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Russia uses AI to hack Europe, Dutch intelligence warns The Netherlands says Russian cyberattacks on Europe are accelerating.

Russia is deploying artificial intelligence to accelerate its cyberattacks on Europe, Dutch military intelligence warned today — and the threat is only expected to grow.

Newspaper Headline: "Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack" Subhead: "The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound."

Deep sigh. Yes, nicotine is "natural". So are aflatoxin, ricin, cocaine, and botulinum. Please don't equate "natural" with "good for you".

Gift link if you really want to raise your blood pressure by reading about this stupidity... www.nytimes.com/2026...

Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙

On this day in 2019, I witnessed one of the coolest things ever. A lenticular cloud lit-up by a setting sun over the Perito Morena Glacier in Argentina.

IRB Barcelona invites applications for Group Leader positions in Chemical Biology (one) and Structural Biology (one) as part of its strategic effort to strengthen molecular sciences. The successful candidates will join a highly multidisciplinary and collaborative institute with strong expertise in cancer and metastasis, ageing and cell reprogramming, metabolism, cell differentiation, signal transduction, and gene expression, working at the interface of structural and computational biology, chemistry, and biology. IRB Barcelona is embedded in a vibrant scientific ecosystem and maintains close collaborations with major research infrastructures such as the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and the ALBA Synchrotron, as well as leading research centres, universities, and hospitals in Barcelona. About IRB Barcelona IRB Barcelona (www.irbbarcelona.org) is a multidisciplinary research institute where scientists collaborate to address fundamental biomedical questions and unmet medical needs. The Institute currently hosts more than 500 members from around the world across 27 research groups. How to apply Applications should include a CV, letter of intent, brief (2-page) research proposal, and the names and contact details of at least three referees. Applications must be submitted via https://recruitment.irbbarcelona.org no later than 22 May 2026, quoting reference GL/26/01 (Chemical Biology) or GL/26/02 (Structural Biology). The successful candidates are expected to join in Q4 2026 or 2027, with flexibility depending on individual circumstances. For Informal enquiries, please contact the chair of the Search Committee (Prof. Xavier Salvatella, at xavier.salvatella@irbbarcelona.org) and for details and updates on the selection process please contact the Head of People at (irbglcall@irbbarcelona.org)

Was just asked to spread the word about this position.
Structural biology and Chemical Biology positions in Barcelona, one of the great cities of the world!
www.irbbarcelona.org/sites/defaul...

Sure

#ESR Dépenses intérieures brutes de R&D (DIRD)

Chine - USA - Union européenne (2007-2024)

Millions de dollars USD (PPA aux prix de 2020)

(source www.oecd.org/fr/data/insi...)

Movie poster for Baaria.

Tired of depthless Hollywood shit, we watched this yesterday. It's the type of movie I would catch in the sneak preview, but never choose myself. But these never disappoint and this was no less the case yesterday. It's a beautiful movie, even for non-natives.

www.imdb.com/title/tt1081...

Wij dachten misschien zoiets

I'm a broken record on this but the radicalisation and brain rot of Gen X/boomers is a massively under-appreciated problem

"Puteng"? 😂

Close-up image of a pack of ham, sold in the supermarkets in France. The close-up shows Obélix, obviously looking forward to eating said ham. Obélix is a comic book character from the Astérix (et Obélix) series.

This is how ham is sold in France..

So there I am, enthusiastically writing an abstract for this conference to which I registered 6 months ago...

... only to discover that I already submitted an abstract when I registered!

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?

A researcher invented a disease called “bixonimania” and wrote clearly bogus articles on Medium and arXiv about it, referencing Starfleet Academy, Sideshow Bob, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Within months, major AI apps were diagnosing users with bixonimania.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

White chocolate chip cookies with mint herbal tea

ATP rankings after the Monte Carlo final. Sinner and Alcaraz more than 13000 points. The number three (Zverev) at distance, with 5555 points.

Just look at that gap to number 3! 😲

Sir Demis Hassabis wants to automate drug design We speak to the boss of Google DeepMind

Demis Hassabis shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2024 for designing AI models that could predict how proteins fold. We speak to the boss of Google DeepMind

Good morning, fellas🫶

If you remove places with fewer than 100 inhabitants, they're all on a point

dark blue background image with quote from Doeke Hekstra: "It is quite striking to watch ROCKET as it searches: The jumps it makes are unlike anything traditional methods would do.”

ROCKET is giving the Nobel Prize-winning AI-powered AlphaFold a serious upgrade in its ability to predict how proteins fold: https://bit.ly/4dUTZkG #science #biology #FlatironCCM

Turkish tea glass with a bottle of raki next to it. In the glass is the raki, with water.

Turns out they're not only for tea, but can also hold raki

GEN. PETRAEUS: Over last two months, Ukrainians have made greater incremental gains than Russians.

It's a tribute to their tenacity, determination, expertise, and extraordinary innovation. Ukrainians realized they couldn't outnumber or outgun Russians, so they outsmarted them.

I'm going to have to get my butt in gear if I want to get one last publication out before retirement

(www.nature.com/articles/s41...)

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New reporting reveals the Pentagon threatened Pope Leo's top American diplomat in a meeting after the Pope's state of the world address, where he criticized Trump's war in Iran.

Pope Leo has reportedly cancelled a planned visit to the US later this year in response.

A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

There are crucial elections in #Hungary 🇭🇺 this weekend. If you are looking for sharp and well-informed commentary on Hungarian politics, make sure you follow these excellent women!

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Been watching Tehran. Great series. Also great for binge watching, as every episode directly follows the previous one (no recap). But that also true going from one season to the next.

And the last season was FOUR YEARS AGO!

(Seriously, how is anyone supposed to remember important details)

Yesterday, the crew of the ISS called the crew of #Artemis2 and had a short conversation in between their busy schedules of research and documentation (I promise, to a scientist, that's more fun than it sounds!)

This was the first ship-to-ship communications ever to take place in space. #NASA

Expert's Dilemma: the more specialized you become, the less open you are to creative solutions from other fields. But the more you explore other fields, the more you risk losing credibility in your home field.
(Night Science recap, Day 3)