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How To Overcome Leadership Battles
In times of social rancor and strife, most will fight each other, but societies are saved by those who think about the bigger issue.
There is a lesson humans could learn from wasps. Polistes canadensis wasps are more like China than a democracy, so when their ruler dies, power struggles and social turmoil result. Amidst the violence and chaos, individuals compensate by helping the group rather than fighting each other.
There is a lesson humans could learn from wasps. Polistes canadensis wasps are more like China than a democracy, so when their ruler dies, power struggles and social turmoil result. Amidst the violence and chaos, individuals compensate by helping the group rather than fighting each other.
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Thousands Of Unpublished Studies Show Why Conservation Efforts Miss The Mark
Europe alone has so much unpublished, un-catalogued biological data that it is challenging to take surveys and estimates about extinction risk and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the EU's claim it will protect 30 percent of land and sea by 2030 seriously.
A new paper revealed government's don't even know what they are not protecting already. The work revealed 40 years of gathered but never published data on marine amphipods - crustaceans - just in Italy. One type of crustacean in one country isn't even understood yet.
A new paper revealed government's don't even know what they are not protecting already. The work revealed 40 years of gathered but never published data on marine amphipods - crustaceans - just in Italy. One type of crustacean in one country isn't even understood yet.
Categories: Science 2.0
Boner Bears Chocolate Supplement Recalled Because It...Works
In 1994, United States President Bill Clinton fulfilled a campaign promise to his constituents by exempting supplements from any real FDA oversight. Scientists objected on the grounds that heavy marketing of alternatives to medicine would undermine confidence in actual medicine.(1)
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Cyclone Cycles Increase Global Warming
A new computer estimate says that the ocean is an important carbon sink that absorbs 40 to 60 percent of China's anthropogenic CO2 emissions but tropical cyclones prevent the oceans from absorbing more.
Understanding the impact of the ocean on sequestering carbon is important, because China builds two new coal plants each week and emits more pollution than the rest of the top 10 countries combined. Until they stop exempting themselves from pollution treaties it is important to understand what natural effects can help, since developed western countries have already sent their emissions per capita back 100 years and can't realistically get lower.
Understanding the impact of the ocean on sequestering carbon is important, because China builds two new coal plants each week and emits more pollution than the rest of the top 10 countries combined. Until they stop exempting themselves from pollution treaties it is important to understand what natural effects can help, since developed western countries have already sent their emissions per capita back 100 years and can't realistically get lower.
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Thousands Of Unpublished Studies Show Why Conservation Efforts Miss The Mark
Thousands Of Unpublished Studies Show Why Conservation Efforts Miss The Mark
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Tue, 05/26/2026 - 08:03
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Oceanography
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Cyclone Cycles Increase Global Warming
Cyclone Cycles Increase Global Warming
Hank
Tue, 05/26/2026 - 07:38
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Atmospheric
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Four decades of overlooked data reveal the hidden amphipod diversity of Italian seas
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Tropical cyclones affect the global carbon cycle but may reverse their roles with anthropogenic warming
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A Research Position In Neuromorphic Computing And Nanophotonics Open In Padova, Italy
Five days are left to apply to a 2-year research position at INFN-Padova, to work in the context of the EIC-Pathfinder-2025 winning project "PHINDER" on the simulation of the apparatus.
PHINDER (Picosecond-scale Photonic Heterogeneous Integrated Neuromorphic Detector) is a consortium of seven research institutes led by Lulea Technology University (Sweden), including Universidad de Oviedo, Eindhoven University, Universidad de Cantabria, Lund University, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and INFN-Padova.
PHINDER (Picosecond-scale Photonic Heterogeneous Integrated Neuromorphic Detector) is a consortium of seven research institutes led by Lulea Technology University (Sweden), including Universidad de Oviedo, Eindhoven University, Universidad de Cantabria, Lund University, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and INFN-Padova.
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A Research Position In Neuromorphic Computing And Nanophotonics Open In Padova, Italy
A Research Position In Neuromorphic Computing And Nanophotonics Open In Padova, Italy
Tommaso Dorigo
Mon, 05/25/2026 - 02:02
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Physics
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Apply For The USERN Prize, Win Cash, And Get A Keynote Talk In Astana
Nowadays it has become exceedingly hard to distinguish legitimate academic endeavours from scam in my mailbox. Not even AI filters can sort stuff out properly: my inbox often contains invitations to fake conferences, or to publish with non-existing journals, while my spam folder at times contains honest invitations of academic value.
I could touch the reality of the problem a few months ago, when I was invited to an AI conference in Singapore. I was about to trash the email, when something in the name of the sender rang a bell. Upon checking, it turned out that he was a Nobel prize winner in Physics! Needless to say, I was happy to accept the invitation, and indeed in two weeks I will travel to Singapore to deliver my talk at AI4X.
I could touch the reality of the problem a few months ago, when I was invited to an AI conference in Singapore. I was about to trash the email, when something in the name of the sender rang a bell. Upon checking, it turned out that he was a Nobel prize winner in Physics! Needless to say, I was happy to accept the invitation, and indeed in two weeks I will travel to Singapore to deliver my talk at AI4X.
Categories: Science 2.0
A Record Of Past Activities
Every now and then, for one reason or another, an academic will have to update one's own CV. This is a chore in general - once you get tenure, why should you care to keep a detailed record of your past activities? - but it also carries some benefits. In fact, by sifting through the data (hard disk folders containing talks, large databases of publications, mailbox) you can get a bird's eye view of where your time has gone, and draw inspiration for future rationalization of your agenda.
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Apply For The USERN Prize, Win Cash, And Get A Keynote Talk In Astana
Apply For The USERN Prize, Win Cash, And Get A Keynote Talk In Astana
Tommaso Dorigo
Sun, 05/24/2026 - 05:06
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Physics
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A Record Of Past Activities
A Record Of Past Activities
Tommaso Dorigo
Sun, 05/24/2026 - 01:23
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Physics
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DNA reveals hidden biodiversity loss in Ontario streams, offering powerful new tool for freshwater monitoring
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