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2 weeks ago | 
oncodaily.com | Amanda Heidt
Yakup Ergün, Medical Oncologist at Antalya City Hospital, shared a post on X:“Hey, human researcher! Look at what AI/LLM can do. Hypothesis generationLiterature reviewExperiment planning and executionStatisticsArticle writingIt’s currently in its infancy. Imagine what the future holds!”AI for research: the ultimate guide to choosing the right toolAuthor: Amanda Heidt. More posts featuring Yakup Ergün.
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3 weeks ago | 
nautil.us | Amanda Heidt
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday afternoon local time near the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay. The quake caused extensive damage across Myanmar and also toppled a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok, Thailand, more than 600 miles away.
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1 month ago | 
nature.com | Amanda Heidt
The number of women now entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics and medicine (STEMM) careers is growing at a faster rate than that of men. And although women still account for only about 35% of the STEMM workforce, research has shown that they are more likely to excel when given access to mentoring, support and guidance from other women with similar lived experiences (see go.nature.com/416cjkb).
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1 month ago | 
nature.com | Amanda Heidt
By the time her comprehensive exams rolled around in August 2024, Adriana Ivich had done nearly everything she could to prepare herself. To officially become a PhD student in biomedical informatics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Ivich needed to present her proposed research project and then meet with her committee for a closed-door grilling. “It’s definitely one of the hardest times to be a PhD student,” Ivich says.
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2 months ago | 
scientificamerican.com | Amanda Heidt |Heidi Ledford
Scientists are bracing for major changes in the direction of US biomedical research as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has promoted vaccine misinformation and public-health conspiracies, gains control over a vast swathe of science policy.
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2 months ago | 
sciencenews.org | Amanda Heidt
Now that Donald Trump has reassumed the presidency of the United States, scientists and legal scholars are bracing for his potential dismantling of a host of the country’s most pivotal environmental and conservation-oriented policies. One of those, among many, is the Endangered Species Act. Approved by Congress in 1973, the ESA directs the management of threatened and endangered species and has been a cornerstone of conservation in the United States.
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2 months ago | 
nature.com | Amanda Heidt
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.
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2 months ago | 
livescience.com | Amanda Heidt
Why does it seem like the same dreams keep following us? Maybe you've dreamed of soaring like a bird since childhood, or you've recently started revisiting a particular place or time while asleep. Perhaps a bad day at work still stirs exam nightmares, even if you haven't been a student for decades. If so, you're far from alone. Recurring dreams are a surprisingly common phenomenon: research shows that up to 75 percent of adults experience at least one during their lifetime.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
scientificamerican.com | Amanda Heidt
Why does it seem like the same dreams keep following us? Maybe you’ve dreamed of soaring like a bird since childhood, or you’ve recently started revisiting a particular place or time while asleep. Perhaps a bad day at work still stirs exam nightmares, even if you haven’t been a student for decades. If so, you’re far from alone. Recurring dreams are a surprisingly common phenomenon: research shows that up to 75 percent of adults experience at least one during their lifetime.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
brnw.ch | Amanda Heidt |Lauren J. Young
Why does it seem like the same dreams keep following us? Maybe you’ve dreamed of soaring like a bird since childhood, or you’ve recently started revisiting a particular place or time while asleep. Perhaps a bad day at work still stirs exam nightmares, even if you haven’t been a student for decades. If so, you’re far from alone. Recurring dreams are a surprisingly common phenomenon: research shows that up to 75 percent of adults experience at least one during their lifetime.
