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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

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evolarjun · 1790192734 · focus · HN ↗
It is odd (or maybe not) that they decided to publish a marketing whitepaper rather than a more traditional journal submission + preprint. The work does appear to be sufficient for a publication, though there's a good chance a reviewer will rip into them for some of the assertions they make, but given the topic I'm sure the paper will be accepted regardless.
The market for entry-level programmers has already declined, but at least they were somewhat in demand and made reasonable salaries. Now what happens to post-docs who already make almost nothing and often get treated like crap?
1. AbsurdCensor · 1790192877 · focus · HN ↗
  > Now what happens to post-docs who already make almost nothing and often get treated like crap?
  At least in the US, that particular brain drain has already been happening due to Trump's administration. The best of the best are exiting to other countries that will gladly have them, and then there will be far fewer people getting into the field. Science in general has taken a massive hit under the current administration and it going to take decades to fix if it's even possible.
  1. GenerocUsername · 1790193601 · focus · HN ↗
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    fragmede · 1790193904 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.aip.org/statistics/more-us-trained-physics-phds-are-leaving-the-us" rel="nofollow">https://www.aip.org/statistics/more-us-trained-physics-phds-...
    Does this AIP report on physics PhDs count as data?
    Or statnews? <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/04/trump-immigration-policy-stat-survey-measures-science-impact/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/04/trump-immigration-policy...
    Or, for the other side, Europe reporting a 46% increase; 169 vs 116 us based researchers applied for ERC grants. <a href="https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2026-starting-grants-results" rel="nofollow">https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2026-starting-gra...

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