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Bill Sullivan

@wjsullivan

Professor at IU. Author of “PLEASED TO MEET ME: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces that Make Us Who We Are" and other cool stuff.

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“A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the dismantling of the National Science Foundation, with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth”

“A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the dismantling of the National Science Foundation, with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth”
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‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels “There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says science.org/content/articl…

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New at PLOS SciCommPLOS Researchers Meet Citizens in the Heart of Coimbra: Science Communication at European Researchers Night scicomm.plos.org/2025/07/10/res…

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A wonderful way to take science to the people! Researchers Meet Citizens in the Heart of Coimbra (by Inês Caramelo, Rita Martins Santos, and Ana Santos-Carvalho) New at PLOS SciComm SciCommPLOS : scicomm.plos.org/2025/07/10/res…

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Microbiology Professor Bill Sullivan joins Seattle News Tonight with tips on how to stay safe when cooling off this summer. fox13seattle.com/video/1674374

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New at PLOS SciCommPLOS by Abigail Eisenstadt and Matt Shipman (Matt Shipman) Research Is Being Undermined — What Does That Mean for Science Writers at Research Institutions? scicomm.plos.org/2025/07/21/res…

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Help RFK Jr Write the New Guidelines for Flu Season 🤣 No experience required…just like RFK Jr! medium.com/p/4dcb5e0abae9

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I had the great pleasure of interviewing Matthew Facciani, author of “MISGUIDED: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It," for SciCommPLOS scicomm.plos.org/2025/07/24/plo…

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New at PLOS SciComm by Nicholas Pulliam (SciCommPLOS) Beyond the Gene: Why Metaphor Matters in the Story of Cancer scicomm.plos.org/2025/07/29/bey…

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Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive. America can’t be great without support for the sciences. medium.com/p/99f78ab122ee

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We instinctively associate the word ‘Bouba’ with a rounded shape and ‘Kiki’ with a sharp-edged one. We similarly make assumptions about people based on their given names, writes Bill Sullivan—Molly and Bob are smoother, and Kirk and Kate more abrupt: buff.ly/ooh5cGk

We instinctively associate the word ‘Bouba’ with a rounded shape and ‘Kiki’ with a sharp-edged one. 

We similarly make assumptions about people based on their given names, writes <a href="/wjsullivan/">Bill Sullivan</a>—Molly and Bob are smoother, and Kirk and Kate more abrupt:

buff.ly/ooh5cGk
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Multiple cases of flesh-eating bacteria have been reported in Florida this month. Here's an explainer and how to protect yourself: theconversation.com/flesh-eating-b…

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Celebrate the return of the Netflix series Wednesday with a fun look at the science behind our favorite scenes from season one theconversation.com/is-the-gruesom…