Licensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data - Creative Commons Creative Commons publishes the report Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data, a guide for researchers and data producers.

Licensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data - Creative Commons creativecommons.org/2026/04/20/licensing-bes...

We need to correct the wide-spread omission of equal contribution in article indexing Equal contribution designations (co-first and co-last authorship) is on the rise, yet this information is routinely lost, creating inequity in recognition and crediting. This Perspective calls for…

Are you the less lucky of the co-first or co-last authors? @shougroup.bsky.social makes the case for changes to the way that equal contribution information is sent to indexing sites such as #PubMed.
🧪 #AcademicSky #publishing

Recently @karinorman.bsky.social , @ctrlalttim.com @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social + I argued it's time we ecologists pay more attention to the carbon footprint of our tools. doi.org/10.1002/fee....

In this spirit: I give you the footprint of our local LLMs on NRP.ai carbon-api.nrp-nautilus.io

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Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful warning to the rest of Brazil Local politicians are too often corrupt and criminal

Local politicians in Rio are too often corrupt and criminal. Exasperated residents crave drastic measures to halt the city’s decline. Discover the full story. Register to read for free

Ex-model, arrested by Aventura police and deported, causes White House stir A Brazilian brought to the U.S. on an Epstein plane at age 16 lashes out at the Trumps, saying she was betrayed by her friend Melania.

The story behind the ex-Brazilian model, arrested in South Florida, who claims she has compromising material on the President and First Lady.

via @jkbjournalist.bsky.social
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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

Osmanovic Thunström carried out this unusual experiment to test whether large language models would swallow the misinformation and then spit it out as reputable health advice.

The problem was that the experiment worked too well.

#bixonimania
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Invading Israeli forces in southern Lebanon have killed a man using a first-person view (FPV) drone in the besieged town of Bint Jbeil.

He appears to be wounded before the attack, which would violate the Geneva Convention. Israel says it ‘eliminated’ a Hezbollah fighter.

OLED MacBook Pro M6 LEAKS — Apple's Biggest Redesign in Years? YouTube video by Matt Talks Tech

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Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S.

THE PENTAGON. THREATENED THE POPE.

They summoned the Vatican’s ambassador and said: get behind Trump or else. They literally invoked the era when kings controlled Popes by military force. He cancelled his US visit and said no.

#Fascism
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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BREAKING: PENTAGON THREATEN THE POPE’S AMBASSADOR

The U.S. told Cardinal Christophe Pierre:

America can do whatever it wants, and the Catholic Church better get in line.

Trump wants to invade the Vatican...

Muito feliz em compartilhar nossa letter publicada na Science!
Discutimos como a expansão do desmatamento e da infraestrutura na Amazônia pode ampliar riscos de biossegurança, favorecendo a emergência e a disseminação de patógenos.

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Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity - Nature Daily satellite data reveal that Earth’s artificial lights at night are highly volatile, with frequent brightening and dimming between 2014 and 2022.

Artificial light emissions at night increased by around 16% globally between 2014 and 2022, says research in Nature. The study presents maps of night-time light changes, which help to reveal the intricacies in human light footprint across the globe: spklr.io/63328EJ34m

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🔥Climate change may unravel plant–#hummingbird interactions in the #AtlanticForest.

🌺Niche models predict fewer links and lower #network robustness, increasing vulnerability to cascading effects and threatening #ecosystem stability.

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A serene forest stream flowing over moss-covered rocks with text inviting applications for Co-Editor-in-Chief at FACETS.

FACETS is searching for a new Co-Editor-in-Chief! If you’re passionate about evolutionary ecology, conservation, biodiversity, or environmental sciences, we’d love to hear from you.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/lzV050Y7QYh

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The Uni Freiburg seeks 2 PhD candidates for fully-funded positions in Evo-Devo research using Medaka fish. Application deadline: 01.05.2026. For details, visit http://seleit-lab.com #phd

Screenshot of PDF of the Journal of Experimental Biology Editorial, 'Why is publishing so expensive?', by Katherine Brown, Craig E. Franklin and Michaela J. P. Handel. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252490. doi:10.1242/jeb.252490. The first sentence reads: 'For many of us who work in scientific publishing, the title of this Editorial is a question we hear all the time when we’re out talking to academics'.

Why is publishing so expensive? In this editorial we tackle this & other FAQs on publishing finances, providing context around the revenues & costs @ JEB & highlighting the people, workflows & tools that go into publishing a paper with us @biologists.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Trotsky on the class structure of Soviet socialism A new class, or a new stratum?

Trotsky on the class structure of Soviet socialism
A new class, or a new stratum?
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My new piece "Reproducibility: how to strengthen a weak foundation" is out today @nature.com! 🎉 How reproducible is research in the social & behavioural sciences? A new study by Miske et al. assessed 600 papers across 62 journals: the results are sobering.

📄 doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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Help @esajournals.bsky.social speed up the processing of your paper by following the author guidelines closely

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U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday hit one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Iran that produces anti-cancer drugs, anesthetic, and other specialized medicines, according to state news agency IRNA - pharmaceutical company Tofigh Daru Research & Engineering. Iran has long faced chronic shortages of medicines, partly due to sanctions imposed over its nuclear program. BBC described the destruction of the high tech R&D hub as a “huge blow to Iran’s scientific endeavors.”

Siavash Ardalan @BBCArdalan On last night's list of Isreali targets was a major Iranian biopharmaceutical company focusing on therapeutic categories like oncology, cardivascular and narcotics. Tofigh was a high tech R&D hub not just a manufacturer. The damage is a huge blow to Iran's scientific endeavours.

US-Israeli airstrikes on Tue. hit one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Iran that produces anti-cancer drugs, anesthetic, & other specialized medicines, according to state news agency IRNA - pharmaceutical company Tofigh Daru Research & Engineering.

Iran has long faced chronic shortages...

Opinion | What the University of the Future Will Look Like The current model is broken. Here are seven substitutes.

Opinion | Nearly everyone has a stake in maintaining the fiction that there is one legitimate model of higher education and that traditional degrees are its only valid currency. https://chroni.cl/4delVQm

Asia now hub of growing illegal wildlife trade across 100+ countries, study shows Wildlife trade is decimating the planet’s biodiversity, driving declines in more than 31,500 wild species and spreading infectious zoonotic diseases that jump between wildlife, livestock and humans.…

The illegal wildlife trade has more than doubled since 2000, with Asia now the global hub. A new study shows these criminal networks are more resilient than ever, defying border restrictions to move wildlife across 110+ countries.

Experts call for constant transnational enforcement to disrupt them.

Trump is threatening further and greater war crimes in Iran: "completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants... and possibly all desalinization plants!".
This directly contravenes the laws of war.
One day he and his enablers must face justice.
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IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT. Line graph shows how the probability of holding a research position changes from four years before to seven years after having children.

Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s

Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ

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Russia plans to illegally annex lands it invaded, even as its military falters. Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says

The difference between these two is racism

https://www.infomoney.com.br/economia/brasil-tem-arma-secreta-contra-crise-do-petroleo-aponta-the-economist/

Para a revista The Economist, porém, o Brasil estava melhor preparado, amparado por uma das indústrias de biocombustíveis “mais sofisticadas do planeta”.

Leia mais no site do InfoMoney: www.infomoney.com.br/economia/bra...

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#Combustíveis #Brasil #Petrobras #Etanol #Economia

How many times can we “obliterate “ Iran’s nuclear capabilities? How many years will Iran be “weeks away” from attacking the U.S.? How many wars can Netanyahu get us into? How many centuries will countries continue fighting religious wars? How many trillions must be spent to feed the military industrial complex? How many innocent men, women and children must be killed and displaced from their homes? END THIS WAR NOW

WHY ARE WE IN IRAN?