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Spotted on LinkedIn... a bad AI summary of our new paper on risks of AI in research.
Please make it stop.
Please make it stop.
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Spotted on LinkedIn... a bad AI summary of our new paper on risks of AI in research.
Please make it stop.
Please make it stop.
🧊 Icebergs can sometimes suddenly flip over. But why does that happen?
✍🏽 New for @physicsmagazine.bsky.social: A new experiment recreating iceberg flips in the lab suggests that changes in shape due to melting determine if and how an iceberg tips over. 🧪 physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
✍🏽 New for @physicsmagazine.bsky.social: A new experiment recreating iceberg flips in the lab suggests that changes in shape due to melting determine if and how an iceberg tips over. 🧪 physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
Recreating Iceberg Flips in a Lab
Experiments with small, floating slabs of ice have revealed melting-induced shape changes that may explain why icebergs sometimes flip over.
physics.aps.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🧊 Icebergs can sometimes suddenly flip over. But why does that happen?
✍🏽 New for @physicsmagazine.bsky.social: A new experiment recreating iceberg flips in the lab suggests that changes in shape due to melting determine if and how an iceberg tips over. 🧪 physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
✍🏽 New for @physicsmagazine.bsky.social: A new experiment recreating iceberg flips in the lab suggests that changes in shape due to melting determine if and how an iceberg tips over. 🧪 physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
Wind turbines kill a massive number of bats. These animals seem to be unusually attracted to turbines, and researchers have long puzzled over why. 🦇🧪
For @science.org, I wrote about a new study that suggests they might be responding to a visual cue. www.science.org/content/arti...
For @science.org, I wrote about a new study that suggests they might be responding to a visual cue. www.science.org/content/arti...
Bats may mistake wind turbines for open sky, causing deadly collisions
Study may help explain why giant blades kill millions of the animals every year
https://www.science.org/content/article/bats-may-mistake-wind-turbines-open-sky-causing-deadly-collisions🧪
August 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wind turbines kill a massive number of bats. These animals seem to be unusually attracted to turbines, and researchers have long puzzled over why. 🦇🧪
For @science.org, I wrote about a new study that suggests they might be responding to a visual cue. www.science.org/content/arti...
For @science.org, I wrote about a new study that suggests they might be responding to a visual cue. www.science.org/content/arti...
Are you a materials scientist or engineer working on optical material sensors? Have some ideas on how they could power the sports wearable of the future?
If so, I'm looking to speak with you for an article in Photonics Focus. #JournoRequest
If so, I'm looking to speak with you for an article in Photonics Focus. #JournoRequest
August 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Are you a materials scientist or engineer working on optical material sensors? Have some ideas on how they could power the sports wearable of the future?
If so, I'm looking to speak with you for an article in Photonics Focus. #JournoRequest
If so, I'm looking to speak with you for an article in Photonics Focus. #JournoRequest
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Researchers studied recordings of cicadas to discover that the insects’ singing is synchronized with the Sun's position in the sky. The rapid rise in volume suggests that each cicada starts singing in response to both the light level and its neighbors' behavior.
Cicadas Decide to Sing with a Little Help from Their Friends
The daily start of a cicada’s mating call is triggered by the amount of light in the sky and also by the behavior of nearby insects.
physics.aps.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Researchers studied recordings of cicadas to discover that the insects’ singing is synchronized with the Sun's position in the sky. The rapid rise in volume suggests that each cicada starts singing in response to both the light level and its neighbors' behavior.
🧪 Often, in a counterintuitive phenomenon called Parrondo’s paradox, two losing strategies can be combined into a winning one.
✍🏽 For @physicsmagazine.bsky.social, I wrote about a new study on harnessing this paradox for cancer treatment. physics.aps.org/articles/v18... #MathOnco
✍🏽 For @physicsmagazine.bsky.social, I wrote about a new study on harnessing this paradox for cancer treatment. physics.aps.org/articles/v18... #MathOnco
Game-Theory Paradox Inspires Cancer Therapy
Simulations suggest that the combination of two cancer-therapy strategies, which individually deliver poor outcomes, might produce optimal results.
physics.aps.org
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🧪 Often, in a counterintuitive phenomenon called Parrondo’s paradox, two losing strategies can be combined into a winning one.
✍🏽 For @physicsmagazine.bsky.social, I wrote about a new study on harnessing this paradox for cancer treatment. physics.aps.org/articles/v18... #MathOnco
✍🏽 For @physicsmagazine.bsky.social, I wrote about a new study on harnessing this paradox for cancer treatment. physics.aps.org/articles/v18... #MathOnco
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Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
August 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
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Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪
Brokers of scientific fraud growing rapidly, study finds
Publishers are not keeping up with paper mills and other purveyors of shoddy academic papers
cen.acs.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪
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We have reams of evidence - including this new paper - that obesity is much more about food than exercise.
Calories in matters way more than calories out.
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Calories in matters way more than calories out.
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
July 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We have reams of evidence - including this new paper - that obesity is much more about food than exercise.
Calories in matters way more than calories out.
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Calories in matters way more than calories out.
www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Many densely packed systems have a hidden structure. They seem random, but become uniform as you zoom out. Conversely, variation increases with scale in hyperdisorder. 🌌 🧪
✍🏽 New for Physics Magazine: A new study reports the first example of hyperdisorder in biology. physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
✍🏽 New for Physics Magazine: A new study reports the first example of hyperdisorder in biology. physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
The Secret Disorder of Squids
A structural phenomenon traditionally confined to inanimate systems has now been observed in biology.
physics.aps.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Many densely packed systems have a hidden structure. They seem random, but become uniform as you zoom out. Conversely, variation increases with scale in hyperdisorder. 🌌 🧪
✍🏽 New for Physics Magazine: A new study reports the first example of hyperdisorder in biology. physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
✍🏽 New for Physics Magazine: A new study reports the first example of hyperdisorder in biology. physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
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Physics Magazine writes about our research on hyperdisordered patterns. Thanks @sachinxr.bsky.social for the article and @davidbrueckner.bsky.social for the quotes!
The Secret Disorder of Squids
A structural phenomenon traditionally confined to inanimate systems has now been observed in biology.
physics.aps.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Physics Magazine writes about our research on hyperdisordered patterns. Thanks @sachinxr.bsky.social for the article and @davidbrueckner.bsky.social for the quotes!
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The only problem is that the citations go to papers that don't actually exist.
July 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The only problem is that the citations go to papers that don't actually exist.
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I wrote about how irritated I am by the latest Colossal misrepresentation.
defector.com/colossal-bio...
defector.com/colossal-bio...
Colossal Biosciences Can't Have It Both Ways | Defector
On April 7, the New Yorker and Time ran nearly identical stories that might be better described as press releases for the de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences. The two stories differed slightly:...
defector.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I wrote about how irritated I am by the latest Colossal misrepresentation.
defector.com/colossal-bio...
defector.com/colossal-bio...
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No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
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Speaking of "AI" (since that's all we talk about anymore), my latest article on "AI" in medical imaging is up! When hospitals push this tech on doctors, it can lead to misdiagnoses or diagnoses on entirely wrong criteria: www.siam.org/publications...
When Artificial Intelligence Takes Shortcuts, Patient Needs Can Get Lost | SIAM
Artificial intelligence models may take shortcuts by drawing inferences based on incidental details rather than actual diagnostic factors.
www.siam.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Speaking of "AI" (since that's all we talk about anymore), my latest article on "AI" in medical imaging is up! When hospitals push this tech on doctors, it can lead to misdiagnoses or diagnoses on entirely wrong criteria: www.siam.org/publications...
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If you stop collecting weather & climate data it does not have an impact on rising GHGs. They will still continue to grow if we continue to burn fossil fuels. And it certainly won't end droughts, floods, or extreme weather events. It will just make us less prepared for those disasters. 🧪🌊🔌💡☀️💨🔋
May 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you stop collecting weather & climate data it does not have an impact on rising GHGs. They will still continue to grow if we continue to burn fossil fuels. And it certainly won't end droughts, floods, or extreme weather events. It will just make us less prepared for those disasters. 🧪🌊🔌💡☀️💨🔋
🧪 The world has a seemingly insatiable appetite for fats and lipids but this high demand comes at a massive ecological cost.
✍🏽 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I wrote about sustainable, synthetic biology-based fat alternatives www.synbiobeta.com/read/halting...
✍🏽 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I wrote about sustainable, synthetic biology-based fat alternatives www.synbiobeta.com/read/halting...
Halting Deforestation With Synthetic Biology-Produced Fats - SynBioBeta
www.synbiobeta.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🧪 The world has a seemingly insatiable appetite for fats and lipids but this high demand comes at a massive ecological cost.
✍🏽 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I wrote about sustainable, synthetic biology-based fat alternatives www.synbiobeta.com/read/halting...
✍🏽 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I wrote about sustainable, synthetic biology-based fat alternatives www.synbiobeta.com/read/halting...
🫀 As we age, heart muscle cells thicken and lose elasticity. Cellular damage marks cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders, fibrosis, etc. 🧪
✍️🏽 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social: Regenerative cell therapies could reverse the damage, rejuvenating organs. www.synbiobeta.com/read/change-...
✍️🏽 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social: Regenerative cell therapies could reverse the damage, rejuvenating organs. www.synbiobeta.com/read/change-...
Change of Heart—Literally: Engineered Cells Flip the Script on Organ Failure - SynBioBeta
www.synbiobeta.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
🫀 As we age, heart muscle cells thicken and lose elasticity. Cellular damage marks cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders, fibrosis, etc. 🧪
✍️🏽 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social: Regenerative cell therapies could reverse the damage, rejuvenating organs. www.synbiobeta.com/read/change-...
✍️🏽 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social: Regenerative cell therapies could reverse the damage, rejuvenating organs. www.synbiobeta.com/read/change-...
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📌 New paper alert!!!
1/5 How is the spread of epidemics shaped by both random walks and commuting? We answer this question in this paper appeard in Physical Review E by @pvalganon.bsky.social, A Brotons, @sorianopanos.bsky.social & @gomezgardenes.bsky.social 👇
1/5 How is the spread of epidemics shaped by both random walks and commuting? We answer this question in this paper appeard in Physical Review E by @pvalganon.bsky.social, A Brotons, @sorianopanos.bsky.social & @gomezgardenes.bsky.social 👇
Balancing mobility behaviors to avoid global epidemics from local outbreaks
Human interactions and mobility shape epidemic dynamics by facilitating disease outbreaks and their spatial spread across regions. Traditional models often isolate commuting and random mobility as sep...
journals.aps.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📌 New paper alert!!!
1/5 How is the spread of epidemics shaped by both random walks and commuting? We answer this question in this paper appeard in Physical Review E by @pvalganon.bsky.social, A Brotons, @sorianopanos.bsky.social & @gomezgardenes.bsky.social 👇
1/5 How is the spread of epidemics shaped by both random walks and commuting? We answer this question in this paper appeard in Physical Review E by @pvalganon.bsky.social, A Brotons, @sorianopanos.bsky.social & @gomezgardenes.bsky.social 👇
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#MathArtMarch Day 25 Chaos. In 2018, Julia and I crocheted twin Lorenz Manifolds from the pattern by Hinke Osinga. Not only is this a stable manifold in the Lorenz system, mounting them resulted in chaos of the colloquial kind. 80 hours of crochet, and countless hours of wrangling.
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#MathArtMarch Day 25 Chaos. In 2018, Julia and I crocheted twin Lorenz Manifolds from the pattern by Hinke Osinga. Not only is this a stable manifold in the Lorenz system, mounting them resulted in chaos of the colloquial kind. 80 hours of crochet, and countless hours of wrangling.
🚀 Growing food in situ will be critical for long-term space travel. Synthetic biology could enable resource-efficient and sustainable food production in space.
🧪 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social. www.synbiobeta.com/read/galacti...
🧪 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social. www.synbiobeta.com/read/galacti...
Galactic Gastronomy: The Science of Producing Food Beyond Earth - SynBioBeta
www.synbiobeta.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🚀 Growing food in situ will be critical for long-term space travel. Synthetic biology could enable resource-efficient and sustainable food production in space.
🧪 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social. www.synbiobeta.com/read/galacti...
🧪 New for @synbiobeta.bsky.social. www.synbiobeta.com/read/galacti...
🧪 Decentralized science platforms are changing how scientists fund, conduct, and publish research.
✍️🏾 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I write about what that means for building with #SyntheticBiology. www.synbiobeta.com/read/decentr...
✍️🏾 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I write about what that means for building with #SyntheticBiology. www.synbiobeta.com/read/decentr...
Decentralized Platforms Upending How Synthetic Biology is Done - SynBioBeta
www.synbiobeta.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🧪 Decentralized science platforms are changing how scientists fund, conduct, and publish research.
✍️🏾 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I write about what that means for building with #SyntheticBiology. www.synbiobeta.com/read/decentr...
✍️🏾 For @synbiobeta.bsky.social, I write about what that means for building with #SyntheticBiology. www.synbiobeta.com/read/decentr...
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Participants in clinical trials have been abandoned in the middle of clinical trials because of a Trump order. The stop-work order on USAID-funded research has left thousands w/ experimental drugs & devices in their bodies w/ no access to monitoring or care www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Participants in clinical trials have been abandoned in the middle of clinical trials because of a Trump order. The stop-work order on USAID-funded research has left thousands w/ experimental drugs & devices in their bodies w/ no access to monitoring or care www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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New article by @synbiobeta.bsky.social and Sachin Rawat on the advances in synthetic biology driving innovation in climate resilient crop improvement. Interviews with myself, Claire Grierson (Univ. Bristol), Todd Michael (Salk, Cquesta), Karsten Temme (Pivotbio).
www.synbiobeta.com/read/enginee...
www.synbiobeta.com/read/enginee...
Engineering Roots for Climate-Resilient Crops - SynBioBeta
www.synbiobeta.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New article by @synbiobeta.bsky.social and Sachin Rawat on the advances in synthetic biology driving innovation in climate resilient crop improvement. Interviews with myself, Claire Grierson (Univ. Bristol), Todd Michael (Salk, Cquesta), Karsten Temme (Pivotbio).
www.synbiobeta.com/read/enginee...
www.synbiobeta.com/read/enginee...