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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 2h

Stop what you are doing and read ‘If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI’. AI pioneers Eleizer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares shows that the risk of extinction by AI is enormous and imminent - maybe less than a decade away. Please RT www.amazon.co.uk/Anyone-Build...

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI: Amazon.co.uk: Yudkowsky, Eliezer, Soares, Nate: 9781847928924: Books

Buy If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI by Yudkowsky, Eliezer, Soares, Nate (ISBN: 9781847928924) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery o...

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Brian Clegg @brianclegg.bsky.social · 1d

Review: The War on Science: Laurence Krauss (Ed.) **** - Not as it might seem on fighting climate change deniers, but rather universities, governments and pressure groups attempting to undermine the scientific method. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #philosophyofscience #rationality

The War on Science - Lawrence Krauss (Ed.) ****

At first glance this might appear to be yet another book on how to deal with climate change deniers and the like, such as How to Talk to a S...

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 1d

Dating in a time of respiratory pandemics.

‘Hello Sweetie’ says a space-helmeted River Song to Dr Who in ‘Silence in the Library’ (2008)

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 1d

‘Matters Arising’

Dr Who accuses the arrogant Professor Stalman that he is ‘a nitwit’. (The Inferno, 1970)

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 1d

‘Matters Arising’

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 2d

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology seeks postdocs in Evolutionary Genomics and Cell Signaling related to biological clocks. More info: https://www.mpg.de/25524526/ and https://www.mpg.de/25524509/ #postdoc

Postdoctoral Fellow (m/f/d) | Evolutionary Genomics, Comparative Genomics and/or Conservation Genomics

Postdoctoral Fellow (m/f/d) in Evolutionary Genomics, Comparative Genomics and/or Conservation Genomics

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #FossilFriday, the University of Texas is hiring two curators/non-TT professors for our Vertebrate and Non-vertebrate Paleontology Labs: apply.interfolio.com/175702

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

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Nature Computational Science @natcomputsci.nature.com · 2d

🚨To celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay, our October issue includes a Focus that examines the advances in computational psychiatry and the challenges of developing computational models to address mental health disorders. #mentalhealthresearch #Psychiatry

➡️ nature.com/collections/...

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A robot on a chair sits next to a patient against a backdrop of a medical report. Credit: mathisworks / DigitalVision Vectors / Getty Images

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Springer Nature @springernature.com · 2d

For #WorldMentalHealthDay, we are sharing a selection of journal articles, collections, books, clinical study registrations and blog posts chosen by our publishers #MentalHealth #SDG3

Read more here: communities.springernature.com/posts/world-...

World Mental Health Day 2025

To mark World Mental Health Day 2025, we are sharing a selection of Springer Nature journal articles, collections, clinical study registrations and blog posts chosen by our publishers.

communities.springernature.com

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 2d

He’s here all week folks

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Aufstieg und Fall der Menschheit - the German-language version of The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire -- has made the 71-title longlist for the best science book of the year in Austria. A shortlist of 20 will be published on 11 November. More details here www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

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Nature @nature.com · 3d

How to pause and restart your science career: Funding crises, bereavement and a supervisor’s relocation can derail your career path, but you can overcome them.

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How to pause and restart your science career

Funding crises, bereavement and a supervisor’s relocation can derail your career path, but you can overcome them.

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 3d

Our Local Nature grants are for young people, and selected by young people. There's just over a fortnight until the deadline for this year, so get your applications in now!

The scheme provides funding for youth-led projects to connect with and protect nature across the UK.

Apply at buff.ly/ChleErt

A field of sunflowers at dawn. Text reads, "Our Local Nature Grant, Applications open until 25 October."

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Aufstieg und Fall der Menschheit - the German-language version of The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire -- has made the 71-title longlist for the best science book of the year in Austria. A shortlist of 20 will be published on 11 November. More details here www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 3d

That person you meet when you attend a scientific conference and want to quickly get breakfast alone before returning to your room to prepare your presentation

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 3d

Seems I’ve made the long list for a Science Book of the Year award in Austria. www.rowohlt.de/magazin/ausg...

Werner Bartens und Henry Gee stehen auf der Longlist zum «Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres» 2026 | Rowohlt Verlag

Rowohlt Verlag

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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 4d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

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Nature @nature.com · 4d

These intriguing materials - the world's most porous sponges - won today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry

go.nature.com/3VVjXug

World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market

Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.

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Nature @nature.com · 4d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 4d

PUBLISHED TOMORROW: The paperback of the French edition iof 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth' www.amazon.fr/Une-tr%C3%A8...

Une (très) brève histoire de la vie sur terre: 4,6 milliards d années en 12 chapitres

Noté /5. Retrouvez Une (très) brève histoire de la vie sur terre: 4,6 milliards d années en 12 chapitres et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion

https://www.amazon.fr/Une-très-brève-histoire-terre/dp/2253252433/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=3KVEHPM5KI988&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-q2SsH7VeQx97JixTDywj1PtK1qy3ePM_ww57ispo_VhxbgyHT9mK1HcF0HRIweQp3Det3InyRvOwt3Qj9IUqaVdvi2BV4T0pVFDiFO3hScCFy9xS71Wa5XD-WS3Oxd43bv28md2suahJXGwVCaw_QgX2kQbsVGSIZjtBK1csQYj-6l7IT0f0kaqZQ-0slEl00jUPJramO2_T9lrzziBL9wR8rdzXOONE0iPBGJOfJv4y0ohD8dExzIOAR8aOEgkCEr-3WSntFXl8hI1DVJeKPIWOrGbpf6pCdc3zv8e1Kw.1nRcJyhYyRgd8nW9TZ02SUN0UP3HoznRiDQ9VrkPAYc&dib_tag=se&keywords=henry+gee&qid=1759847158&sprefix=henry+gee%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-3

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 5d

Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

The ISC - your new home at UMass Boston?

The view of Boston Harbor from front of campus

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 12d

EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬

The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 5d

These days John Martinis is building quantum computers with these systems.
Will see if I can find my interview with him on "quantum supremacy" a few years ago.

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 5d

Found a News and Views the much-missed Rolf Landauer sent me (I wasn't smart enough to commission it) on the central topic the Nobel committee described, tunnelling time.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · 5d

Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits?

Here it is: ($)

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

Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics

In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.

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