Henning Schoenenberger
schoenenberger.bsky.social
Henning Schoenenberger
@schoenenberger.bsky.social
AI, Open Science, Social Science, lot of coffee.
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Personal account – all views are my own.
Coastal seas are acidifying faster than expected, threatening fisheries and coastal communities. Sobering data, but also a clear mandate for local monitoring.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#OpenScience #ClimateScience #Oceans
A century of change in the California Current: upwelling system amplifies acidification - Nature Communications
Boron isotopes in cold-water corals reveal that acidification in the California Current and Salish Sea has outpaced atmospheric CO2 over the industrial era, posing a threat to ecosystems of ecological...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Why do some memories stay vivid for decades? New work suggests “molecular timers” in neurons help decide what sticks. Long-term memory just got a lot more mechanical.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

#Neuroscience #Memory
Why some memories last a lifetime while others fade fast
Scientists have uncovered a stepwise system that guides how the brain sorts and stabilizes lasting memories. By tracking brain activity during virtual reality learning tasks, researchers identified mo...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Quantum internet feels a bit closer today: researchers just teleported information between photons from different quantum dots over fiber. Proper sci-fi vibes, real lab data.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#OpenScience #QuantumTech #Photonics
Telecom-wavelength quantum teleportation using frequency-converted photons from remote quantum dots - Nature Communications
Quantum-dot-based single photon sources represent a promising resource for future quantum networks. Here, the authors realize all-photonic quantum teleportation using photons from two remote near-infr...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
TechCrunch captures how OpenAI and Google leaders see AI rewriting go-to-market playbooks – from leaner teams to hyper-iterated messaging. GTM is quietly becoming an AI-first craft.

techcrunch.com/2025/11/28/h...

#AI #Startups #GoToMarket
How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies | TechCrunch
AI is changing how investors and startups bring their products to market. Three experts offered their insights at TechCrunch Disrupt.
techcrunch.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
“Modern Slavery and Migration” unpacks how policy and discourse co-produce invasive figures and racist imaginaries. Essential reading for migration debates.

doi.org/10.1177/0038...

#Sociology #Migration #HumanRights
Modern Slavery and Migration: A Conversation on the Production of Invasive Figures and Racist Imaginaries - Nandita Dutta, Maurice Stierl, 2025
What makes up the figure of the ‘modern slave’ and why does it appear so regularly in discussions over both climate change and migration? In this conversation, ...
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Researchers show how the brain’s “learning blocks” let us recombine skills instead of starting from scratch every time. It’s compositional cognition, experimentally pinned down.

dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#OpenScience #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience
Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces - Nature
The brain can flexibly perform multiple tasks by compositionally combining task-relevant neural representations.
dx.doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A 20-year study from Bangladesh links safer drinking water with big drops in cancer and heart-disease deaths. A powerful reminder that infrastructure is health policy.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

#PublicHealth #WaterSecurity
Twenty-year study shows cleaner water slashes cancer and heart disease deaths
A 20-year project in Bangladesh reveals that lowering arsenic levels in drinking water can slash death rates from major chronic diseases. Participants who switched to safer wells had the same risk lev...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
A tiny microbe vs. PFAS pollution

Biology to the rescue: a common photosynthetic microbe can pull PFAS “forever chemicals” into its membranes, an early step toward bio-based cleanup of toxic water.

doi.org/10.1039/D5VA...

#OpenScience #Microbiology #PFAS
Unique adaptations of a photosynthetic microbe Rhodopseudomonas palustris to the toxicological effects of perfluorooctanoic acid
In this study, we investigate the PFOA removal capabilities of Rhodopseudomonas palustris (R. palustris), a fluoroacetate dehalogenase containing microbe, as a potential candidate for achieving biorem...
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Cambridge team sketches “five ages” of the human brain, from early wiring to late-life plasticity. I like how it reframes ageing as change, not just decline. Great explainer piece.

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/five...

#OpenScience #Neuroscience #Lifespan
Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime
Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.
www.cam.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Today I learned our cells run a hidden alarm system: when protein production goes wrong, they send a distress signal before damage cascades. Feels very sci-fi, very real biology.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#OpenScience #CellBiology #MolecularBiology
ZAK activation at the collided ribosome - Nature
The kinase ZAK is activated at collided ribosomes to mediate the ribotoxic stress response.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Figshare preprint on "Migration and National Development in Nigeria" revisits Lee’s classic migration theory with contemporary evidence and policy recommendations. Important bridge between theory + practice.

figshare.com/articles/jou...

#Sociology #Development #OpenScience #Migration
Migration and National Development in Nigeria: A Critical Examination ofLee’s Theory of Migration
Migration has long been a focal point of sociological inquiry, with scholars always seeking to understand the forces driving human mobility. Everett Lee's push-pull theory is a comprehensive theory ap...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Real-time movie of DNA damage & repair

Molecular biologists just filmed DNA damage and repair as it happens in living cells. It’s like watching the genome patch itself in real time.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

#OpenScience #CellBiology #CancerResearch
Scientists capture stunning real-time images of DNA damage and repair
Scientists have created a live-cell DNA sensor that reveals how damage appears and disappears inside living cells, capturing the entire repair sequence as it unfolds. Instead of freezing cells at diff...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Oxford researchers argue kissing started millions of years before humans, tracing behavioural and anatomical clues across species. It’s a fun, surprisingly deep dive into affection as an evolved behaviour.

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ev...

#OpenScience #OpenAccess #Evolution #Behaviour
Redirecting
dx.doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This one grabbed me: “Reinforcing intensive motherhood?” LLMs show gender bias when asked about parental responsibilities, nudging more unpaid care toward mothers.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

#AIResearch #Sociology #GenderBias
Reinforcing intensive motherhood: A study of gender bias in parental responsibilities allocation by large language models
This study investigated gender bias in Large Language Models (LLMs) within the context of parenting responsibility attribution, focusing on whether LLMs implicitly reinforce the ideology of “intensive...
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
How do political values shift across generations in the UK? A new open-access article traces political socialisation over time.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Sociology #Democracy #OpenScience
Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing Generational Changes of Values - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
A growing bulk of research examines intergenerational shifts in attitudes and the extent to which they are attributable to new cohorts of voters being socialised under different socioeconomic and cult...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Global CO₂ record high!
The 2025 Global Carbon Budget is out: fossil CO₂ emissions hit a new record, the 1.5°C carbon budget is basically spent. Emissions growth has slowed - but not nearly enough.

www.eurasiareview.com/16112025-fos...

#ClimateScience #ClimateCrisis
Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Hit Record High In 2025
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 – reaching a record high, according to new research by the Global Carbon Project. The 2025 Global Carbon Budget projects...
www.eurasiareview.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Global CO₂ is still rising. When will emissions finally peak? Clear, sobering analysis with pathways and pitfalls - useful for any climate convo today.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#ClimateScience #ClimateCrisis #RenewableEnergy
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak?
Scientists say emissions could begin to decline in the next several years. What happens in China could determine when.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Climate beat: COP30 kicked off in Belém this morning with a firm push on implementation – it needs a clear signal the time’s up and action has to follow the science.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateScience #COP30 #Research-2-Impact
Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The European Commission just launched two major AI strategies - "Apply AI" and "AI in Science" - to supercharge AI adoption across research & industry.
€1 billion boost to Europe’s AI future.

theaitrack.com/eu-1b-ai-in-...

#EUresearch #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
EU Launches €1 Billion “Apply AI” and “AI in Science” Strategies
The EU launches €1B AI plans — Apply AI and AI in Science — to boost adoption in industry, science, and public services while strengthening sovereignty.
theaitrack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Kruder & Dorfmeister Sessions at Heidelberg Congress Center today simply legendary! K&D haven't lost any of their vibe after all these years.
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Big tech firms face weak returns on AI investment despite huge spending (~$400 B this year) according to MIT analysis.

www.reuters.com/business/ret...

I see this as a natural part of the #innovation cycle. #Transformation takes time to show #business impact - #AI is no exception.
Big Tech to report earnings under specter of AI bubble
As America's tech titans report earnings this week, one question looms large: is the artificial intelligence boom that has inflated valuations headed for the next big bubble?
www.reuters.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Somebody I still need to discover. Thanks for nudging.


Lewis Mumford

(NYC, 19/10/1895 -
26/1/1990, Amenia, NY)

us-am. sociologist, historian, philosopher of technoscience, philologist & town planner.

With a historical & regionalist vision, he was mainly concerned with technology, the city & the territory.

His analyses of utopia & the Garden ⬇️

October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We got it now! A tool for the 8-minute window between rock-hard and guac mush. 🥑

Smartphone AI detects avocado freshness via computer vision.

capitalpress.com/2025/10/15/r...

#FoodTech #AI
Researchers develop AI tool to predict avocado freshness | Capital Press
A new artificial intelligence tool for smart phones will help consumers predict avocado ripeness. The tool should be available within a year, Oregon State University assistant professor Luyao Ma told ...
capitalpress.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM