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Short comic with no panel edges. There’s a woman in a yellow tank top and blue spandex shorts with short strawberry-blonde hair. She sits on the ground leaning in close to a plant. Next to her is text that reads “There are worlds inside worlds” The POV comes in close to the woman’s face, we see her smirks at a beetle on top of a leaf. The text continues “for those with the eyes to see” Close up on the beetle, a Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle, the beetle addresses the woman “Sup?”. The final portion of text reads “and the heart to care.”

Worlds Inside Worlds
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#SciArt #beetle #bug

No One Believes Dr. Vinay Prasad Grew Tired of His Family. To Restore Trust, We Need an Honest Explanation From Our Medical Establishment. That’s Not Asking Too Much. The public deserves to the full story about Dr. Vinay Prasad's temporary resignation and how this might impact regulatory decisions moving forward.

How will Vinay Prasad’s future regulatory decisions be impacted by his brief resignation?

For once, we deserve honesty and transparency from our medical establishment.

My latest on the never ending drama, dishonesty, and ineptitude at the FDA.

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I'd say pundits in general.

I love her takedowns of tech bros

Our two journals, CMI and CMI Communications, have open calls for editorial fellows. Read more about their respective programmes on their webpages and deadlines:
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Somewhat ironically:

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RFK fights measles

Cartoon by Bill Bramhall

Panels one and two: Two white mice make their way through a maze. Panel three: Having completed the maze, the two mice are rewarded with some fruit. Two scientists watch them. One says: “Poor little things: all that thought and effort just to earn themselves a little treat.” The second scientist looks at a clock and says: “Coffee time!” Panels four and five: The two scientists make their way through a maze of corridors to a door marked “Canteen” Panel six: The scientists look at the food on offer. One says: “Ooh, Donuts!”

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Plato vs Grok The revenge of the nerds is upon us and it's incredibly naff.

My latest: On the AI aesthetic, techno-millenarianism, and why the new right doesn’t understand genius.

GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it. A new release botched … and a breaking research new paper that spells trouble

AI in a nutshell: "AI seems to know everything—until it's a topic where you have firsthand knowledge"

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They’re amazing. I love that they get right up to the camera.

Why are you plagiarizing @theonion.com?

The image is a tweet from David Mimno (@dmimno) that reads: "Tip for students going off to college: study 80s/90s pop culture. Particularly Ferris Bueller, Princess Bride, Simpsons seasons 2-5. Your gen x/early millennial profs will try to connect with you through these, and will be confused/sad when you stare blankly at them. Not joking."

Truth!

an artist 's impression of a black hole in the middle of a galaxy ALT: an artist 's impression of a black hole in the middle of a galaxy

Sounds like Vance and Starmer in the same room would create a singularity

I’ve read so much news today that I’m starting to wish I was religious. Because I want to believe that hell exists.

a small brown and white puppy is standing on a tiled floor . ALT: a small brown and white puppy is standing on a tiled floor .

Looking forward to it!

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The Journal of Open Source Software (@joss-openjournals.bsky.social‬) is looking for editors. Come join our team!

I've only been an editor for a few months, but I love working with JOSS. Our peer review process is actually collaborative, and we're Diamond Open Access.

#AcademicSky 🧪 ⚗️ #CompChem

beaker from the muppet show is standing in front of a black background with the words `` mi mi mi '' written on it . ALT: beaker from the muppet show is standing in front of a black background with the words `` mi mi mi '' written on it .

Reading what they said hurt my head

Research Associate (PDRA) in Fungal Infection Biology :Oxford Road

We are recruiting two Research Associates! Funded by the
@wellcometrust.bsky.social , join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent) www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline: 1st October

The pandemic feels like a lifetime ago even though obsessing about it was a big part of my job. Somehow I managed to avoid most of the "craziness".

I'm puppeted by nobody except my AI overlord! 🤖🫡

To be fair, many an expert is found wanting when they stray outside their field...

Friday essay: Trump and Kennedy are destroying global science. Even Einstein questioned facts – but there’s a method to it Modern science emerged precisely to deal with the way everything can be manipulated – and scepticism over ‘facts’ goes all the way back to Socrates.

"“Popperian” scientists were among the first to propose that the virus came from a lab. They then tried to see if they could disprove their own theory – and largely succeeded. The weight of evidence points to the virus spilling into the human population from an animal source."

I wonder what you can infer from the states it got right

My Lyft driver yesterday said I should let ChatGPT do my writing and my students' writing.

What could possibly go wrong?

Note that the issue isn't the organisms found in the water per se, but what their presence implies... 💩