I'm very honoured to be among this year's NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni research grant recipients, for my proposal "Finding Variables that Matter"!

I cannot quite believe it, but I'm excited to get started on the actual research.

Many congratulations to all of my colleagues who received their Veni grants. Over the last few months, I was lucky enough to get to know them and their research, and I can't wait to see what they do with the funds.

I'm grateful to Delft University of Technology and all my colleagues and trainers for their support and trust. The Veni application process was part of my life for almost a year. Could not have done it without their encouragement and wisdom. Many thanks also to NWO and all reviewers and committee members!

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tu-delft/record-number-veni-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers

How a historian more easily finds historical records online to use in their research.

"The sheer volume of available records that would otherwise take years to consult make a patient and shrewd use of Ancestry a powerful complement to other sources more traditionally used by historians of the Civil War."

Does your professional affiliation include access to Ancestry Library Edition (ALE), the institutional interface to the commercial site?

#Research @histodons

https://uncpressblog.com/2025/06/16/ancestry-com-and-the-long-civil-war/

#TimMinchin's Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U

Amazing animation video for all people who are enlightened by #homeopathy, who thinks that #alternativemedicine helps us from escaping the greedy hands of #medicine, who do have photographs of their #aura hanging on their wall, ...

Recently, I've really enjoyed stepping into academic researcher's worlds to bring their thinking and findings to life, like this collaboration with Leigh Wolf and Geraldine O'Neill at University College Dublin, around their work on Educator use of GenAI.

#Research #Thinkery

https://visualthinkery.com/project/making-your-research-come-alive/

Tip of the day: Would you like to share your search results from #DEVONagent with others or use them in another application? You can export the results in various forms and formats to use them as you wish. Here is, how to do this. #productivity #research #tipoftheday #websearch https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20241119-export-devonagent-results

This is the kind of thing that can cause irreversible damage to #research programs. Much of this mess can't be undone.

Secret changes to major U.S. health datasets raise alarms https://share.google/CssEkbo53FQBYNmMb

The Company of Biologists Workshop: Why Are Cells the Size They Are?

Thank you to Workshop organisers Dustin Marshall and Craig White.

TRIGGER WARNING: Military Psychology

DATE: July 15, 2025 at 12:43PM
SOURCE: THE CENTER FOR DEPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY

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Big news! CDP has finished Phase 1 data collection for the SLED study (Sleep Education for the Marine Corps). This vital data is now informing Phase 2 interventions with the I-MEF. Stay tuned! #MarineCorps #SleepHealth #BehavioralHealth #Sleep #Research https://t.co/GGme9Ut2RD

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Data manipulation within the US Federal Government [1]

Government datasets modified without notice.

We gathered metadata from the US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and Veterans Affairs database harvest sources [... ] that were modified between Jan 20 and March 25, 2025.

We found that 114 (49%) of the 232 included datasets were substantially altered.

SOME CHANGES

- “Social determinants of health” to “non
medical factors”
- “Gender” to “sex”
- “female details” column deleted

The agencies involved have not issued any statements confirming or explaining these changes [...]

Despite Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's (Department of Health and Humana Services) calls for “radical transparency”, unlogged data manipulation moves away from meaningful transparency.

Only 15 (13%) of the 114 altered datasets logged or otherwise indicated that the change had occurred.

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01249-8/fulltext

@publichealth @psychology @sociology @datascience #publichealth #datascience #science #research #health #government #criticalthinking #hhs #cdc #va @bicmay

y'all I have a problem

the British Library has a blog which features some excerpts from interesting manuscripts in their possession: https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2020/08/magic-and-divination.html

under the excerpted images are links to the British Library's own website, to see the full manuscript, but they are 4-0-fucking-4. example: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12859

I tried to find where they are now and had no luck. does anyone know how to relocate these manuscripts?

**Evidence of a social evaluation penalty for using AI**

"_Through four experiments with over 4,400 participants, we reveal a social penalty for AI use: Individuals who use AI tools face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from others._"

J.A. Reif, R.P. Larrick, & J.B. Soll, Evidence of a social evaluation penalty for using AI, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (19) e2426766122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426766122 (2025).

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Psychology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Academia #Academic @psychology

"New research suggests the chorus of techno-optimism is based on falsehoods"

#Democrats on the #Senate #ForeignRelations Committee will release a report on Monday accusing the #Trump administration of ceding #global #influence to #China. The report says the admin has eroded #US #SoftPower by shuttering #InternationalAid operations, slashing #funding for basic #research & alienating #allies.

#geopolitics #USpol #TrumpIsWeak
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/democrats-china-report-trump.html?smid=url-share

A cost-effective, modular, #research- grade #OpenSource #optical #microscope based on the #openFrame #microscopy stand:
https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv126%2Fi2%2F244-254
#DIYbio #lab #science #instruments #fluorescence #laser #LED #fiber #optics #imaging #µManager

Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/scientists-reportedly-hiding-ai-text-prompts-in-academic-papers-to-receive-positive-peer-reviews

#Energy #Nuclear #research #Science

Everywhere you look, the nuclear industry’s hype machine is in overdrive. Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy urges a “warp speed” nuclear revival. Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and the United Kingdom government all tout small modular reactors as the silver bullet for climate change and energy security. Tech billionaires are hiring nuclear veterans. Wall Street is whispering about “round-the-clock power” for artificial intelligence data centers. The UK is betting billions on “mini nukes” to fill its looming energy gap.

https://www.theenergymix.com/the-nuclear-mirage-why-small-modular-reactors-wont-save-nuclear-power/

Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92 - He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to global positioning systems and ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/science/daniel-kleppner-dead.html #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #kleppnerdaniel(1932-2025) #globalpositioningsystem #deaths(obituaries) #einsteinalbert #ramseynormanf #hydrogen #research #physics

**How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point**

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/guest-post-how-the-growth-of-chinese-research-is-bringing-western-publishing-to-breaking-point/