# nih (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 19 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover nih. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Scale of De-Trumpification Will Need to Be Massive–And There’s Lots of Small Stuff to Fix Too](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/20/the-scale-of-de-trumpification-will-need-to-be-massive-and-theres-lots-of-small-stuff-to-fix-too/) _2026-08-20 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ In my optimistic moments\*, I think about what Democrats will need to do when they take back power in 2029. What is remarkable is how pervasive the effects of Trump et alia are. We’re all aware (hopefully) of the effects … Continue reading → ## [מחקר מקיף: הנאטופים בכרמל אכלו נחשים ולטאות במשך כ־3,000 שנה](https://www.hayadan.org.il/natufian-snake-lizard-consumption-carmel?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natufian-snake-lizard-consumption-carmel) _2026-08-20 · אוניברסיטת חיפה · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ ניתוח של אלפי עצמות מ־20 שכבות בטרסת מערת הנחל חשף סימני חיתוך חוזרים על 82 חוליות נחשים. המחקר החדש מרחיב ממצאים קודמים ומראה כי הזוחלים היו מקור מזון קבוע, במיוחד בתקופות שבהן היישוב היה מאוכלס בצפיפות ## [Links 8/19/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/19/links-8-19-26/) _2026-08-19 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: It Still Wasn’t a Lab Leak and I’m Not the Crazy One Here. I’m a bitch, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a submediocre demon and ruiner of souls and in Fauci’s diaries (must-read; the … Continue reading → ## [The Abundance Bros Are Never Around When You Need Them: The Other Problem with the Proposed NIH Grant Score Reporting Format](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/19/the-abundance-bros-are-never-around-when-you-need-them-the-other-problem-with-the-proposed-nih-grant-score-reporting-format/) _2026-08-19 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Last Friday\*, NIH released a proposed grant score reporting format (David Gorski has a thorough discussion of the details). The key change is that, while percentile scores will be estimated\*\*, they will be converted into one of three categories: the … Continue reading → ## [Science and Innovation Reception in DC](https://newsletter.goodscienceproject.org/p/science-and-innovation-reception) _2026-08-19 · Stuart Buck · The Good Science Project_ Since there are so many DC insiders who read this newsletter, what better place to advertise an upcoming launch event as to a new Bipartisan Science and Innovation Caucus? ## [Links 8/18/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/18/links-8-18-26/) _2026-08-18 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: Two oceans, one country, twenty times the number of sharks Exploring the concept of longevity in fungi Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils … Continue reading → ## [NIH RFI on plans to stop using percentiles to select grants for funding](https://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/nih-rfi-on-plans-to-stop-using-percentiles-to-select-grants-for-funding/) _2026-08-18 · drugmonkey · DrugMonkey_ The NIH issued NOT-OD-26-088 Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review on 8/14/2026. It proposes a radical upheaval of the way that NIH’s Program Officers within each Institute, Center or Offices\* with funding authority select grants for funding. I am asking you to read up on the proposal, … … Continue reading → ## [The Mainland Colony of D.C., Once Again, Could Serve as a Laboratory for Wingnuts](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/18/the-mainland-colony-of-d-c-once-again-could-serve-as-a-laboratory-for-wingnuts/) _2026-08-18 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ This time, it has to do with wearing motorcycle helmets (boldface mine): Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would prohibit Washington from requiring motorcyclists to wear a helmet, raising concerns among road safety experts and marking what some say … Continue reading → ## [Links 8/17/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/17/links-8-17-26/) _2026-08-17 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: More nor’easters. West Coast landslides. Raging wildfires. Here’s how El Niño could hijack the world’s weather this year. New Dinosaur Discovery in Zimbabwe: Mini-sauropod That May Have Been Bipedal What Big Bug “Attacked” An ESPN Reporter … Continue reading → ## [רחובות מצטלבים, חנויות וכבשנים: מתחם בן כ־1,300 שנה נחשף ברמת גן](https://www.hayadan.org.il/ancient-1300-year-old-complex-ramat-gan-winter-stadium?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancient-1300-year-old-complex-ramat-gan-winter-stadium) _2026-08-17 · אבי בליזובסקי · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ בחפירה ליד אצטדיון וינטר התגלה מתחם מסחרי ותעשייתי מתוכנן מהתקופה האסלאמית הקדומה. האתר שכן כנראה סמוך לדרך שקישרה בין יפו, רמלה וירושלים, אך זהות תושביו עדיין אינה ידועה ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fxTxA7kb025e) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Links 8/16/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/16/links-8-16-26/) _2026-08-16 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: New evidence that wild armadillos spread leprosy to humans Protein language models are overly constrained by covariation A systematic identification of resistance determinants to antisense antibiotics suggests adaptation strategies dependent on the delivery peptide What to … Continue reading → ## [NIH Directors Decide, Except When HHS Says No](https://formernih.substack.com/p/nih-directors-decide-except-when) _2026-08-16 · Elizabeth G. · Former NIH Program Staffer_ A June 2026 Nature report revealed that mandatory reviews by top officials, checking for a list of 235 disfavored terms, have left hundreds of meritorious NIH applications in administrative limbo (Kozlov, 2026a). ## [If “It’s Science” Then Release the Evidence](https://jimhaslam.substack.com/p/if-its-science-then-release-the-evidence) _2026-08-16 · Jim Haslam · Reverse Engineering the Origins of SARS-CoV-2_ A perspective from George Howard and Jim Haslam ## [In Case You Missed It…](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/16/in-case-you-missed-it-424/) _2026-08-16 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ a week of Mad Biologist posts: For Russell Vought and His Theocrats, Women’s Job Loss Is a Feature, Not a Bug Yes, Trump’s Executive Order on Vaccines Does Matter (Remember the Fauci Discourse?) Tolerating Politicians’ Personal Brutality and the Invective Continue reading ## [Acceleration of the arms race between fraudsters and honest researchers](https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/08/acceleration-of-arms-race-between.html) _2026-08-16 · deevybee · BishopBlog_ I was recently asked to review a paper that piqued my curiosity. From the abstract it sounded as if it was a secondary analysis of a dataset that I had deposited in a repository. But the described data didn't quite match what was in the repository. As I usually do, I said I'd only review it if data and code were available. The authors complied: I was pointed at the repository where my data were… ## [המכונות חכמות יותר, האנשים טיפשים יותר – לזכרו של אורן נהרי](https://www.hayadan.org.il/machines-smarter-people-stupider-oren-nahari?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=machines-smarter-people-stupider-oren-nahari) _2026-08-16 · אבי בליזובסקי · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ מ״התיק השחור הקטן״ של סיריל קורנבלות ועד אזהרותיו של קארל סייגן: הטכנולוגיה יכולה להרחיב את יכולותינו, אך כאשר החינוך והתקשורת מוותרים על ידע, הקשר וחשיבה ביקורתית, אנחנו נשארים עם תשובות בלי יכולת להבין אותן ## [NIHS Newsletter - Week 33, 2026](https://nihist.substack.com/p/nihs-newsletter-week-33-2026) _2026-08-16 · John Poltrack · New Ipswich Historical Society Newsletter_ Week 33, 2026 (Aug 10th - Aug 16th) ## [Links 8/15/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/15/links-8-15-26/) _2026-08-15 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: No Babies Were Aborted to Make the MMR Vaccine Misaligned citations and LLM-generated scientific fraud Behold the ‘glueball,’ a strange new form of matter A Pragmatist-Artifactualist view of experimental model organisms: the case of epigenetic inheritance Continue reading ## [Links 8/14/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/14/links-8-14-26/) _2026-08-14 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: Physics PhDs Are Leaving the US at a Record-high Rate A Painful Condition Is Rising in Young Men. Scientists Are Racing to Figure Out Why. ”The Disease of Kings” is trending. Is a modern diet to Continue reading ## [A Much Better Week for D.C.’s Crime Stats](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/14/a-much-better-week-for-d-c-s-crime-stats/) _2026-08-14 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ And we ve been due one. As of Friday 9am, D.C. has reported only on new homicide this week, bringing the total for the year to 64\*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 100 homicides, and in the Continue reading ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hgzVihlLb2EH) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [ההיסטוריה הנרצחת של מרק בלוך – ההיסטוריון היהודי שנרצח בידי הנאצים ונקבר בפנתאון בפריז](https://www.hayadan.org.il/marc-bloch-murdered-history?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marc-bloch-murdered-history) _2026-08-14 · פרופ' אלכס גורדון · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ ההיסטוריון היהודי־צרפתי מרק בלוך חולל מהפכה בחקר ההיסטוריה, לחם בשתי מלחמות עולם והצטרף למחתרת הצרפתית נגד הנאצים. ביוני 1944 עונה ונרצח בידי הגסטפו; ביוני 2026 הוכנס עם רעייתו סימון לפנתיאון בפריז ## [Links 8/13/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/13/links-8-13-26/) _2026-08-13 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet? Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI Trump signs executive order with plan to reduce number of recommended childhood vaccines AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Continue reading ## [Roundup on some of NIH’s HBCU infrastructure development funding opportunities](https://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/roundup-on-some-of-nihs-hbcu-infrastructure-development-funding-opportunities/) _2026-08-13 · bikemonkey · DrugMonkey_ A news account of a new NIH grant funded at North Carolina A T University blew past on Bluesky, I got grumpy about the lack of specificity about the grant, one thing led to another and I started digging. To be quite frank my initial response was one of surprise that this grant funded at all. \[ \] ## [פציעה שהחלימה בלסת ממערת קפזה בגליל התחתון מרמזת על אלימות לפני יותר מ־90 אלף שנה](https://www.hayadan.org.il/qafzeh-25-healed-jaw-injury-possible-violence?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qafzeh-25-healed-jaw-injury-possible-violence) _2026-08-13 · אבי בליזובסקי · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ בדיקת microCT של המאובן קפזה 25 חשפה סימן לפגיעה מחפץ חד, עששת סמויה ופגמים באמייל. החוקרים, ובהם חוקרים מאוניברסיטת תל אביב, מצאו גם חיזוק לכך שהפרט נקבר במכוון — אך מדגישים שאי אפשר לשלול לחלוטין תאונה ## [FoxNation New Documentary: Havana Syndrome Is a Form of Brain Injury Caused by Directed Energy.](https://lenbermd.substack.com/p/foxnation-new-documentary-havana) _2026-08-12 · Len Ber MD · Homo Interruptis, with Len Ber MD_ I just watched the new one-hour film “Immaculate Concussion: Havana Syndrome” available on FoxNation ($8.99/mo). ## [Links 8/12/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/12/links-8-12-26/) _2026-08-12 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI (very important; focuses on science, but seems relevant to other disciplines too) From mice to ‘gym rats’: Unregulated use of peptides raises alarm among researchers Continue reading ## [The NIH Forecast Graveyard, Revisited](https://formernih.substack.com/p/the-nih-forecast-graveyard-revisited) _2026-08-12 · Elizabeth G. · Former NIH Program Staffer_ An Update on NIH's Stalled Funding Pipeline, as the Fiscal Year Runs Out ## [Anthony Fauci and the Collapse of Scientific Authority](https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/anthony-fauci-and-the-collapse-of) _2026-08-12 · Jason Locasale · The DisInformation Chronicle_ Academics celebrated a dishonest science administrator, exposing the decay of the biomedical enterprise. ## [Tolerating Politicians’ Personal Brutality and the Invective Gap](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/12/tolerating-politicians-personal-brutality-and-the-invective-gap/) _2026-08-12 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Over the weekend, political scientist Dan Silverman compared the response to former senate candidate Graham Platner and (for now) Republican congressional candidate Max Miller: I hope I don t have to explain who Graham Platner is, but, if you haven t heard Continue reading ## [Links 8/11/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/11/links-8-11-26/) _2026-08-11 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: The Explosive Failures Fueling the Cyclospora Outbreak The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready. Taylor Farms Voluntarily Recalls Fresh Jalapeños Over Salmonella Concerns First volunteer vaccinated in the world s first Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine Continue reading ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/b5VXex3N6qVC) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [America Already Built the World's Largest Science-Vetting Machine](https://newsletter.goodscienceproject.org/p/america-already-built-the-worlds) _2026-08-11 · Stuart Buck · The Good Science Project_ yet we barely use it ## [Yes, Trump’s Executive Order on Vaccines Does Matter (Remember the Fauci Discourse?)](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/11/yes-trumps-executive-order-on-vaccines-does-matter-remember-the-fauci-discourse/) _2026-08-11 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ If you haven t heard, the Trump administration, on Monday, announced an executive order that, in reality, would decrease the uptake of childhood vaccines. Among other things, it calls for breaking up the MMR vaccine into three separate shots–even though there Continue reading ## [The Trump administration is dismantling one of America's greatest strategic assets: its scientific workforce](https://scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/the-trump-administration-is-dismantling) _2026-08-11 · Science And Freedom Alliance · Science And Freedom Alliance_ By Jenna Norton and Max Stier ## [Dilution](https://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/dilution/) _2026-08-11 · drugmonkey · DrugMonkey_ I got to ranting on the bluski recently and said something about dilution in the context of purported fixes for situations of bias or discrimination. To me this refers for the tendency of majoritarian institutions to respond to evidence of a targeted, limited or focal disparity with a broad brush remedy that tries to address \[ \] ## [Links 8/10/26](https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2026/08/10/links-8-10-26/) _2026-08-10 · mikethemadbiologist · Mike the Mad Biologist_ Links for you. Science: Would You Eat This Cretaceous Turducken? Crab Odyssey: Crustacean Wandered the Seas in a Bottle for Months, Scientists Find Scientists Designed a Virtual Alien Lifeform to Hunt for Extraterrestrials We asked a first grader to interview Continue reading ## [An Open Letter to Fauci](https://jimhaslam.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-fauci) _2026-08-09 · Jim Haslam · Reverse Engineering the Origins of SARS-CoV-2_ Excerpt from Chapter 29 of COVID-19: Mystery Solved ## [BER v. CDC: Civilian Havana Syndrome/AHI Lawsuit Recap.](https://lenbermd.substack.com/p/ber-v-cdc-civilian-havana-syndromeahi) _2026-08-09 · Len Ber MD · Homo Interruptis, with Len Ber MD_ It’s been 30 days since the defendants in BER v. ## [NIHS Newsletter - Week 32, 2026](https://nihist.substack.com/p/nihs-newsletter-week-32-2026) _2026-08-09 · John Poltrack · New Ipswich Historical Society Newsletter_ Week 32, 2026 (Aug 3rd - Aug 9th)) ## [Interview with Physician-Scientist Steven Quay Picked to Replace Tony Fauci](https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/interview-with-physician-scientist) _2026-08-07 · Paul D. Thacker · The DisInformation Chronicle_ Watch Quay’s interview here at the Disinformation, and read an excerpt from his book on the COVID pandemic. ## [קרל שוורצשילד: המדען שפתר את משוואות איינשטיין מן החזית](https://www.hayadan.org.il/karl-schwarzschild-einstein-equations-black-holes?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=karl-schwarzschild-einstein-equations-black-holes) _2026-08-07 · פרופ' אלכס גורדון · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ שבועות ספורים לאחר פרסום תורת היחסות הכללית מצא האסטרונום הגרמני־יהודי קרל שוורצשילד את הפתרון המדויק הראשון למשוואות איינשטיין. הפתרון, שנשלח מחזית מלחמת העולם הראשונה, הניח לימים את היסוד לתיאור המתמטי של חורים שחורים ## [Havana Syndrome: 12 Reasons Directed Energy is the Cause of AHI type 1](https://lenbermd.substack.com/p/havana-syndrome-12-reasons-directed) _2026-08-06 · Len Ber MD · Homo Interruptis, with Len Ber MD_ Grok 4.5 estimates 82–93 % likelihood ## [NIH intramural versus extramural research efficiency](https://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/nih-intramural-versus-extramural-research-efficiency/) _2026-08-05 · drugmonkey · DrugMonkey_ hat-tip to one of our OG blog commenters, pinus, who is trolling me today with a new paper in eLife. Comparing the outputs of intramural and extramural grants funded by National Institutes of Health. Xiang Zheng, Qiyao Yang, Jai Potnuri, Chaoqun Ni, B Ian Hutchins https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108929.3.sa0 My readers are very familiar with how the extramural \[ \] ## [Should We Limit the Number of Grants Per Researcher?](https://newsletter.goodscienceproject.org/p/should-we-limit-the-number-of-grants) _2026-08-05 · Stuart Buck · The Good Science Project_ This piece is co-authored with Dr. ## [מתחת לבית הספר שנהרס: נחשף לבו של בית הכנסת הגדול של וילנה](https://www.hayadan.org.il/great-synagogue-vilna-central-hall-bimah-excavation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-synagogue-vilna-central-hall-bimah-excavation) _2026-08-05 · אבי בליזובסקי · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ החפירה הנרחבת ביותר שנערכה עד כה באתר חשפה ברצף את מרכז אולם התפילה והבימה, עמודים מסיביים, רצפות טרצו מעוטרות, לוחיות הנושאות את שמות המתפללים ולוחית של עשרת הדיברות ## [Jason Arday plagiarized other researchers' DATA – and the journal helped him cover it up](https://validscience.substack.com/p/jason-arday-plagiarized-other-researchers) _2026-08-04 · José Duarte · Valid Science by José Duarte, PhD_ Sociology should be dissolved until we can train some actual sociologists ## [אבני היד מבקעת סכנין מרמזות: האדם הקדום בחר גם לפי מראה האבן](https://www.hayadan.org.il/sakhnin-handaxes-fossils-early-aesthetic-sense?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sakhnin-handaxes-fossils-early-aesthetic-sense) _2026-08-04 · אוניברסיטת תל אביב · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ מאות כלי אבן אשליים התגלו על פני השטח בגליל התחתון. לפחות עשרה מהם סותתו כך שמאובנים, גבישים וחללים טבעיים נותרו גלויים ובולטים – בחירה שהחוקרים מפרשים כעדות אפשרית לרגישות אסתטית ולייחוס משמעות לתופעות טבע ## [לידאר חשף רשת של יותר מ־20 אלף מרכזים טקסיים ששירתו מעל מיליון בני אדם באמזונס הקדום](https://www.hayadan.org.il/aquiry-amazon-20000-earthworks-lidar?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aquiry-amazon-20000-earthworks-lidar) _2026-08-03 · אבי בליזובסקי · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ מחקר ב־Nature מעריך כי בשיא תרבות אקירי, במאות הראשונה עד השלישית לספירה, חיו בדרום־מערב אמזוניה 1.25–3 מיליון בני אדם. הממצאים מערערים את הדימוי של יער שהיה כמעט ריק מאוכלוסייה לפני הכיבוש האירופי ## [Mr Haslam Goes to Washington](https://jimhaslam.substack.com/p/mr-haslam-goes-to-washington) _2026-08-02 · Jim Haslam · Reverse Engineering the Origins of SARS-CoV-2_ There’s a 100-year-old movie called Mr Smith Goes to Washington, about fighting corruption in D.C. ## [NIHS Newsletter - Week 31, 2026](https://nihist.substack.com/p/nihs-newsletter-week-31-2026) _2026-08-02 · John Poltrack · New Ipswich Historical Society Newsletter_ Week 31, 2026 (Jul 27th - Aug 2nd)) ## [צירוף של מחזורי אקלים החריף את הבצורת בזמן קריסת תרבויות תקופת הברונזה](https://www.hayadan.org.il/climate-cycles-late-bronze-age-collapse-drought?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-cycles-late-bronze-age-collapse-drought) _2026-07-31 · אבי בליזובסקי · ארכיון חברה והיסטוריה - הידען - Hayadan_ מודל ששחזר את אקלים הים התיכון לאורך 8,000 שנה מצביע על שילוב בין מגמת התייבשות ארוכת טווח לבין תנודות באוקיינוס האטלנטי ובאטמוספרה. החוקרים מדגישים כי הבצורת לא הייתה בהכרח הגורם היחיד לקריסה, אך היא הגבירה את הלחץ על המים, החקלאות ואספקת המזון