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Siarhei Besarab (Сяргей Бесараб) | Interdisciplinary Chemist | Science Communicator | EU1AEY Exploring the intersection of #Chemistry, #RadiationSafety, #Toxicology Advocate for #CitizenScience, #DIY movement Bio & Links: https://linktr.ee/steanlab
🚨 MAYDAY from #Belarus 🚨
Amateur radio is now a capital crime. Over 50 licensed operators face the death penalty under a "spy network" charge that is technologically impossible. QSL cards are now used as "evidence" of treason
#HamRadio #RadioAmateur #DXing #AmateurRadio
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Picking up our AI bubble talk, this stuff should be the hot topic at every coffee shop, but nah, it's stuck in those nerdy tech mags 😔
#AI #tech #bubble #forecasts
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My original English adaptation of material for the Belarusian outlet Belsat, featuring tech forecasts for 2026 and beyond
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My 2026 #tech #forecasts
2026: the rich buy biology-as-a-service and life extension; everyone else gets chatbot nutritionists. AI’s romantic phase ends as it’s wired into control systems and war. Space becomes an industrial–military arena.
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#AI #science
Why I'm Skeptical About AI's Future
I featured in an #AI documentary, but key #insights got cut. So I gave a dedicated interview unpacking my #skepticism. It's my best #tech talk in 2025 year, so recommended even for AI newcomers
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Are weather balloons being used for smuggling? My cost-benefit analysis for Belsat suggests it's a money-losing game. Drones are cheaper and more effective
#BorderCrisis #WeatherBalloons #Geopolitics
Is There a Carcinogen in Your Tap Water?
The chemicals used to clean your water might be creating a "probable carcinogen" called NDMA. It's a reaction between disinfectants and pollutants from fertilizers or even your shampoo. Learn the chemistry of this hidden risk
#water #toxicology #health
My Perspective on Agroclimatic Adaptation in Eastern Europe: The Case of Belarus
18.07.2025 09:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tornadoes are no longer just an American phenomenon—Belarus just experienced a destructive EF2 #tornado. #ClimateChange is bringing new risks to unexpected places. Scientists urge investment in resilience and adaptation as tornadoes become a new normal for Belarus
#climatecrisis #climateadaptation
Cognitive Debt Crisis: How AI Undermines Critical Thinking
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Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite commonly found in cats, might be a key driver behind the global rise in male infertility. Recent research suggests it can directly destroy sperm cells—while most infected people feel nothing for decades. No effective cure exists, and men are rarely screened.
22.06.2025 13:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ethics and technology must go hand in hand. Nuclear energy and #AI offer hope, but without ethical frameworks, we face long-term #risks: nuclear #waste, energy-hungry AI, and societal manipulation. Let’s ensure innovation serves humanity, not just profit.
12.06.2025 11:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Malaria control just took a leap:
Nature reports a new class - endichin-like quinolones (ELQs), that turns infected mosquitoes into harmless ones by neutralizing Plasmodium after brief contact with treated nets.
Not just insecticide. A real paradigm shift.
#malaria #science #publichealth
🏆 Honored with Green Award Belarus for outstanding environmental media!
— Best Analysis 📰
— Best Social Media Content 🌍
— Best Podcast 🎙️
More: greenbelarus.info/articles/06-06-2025/zyalyonaya-setka-vyznachyla-lepshy-kantent-pra-ekalogiyu-belarusi
#Climate #ScienceCommunication #Ecology
Sam Altman just dropped $6.5B on IO (right in image), Jony Ive's shot at a "post-smartphone" device. Rabbit R1 (top left) and Humane AI Pin (bottom left) already tried. Both flopped
No screen. No killer feature. Just ChatGPT inside and Apple nostalgia outside
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You’ve heard of Hawaiian baby #woodrose. You’ve heard of Albert #Hofmann isolating #LSD -like compounds from it. But did you know those #psychoactives aren’t made by the #plant, but by a symbiotic #fungus living inside it?
#Mycology just dropped a 2025 bombshell 💥
lab66.substack.com/p/ipomoea
Two years ago, I warned that ignoring #drone #ethics could plunge us into a #grimdark future. That #future is now, not sci-fi, but Haiti. Gangs rule, kamikaze drones fly, warlords rap, and civilians sing to drones they worship. No oversight, no ethics, just raw #cyberpunk. Details: bit.ly/43QnzCu
30.05.2025 14:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looks like we’re on the brink of a breakthrough—and no, not AI. It’s chili science
Capsaicin now has real chemical antidotes: capsianoside I, roseoside & ginger glycolipid A
→ Reduce burn & mucosal pain
→ Actual countermeasures to tear gas & pepper spray
Civilian protection may never be the same.
The Strange Surface of Tea: Exploring the Colloid Chemistry Behind the "Tea Film"
Technotext 7 results are in. My article on the colloid chemistry of tea film won on HABR.COM, the top tech platform in the post-USSR space. Stoked!
Read it (in Russian): habr.com/ru/articles/...
#science #chemistry
🎧 Can Sound Rewrite Our Genes?
Looks like it might.
Medicine of the future will be the medicine of frequencies — A. Einstein
AI: A Paradigm Shift
After a year of empty #AI hype, here’s something that actually matters:
— Michael Levin’s brilliant take on what #intelligence really means
— Blaise Agüera’s follow-up that expands and sharpens Levin’s ideas
Need a new AI paradigm? Need a spark of inspiration?
Start here 👇
