Well, this makes me very happy

Getting ever closer to bridging classical and quantum. This is exciting.

Sarah Chauncey @sarahchauncey.com has a beautiful post about the Venerable Buddhist monks who are walking for peace, and the dog who is walking alongside them. counterintuitiveguide.substack.com/p/allow-mome...

Not my work world any more but I still enjoy seeing the implementation of meaningful changes gathering pace in the animal research world.

“We are essentially at the stage where the waters in south-eastern Tasmania aren’t fit for purpose for salmon” — marine ecologist Prof Stewart Frusher ▶️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

COMPASS Guidelines for Conducting Welfare-Focused Research into Behaviour Modification of Animals www.mdpi.com/3674682

You can’t spot an aggressive dog just from its looks or breed. Genetic testing could better predict which dogs will bite. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/austral...

Like dogs, horses might be able to smell our fear.

CCDS is often missed in older dogs, particularly in the early stages when interventions might be most effective. Good to finally see some consensus guidelines for this common, debilitating condition.

A lot of findings in this new paper, but one is the inevitable doom of traditional peer review: 1) AI creates a flood of papers, both good & bad 2) Paper complexity, a key screen and signal of quality for human work, is actually a signal of low quality for AI There's no plan for what comes next.

Late to this but a beautiful piece of writing from @martinsandbu.ft.com www.ft.com/content/f365...

Will require careful implementation of suitable alternatives to ensure welfare but this is important progress.

2026. A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework. [Consult, Approve, Research and Evaluate framework] via @asab.org cc @asabeducation.bsky.social - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interesting article on the possibility of pain in prawns and how these animals are treated in farming and fisheries #crustacean #animalwelfare www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

We really need to rethink how we use animal models in neuroscience

The global appetite for factory farmed chicken was deliberately engineered by an industry searching for ‘efficiency’.

I’ve got some issues with the big interpretive overreach - particularly considering several obvious weak points in the design - but this is kinda interesting all the same

Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.

It's the season to appreciate the names of Scottish road gritters ❄️ #Scotland #Christmas

The Reith lectures are always worth a listen. This year’s series doesn’t disappoint.