ICYMI: Finally some good news! The senate committee rejected the 40% budget cut for NIH and instead endorsed a $400 million budget increase! Science for the win.

Krishna and Mohd have picked 4 wickets each with Pope captaining the opposite team. Who writes these scripts?

No fast bowler in the world has taken more wickets than Mohammed Siraj in overseas Test wins this decade and almost every time, his performance has been central to India’s triumphs: 5 wickets – MCG 2020 6 wickets – Gabba 2021 8 wickets – Lord’s 2021 7 wickets – Capetown 2024 5

A fitting scene to an incredible test series!

Hidden in Trump’s tax scam? A luxury loophole for billionaires. Thanks to “100% bonus depreciation,” billionaires like Donald Trump can completely write off luxury jets as “business expenses”—all on your dime. Meanwhile, Republicans are slashing food, health care, and energy

Rapidly advancing on what I called the Spanish Civil War dichotomy, Communists versus fascists with nothing left for anyone in between.

Trump’s erratic behavior simply reinforces the longstanding belief in New Delhi that US is a transactional state that will never be a reliable longterm partner. So the irony is that if at all New Delhi was thinking of inching away from Russia, it is much less likely to do so now.

Last week, the DOJ released guidance for federal funding recipients. The memo—which clarifies how nondiscrimination law should be applied—is a huge development for universities. A lot of their worst policies are looking more fragile than ever. 🧵

We live in such surreal times - won’t be surprised if this is real and not fake. Via Anik #INDvsENG #USIndiaRelations

A recent study with a sample size of >1M found no elevated risks from mRNA vaccines. More generally, mRNA tech offers the most promising new treatments for cancer immunotherapy. What science has RFKjr reviewed? Why don’t they make their analysis public?

BREAKING: FIRE is suing Secretary of State Marco Rubio, challenging the laws he is using to target lawfully present noncitizens for speech protected by the Constitution. No administration should be able to deport lawfully present noncitizens for their opinions.

Good analysis on this cNBC clip. Even if India and U.S. eventually reach a tariff deal, the trust is gone. Trump negotiates like a used car salesman and has squandered decades of painstaking diplomacy by statesmen on both sides. youtu.be/e2RaCqbwi5s?si…

mRNA technology didn’t appear overnight. it is the result of DECADES of research - now driving some of the most promising advances in cancer, HIV, and rare disease. It is precise, fast, and adaptable - and yes - revolutionary. And it is now very much being dismantled.

RFK Jr. remains a mystery: what are his motives? he was once a sincere environmentalist activist; now, he seems to have morphed into a darkly comic/grotesque figure resolved to sabotage decades of science research in the US. anti-intellectualism in MAGA is not surprising but

Why does RNA undergo glycosylation? Excited to have our new paper out. We in collab w/ Ryan Flynn show N-glycans on glycoRNAs hide self-RNA from endosomal TLRs promoting ‘silent’ clearance of dead cells. nature.com/articles/s4158… UConn Health UConn Research

This miserable fraud has poisoned the national conversation about lifesaving vaccines with his conspiracy theories, but he is also doing so much more to destroy science and progress. This will grind lifesaving research to a halt and set us back decades for no good reason.

A new video showcasing our Calcium and Contractility Mapping System on iPSC-CMs. It enables simultaneous, high-res measurement of Ca transients and contractility with advanced mapping features. #cardiomyocyte #singlecell #mapping #calcium #electrophysiology #cardiology #ipsc

Exclusive interview: Chris Woakes speaks publicly for the first time about the dramatic end to the Oval Test, walking out to face the music with a dislocated left shoulder. Warning, contains some eye-watering detail #ENGvIND theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug…

It is unfortunate that the Secretary just canceled a half a billion worth of work, wasting the money which is already invested. He has also conceded to China an important technology needed to combat cancer and infectious disease. President Trump wants to Make America Healthy

Bribing the President with a block of gold live on TV is wild