Posts by David Ojcius
Is playing music good for the brain?
Making #music intensely trains the #brain , coordinating senses, motor skills & focus. Over time this strengthens neural networks, & musicians often develop increased grey matter in key regions.
www.economist.com/science-and-... #MusicSky
Mozart: Sonates pour piano et violon
Isabelle Faust (violon), Alexander Melnikov (pianoforte)
Le duo boucle son parcours mozartien …
open.spotify.com/playlist/48q... #Mozart #music #classicalmusic #musique #MusicSky
24 new species of #amphipod found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
24 new deep-sea species found including a rare new branch of life | ScienceDaily share.google/C1pX5Sek2QYK...
The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists
A day late marking the anniversary. But it's not too late to say the U.S. was once a country that highlighted brilliant developments that improved individual & public health. Just a note of clarification, the U.S. and many other countries switched back to the Salk vaccine in the 1990s👇
French Senator Claude Malhuret has exposed Trump in Parliament like no one else did:
"A handful of drug addicts and alcoholics have seized power in US, whenever something regarding the Epstein case is published, they bomb a corner of the world"
www.thepoke.com/2026/03/27/t... #TrumpEpstein #Iran
The surprising science behind red-light therapy — and how it really works www.nature.com/articles/d41... #redlighttherapy
Early French winemakers had surprisingly sophisticated techniques.
Ancient DNA from grape pips shows France cultivated & spread vines for over 2,500 years, with diverse origins & early cloning techniques shaping modern varieties like Pinot Noir.
www.economist.com/science-and-... #wines #vineyards
Depuis sa création en 2010, #RESOLIS, #association d’intérêt général, applique aux initiatives et actions de terrain à visée sociale et/ou environnementale une méthode d’observation et d’évaluation s’inspirant de la démarche scientifique
resolis.org/a-propos/
Le choix des plantes dans le Jardin des Plantes :
Ce printemps, ce sont des plantations pour les quatre cents ans du Jardin des Plantes. Elles s'inspirent d'une collection de peintures naturalistes sur vélin des XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles.
www.jardindesplantesdeparis.fr/fr/actualite...
« J’avais honte que mon pays fasse autant de mal » :
Sous #Trump, la vie chamboulée des étudiants américains en #France
www.lemonde.fr/campus/artic...
« J’avais honte que mon pays fasse autant de mal » :
Sous #Trump, la vie chamboulée des étudiants américains en #France
www.lemonde.fr/campus/artic...
Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱
This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/t...
Andy Emler playlist
(piano, organ)
open.spotify.com/playlist/6Zq... #jazz #music #AndyEmler
It is completely tasteless and unacceptable for the sitting President of the United States to celebrate anybody’s death — let alone someone who served this country.
Donald Trump continues to show us time and time again that there are no limits to how low he is willing to go.
International day of #Forests. Here’s one of my favorites:
Putin told Orban to fake an assassination attempt, to get sympathy votes in the upcoming election.
Hmm, that sounds familiar. 🤔
Hungary under Orban has been a Russian client state for years. The corruption levels are on par with those of its Russian masters. There is virtually no difference. The revelation that secret communications inside the EU have been delivered to Russia comes at no surprise.
I'm confused how an American president can reduce sanctions on two countries currently killing American citizens and others and remain in office.
Perhaps 'treason' means something different in the US?
Linda Bilmes, a Harvard expert on financing war, expects the #Iran #war to cost the USA more than $1 trillion. Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof has ideas on how to use the money to make lives better instead of to destroy lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o...
Turbulence: Michel Portal
My favorite Michel Portal album. High-energy #jazz with Mino Cinelu, Daniel Humair, André Ceccarelli, Claude Barthélemy, Harry Pepl, Jean‑François Jenny‑Clark, Jannick Top, Andy Emler, Bernard Lubat, Jean Schwarz, Richard Galliano
open.spotify.com/playlist/7Lv... #MusicSky
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/o... #Trump
Jürgen #habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers.
In dozens of books, he rejected postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, arguing that rational communication was the best way to redeem democratic society.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b... #democracy
Cell Symposia: Host-microbiome dynamics
May 10–12, 2026 | Bruges, Belgium
www.cell-symposia.com/microbiome-2... #Research #microbiota #microbiome #microbiology #MicroSky #ImmunoSky