Nicola Romanò @nicolaromano@qoto.org

Citations show gender bias — and the reasons are surprising https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03474-9
Gender bias in paper citations is less common among younger scientists, but it still plays a part in making women’s research less visible

Happy New Year! Our New Year's resolution is to keep your devices running strong in 2024 and beyond. More updates, less e-waste!

#Fedora #Linux #Security #Tech

Irregular sleep-wake patterns are associated with a higher risk of overall mortality, and also mortality from cancers and cardiovascular disease. #Epidemiology #Cancer https://elifesciences.org/articles/94131?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_insights

This paper, showing how violins went from O-shaped holes to F-shaped holes, is one of my favorite examples when I discuss "technological trajectories" and search as tinkering with students. The amazing thing is that this all happened without theory, all is just trial and error and slowly optimizing the air-resonance power over the centuries. The full paper is worth reading/skimming if one has only a slight interest in innovation, music/acoustics or both: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2014.0905

I thought I’d kick my feed off with an #introduction 😊

Hi! I’m Isabel, a next-gen #scicommer, #cyberneticist and #podcaster based at the #AustralianNationalUniversity ☀️

My research interests include #science in #popculture (particularly #solarpunk), the #cultural meanings of science, and the relationships between people, the natural #environment, and #technology 👩‍🔬🤖

I also co-host #Sci_Burst, a science in pop culture podcast, which you can learn more about here: https://linktr.ee/sci_burst

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https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io//jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html

This celestial image shows mouse brain neurons growing in microfluidic chambers used to study axonal trafficking. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/81532?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Dear #Linux community:

I want to control my Linux machine (mouse and keyboard) using my voice.

I would like to switch between apps, switch between windows/tabs in apps like Firefox and do coding/dictation.

Which Open Source options are there to achieve this?

I only see Talon, which is proprietary.

I found Caster, but is it meant for my use-case? It doesn't exist in any distro repos AFAIK.

20-30% of scientists may be using commercial #antibodies that don’t work as advertised in their protein studies, potentially skewing results. #Reproducibility https://elifesciences.org/digests/91645/ineffective-antibodies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Timnit Gebru

I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology. Concerned AI researcher

https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/110515521708943378

This item was found via the website Not the Only One where there are over 9000 other Diversity, Equity and Inclusion articles, stories and quotes.

On my blog: Rasmus’s maximum meeting length formula.

https://www.sumsar.net/blog/rasmus-meeting-length-formula/

'The book that gives us Calvino the romantic and Calvino the craftsman in equal measure is “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler.” It is the book that makes people fall in love with Calvino, because it is a book about falling in love through reading—specifically, “reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a winter’s night a traveler.”' (Illustration by Daniele Castellano)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-worlds-of-italo-calvino

Christmas is coming early this year: we just dropped a new preprint!

"Beyond networks: explaining dynamics in the natural and social sciences."

https://osf.io/htc78

It's a broad criticism of network modeling in both the natural & social sciences & a study of where its shortcomings originate historically. 🧵

Optogenetics helped researchers study the role of the microtubule end-binding protein, EB1, in the growth of neurons. Here, the end of a neuron reaches a strip of blue light which optogenetically inactivates EB1 causing the microtubule fibres that usually push and grow the cell to fall apart. #Neuroscience #Optogenetics #Microtubules #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/84143?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

Fake news BC

"En plein Sénat, Caton laisse échapper quelques figues gorgées de jus, comme tombées par mégarde des plis de sa toge. Lorsque ses collègues s'extasient, Caton jure qu'il les ramène de Carthage –et que si elles sont si appétissantes, c'est parce que l'ennemie jurée n'est qu'à trois jours de Rome. Caton a menti: la traversée prend au mieux six jours et il y a toutes les chances que les fameuses figues soient venues de ses propres plantations. Mais qu'importe: le souvenir d'Hannibal est ravivé. Dans le doute, il faut raser Carthage."

https://www.slate.fr/culture/histoires-sans-fin/carthage-incendie-scipion-emilien-rome-resistance

Did you know "collaborative two-stage exams" are a thing? I learned about these from my friend Dr. Claire Meaders who is doing excellent work in how we teach about biology. And as usual, I try to think about how we might incorporate some lovely lateral learning into how we run software teams.

Imagine if performance evaluations had an individual component AND a group component. Imagine being able to promote whole teams together. It's a cool idea.

https://www.drcathicks.com/post/when-things-happen-not-just-what

Kasamatsu Shiro - Shadow of the mountain (1959) #art #EastAsia #painting #woodblock #Japan #KasamatsuShiro