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Science journalist, leatherworker, dad. Author of Lyme Disease in Canada. Rely a bit too heavily on alcohol and irony. @scibri.bsky.social

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Trump’s “dismantling” of NIH research continues apace

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By Brian Owens Verified
| The BMJ Verified
Brian Owens, freelance journalist St Stephen, NB, Canada brian.lawrence.owens{at}gmail.com The premier health research funding agency in the US has had a tumultuous time since Donald Trump’s presidential return, and things are only going from bad to worse, reports Brian Owens When Donald Trump returned to the US presidency in January 2025, many biomedical researchers were uneasy about the antiscience turn that parts of the Republican Party had taken in recent years.1 But they hoped that the...
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The push to clear nuclear power’s waste-disposal hurdle

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By Brian Owens Verified
| nuclear-news.net
The push to clear nuclear power’s waste-disposal hurdle The technical issues have mostly been solved, but the long-term potential peril of radioactive material has made it difficult to find politically acceptable sites. Nature, By Brian Owens, 26 August 2026 Inside a nondescript warehouse in an industrial park in Oakville, Canada, sits a squat forklift truck that requires no driver.
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The push to clear nuclear power’s waste-disposal hurdle

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By Brian Owens Verified
| Nature Verified
Inside a nondescript warehouse in an industrial park in Oakville, Canada, sits a squat forklift truck that requires no driver. When activated by its remote operator, the vehicle trundles to a stack of huge clay blocks, each weighing 8,000 kilograms, and carries them into a narrow rock tunnel. Another custom-built machine then fills the spaces around the blocks with crumbled clay. Enjoying our latest content?
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