Links for you. Science:

NIH FY2025 funding data finally emerges on RePORT
Rigid Gender Roles Are a Lie. Just Ask These 7,000-Year-Old Skeletons.
Mumps infections reveal that vaccine-preventable illnesses are resurging in the U.S.
Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides?
New rules for CDC vaccine panel aim to address lawsuit, empower Kennedy’s allies
I discovered three new geckos in Cambodia’s limestone caves – and that’s not all we found
One Drug Wins and Another Fails for Long COVID Fatigue — A previous trial of the two drugs showed the opposite effect for reducing the risk of long COVID
‘Jaw-dropping’ fossils reset the clock on when complex animals evolved. A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once believed

Other:

We need to talk about Donald Trump’s mental health. The increasingly incoherent and volatile president is much easier to understand if we come to terms with one thing
Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate (the NYT, a decade late to the party)
The Death of Book World and Why Criticism Still Matters
Cloud Control: Anthropic’s defiance of Trump and the new frontier of corporate governance
The Far-Right Cash Machine: There’s money in bigotry, and specialized crowdfunding platforms are where to get it.
DC leads the nation in first-year business failures (the business rents are too damn high)
The Banality of MAGA-fication: A new book by an unremarkable Republican accidentally illuminates the devolution of the party.
Trump’s Wreckage of Social Security and Medicare
Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable
Mayor’s budget seeks to grow DC, but includes $469M in cuts
Screens aren’t destroying young minds. I should know.
A closer look at DDOT’s plan to fill those pesky potholes this spring
Another round of layoffs hits Kennedy Center ahead of two-year closure
Minnesota authorities investigate arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping
The world’s worst dealmaker screws up the Iran negotiations
Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
Where Did All the Affordable Cars Go?
The Internet’s Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril. As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.
Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
New disclosures reveal how DOGE actually worked
What Orban’s Defeat Means for the Rest of the World
Oh No He’s Lost Peter Baker
For Kushner and Witkoff, C.E.O. Diplomacy Is No Longer Working
Gen Z women don’t long to be tradwives
Coachella performers are funding the MAGA movement
A Humiliating Defeat: Trump’s policies are a disaster for America. His illegal, unnecessary war has left us weaker and Iran stronger. Controlling the Strait is better than a nuclear bomb.
Parrot goes on underwater adventure in his custom-built submarine
Orbán’s Hungary drove a top university campus into exile. JD Vance said it should be a model for the U.S.
This university’s ‘intellectual freedom’ center creates the problem it claims to solve
Idaho Is Ground Zero of Republicans’ Escalating War on Trans People