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"By exploiting the divisions that exist in the US higher education system and its persistent inability to act collectively, the [Trump] administration is pushing forward with its strategy of divide and conquer," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. Read more: https://scim.ag/47rz2dr

"Although the ideal solution is for universities to band together, acknowledge collectively where they have fallen short, and make a joint effort to reassure the public, they are prevented from doing so by the inherently competitive nature of higher education," writes Holden Thorp in an editorial in Science Magazine today. "It is past time to recognize that university administrators are not going to lead the way out of this. They will always focus more on solving problems of their own campuses, as they are tasked to do. This sets the stage for leadership to emerge from the faculty, staff, and students, which is how most if not all progress in higher education over the past 100 years has occurred. In the meantime, as long as the fighting—or at least the perceived fighting—continues, the damage will accumulate." https://lnkd.in/gd5hTMtd

A new method called VIPS enables organ-wide nanoscale reconstruction for quantitative mapping of connectivity and molecular landscape in intact tissue. Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/42HkJyU

The secret to the naked mole-rats’ extraordinarily long life may lie in subtle changes to just four amino acids, researchers report in Science. According to a new study, evolutionary mutations in cGAS—an enzyme in the innate immune system that senses DNA to trigger immune responses—may enhance the animal’s ability to repair aging-related genetic damage, whereas in other species, such as mice and humans, cGAS can suppress DNA repair. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4onyATt

This week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine has arrived! New mRNA vaccines generate self-assembling nanoparticles to enhance immunity, dual-targeting "decoys" prevent metastasis and potentiate immunotherapy against melanoma in mice, and more. https://scim.ag/42CYqKO

Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. Learn more on #NationalFossilDay: https://scim.ag/4iUqAX0

Spoiler alert: Chicago's famous “rat hole” wasn't made by a rat. Michael Granatosky and colleagues checked. “I hope this project reminds people that science can start anywhere—even with something as small and funny as a mark in the sidewalk.” That and more of the best from Science Magazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: https://lnkd.in/gGHsPAcW

"I have decided to reject feelings of humiliation and instead embrace humility; to accept my vulnerabilities and my limitations and welcome the new perspectives they provide." This week's Working Life. https://scim.ag/4nPZV0s

About 120 million years ago, an aerial reptile known as a pterosaur fell from the sky and died in a shallow pond. A fine layer of sediment washed over it, preserving not only its skeleton, but, to the delight of modern paleontologists, its stomach. The resulting fossil is the first pterosaur ever found with a belly full of plants. Learn more on #NationalFossilDay: https://scim.ag/4hiSahm

This week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived! CRISPR experiments uncover a factor that facilitates immune receptor diversity, scientists identify a self-limiting mechanism that keeps the important Wnt signaling pathway in check, and more. https://scim.ag/4n4Zgaw