Pierre Illien
pierre-illien.bsky.social
Pierre Illien
@pierre-illien.bsky.social
physicist @ CNRS & Sorbonne Université, Paris • statistical & chemical physics, soft matter, theory & simulations
Je relis cette pépite (et je pense qu'on devrait vraiment appliquer cette grille de lecture au monde académique 😌)
April 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Recently binge-watched the excellent series 'Dopesick'.

On top of what it tells about the US opiod crisis, it is also a story of scientific misconduct:

OxyContin sales were boosted by the heavy and uncritical mis-citation of a 5-sentence letter to the editor in a prestigious medical journal. (1/2)
January 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Found on the arXiv: "Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce"

"In this study, we systematically explore the phase behavior of Cacio and pepe sauce, focusing on its stability at increasing
temperatures for various proportions of cheese, water, and starch."

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
January 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Forêt de Fontainebleau, du côté des gorges de Franchard... 🤩🏃🏻‍♂️🧭❄️☀️
January 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM