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April 4, 2024
Hot Dogs, Cancer Cells, Replication, and AI

The Difficulty of Replicating Hot Dogs Let’s start off with a story that was featured on This American […]

March 30, 2024
Do We Fund New Research or Not?

A not-well-kept secret is that a great way to get funding from NIH is to stagger your […]

March 4, 2024
Why Are We Screwing Over Researchers Who Make Innovative Discoveries?

Current federal law allows universities to patent discoveries made with federal funding, but numerous empirical studies show […]

February 27, 2024
NIH and March-In Rights under Bayh-Dole

If you didn’t tune in for the riveting Senate hearing over the nomination of the new NIH Director Monica […]

The Value of Stability in Scientific Funding, and Why We Need Better Data

A fascinating paper was just released online: “Scientific Talent Leaks Out of Funding Gaps,” by Wei Yang […]

A Sign of the Times

A New York Times headline from earlier this week: “The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists […]