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Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Chemist & X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin's meticulous research was instrumental in uncovering DNA's molecular structure. Most famous for her role in the DNA double helix discovery, her work also revolutionized our understanding of viruses & coal. She was born #OTD in 1920. #WomenInSTEM 🧵

A classic, black-and-white studio portrait of a young Dr. Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), the pioneering British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose data was foundational to uncovering the double-helix structure of DNA. Captured from the chest up, Franklin sits in a three-quarter pose, her body angled slightly toward the left while her gaze directly meets the viewer. She possesses a calm, intelligent, and subtly enigmatic expression, with her dark hair neatly parted on the side and styled back away from her face. She wears a dark, long-sleeved button-down blouse with structured shoulders, a sharp collar, and fabric buttons down the front placket. The background is a soft, minimalist studio gradient of neutral grays that creates a gentle vignette effect, casting a soft light on the right side of her face. The composition is clean, formal, and balanced, evoking a mood of quiet determination, dignity, and brilliant intellectual poise characteristic of the early 20th-century scientific vanguard.
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2w ago

SAN breaks down why the White House’s Proposed OMB Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance has scientists sounding the alarm. As our Director of Policy and Advocacy, Cole Donovan, put it: “We’re talking about the end of American science as we know it.” Article: zurl.co/XsIVA

‘The end of American science as we know it.’ White House funding plan sparks alarm

A Trump administration proposal would vastly expand political oversight of federal grants. Critics say it threatens “science as we know it.”

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Japanese American National Museum@jamuseum.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The American Alliance of Museums condemns the Administration’s continued attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the museum professionals responsible for preserving, researching, and interpreting our nation’s history, art, science, and culture." www.aam-us.org/2026/07/20/a...

AAM Statement on the Independence of the Smithsonian and America’s Museums

The American Alliance of Museums condemns the Administration’s continued attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the museum professionals responsible for preserving, researching, and interpretin…

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Retro Blast@retroblastpod.com · 3w ago

Damn, this one hurts. Thanks for giving us one of the most iconic movie protagonists ever with Alan Grant. You made me more hyper-fixated on Dinosaurs than I already was as a kid after seeing Jurassic Park. Rest Easy, Sam Neill. 🦖

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Jay Kuo@nycjayjay.bsky.social · 3w ago

Oh no, “freezing the rent for New Yorkers in rent-stabilized housing, making buses fast and free, and providing universal child care”—all those overreaches “could invite comparisons” to authoritarians like Trump, wrote the NYT, while issuing that very invite. Link (last Dec): buff.ly/MGvUluD

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