Maybe at £1.05/L they will work out!
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Maybe at £1.05/L they will work out!
"Heating oil"? In 2026? heat pump!
At journals like @elife.bsky.social reviewers are anonymous to the authors but not to each other. Also, reviewers ultimately have to agree on a joint decision. In my opinion, this prevents some of the more outrageous behaviours.
Congratulations. It's an incredibly strong illusion (if illusion is the word?)
Breaking News: The Nobel laureate Richard Axel said he was resigning as co-director of a Columbia brain institute over his friendship with Jeffery Epstein.
New paper alert! 🚨
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
📊 Explore updated data on electricity production in Europe—
Electricity is one major part of how we use energy, alongside transport and heating.
Uh oh
As we mark LGBT history month, I reflect on how far we have come, but also how hard-won rights & freedoms are now under threat, especially for trans people, and why @stonewalluk.bsky.social & other LGBT rights groups work is more important than ever.
thinking out loud… as an unemployed early career scientist I get a lot of review requests, all of which I turn down & let the editor know I need to dedicate my full energy to finding academic employment (beyond true!) BUT I keep thinking I would accept a fair number if it were an income stream… 🧪👩🏻🔬🧠
Actually the view from my office just got more interesting, as the official celebrations of the 200th anniversary now include a pirate projection saying "Free Palestine". Regardless of opinions, may UCL enjoy 200 more years of freedom of speech.
Actually the view from my office just got more interesting, as the official celebrations of the 200th anniversary now include a pirate projection saying "Free Palestine". Regardless of opinions, may UCL enjoy 200 more years of freedom of speech.
UCL looking gorgeous today, 200 years after its opening. Its design was inspired by Thomas Jefferson's plans for the University of Virginia (which in turn had been inspired by a Roman temple in Nimes, France). UCL's values very much echo those of the Enlightenment. May they long continue to do so.
Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨
#UCL200 #LoveUCL
Surely the fact that X is run by a fascist maniac should enter the equation somewhere? Anyway, even if we want to ignore that. Bluesky seems to be doing very well:
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform share.google/8PWWivAwsMKd...
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Goddness, there's lots to say about this. Good to see the case pro laid out in detail. I wonder if Nature will be publishing the counter-argument too?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thank you for flagging this book. I've just started it and it seems really interesting.
The creativity is still mostly human, writes @kenneth-harris.bsky.social. The AI’s strength is relentless, moderately clever trial-and-error in the space of technical solutions.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...
Today I'd like to honor the memory of my mentor and friend, Roger Tsien, born 1952 February 1. Today would have been Roger's 74th birthday.
Most know Roger for his 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize with Shimomura and Chalfie. Roger made GFP into the versatile imaging method it is now.
I should be proud of being a Fellow of the Royal Society, and yet I'm not. I wonder why.
I had missed this when it came out, and I think it's great news. Publishing false stuff on *cancer* potentially translates to more people dying, and I'm glad to see it now comes with some accountability for the institutions too.
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
Their starting assumption is that the Max Planck Institutes are a paragon of success. I'm not sure I'd take that as an axiom.
If the deal between Putin and Trump indeed was: "You can have Venezuela, if I can have Ukraine", Europe had better focus on the latter.
Although the Trump regime has stopped direct support for Ukraine already, there are still ways it can further harm Ukraine's position.
Out today in Journal of Vision:
Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1167/jov....
Earthquake
NYE fireworks < neurons expressing iGluSnFR3!
Developed at our Janelia Research Campus, iGluSnFR3 is a fluorescent sensor designed to rapidly detect & image glutamate — our brains' main chemical messenger — allowing researchers to observe (dazzling) neural communication as it happens. 🎆
