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European Research Council (ERC

Today is International Academic Freedom Day 🔍

At the ERC, science is free to follow the evidence wherever it leads. Researchers choose the question. Excellence is the only criterion.

👉 bit.ly/4toSHTf

>@EUScienceInnov @StudentAFAF #ProtectWhatMatters

Today is International Academic Freedom Day 🔍

At the ERC, science is free to follow the evidence wherever it leads. Researchers choose the question. Excellence is the only criterion.

👉 bit.ly/4toSHTf

@EUScienceInnov @StudentAFAF #ProtectWhatMatters
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The Conversation U.S.

Qualitative research matters because some things can’t be measured with numbers alone.

It helps explain how people actually feel, think and experience the world — and that’s why researchers say #AI still can’t replace researchers, even if it can organize some data.
theconversation.com/ai-intervi

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"If you want to speed up processes, you need to make sure that the people that need to do the work have all the means to actually do the work.

This means that if your legal approval process is going slow, you take a look at what is needed to start a legal approval process. If they need to chase five different people for incomplete documents, you’re not going to speed up said process by adding more lawyers to the department.

One of the big lessons of The Goal is: ”bottlenecks should receive predictable, high-quality inputs”."

frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2

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No Starch Press has all their books sale at 40% off until May 26th. You can get my books and many other great titles at nostarch.com Use code LONGWEEKEND

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Smithsonian Magazine

This Microscopic Fungus Survived NASA’s Sterilization Protocols—and Is Hardy Enough to Potentially Contaminate Mars
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

Posted into Smartnews @smartnews-Smithsonianmag

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Energy4Europe 🇪🇺

⚡️☀️🌱More homegrown clean energy = less dependence on imported oil and gas.

AccelerateEU supports this shift with measures setting electrification targets & removing barriers across the industrial, transport & building sectors.

➡️ link.europa.eu/Gmb4PF

#AffordableEnergy
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Smithsonian Magazine

A Man Spotted Strange-Looking Rocks Near a Pond in Thailand. They Turned Out to Be the Bones of a Massive New Dinosaur Species
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

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Smithsonian Magazine

Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now, Thanks to Hybridization. Is That a Threat to the Species?
smithsonianmag.com/science-nat

Posted into Science @science-Smithsonianmag

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Visualising Climate

Join us in Bologna, Italy, from 4 to 6 November 2026 for Visualising Climate – the first global conference dedicated to data visualisation and the climate crisis.

visualisingclimate.com

In this era of an accelerating climate crisis, the role of clear, compelling and actionable communication has never been more critical.

Together, scientists, artists, designers, communicators, and journalists will explore the space where data meets storytelling, and art meets science.

#VisualisingClimate2026

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The Conversation U.S.

Giving foreign aid may not boost a country’s image.

In South Korea, people who received U.S. COVID-19 vaccines didn’t view the U.S. more favorably, but they were more likely to support giving aid to other countries themselves.

theconversation.com/foreign-ai

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The Conversation U.S.

You know exercise is good for you. So why is it still so hard to make yourself do it?

The biggest barrier often isn’t knowledge — it’s believing you can stick with it when life gets busy, stressful or exhausting.

🏃‍♀️ 🏋️‍♂️ 🚴‍♀️ 💪 🏃

theconversation.com/you-know-e

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The Conversation U.S.

Teens aren't as disengaged as you may think.

Young people don’t all contribute in the same way, and understanding the broader picture is the starting point for adults who want to support them.
theconversation.com/teens-aren

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re: hci.social/@chrisamaphone/1165

a cool trick i once learned is that you can often decipher the pragmatics of corporatespeak (and academic adminspeak) by negating its semantics

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The Conversation U.S.

Photographic memory isn’t real (sorry to that one person you swear can remember everything).

Your brain isn’t a camera. It’s more like a storyteller that fills in the gaps.

Here’s the science: theconversation.com/photograph

theconversation.com/photograph

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"Israel and Russia are also the only two countries in the world whose leaders are wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes. (In both countries, one other official is also sought.)

Both countries hold occupied territories, and both have declared annexations that are not recognized internationally and appear to violate the UN Charter. The similarities go further, says Popova.

"Russia has no right to be confiscating and trading this grain," she said. "It's not Russia's grain, and so it's an international law violation known as the crime of pillage."

Israel, like Russia, exploits the resources of occupied lands for its own benefit."
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EU Environment

Ladybirds might be your garden’s best ally.

These tiny red beetles feed on aphids and other harmful insects that damage your plants, acting as a natural, chemical-free form of pest control.

More: link.europa.eu/9V7vT9

Small actions. Big impact
#ForOurPlanet
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The Conversation U.S.

Danish parents encourage unstructured play (especially the kind that lets children test their limits) as a way to help them grow into competent, independent adults.

More from a psychologist from Denmark:
theconversation.com/denmarks-h

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@TheConversationUS "Chip manufacturing behaves less like a competitive commodity market and more like a layered oligopoly. Scale matters because the leading firms can reinvest in research, improve yields, secure equipment and deepen customer relationships. In the case of graphics processor chips, designers such as NVIDIA, which has 85% market share, depend on advanced semiconductor foundries such as TSMC, which has more than 70% market share, to manufacture chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography machines from ASML, a monopoly."

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Digital EU 🇪🇺

🌡️Europe is warming faster than any other continent.

In 2025, about 95% of the continent saw above-average temperatures.

To fight climate change we are building a digital twin of our planet to monitor & predict natural phenomena.

Explore DestinE → destination-earth.eu
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b-unicyling

Tag:harassment_prevention=ask_angela - OpenStreetMap Wiki
wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ta
Amazing! I had just been wondering whether this can be mapped or whether I would have to start a proposal. Yay! It already exists. Obviously sad that it has to.
#OpenStreetMap

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