Paul Steimle
@psteimle.bsky.social
Academic, lapsed cell biologist, dad, hopeful pessimist...
ScienceAdviser: Cats confuse AI | Science | AAAS
Not surprising. Granted this is a report of results in a preprint that has not undergone peer review, but I don't see how it can't be true...🐈
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Not surprising. Granted this is a report of results in a preprint that has not undergone peer review, but I don't see how it can't be true...🐈
www.science.org/content/arti...
ScienceAdviser: Cats confuse AI
Today in Science and science: Peacock feathers can be lasers, making proteins less mysterious, and more
www.science.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
ScienceAdviser: Cats confuse AI | Science | AAAS
Not surprising. Granted this is a report of results in a preprint that has not undergone peer review, but I don't see how it can't be true...🐈
www.science.org/content/arti...
Not surprising. Granted this is a report of results in a preprint that has not undergone peer review, but I don't see how it can't be true...🐈
www.science.org/content/arti...
AI may upend online studies critical to social science | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
AI may upend online studies critical to social science
Sophisticated bots risk contaminating surveys, games, and other approaches designed to shed light on human behavior
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
AI may upend online studies critical to social science | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
WTFFFF!
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
WTFFFF!
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Classes start in a couple of weeks at UNCG. It's always nice to receive emails like this from students, even when they misspell my name...
August 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Classes start in a couple of weeks at UNCG. It's always nice to receive emails like this from students, even when they misspell my name...
One-fifth of computer science papers may include AI content | Science | AAAS
"could...create a “vicious cycle” in the future, in which new LLMs are trained on content generated by other LLMs."
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"could...create a “vicious cycle” in the future, in which new LLMs are trained on content generated by other LLMs."
www.science.org/content/arti...
One-fifth of computer science papers may include AI content
A surge in AI-generated text has been detected in papers across many disciplines since the release of ChatGPT
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August 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
One-fifth of computer science papers may include AI content | Science | AAAS
"could...create a “vicious cycle” in the future, in which new LLMs are trained on content generated by other LLMs."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"could...create a “vicious cycle” in the future, in which new LLMs are trained on content generated by other LLMs."
www.science.org/content/arti...
July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And so it continues...
UNC Board of Governors Demands New DEI Compliance Committees www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
UNC Board of Governors Demands New DEI Compliance Committees www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
UNC Board of Governors Demands New DEI Compliance Committees
The campus-level committees will scrutinize whether schools have complied with policies targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
www.theassemblync.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And so it continues...
UNC Board of Governors Demands New DEI Compliance Committees www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
UNC Board of Governors Demands New DEI Compliance Committees www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
A recent post by Musk on his AI system called Grok.
“…rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge…”
That’s what Orwell described in 1984 as “rectification “.
We’re doomed
“…rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge…”
That’s what Orwell described in 1984 as “rectification “.
We’re doomed
June 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A recent post by Musk on his AI system called Grok.
“…rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge…”
That’s what Orwell described in 1984 as “rectification “.
We’re doomed
“…rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge…”
That’s what Orwell described in 1984 as “rectification “.
We’re doomed
Thanks, Captain Obvious…
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help
Communities of researchers worldwide are taking on the toxic research cultures that drive poor psychological health among academics.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks, Captain Obvious…
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why I teach my students about scientific failure | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Why I teach my students about scientific failure
“It’s a lesson I wish I’d learned before starting grad school,” this professor writes
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January 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Why I teach my students about scientific failure | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Fact-checking suddenly looks quaint, inadequate and practically irrelevant.
Whole realities — the supposed culprits for the LA inferno, a new MAGA map of the world, a child sex-abuse scandal in Britain — now sweep the internet overnight.
We no longer need fact-checkers. We need reality-checkers.
Whole realities — the supposed culprits for the LA inferno, a new MAGA map of the world, a child sex-abuse scandal in Britain — now sweep the internet overnight.
We no longer need fact-checkers. We need reality-checkers.
Behind the Curtain: Reality is now up for grabs
Whole realities — the supposed culprits for the LA inferno, a new MAGA map of the world, a child-abuse scandal in Britain — now sweep the internet overnight.
www.axios.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fact-checking suddenly looks quaint, inadequate and practically irrelevant.
Whole realities — the supposed culprits for the LA inferno, a new MAGA map of the world, a child sex-abuse scandal in Britain — now sweep the internet overnight.
We no longer need fact-checkers. We need reality-checkers.
Whole realities — the supposed culprits for the LA inferno, a new MAGA map of the world, a child sex-abuse scandal in Britain — now sweep the internet overnight.
We no longer need fact-checkers. We need reality-checkers.
Unbelievable...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Zuckerberg conceded there would be more ‘bad stuff’ on his sites. Here’s the latest.
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his conservative allies.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Unbelievable...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
With the automation of lab techniques, human participation in the scientific process will be unnecessarily. It's getting harder and harder for me to encourage students to pursue careers in the cell and molecular sciences (but I still do).
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
AI: A transformative opportunity in cell biology | Molecular Biology of the Cell
The success of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in predicting protein structure and more recently, protein interactions, demonstrates the power and potential of machine learning and AI for adva...
www.molbiolcell.org
December 28, 2024 at 4:33 PM
With the automation of lab techniques, human participation in the scientific process will be unnecessarily. It's getting harder and harder for me to encourage students to pursue careers in the cell and molecular sciences (but I still do).
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
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Breaking News: Rickey Henderson, baseball’s all-time leader in stolen bases and one of the sport’s most charismatic players, has died at 65. nyti.ms/3ZPAvFz
December 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Breaking News: Rickey Henderson, baseball’s all-time leader in stolen bases and one of the sport’s most charismatic players, has died at 65. nyti.ms/3ZPAvFz
1st, this is a preprint so let's see how it fairs in peer review. 2nd, I thought Santa was real... #wtf
Children’s Belief in Santa Claus and Moral Behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas. osf.io/preprints/os...
Children’s Belief in Santa Claus and Moral Behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas. osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
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December 19, 2024 at 11:09 PM
1st, this is a preprint so let's see how it fairs in peer review. 2nd, I thought Santa was real... #wtf
Children’s Belief in Santa Claus and Moral Behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas. osf.io/preprints/os...
Children’s Belief in Santa Claus and Moral Behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas. osf.io/preprints/os...
And so it begins...
Shoddy commentaries—a quick and dirty route to higher impact numbers—are on the rise
AI-generated content floods literature with poor-quality publications, casts doubt on metrics, Science and Retraction Watch investigation finds
www.science.org
December 18, 2024 at 2:13 PM
And so it begins...
Reposted by Paul Steimle
U.S. voters between the ages of 18 and 29 were more likely than their elders to accept the recent killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.
41% of young voters found the killer's actions acceptable. trib.al/XsVDJTZ
41% of young voters found the killer's actions acceptable. trib.al/XsVDJTZ
December 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
U.S. voters between the ages of 18 and 29 were more likely than their elders to accept the recent killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.
41% of young voters found the killer's actions acceptable. trib.al/XsVDJTZ
41% of young voters found the killer's actions acceptable. trib.al/XsVDJTZ
Reposted by Paul Steimle
A 53-year-old Alabama woman with kidney failure who waited eight years for an organ transplant has received a kidney harvested from a genetically modified pig, NYU Langone Health surgeons announced on Tuesday.
Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant
The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:02 PM
A 53-year-old Alabama woman with kidney failure who waited eight years for an organ transplant has received a kidney harvested from a genetically modified pig, NYU Langone Health surgeons announced on Tuesday.
Thanks, Captain Obvious...
Analysis by Dan Balz: The president-elect’s personnel decisions raise questions about whether his true priorities square with the people who voted for him.
Analysis | Trump is filling his Cabinet fast. But can he fulfill his promises?
The president-elect’s personnel decisions raise questions about whether his true priorities square with those of the people who voted for him.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Thanks, Captain Obvious...