Alessandro Macario

I'm really pleased to see that the official Audible Audiobook of The Edge of Sentience will be out on 18 February. Thanks to OUP for believing in the book and making this happen!

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

And AI, in particular, is like a demon conjured into the machine, designed to steal our autonomy and our intelligence and heat the world as fast as possible.

How is this happening?

‘Nobody was tricked into voting for Trump’: Why the disinformation panic is over Eight years ago, Trump and Brexit sparked fears social media was corroding reality. Now, that narrative is crumbling.

This emerging hot take that misinformation was just some academic panic is mind-numbingly bad and reminiscent of attempts to frame climate science, etc… as hysteria.

www.politico.eu/article/nobo...

Le quotidien israélien « Haaretz » continue de dénoncer les exactions de l’armée à Gaza, malgré les attaques du gouvernement Le journal israélien est l’un des rares médias du pays à montrer la réalité de la guerre du côté palestinien. Une approche critique qui lui vaut d’être en première ligne face aux attaques du gouvernem...

En Israël, à contre-courant d'une opinion endoctrinée, @haaretzcom.bsky.social sauve l'honneur en documentant par ses enquêtes les crimes de l'armée à Gaza. Article à lire sur @lemonde.fr
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Earthrise.

Taken #OTD 56 years ago.

In terms of seeing that we're all on this one single planet, it's one of the most important photos ever taken.

Just 3 to 4 minutes of vigorous physical activity per day is associated with decreased cancer risk.

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Syphilis microbe circulated in the Americas thousands of years before European contact But ancient DNA from bony lesions suggests original bacterial strains may not have spread sexually

It's a debate that's raged for more than 500 years: Where did syphilis, first reported in Europe in 1494, originate? DNA from ancient bones, analyzed by @jrockdrigo.bsky.social and colleagues, may help close the case. @science.org

Heureux de vous retrouver ici 😉

Aujourd'hui, en allant dans l'espace, il est facile de voir que la Terre est sphérique. Certaines personnes en doutent, mais savez-vous comment l'humanité a su que la Terre était sphérique et pas plate?
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