Monday links, science, medicine, and a bit of something extra

Max Kozlov for Nature: Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants. The plot to murder American science in the style of Rasputin (poisoned, shot, shot again) is well under way, and this is the slow-release poison. Choke off funding, dissuade people from thinking about federal funding, see the number of scientists drop for years to come. Vinay Prasad: Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Jose Baselga. To be clear, there are many things wrong with American science and Prasad in his review of the book How To Rule the World presents some good examples, but you don’t treat a serious diagnosis by killing the patient. Andrew Gelman: Bayesian Workflow exists as a physical book! An example of what’s right in science. I will be ordering a copy. Ann Lee for the Guardian: ‘David Bowie was a crazy workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an oral history. ⊕ [Note: ᔥBill Harris ] An oral history done the right way, about a genius person in a genius movie. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk for The NYT: Life Is…