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#Gaza Dos años en que los intereses de pocos acaban con la vida y futuro de muchos.
October 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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cenmag.bsky.social
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪
The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks
cen.acs.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
“In two years everything can break. All norms, all decency. In two years you can take a big idea, like shared humanity or international law, and empty it of all meaning.” @aloner.bsky.social marks October 7th.
Two years that broke our world
Since the Hamas attack of 7th October, what remains of big ideals such as our shared humanity?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
Evidence-based tips on getting better sleep: the primacy of circadian rhythm
new feature
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/d41...
September 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
Join the #SciFriBookClub today at 8:00 p.m. ET for a virtual discussion about this month's pick, "Unmasking AI," by Dr. Joy Buolamwini. Come chat with fellow science fans about AI, tech, digital equity, and more!

RSVP here: buff.ly/LojpsbT
Image of a woman looking at the camera with orange glasses, a dress, and gold earrings. Text says: “Some of the best we see from AI is taken from some of the best of humanity, but without credit, without compensation, without consent, without control. ... It’s up to us to demand better. But how do you demand what you don’t know?” —Dr. Joy Buolamwini
September 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
bumabel.bsky.social
Names we have heard before, as well as some new ones, but most importantly, ideas such as condensates, flexible batteries, and single-atom catalysts... Inspiring all of them

Who will win the 2025 chemistry Nobel prize? Data crunchers unveil their predictions
www.chemistryworld.com/news/who-wil...
Who will win the 2025 chemistry Nobel prize? Data crunchers unveil their predictions
Citation analysis tips scientists for work on greener lithium-ion batteries, single-atom catalysis and biomolecular condensates
www.chemistryworld.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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nytimes.com
Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.
nyti.ms
September 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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hannah-richter.bsky.social
The 2025 Ig Nobel-winning research was as wacky as ever. But wars, visa restrictions, Trump's border and research policies, and even an all-too-frequent airplane incident kept nearly half the winning teams from traveling to Boston @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
The Ig Nobels are science’s most lighthearted event. This year is ‘not typical’
Amid Trump research cuts, visa restrictions, and international conflicts, some winners sit out the celebration of whimsical science
www.science.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
bumabel.bsky.social
This is a great starting point for teaching science.😀
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research
The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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shobitap.org
I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.
Beware the drive to scale technology
When it comes to technology, scalability—its capacity to be standardized and then distributed en masse and across contexts—is the ultimate goal. Scientists and engineers view scalability as the route ...
www.science.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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science.org
"… currently, #AI science does not know how to build systems that will share human values and norms, and society possesses neither the legal nor ethical frameworks needed to incorporate conscious-seeming AI. But this trajectory is not inevitable." #SciencePerspective https://scim.ag/4gyHx9Q
Illusions of AI consciousness
The belief that AI is conscious is not without risk
scim.ag
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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phdcomics.com
The Plans
**My new book is out! 👉GreatBigUniverse.net
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
bumabel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper
First peer-reviewed study shows how a Chinese start-up firm made the market-shaking LLM for US$300,000.
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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wired.com
Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
Here’s How to Read on Your Kindle in Just About Any Language
Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage.
www.wired.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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pollyfordyce.bsky.social
Please apply to our tenure-track faculty position at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social! We are searching for a new colleague working at the interface between computation and molecular sciences. See post below and pls forward widely!
chemh.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
Faculty Recruitment
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September 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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newyorker.com
In Barry Blitt’s latest Kvetchbook, R.F.K., Jr.,’s message goes viral.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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cenmag.bsky.social
In the latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem.com, we take a look at different classes of drugs that can help people sleep, including antihistamines, benzodiazepines, melatonin analogs, and Z-drugs. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
This graphic describes the hormone that helps us get sleepy and some medications that can treat insomnia. The graphic outlines different classes of drugs that can help people sleep, including antihistamines, benzodiazepines, melatonin analogs, and Z-drugs.
September 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
This #CepahlopodWeek helps us build a Sea of Support! Donate today to sponsor a virtual ceph and be included among our Sea of Supporters. Together we'll reach our $8,000 goal! 🦑
Sea Of Support
Help us build a Sea of Support for science!
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September 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
.@arusbridger.bsky.social spent time in Israel, Gaza and apartheid South Africa and found “the parallels were too pointed to ignore”.

🔗: To read more, click here: www.prospectmagazine...
September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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science.org
A military megaproject led to Mexico’s biggest paleontological discovery—and is now reshaping what we know about mammoths.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/45PD8M0
Map showing locations where high-quality mtDNA samples have been recovered from mammoths. The dot size corresponds to the approximate number of samples recovered. Columbian mammoths recently discovered in Mexico are the first from a tropical area to yield mtDNA; the Basin of Mexico location is the largest dot on the map and the furthest south. Columbian mammoths in North America descend from a 1-million-year-old steppe mammoth discovered in Krestovka, Russia, with additional ancestry from woolly mammoths.
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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bethanyhalford.bsky.social
I've long admired @philipcball.bsky.social's polished and prolific prose. It was great fun to talk to him about his new book on alchemy for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
‘Alchemy still has a sort of cultural cachet; it just seems incredibly romantic’
In his latest book, award-winning science writer Philip Ball delves into alchemy and its place in the history of science and culture
cen.acs.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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newyorker.com
Everybody makes mistakes. Help yourself to some handy apology templates that can be tailored to your audience and misdeed, courtesy of New Yorker Humor.
Highly Specialized Apology Templates to Keep in Your Notes App
For the manager who received multiple complaints about calling employees “bro”: “I was under the impression that we were one big, happy family. I now realize I was wrong.”
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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chrisnsimms.bsky.social
This is darned impressive. Obviously I'd rather water was actually turned into wine, but having it temporarily look like wine is pretty cool, too. #science #alchemy #chemistry 🧪

It's also amusingly in line with alchemical cons that attempted to convince people they were buying gold not base metal.
philipcball.bsky.social Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Aug 12
Five years ago I wrote about a proposal to use quantum optical engineering to give any object/material the appearance (within certain constraints) of any other.Now the same team has reported the first demonstration, which I've written up for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/quan...
Quantum deception attempts turning water into wine
The effect lasts only a few picoseconds but demonstrates a way to manipulate the optical properties of materials
www.chemistryworld.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM