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Balancing Ethics and AI Innovation J.P. Singh criticizes the unbalanced approaches to governing the technology taken by EU and US policymakers.

Effective AI governance will require policymakers to find a balance between innovation and ethics, notes @jp-singh.bsky.social – not to choose one or the other, as the EU and the US have done. bit.ly/47mNYsa

Mission-oriented industrial strategy: global insights Authored by Prof. Mariana Mazzucato, Sarah Doyle and Luca Kuehn von Burgsdorff

Read more on mission-oriented industrial strategy ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

The October issue is now fully online:

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New Editorial: "Old crops in new places" rdcu.be/eL09N

All over the world, farmers are finding new ways to adapt to climate change. But these innovations risk severing connections to the land that have been shaped over millennia.

Be ready for English Champagne.

Natural directed evolution in gut microbiota Bacteria undergo rapid genetic changes that are selected by alterations in the human gut environment

Bacteria undergo rapid genetic changes that are selected by alterations in the human gut environment.

Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qaRWNh

Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops - @research-science.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social @hhu.de go.nature.com/3WbbKlW

The Economics of Water - Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as a Global Common Good Water is essential for life. It moves in complex, often invisible ways, all around us. And this water is under threat.

Read more in our report from the GCEW ➡️ watercommission.org#report
Read our new report on blended finance ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Our letter in the Financial Times, with Ministers Carlos Cuerpo, Fernando Haddad & Enoch Godongwana ➡️ www.ft.com/content/53cd... 2/2

Unlocking gene regulatory networks for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture - Nature Biotechnology Gene regulatory networks are crucial for understanding complex gene regulation in plants and could advance crop improvement for more sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural practices.

Unlocking gene regulatory networks for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture @dinglab.bsky.social bit.ly/4lDVIvC

Chart showing the global average land-sea surface temperature relative to a pre-industrial baseline, the 1861–1890 average Temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C since then (as a measure of climate ,the average over decades) Temperatures in the last couple years have been closer to 1.5°C.

Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are the main drivers of recent climate change.

On Truth

Review of PROOF @thelancet.com by @philipcball.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Adam Kucharski: The Uncertain Science of Certainty A Leading Mathematician on Scientific Evidence, Truth, and Proof

An enthralling conversation with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on uncertainty in science and his new book PROOF, with some emphasis on things we learned from Covid, and much more.
video, audio, transcript; all open-access
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Is being bilingual good for your brain? Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits

Numerous studies have shown that bilinguals undergo a later onset of dementia, perhaps of around four years, on average—though some of these have failed to replicate. The good news is that it is never too late to start learning https://econ.trib.al/weUpnrW

How your brain controls ageing — and why zombie cells could be key Research is revealing the cellular mechanisms that link mental well-being and longevity.

Nature reports on how scientists are working to decipher the precise mechanisms that connect the brain to processes associated with ageing. #medsky 🧪

The first article of the modern German constitution is an absolute banger. The first five words alone are a wonderful guide for all future policies. What this looks like in practice is often challenging but I for one LOVE that principle.

Is being bilingual good for your brain? Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits

Reams of papers have been published on the cognitive advantages of multilingualism. Beyond the conversational doors it can open, multilingualism supposedly improves “executive function”. We explain how https://econ.trib.al/jUTUFSF

A line graph illustrating Japan's foreign aid contributions over time, labeled "Japan's contribution to foreign aid has more than doubled in just five years."

Japan has more than doubled its foreign aid budget in just five years

Screenshot of the Editorial.

New Editorial: "Naming is caring" rdcu.be/esS4x

We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the natural world.

A blueprint for the batmobile.

Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n

Screenshot of the study titled The effect of ChatGPT on students' learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis

The fear: AI will make students lazy. The reality? It’s making them smarter. A new meta-analysis of 51 studies (!!) shows AI is actually boosting critical thinking, not just grades. My biggest takeaways: 1/

In Times of Trouble, Seek Moral Beauty The lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.

“When you can see moral beauty in others, you will find goodness in yourself as well,” writes Arthur C. Brooks. “If you simply want a sure way to get happier, looking for such moral beauty might be just what you need”:

How much coffee is too much? Studies suggest moderate consumption is harmless. It may even be beneficial

Humanity drinks around 2bn cups of coffee every day. The good news for those who contribute to that figure is that regularly consuming moderate amounts doesn’t appear to be harmful. There may even be benefits https://econ.trib.al/8I5gIKl

Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”

A massive health dataset has spawned a wealth of cookie-cutter "research Mad Libs" papers that don't tell us anything useful, but flood the literature with noise. Possibly AI-generated, possibly paper mill origin.

www.science.org/content/arti...

This is just the beginning of the movement towards A.I. powered keyboard liberation for clinicians
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A Super Ager excerpt @science.org today
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What share of new car sales are electric?

Here are a selection of countries for 2024 👇

Explore more here: ourworldindata.org/grapher/elec...

A heatmap showing the reduction of measles cases across U.S. states from 1929 to 2022. The horizontal axis represents years that progress from left to right, starting in 1929 and ending in 2022. Each vertical column corresponds to a U.S. state, with states labeled on the left side. The colors in each cell represent the number of reported measles cases per 100,000 people, using a logarithmic scale. Darker shades of blue indicate higher numbers of cases, while lighter shades transition to yellow, signifying fewer cases. Key historical milestones are marked with vertical lines and text: - 1963 indicates the development of the first measles vaccine by John Enders. - 1971 highlights the introduction of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine by Maurice Hilleman. - 1980 notes that vaccination becomes mandatory for children entering kindergarten. At the bottom, a data source citation credits Project Tycho (2018) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1959–2022).

Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year

How the data for AI ecosystem is evolving Learn about how the data for AI ecosystem is evolving

‘Without data, there is no AI’ has become a mantra for our data-centric AI programme. But what does that mean in 2025? We’ve taken a look at the rapidly evolving AI data ecosystem to see. Find out more
#Data #AI

The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm Heatherwick Studio and the space architecture nonprofit Aurelia Institute.

Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm Heatherwick Studio and the space architecture nonprofit Aurelia Institute. www.wired.com/story/the-pl...

Why do we need to know about progress if we are concerned about the world's largest problems? Why have we made it our mission to publish “research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems”?

Read more from our founder, @maxroser.bsky.social, about our mission to make the data and insights needed to understand our world accessible and understandable for everyone: ourworldindata.org/problems-and...