Dot Goner

More consolidation of power, this time the National Science Foundation (NSF). www.science.org/content/arti...

The Regime is bullying scientists at Goddard, to what end? It seems this is a prelude to saying it is a failed organization snd closing it down completely. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...

I'm quite sure if other colleges were honest this would be recognized as a national crisis in K-12 education. thecollegeinvestor.com/88296/uc-san...

Books require focus and time, the total opposite of what social media demands of us. yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-ameri...

The AGU has a one year report covering the myriad of ways science is being ignored and eliminated in the United States. Read and repost. There is a pdf at the bottom of the page to the full report. eos.org/state-of-the...

Science as a public good and funded by the government rather than relying on the private sector. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The most important schism of the American Colonies and England boils down to coffee vs tea. Tea won. www.npr.org/2026/07/03/n...

Political overview of science grants. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

Another stupid move against fundamental research. The new attack is against gathering ocean data. gcaptain.com/u-s-begins-d...

Trump fires every member of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s governing body | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Brain Drain by Oliver Schoff

The war on science marches on. www.science.org/content/arti...

The Bra-and-Girdle Maker That Fashioned the Impossible for NASA thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-bra-and-... #Astronaut #Bra #Latex #NASA #Spacesuit via @mitpress.bsky.social

A scathing criticism from The Lancet of RFK Jr's performance at HHS. www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

Will Europe pickup the slack or fail in this moment? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

More destruction of the science talent pipeline. Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” eos.org/research-and...

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

The NCAR/UCAR destruction is a strong signal to the world that the USA is disengaging from reality. eos.org/opinions/wha...

Read the Workforce section for a good chuckle. This report is written by people who are deeply ignorant of how the science ecosystem works. Maybe they should look at the who is writing the papers and patenting new technologies. We have lost our lead. www.cfr.org/task-force-r...

A very nice article about the consequences of killing fundamental research because a small group of zealots. www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...

NASA/GSFC being gutted demonstrates the actual ideology of the value of science to the new government. nasawatch.com/trumpspace/n...

Nobel prize awarded for pointing out that Research & Development is a positive feedback in national economies. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...

A new book on the decay of American science leadership. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

Vannevar Bush is a name folks should know. He is a founding father of the modern American research infrastructure. Research and innovation are not things you can just turn on and off. Creating a education pipeline for inquisitive minds is essential. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanneva...

Photovoltaic panels can last 30+ years at 80% efficiency! It sure would be nice to participate in the solar revolution. www.zmescience.com/ecology/rene...

This rings true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_rc...

I know the feeling. youtube.com/shorts/9lcBk....

Oh INTEL, why have you lost your way?

The first pebbles... www.politico.eu/article/meet...

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

The CDC keeps publishing papers after firing scientists who made the research possible - STAT

Shuttering American science institutions continues apace with a proposed 50% cut to the NASA budget. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Trans activist Donelle Jae Tromphe at a recent golf tournament. Please respect their right to 'be all they can be'!

Will the Parker Probe be the apex of human understanding of our sun? Watch the videos. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14741