Gareth Leng
g-leng.bsky.social
Gareth Leng
@g-leng.bsky.social
Neuroendocrinologist, retired, living in France but still writing. Author of 'The Heart of the Brain' and (with Rhodri) 'The Matter of Facts' https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043885/the-matter-of-facts/
From Nature Index, the top 10 academic institutions in the world ranked by number of papers published in 2023-24 in the most prestigious scientific journals (all fields of science). Harvard is first by a long way; the next 9 are all Universities in China.
April 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Pubmed down for me but Europe PMC is fine
March 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Rediscovering Robert K. Merton. Here from a 1942 essay
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Don't you just hate IKEA? Clear plans, given everything you need, everything fits, and in the end it all works. God I miss science sometimes.
January 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For my application to extend my residence in France (and prove that I am still living with my French wife) I had to provide a HANDWRITTEN letter. This is more than I have written by hand in 20 years, but I found a fountain pen and covered myself with ink. which made me strangely happy.
January 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM