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People's trust in science by country!

No data for Iran, Greenland, North Korea ... , but Greenland is part of Denmark!

"Americans report more trust in science than most of the rest of the world, per the new Wellcome Global Monitor survey of people in 140 countries, in which 52% of Americans reported having “a lot” of trust in science, versus 26% across the globe."

Source: Wellcome Global Monitor Trust in science under pressure 2026

Credits: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW

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"The Heritage Foundation released its 2026 Election Integrity Scorecard this week, providing an updated look at election laws and safeguards in all 50 states and the District of Columbia ...
The Scorecard examines more than 50 practices across 15 areas, including voter identification, voter-roll maintenance, and citizenship verification. ..."

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Europäische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit - quo vadis? 

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Serious stuff! The federal budget deficits and debt accumulation is out of control! President Trump needs to do something!

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Notice the curve went up to and stayed in the 6-8% range in the second half of the administration of the senile, demented and lifelong pathological liar 46th President.

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Fig. 1: Timeline of foundational discoveries in T cell biology and milestones in CAR T cell engineering.

Source: Nature Briefing: Cancer

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Studieren in Österreich ist spottbillig (z.B. Studiengebühren)! Auch für Ausländer! Ist studieren in Deutschland generell auch immer noch so billig an öffentlichen Universitäten?

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 It's Not Just Health Care: $225M+ in Fraud Found in K-12 Schools

Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System, 2026

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Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System, 2026 | Fraser Institute

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The phenomenal revenue growth of Nvidia! "Sales for the April quarter reached $81.6 billion, up 85% from the year-earlier period " (Source)

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Why do private universities in the US receive so much federal funding given their large endowments? Over $22 billion inflation adjusted in 2025.

Why was the funding so low between 2011-2014, i.e. around $15 billion and lower?

How much of this funding is for research?

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Researchers have found that intravenous administration of a nonpathogenic virus, oncolytic alphavirus M1 (OVM), suppresses the growth of glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer, and also reverses the cancer’s suppression of the immune system. OVM triggers an immune response to cell death (ICD), restoration of the immune system, tumour microenvironment (TME) reprogramming and proliferation of immune cells that specifically target the tumour. (Source)

 

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The rapid, dramatic population decline in China has been mentioned many times before over the years, but here is a chart. Source

Why Africa, Europe, Latin America and Russia are missing from this chart is a mystery!

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Welch ein Gefälle! 

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What stunning turnaround since about 2005! Drill, baby drill (or renewed domestic production)! Note, the chart show net imports (exports - imports)! 

Thanks to President Trump's two terms the trend continues!

Disclaimer:

I am currently blogging from behind the Great Firewall of China.

My Internet service in China is very spotty. Thus, I am not able to blog as usual.

Diffusion models in charts

 Mea culpa, I forgot to add the source and I do not remember it anymore.

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