Martin Greenacre

Political extremism creates ‘climate of anxiety’ for scientists The rise of populism and anti-science rhetoric in some regions of Europe is demoralising researchers and innovators, and creating a “climate of anxiety” that makes scientific discovery more difficult,...

When politics polarises society, the lifeblood of progress—#science & #innovation— runs cold.
@martingreenacre.bsky.social distils in @sciencebusiness.net our RP findings, showing how a drift toward extremes saps #Europe's engines of growth
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YouTube video by Johnny Flynn - Topic Shore To Shore

FAO @footballcliches.bsky.social after years of thinking @johnnyflynnmusic.bsky.social at 40s here compares a woman unfavourably to a throwback English target man, I just learned the lyrics are in fact "Hattie Carroll" www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E03...

Why does it feel like the European Space Agency is trying to gaslight me?

EU ministers call for independent FP10 in Warsaw Declaration EU research ministers have sent a strong signal that they want the next Framework Programme, FP10, to be a standalone research and innovation programme and not part of a broader European Competitivene...

Many of the finer details were dropped in the final text, but the Warsaw Declaration is still a strong signal that member states want a standalone research and innovation programme sciencebusiness.net/news/fp10/eu...

European AI ecosystem worried about new US export restrictions EU authorities and the artificial intelligence community are concerned that new US export controls, which will apply to most EU member states, could derail plans to train AI models using European supe...

The new US export restrictions on advanced AI chips will apply to 17 EU member states, 8 of which host or will host EU supercomputers. A threat to Europe's technology strategy, but also an opportunity to carve a different path?

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