Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60%+ that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.
Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 🧵
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The opening scene of The Last of Us has done more to raise awareness of the threat of fungal infection than anything the medical profession has managed over the decades
#TheLastofUs
📢 Breaking news that will send shivers of panic across academia:
Microsoft just announced it's putting a ChatGPT-like took *inside* MS Word 🤯
They're calling it Copilot.
According to Microsoft, "Copilot gives you a first draft to edit and iterate on — saving hours in writing, sourcing, and editing time."
Imagine having a first draft of a journal article or a dissertation to which you will only need to add citations and section headings.
Microsoft is absolutely right that "Copilot will fundamentally change how people work with AI and how AI works with people."
As an academic, what do you think of it?
Some University of Minnesota medical students have concerns regarding reproductive health care and research funding in light of the proposed Sanford and Fairview Health merger.
By @aainsley13
https://t.co/hykpDagdvR