Andrew Tan
@andrewtanyongyi.bsky.social
Tony Leung made a neuroscience? movie!
"A neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree."
"Silent Friend"
A Film by Ildiko Enyedi
"A neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree."
"Silent Friend"
A Film by Ildiko Enyedi
SILENT FRIEND - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Films Boutique
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tony Leung made a neuroscience? movie!
"A neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree."
"Silent Friend"
A Film by Ildiko Enyedi
"A neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree."
"Silent Friend"
A Film by Ildiko Enyedi
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Here’s the thing about settling to keep the government grant $ flowing: this administration is actively trying to destroy state capacity to fund research at anything close to its current scale. If they’re successful, the entire model of the research university is dead.
Who is supporting these settlements? It’s generally not faculty or even long-time university administrators, it’s university boards and interim administrators who they’ve installed after admins with more of a fighting instinct have been forced out. There’s a playbook here.
@mbkplus.bsky.social and I will have more thoughts on the podcast, but it's no coincidence that the two most draconian settlements were signed by *interim* university presidents.
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here’s the thing about settling to keep the government grant $ flowing: this administration is actively trying to destroy state capacity to fund research at anything close to its current scale. If they’re successful, the entire model of the research university is dead.
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Oh good God, I can’t even…..
"COVID-19 is presented as the latest infectious disease outbreak resulting from scientists’ hubris: HIV/AIDS, Lyme ..."
"Marty Makary ... asked his social media followers to "check out the new documentary" while Jay Bhattacharya ... said "it's a must watch film.""
By @zachhensel.bsky.social (2024)
"Marty Makary ... asked his social media followers to "check out the new documentary" while Jay Bhattacharya ... said "it's a must watch film.""
By @zachhensel.bsky.social (2024)
Thank You Dr. Fauci Review
Thank You Dr. Fauci is a documentary investigating the origin of COVID-19. What do scientists have to say about it?
www.the-gallop.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Oh good God, I can’t even…..
Can We Fix Forgetting?
Cutting-Edge Memory Research with Dr. Jiannis Taxidis
NeurON Air #5
NeurotechUofT: Empowering the next generation of neurotechnology innovators at the University of Toronto
Cutting-Edge Memory Research with Dr. Jiannis Taxidis
NeurON Air #5
NeurotechUofT: Empowering the next generation of neurotechnology innovators at the University of Toronto
Can We Fix Forgetting? Cutting-Edge Memory Research with Dr. Jiannis Taxidis | NeurON Air #5
YouTube video by NeurotechUofT
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Can We Fix Forgetting?
Cutting-Edge Memory Research with Dr. Jiannis Taxidis
NeurON Air #5
NeurotechUofT: Empowering the next generation of neurotechnology innovators at the University of Toronto
Cutting-Edge Memory Research with Dr. Jiannis Taxidis
NeurON Air #5
NeurotechUofT: Empowering the next generation of neurotechnology innovators at the University of Toronto
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If a universe exists with no one to observe it, does it even exist at all?
Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe | Quanta Magazine
Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole universes. What they’re finding has them questioning fundamental assumptions…
www.quantamagazine.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If a universe exists with no one to observe it, does it even exist at all?
Story of Isaac
Leonard Cohen
(Live in Berlin, 1972 - Official Audio)
Leonard Cohen
(Live in Berlin, 1972 - Official Audio)
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Story of Isaac
Leonard Cohen
(Live in Berlin, 1972 - Official Audio)
Leonard Cohen
(Live in Berlin, 1972 - Official Audio)
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I enjoyed reading Lyse Doucet’s new book. It is engaging and thoughtful and tells Afghanistan’s harrowing recent history with empathy and through the eyes of its people. Highly recommend it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I enjoyed reading Lyse Doucet’s new book. It is engaging and thoughtful and tells Afghanistan’s harrowing recent history with empathy and through the eyes of its people. Highly recommend it.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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I'm teaching about Gaza on Monday. I assigned this article. You should read it if you haven't, because the trauma it describes is unbearable and we all need to sit with it.
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm teaching about Gaza on Monday. I assigned this article. You should read it if you haven't, because the trauma it describes is unbearable and we all need to sit with it.
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
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🔥🔥The Program for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now Available!!! 🔥🔥
We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!
Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.
Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...
We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!
Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.
Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
🔥🔥The Program for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now Available!!! 🔥🔥
We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!
Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.
Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...
We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!
Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.
Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...
Reposted by Andrew Tan
Measles cases have been surging over the short term despite massive declines in deaths over the long term. Even over the short term, the resurgence in cases has disproportionately been in countries with better access to care, so deaths have not increased as sharply.
Measles deaths down 88% since 2000, but cases surge
Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 59 million lives have been saved...
www.who.int
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Measles cases have been surging over the short term despite massive declines in deaths over the long term. Even over the short term, the resurgence in cases has disproportionately been in countries with better access to care, so deaths have not increased as sharply.
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I wrote about Fazıl Say's new Piano Concerto for this Philharmonia concert on Sunday, its UK premiere; if you'd like to have a read, scroll to Programme notes and click there.
"I have to feel the music from the inside and give every note life." 😍
Turkish pianist-composer Fazıl Say talks about his powerful Piano Concerto 'Mother Earth' - a work inspired by the climate crisis and the urgent need to protect our planet.
🎟️ Book now:
philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/san...
Turkish pianist-composer Fazıl Say talks about his powerful Piano Concerto 'Mother Earth' - a work inspired by the climate crisis and the urgent need to protect our planet.
🎟️ Book now:
philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/san...
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wrote about Fazıl Say's new Piano Concerto for this Philharmonia concert on Sunday, its UK premiere; if you'd like to have a read, scroll to Programme notes and click there.
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My second year in college, I read a book subtitled “The Scientific Search for the Soul” and I realized, for the first time, that you can get paid to do that. I enlisted.
www.thetransmitter.org/summer-readi...
www.thetransmitter.org/summer-readi...
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My second year in college, I read a book subtitled “The Scientific Search for the Soul” and I realized, for the first time, that you can get paid to do that. I enlisted.
www.thetransmitter.org/summer-readi...
www.thetransmitter.org/summer-readi...
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My series explaining the Standard Model of particle physics has 3 parts so far:
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
Thoroughly enjoying this very approachable series from @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social on the Standard Model and quantum mechanics
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
Standard Model - Part 1: Particles
YouTube video by John Baez
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My series explaining the Standard Model of particle physics has 3 parts so far:
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
1) Particles
2) The Big Ideas
3) Qubits
Next:
4) Quantum Physics
5) Spinors
Then isospin, pions and more particle physics!
Alas, I've been slowed down by our kitchen remodeling. I want to pick up the pace.
Reposted by Andrew Tan
Thoroughly enjoying this very approachable series from @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social on the Standard Model and quantum mechanics
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
Standard Model - Part 1: Particles
YouTube video by John Baez
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thoroughly enjoying this very approachable series from @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social on the Standard Model and quantum mechanics
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
youtu.be/0yjxqMoX-y8?...
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My reply became too long so I posted it here - apologies for the long rant you know I have lots to say here, but happy Thanksgiving (enjoy a generous gift of a blog about the minimalist program from me to you, just what you wanted today!)
elliot-murphy.com/2025/11/27/p...
elliot-murphy.com/2025/11/27/p...
Predictions of generative grammar for neuroscience
It is a common, and very reasonable question to ask what the predictions of the Minimalist Program would be concerning what would happen if the core language system (in the brain) was disabled (see…
elliot-murphy.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My reply became too long so I posted it here - apologies for the long rant you know I have lots to say here, but happy Thanksgiving (enjoy a generous gift of a blog about the minimalist program from me to you, just what you wanted today!)
elliot-murphy.com/2025/11/27/p...
elliot-murphy.com/2025/11/27/p...
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Ahead of our Make Freedom Ring concert in Munich on 30th November, I speak to BR-Klassik about the situation in Gaza, the silence of the classical music industry, the responsibility to speak out as a German citizen, and the question of justice for Palestine
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
Michael Barenboim zu Gaza-Konflikt:
Am Sonntag gibt Michael Barenboim ein Benefizkonzert für Gaza-Hilfen. Im Interview spricht der Geiger über die Gründe für sein öffentliches Engagement und darüber, warum Konzerte Orte der Solidarität ...
www.br-klassik.de
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ahead of our Make Freedom Ring concert in Munich on 30th November, I speak to BR-Klassik about the situation in Gaza, the silence of the classical music industry, the responsibility to speak out as a German citizen, and the question of justice for Palestine
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news...
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" Our mega-analysis reveals a nonlinear relationship between memory decline and brain atrophy, primarily affecting individuals with above-average brain structural decline. "
Impressive MEGA-analysis:
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change - Nature Communications
Across 13 longitudinal studies (3,737 adults), the authors show that brain atrophy parallels memory loss, with a stronger coupling in later life. APOE ε4 increases decline, yet genetic risk does not m...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
" Our mega-analysis reveals a nonlinear relationship between memory decline and brain atrophy, primarily affecting individuals with above-average brain structural decline. "
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Impressive MEGA-analysis:
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change - Nature Communications
Across 13 longitudinal studies (3,737 adults), the authors show that brain atrophy parallels memory loss, with a stronger coupling in later life. APOE ε4 increases decline, yet genetic risk does not m...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Impressive MEGA-analysis:
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vulnerability to memory decline in aging revealed by a mega-analysis of structural brain change
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrew Tan
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Correlation is not causation.
The study was of births between March 2020 and May 2021 when people would not have had previous covid infection, and vaccination was not available in many cases.
It's unclear how the results should be generalized to people who have had covid infection or vaccination.
The study was of births between March 2020 and May 2021 when people would not have had previous covid infection, and vaccination was not available in many cases.
It's unclear how the results should be generalized to people who have had covid infection or vaccination.
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Correlation is not causation.
The study was of births between March 2020 and May 2021 when people would not have had previous covid infection, and vaccination was not available in many cases.
It's unclear how the results should be generalized to people who have had covid infection or vaccination.
The study was of births between March 2020 and May 2021 when people would not have had previous covid infection, and vaccination was not available in many cases.
It's unclear how the results should be generalized to people who have had covid infection or vaccination.
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Abdullah Al-Yazouri narrated the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Genocide. BBC pulled it because of his familial links to the Hamas govt. He joined us from Gaza to discuss. He’s not your average 15yr old.
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Abdullah Al-Yazouri narrated the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Genocide. BBC pulled it because of his familial links to the Hamas govt. He joined us from Gaza to discuss. He’s not your average 15yr old.
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
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1/6 New preprint 🚀 How does the cortex learn to represent things and how they move without reconstructing sensory stimuli? We developed a circuit-centric recurrent predictive learning (RPL) model based on JEPAs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
1/6 New preprint 🚀 How does the cortex learn to represent things and how they move without reconstructing sensory stimuli? We developed a circuit-centric recurrent predictive learning (RPL) model based on JEPAs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
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Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼