📢 New issue of JPR is out now!
This latest issue features articles on repression, defection, insurgent adaptability, trade dependence, nuclear deterrence, and more - plus two new Research Notes and two Special Data Features.
Explore the full issue here:
🔗 academic.oup.com/jpr/issue/63/2
Elise Crull spoke to us at @perimeterinstitute.ca about Hertha Sponer, who was one of the first women in Germany to earn a PhD in physics, and a pioneer of quantum chemistry.
The future of Africa’s coastlines… is being mapped right now.
Awa Bousso Dramé is using AI and geospatial technology to track disappearing shores across West Africa—where rising seas and erosion are already reshaping lives. #TAIKinspires #AfricanInnovation #WomenInSTEM #ClimateChange #OceanScience
Lovely to join the @iop.org annual Astroparticle & High-energy particle physics meeting. This ASPIRES result created some discussion: interest in science isn't enough! If you want more young scientists you need to change the public's perception of scientists! 🧪🎢👩🔬
ℹ️: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL. #womeninstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_H...
Quite an interesting find. Thanks for sharing this. Could we start printing the T-shirts: ‘Your Petri-masculinity will end us all’.
Do you know if the author is active on Bsky?
🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning..
We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance.
And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use!
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So true!
Pleased to announce that an Authenticated Transfer Protocol (ATP) working group has been created at the IETF!
Grateful to everybody who participated in the BoF and chartering process. Details on next steps and how to get involved inside.
atproto.com/blog/kicking...
As an actual futurist, I strongly recommend skepticism against either-or twin scenarios. Quite many futures are possible at any given moment. Further, treating the future always as if it is a problem to solve is narrowing and leads to hubris. The threat of climate change demands wider imagination
Arctic sea ice at record low in March 2026
🌎 Arctic sea ice reached its lowest recorded extent for March, a significant departure from historical averages. This reduction impacts local ecosystems and global ocean dynamics.
📍 Arctic Ocean
🛰️ European Union, Copernicus Climate Change Service Data
What do the other two that are still up there designed to do?
New at @nature.com: what the #ArtemisII crew will see as they fly past the Moon on Monday 🧪🔭
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
📈 Higher ocean temperatures are leading to an increased number of seabird deaths, not just here in La Jolla, but across California coastal communities, according to Scripps Oceanography scientists. 🌡️ 🌊
lajolla.ca/news/wildlife/seabird-de...
Apparently, we must abort a chat session with an LLM when it makes any error, because it will keep referring back to the erroneous tokens if the chat continues. I found this out from a librarian with extensive user experience in a few leading brands of LLM-driven chat.
If anyone is wondering what space news I'm very excited about in 2026: it's the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named for the scientifically accomplished infrared astronomer who also made sure the Hubble Space Telescope got built and launched 🔭
science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...
A black-and-white photo shows Dr. Leila Denmark (center), an elderly woman with glasses, seated and smiling while looking at a baby who is laughing and facing her. Another younger woman is also seated to the right, laughing and placing her hand near the baby's midsection. The scene suggests a warm, inter-generational interaction, possibly in a clinical or home setting. Dr. Denmark was a pioneering pediatrician, known as the world's oldest practicing pediatrician upon her retirement at age 103.
Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine in 1932.
She was the world's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (practicing for 73 years). She died a supercentenarian #OTD in 2012 at the age of 114 years and 60 days.
#WomenInSTEM
Color photograph of Anne Innis Dagg, smiling joyfully with her mouth open as she extends her left hand toward a giraffe. The giraffe’s head and neck dominate the left side of the frame in close-up, its distinctive brown-and-white patterned coat clearly visible, while Dagg, an older woman with short curly gray hair, stands on the right wearing a light blue jacket, red top, and yellow scarf. The background shows soft-focus green trees and foliage in an outdoor setting.
Zoologist Anne Innis Dagg was the first "giraffologist."
She was the first Western scientist to conduct a long-term study of any African mammal in the wild. Her 1976 book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦: 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 & 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, is still considered the definitive "bible" of giraffe science today. #WomenInSTEM
Maria Merian was born 379 ago today. An entomologist who founded the ecological approach to taxonomy, she traveled by herself to Surinam in 1599 to document the insect life there, then published her findings with her own lush illustrations.
tinyurl.com/2pknyx6n
#WomenInSTEM #HistSci #BugSky 🐛🌱
Quite interesting details in the link about the planned sustainability features of this facility.
From Vaasa to Silicon Valley
What happens when one of Europe’s most advanced energy clusters connects with the world’s leading innovation ecosystem? Something powerful. The Vaasa Energy Cluster — with 180+ companies — is at the forefront of the energy transition. Silicon Valley is where AI,…
In the Kalahari region of Botswana, the ethic of Botho - “I am because we are” links to empathy in human-wildlife conflict situations, easing human-human conflict over wildlife.
More evidence that empathy is always key for fostering human-wildlife coexistence! 🧪🌍
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Volunteers and staff processing bats at Lost Lagoon in YVR. Seated at a long table with lights and equipment, biologists inspect, swab and measure bats while others record the data. Scene is at night with the reflection of the Vancouver skyline in the lagoon. Photo by Maleen Mund.
#FridayFieldWork Post a photo from the field! Here is our team in the lower mainland processing bats for the probiotics project. Captured bats are swabbed, measured & some are PIT-tagged then released. This is the summer "night-life" of a bat biologist (or volunteer)! 🦇 We'll soon be back at it!
Last year, researchers documented the first adult Chinook salmon in a tributary of the Upper Klamath since dam removal. This spring, they've discovered newly hatched salmon, lifting hopes of a cultural renewal for Klamath Tribes members.
You would think with Sweden’s track record in winning Eurovision and pop music production, they’d have the chops to release more Swedish-language hits… right?
📚 Vital news! The evidence is clear: fundamental change CAN still halt #biodiversity loss and secure just & sustainable futures for people & nature.
🎥➡️ Dive into the new IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment summary video for more: https://youtu.be/zpCjEU9cPr0?si=i44zNkGFeilw_a4P
I’m highly interested in codesign. Could you share the doi link and/or link to the OA version you’ve archived to your institutional repository (if one was allowed already)?
Good thing they didn’t say ‘the’?
Not every climate image you see online shows reality as it truly is.
AI tools can now generate or alter photos and videos in ways that look convincing, but they’re not real.
Small moments of attention help keep climate conversations clear and fact-based.
#ClimateFactsMatter
Does anyone know where the scientific community can submit public comment about this issue?
