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Learn how to write cleaner, reusable, and well-documented code with Dr Sanjay Manohar (University of Oxford).
Practical tips in Python, MATLAB & R to boost your workflow and avoid common pitfalls.
📅 27 Nov 2025 | 🕑 2–5 pm
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Is there anything worse than seeing this note on an empty plate in the kitchen at work?

I am not sure what kind of experiment is going on at the Pears Maudsley Centre, but it looks like fun! @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Join us on 26 Nov (12 - 1pm GMT) for a webinar sharing early findings from @UCL’s REPAIR Project, exploring structural inequities in funding, recognition & career progression.
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Great book indeed. Still in heavy rotation in my house since we first bought it when the kids were little.

I forgot the most important: good luck to @cogirmak.bsky.social !

This is really interesting and I will definitively have a look! A long time ago, when I was a student, I did my project on this topic for a Semiotics module, at a much smaller scale. Funnily enough, it was about compiling and writing about all the different types of movements in the Tintin books.

The challenge in learning using AI is very similar to the same learning issue discovered about internet search

When we are given answers we think we learn, but we don’t. Learning is work. However, things like the “learning modes” from the AI providers help, as does using AI for tutoring not answers

Science Forum: Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript What can authors and reviewers do to keep common statistical mistakes out of the literature?

It's spooky season, so what better way to spend it than getting horrified by common statistical mistakes? A delightful dark read. It is great to follow the paper's development with reviewers' comments & authors' responses. By Tamar Makin from @plasticity-lab.bsky.social & Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry

I went to see New Dawn Fades last night at @bloomsburytheatre.bsky.social. It was a bittersweet experience. Great play, great music of course, good fun, especially Brian Gorman playing Tony Wilson, but so much struggle and darkness... I raise my virtual hat to Josh Lonsdale's Ian Curtis!

Can looking at art in a gallery impact your #health?

New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.

Click the link to find out more👇

#IoPPNNews

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A graduate student’s guide to department retreats Our Experimental Error columnist demystifies an annual tradition

Nailed it: "When scientists cut loose, it means sitting through academic talks, but maybe while wearing sandals." A graduate student’s guide to department retreats | Science | AAAS

LLMs can be useful for some things, but simulating human research participant responses isn’t one of them

YouTube video by Harvard Business Review You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.

Do yourself a favour and spend 5 minutes watching this.

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There are albums that you have listened to such much, that all the songs blend in; you know exactly what comes next. I had my own oddball paradigm yesterday & a beautiful P300 while listening to the The Beatle's Blue Album. I didn't know that the 2023 version had extra songs, e.g. Blackbird

It was for a few long, dark but fun winter months! I flew straight to London with my backpack after that. Thinking about it now, I am pretty impressed by the fearless country-hopping youth that I was! These days, my evolutionary more risk-averse mature brain would probably find an excuse not to go..

Grazie Sofia! The #Erasmus programme truly changed my life, by enabling me to first go and study in Iceland and then to come to London for the rest of my Erasmus time, where I still am nearly 25+ years later. Now, through #ErasmusPlus, I carry on the tradition and have international collaborations.

That's tomorrow morning's commute soundtrack sorted then!

YouTube video by Low Level how NASA writes space-proof code

This is a bit niche, but really interesting! I should have said that I was writing NASA-compatible code when struggling with recursion, pointers of pointers and dodgy memory allocation...

No surprise there!

Worms, flies, zebrafish, mice, rats, human iPSCs

Explore how diverse model systems can transform your #Neuroscience research at our BNA Training Academy session.

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Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

Read coverage on our article on macroeconomic income inequality, the brain, and mental health in @theguardian.com:

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A brief history of the numeric keypad Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most ...

The really interesting history behind something you never really though about. By Francesco Bertelli via

How is this a president?

Such a great insightful video by @dominicwalliman.com! Highly recommended. I had lots of fun today munching on my lunch and discovering more about the world of fungi.

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So it looks like there is now an increasing number of people / companies offering services to fix vibe coding problems, as the vibe coders themselves do not have the skills to do it themselves...

I Tested AI 'Humanizers' to See How Well They Actually Disguise AI Writing Using AI to write emails, cover letters, or anything else can be a huge time saver. But if you’re worried about AI detectors, don’t think “humanizer” tools are going to save you.

In this case, Jeff Somers was just checking for detection rate, without paying attention to the content itself. My guess is that the quality / relevance of the content would degrade more and more as you pass the text repeatedly through these tools, making it paradoxically easier for us to detect...

Step Away from the Chatbot: a Letter to a Student about AI and Creativity Dear Student,  I’m glad this letter reached you before you fed that assignment prompt from your Creative Writing professor into ChatGPT. I’d like to share some ideas that may be helpful as you decide ...

Really nice and topical letter to read / share, especially as the start of the academic year is around the corner... By @lindsaybrainard.bsky.social