The Ubiquitous Scientist

08/17/2026

Nearly 400 Argentine researchers have been left jobless and uncertain about their future in science after a delay in the process for securing permanent research positions in the country.

On 12 August, researchers staged protests around the country, including in downtown Buenos Aires, calling on the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina’s main science agency, for support.

The case is one of the most visible consequences of the budget cuts implemented by President Javier Milei’s government, which have caused the loss of thousands of jobs in the science sector. Public investment in science and technology is at its lowest level in 54 years.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4wVdK2g

07/17/2026

Discovery of New Monkey Species from Congo

01/03/2026

Inuit people evolved genes that let them digest fatty foods without heart disease. Africans in arid regions evolved the ability to survive on minimal water. Evolution isn't just something that happened in the distant past, an anthropologist explains.
https://theconversation.com/if-evolution-is-real-then-why-isnt-it-happening-now-an-anthropologist-explains-that-humans-actually-are-still-evolving-266669

04/23/2025

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women which has generated data over the last 3 decades on women health 🤦🏾‍♂️

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

04/18/2025

The moves also affect a temporary work program heavily used by STEM graduates

02/26/2025

Do your part!

02/26/2025

Creating microswimmers to navigate blood vessels for targeted chemotherapy or clot removal. https://link.ie.social/gGHBAQ

01/02/2025

11/23/2024

How are nerve impulses exchanged between cells?

The nervous system in people and animals consists of many different cells. In cells, signals are conveyed by small electrical currents and by chemical substances. By measuring changes in electrical charges in a very large nerve fiber from a species of octopus, Andrew Huxley (pictured), together with Alan Hodgkin was able to show how nerve impulses are exchanged between cells.

In 1952 they demonstrated that a fundamental mechanism involves the passage of sodium and potassium ions in opposite directions in and out through the cell wall, which gives rise to electrical charges.

Huxley and Hodgkin were awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BRGI6G

11/23/2024

https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships-and-postbac/shanahan-foundation-fellowship/

The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience was created to provide freedom and flexibility to promising young scientists from diverse fields, as they work alongside neuroscientists