Get ready for Big Five Workouts, CryoRhodopsins, double detonation supernovae, moon-rice, the 4 layers of testing for R packages, and a three-track grant from the NSF on Translation to Practice. Science On.References:Personality traits can predict which exercise intensities we enjoy most, and the magnitude of stress reduction experienced following a training programCryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environmentsThe genome of a sea spider corroborates a shared Hox cluster motif in arthropods with a reduced posterior tagmaRegulating Multifunctional Oxygen Vacancies for Plasma-Driven Air-to-Ammonia ConversionCalcium in a supernova remnant as a fingerprint of a sub-Chandrasekhar-mass explosionRestoration of striatal neuroprotective pathways by kinase inhibitor treatment of Parkinson’s disease–linked LRRK2-mutant miceMoon-Rice: Developing the perfect crop for space-basesThe 4 Layers of Testing Every R Package NeedsElevate Your Skills and Boost Your Career with Jumping Rivers Free Monthly WebinarsNSF: National Science Foundation Translation to PracticeR Packages:BMIselect: Bayesian MI-LASSO for Variable Selection on Multiply-Imputed Datasetsgggda: A 'ggplot2' Extension for Geometric Data Analysisreptiledbr: Interface to the Reptile Database for Querying and Retrieving Taxonomic DatasemEffect: Structural Equation Model Effect Analysis and Visualization
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Pre-Cambrian Scuttles (Season 4: Episode 24)
Get ready for cancer cell states, ADHD diagnosis difficulties, body profiles from Ediacaran trace fossils, LMMS for work you can do yourself, May 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages, and a Google Research grant for Quantum Neuroscience. This episode covers materials from June 27th to July 3rd. Science On.References:AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil intratumoral heterogeneityDiagnosing ADHD in adults in randomized controlled studies: a scoping reviewQuantitative decoding of Ediacaran locomotory trace fossil morphologies: Evidence for the emergence of slender anterior-posterior body profiles Size-Insensitive Vapor Diffusion Enabled by Additive Freeze-Printed Aerogels for Scalable DesalinationYou can outsource the grunt work to an LLM, not expertiseMay 2025 Top 40 New CRAN PackagesBeyond the Basics: Books to Supercharge Your R SkillsDOD: Air Force Fiscal Year 2026 Young Investigator Program (YIP)NASA: Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase IGoogle Research: Quantum NeuroscienceR Packages:autograph: Automatic Plotting of Many GraphsgemR: General Effect Modelling
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Mars, Microbes, and Microstructures (Season 4: Episode 23)
Get ready for UV-resistant lichen, microbes for bioprinting Martian regolith, a new mammalian organelle called the hemifusome, and ways to make candlestick and segmented total bar charts in R. Science On.References:UVC-Intense Exoplanets May Not Be Uninhabitable: Evidence from a Desert LichenBio-Manufacturing of Engineered Living Materials for Martian Construction: Design of the Synthetic CommunityLineage-resolved analysis of embryonic gene expression evolution in C. elegans and C. briggsaeHemifusomes and interacting proteolipid nanodroplets mediate multi-vesicular body formationAnatomy of a Normal Probability PlotHow to draw a candlestick chart in R? – Both ggplot2 and plotlySegmented Total Bar Chart in R with “`ggsegmentedtotalbar“`Fantastic Graph Types and How to Make ThemR Packages:clinpubr: Clinical Publicationslopes: Calculate Slopes of Roads, Rivers and Trajectoriesunsum: Reconstruct Raw Data from Summary Statistics
Get ready for Pandora’s box of respiratory pathogens, mixed-up earthworm genomes, the insane energies of Extreme Nuclear Transits, a virus-like clade of Archaea, R version 4.5.1 codename “Great Square Root", the new declarative physical modeling language Dyad, Post-Bayesianism using R, and the NIH Directors Transformative Research Awards. Science On.References:Antibacterial Siderophores of Pandoraea Pathogens and Their Impact on the Diseased Lung MicrobiotaTowering behavior and collective dispersal in Caenorhabditis nematodesAn episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelidsThe most energetic transients: Tidal disruptions of high-mass starsEstimates of submicron particulate matter (PM1) concentrations for 1998–2022 across the contiguous USA: leveraging measurements of PM1 with nationwide PM2·5 component dataLandscape-explicit phylogeography illuminates the ecographic radiation of early archosauromorph reptilesA cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genomeR 4.5.1 is released2024 PSF Annual Impact ReportDyad: A New Language to Make Hardware Engineering as Fast as SoftwareBoost ML accuracy with hyperparameter tuning (with a fun twist)Creating A Question Bank Using Google Sheet, Plumber, and Digital Ocean DropletPost Bayesianism? Let's Try ItDoD: Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award L1 & 2NIH: Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award NIH: Directors Transformative Research AwardsR Packages:geess: Modified Generalized Estimating Equations for Small-Sample Datagseries: Improve the Coherence of Your Time Series Datassutil: Sample Size Calculation Toolstidyspec: Spectroscopy Analysis Using the Tidy Data Philosophy
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Painkillers, Crystals, and Giant Marine Viruses (Season 4: Episode 21)
Get ready for pain killing at the nerve level, solving an Earth science seismic anomaly, ocean giant virus genomes, the SAS Hackathon, a warning against scientific vibe coding, and a pilot study testing school lunches. Science On.References:The analgesic paracetamol metabolite AM404 acts peripherally to directly inhibit sodium channelsThe texture of the post-perovskite phase controls the characteristics of the D” seismic discontinuityExpansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant virusesSAS HackathonVibe coding with AI agents is not for scientistsRethinking Image FormatsHHS: A Research Study of Contaminants in School MealsR Packages:ggtime: Grammar of Graphics and Plot Helpers for Time Series Visualizationdiscovr: Interactive Tutorials and Data for "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio"rifttable: Results Tables to Bridge the Rift Between Epidemiologists and Their Data
A weekly overview of helpful scientific research topics and the successor of the podcast Statistics Weekly. Every week, I will cover 3 topic areas: Research Articles, Research Tools, and Research Funding. Science On.
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