LLMs do much better job than @CellCellPress #CellOnions reviewers...
#MoneyForNothing #ScienceCrisis
Review from Fia B. Larsen in @rhp-lab.bsky.social with everything you always wanted to know about proteasomal control of transcription factors (but were afraid to ask about)
Proteasomal control of transcription factors: mechanisms, regulation and dysregulation.
doi.org/10.1007/s000...
They better be at that price😉
Countries deserve the governments they get.
Must read: Democratizing climate change mitigation pathways using modernized stabilization wedges
“Many of the strategies we identified require that individuals change their behavior and all require general public support.”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Even those who are not pro are scared to death🙊🙈🙉
ViroiDoc MSCA Doctoral Network announces workshop:
What: Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper
When: Thursday, 2 April 2026, 9:30–12:30 CET
Where: online, Webex
This event in English is open free of charge. Registration will open soon.
www.viroidoc.eu/b/dont-peris...
A pair? H definitely should donate one😉
Finally, thanks
Mercenary
“I Was a US Intelligence Analyst. Israel and the US Are Lying to You About Iran”
Debunking 7 key lies behind Trump and Netanyahu’s new Middle East regime change war.
Ex-US defense intelligence analyst Harrison Mann for Zeteo:
It’s a proxy war for cash, plane, medals… certainly not for the mother nation.
“Board of Piss”
Check out this great opportunity to join the @kamounlab.bsky.social!
Apply online by 16 March 2026
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs
I pay attention to news but I haven’t seen this coming. It’s almost as if they deliberately want people caught up in this mess. The same, I obsessed with my documents. I trust no government, especially in this political climate.
Good one.
This is a good article, gift link.
It illustrates the real impacts that are occurring from the current US government's attacks on science funding 👍
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
Sad to see people still supporting the bullies and their lies.
Map showing all the recent air strikes in Lebanon and Gaza
Reminder that Israel is still bombing Gaza and Lebanon every day, even though its dropped out of the news
Google.org $30M global open call and Accelerator program focused on "Nobel-worthy" breakthroughs in Health & Life Sciences and Climate Resilience 👇🏾https://www.google.org/impact-challenges/ai-science/
I just left because I can’t stand the boss and his interference on this side of the pound.
