Humberto Basilio
Journalist | Words in @NYTimes @NewsfromScience @Nature @NatGeo @archaeologymag @AGU_Eos @Open_Notebook | Fellow @red_mpc @risj_Oxford @insideclimate| NYU•SHERP
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2 weeks ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
After more than two decades of work, researchers have achieved a genetics milestone: they have successfully sequenced the complete genomes of six ape species, a feat that seemed impossible just a few years ago1. The results, published today in Nature by a team of 123 researchers spread across multiple nations,are expected to aid ape conservation efforts and advance scientists’ understanding of how humans differ from other apes.
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3 weeks ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
The administration of US President Donald Trump has hollowed out one of the federal offices aimed at ending the nation’s HIV epidemic. The move comes as the administration has also cut hundreds of grants funding HIV and AIDS research. The changes leave researchers bewildered: during Trump’s first presidency, his administration launched a plan to eradicate HIV in the United States by 2030.
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1 month ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
A massive green hydrogen plant proposed for construction in Chile could increase light pollution at one of the world’s most powerful telescopes by at least one-third, says the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the consortium that operates the telescope and will either host or operate others being built nearby.
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1 month ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
On Tuesday morning this week, PhD student Daniella Fodera woke up at 7 a.m. to a call from the head of her research laboratory in Columbia University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, delivering devastating news. Her F31 fellowship, a research training grant that provides the majority of her annual income, had been terminated. “It was traumatic,” Fodera says.
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1 month ago |
nature.com | Humberto Basilio
Postdoctoral students, graduate students and other junior scientists in large research groups are more likely to drop out of academia than are their peers in smaller groups, according to a new study of more than one million early-career researchers. But the analysis also found that researchers trained in large groups who stay in academia have more career success.
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🚨🧪The Trump admin. hollowed out one of the federal offices aimed at ending the U.S. HIV epidemic. More than 200 HIV-related federal grants were terminated in the last few weeks. My story for @Nature https://t.co/Lmp9o6vZMA
RT @Nature: Genetic data giant 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. What went wrong? https://t.co/MqYysZBNjI
RT @alexaroblesgil: Some personal news: I'll be joining The New York Times as a reporting fellow on the Science desk in June! Hard to put i…
