#DeSci, or decentralised science, wants to solve the problems of the research world with #blockchain. But whether or not it can actually work remains to be seen. @scientoskop.bsky.social

Even incomprehensible #jargon can make a poor explanation sound convincing. This is the result of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Princeton.👇 @tanialombrozo.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social

Warum wir für den #Wissenschaftsjournalismus kämpfen müssen: "Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse verlieren zunehmend ihre Rolle als Leitprinzip, während Spekulationen auf der Grundlage von Geheimdienstberichten an Bedeutung gewinnen."

#Disruption is meant to ruin your competitor’s markets. Some see this as predatory capitalism, while others see it as an opportunity to establish a new, #sustainable economy. 👇 @scientoskop.bsky.social

Interesting opinion piece: "Dismissing the academic merits of ChatGPT is intellectually dishonest" www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/dismiss...

🪫⏱️🔋 A #battery that’s charged within a minute and can be used in extreme hot and cold conditions: This is an invention of BTRY AG, a spin-off of Empa. How it works👇 @scientoskop.bsky.social

The images that researchers use can expand the world that we construct in our minds, says Florian Fisch @scientoskop.bsky.social , taking his cue from Jacques Dubochet.👇

Public health experts ought to be much more political, says Eric Reinhart in Nature.👇 @scientoskop.bsky.social

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.

Google has presented a new 🤖 AI system. It has generated a #hypothesis that has meanwhile been proven experimentally. 👇 @scientoskop.bsky.social

If NIH shuts down funding of animal-only grants, get ready for a whole lot of grants to include some pointless organoid experiments just to qualify. What a terrible rule! www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...

😮💡💥 An analysis of projects submitted to the US National Institutes of Health has revealed that unexpected findings occur more often in medical research than you’d think.👇 #Serendipity @scientoskop.bsky.social

In the midst of the action, yet at a scholarly distance: The latest issue of Horizons reveals how personal involvement can shape the scientific process, and the role objectivity plays in it. 👉www.horizons-mag.ch

Bleak prospects for science journalism in Switzerland. My interview with Otfried Jarren from @ikmz.bsky.social in @horizons-en.bsky.social

A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com

This time, our topic is: #Nothing! All joking aside, investigating #Nothingness in art and vacuums in physics pushes science and scholarship to the boundaries of the possible. That’s a good thing, says Florian Fisch.

Virtual particles, a versatile zero and vibrancy in the void: The knowledge nothingness harbours is more significant than it seems. The latest issue of Horizons investigates everything that can come from nothing! 👉www.horizons-mag.ch

"If trust in science is to thrive, states the document, then 'the conduct and products of science, their use in decision making, and their communication must be shielded from political interference'." From the recently updated US EPA Scientific Integrity Policy. www.horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/03/p...

Hi there! Our research magazine Horizons is now on Bluesky! @horizons-en.bsky.social

I get why advisors are a little risk averse, especially for early career folks. But dang, we should get to have a little fun in the earth sciences. Like @geophysichick.bsky.social's Swiftquake series

We tried to summarise what is currently known about #LongCovid - not a lot, but still. Another interesting fact (from @zalaly.bsky.social): There are 42 different defintions of the disease, which is not an ideal situation of course. Read the rest here👇 www.horizons-mag.ch/2024/12/02/t...