Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible. USAID cuts killed at least 750,000 to date.: deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children. Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Please RT! The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026. More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109 @uciphyssci.bsky.social

one simplified but interesting thing that happened in class after looking a quote from @eryk.bsky.social 's recent piece was to ask students how much they thought their "knowledge" came from textbooks vs. every other experience they've had: the ratio split. Most agreed on around 75% exp / 25% text

“I believe white-collar work will continue to adjust, and probably to expand.” On “The Intelligence” our correspondent finds reasons for optimism about AI’s effect on jobs shows.acast.com/theintellige...

“Gisèle Pelicot has become a feminist Joan of Arc.” On “The Intelligence” our culture editor considers the quiet heroism of the rape survivor’s memoir shows.acast.com/theintellige...

For five years biotech startups have been betting that psychedelic substances could be turned into real medicines. One of them may have hit the jackpot

Good point by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com "low skilled" is a stupid label. Since skill isnt measurably (except in sport) it always always just means low wage. Say that instead. www.ft.com/content/0409...

American lungs will suffer. The Environmental Defence Fund estimates that repealing the endangerment finding will result in tens of thousands of extra premature deaths by mid-century

Entrepreneurs from minority groups often used to struggle to attract capital. New research suggests that may be changing

Makers of everything from smartphones and motorbikes to solar panels and batteries are battling to protect their IP. The fight is going global

“Instead of a single, reformed rules-based trading system, a mosaic of partial agreements and creative ‘docking’ arrangements between blocs could develop” in the coming year, argues Mark Carney. He explains why in a guest essay for The World Ahead

The mighty Salters' Company is looking for a Head of Education, a strategic leadership role #chemEd #chemjobs #UKchemjobs berwickpartners.co.uk/opportunitie...

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University is hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry beginning July 1, 2026. Applications will be accepted until March 9, 2026 | 11:59pm. For more info: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... @chemjobber.bsky.social

Tech sovereignty is an inherent right of democratic states, not a subscription model provided at the mercy of foreign entities. Decisions about true value of sovereignty will determine whether countries retain meaningful autonomy or become clients of foreign imperialism. www.ft.com/content/8fc2...

You might not know it, but you probably use Bayesian reasoning every day. But what exactly is it? Professor David Spiegelhalter explains in our latest video with BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE

America needs rare earths to build lasers and aircraft, but Europe is more exposed. It has fewer exploitable deposits and imports more of the key materials than almost anyone

Tell me five classes you took in college. Protein Folding Mathematical Methods for Physics Quantum Chemistry Advanced Physical Chemistry Organic Reactions and their Mechanisms

Well, he is partially responsible for the issue he complains about in the article. His posture with respect to Ukraine is abismal. Utterly shameful kind of double standards.

His imperialist threats to Danish sovereignty over Greenland are testing European populists’ ties to the MAGA movement

The allure of gunboat capitalism is that it might offer both prosperity and security. The reality is that it will bring neither

Many believe that time is running out for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ruled for 36 increasingly despotic years

I’m sick and tired of reading Americans writing “I didn’t vote for him”. It doesn’t solve anything, it is annoying: the world suffers and they just say “my bad”. If you, non-Trump voters, really are the majority, protest, fight for what is right! Make your representatives deserve your vote.

Bom livro, explica muito dos nossos tempos. amzn.to/47gnDx6

“Whether the greenlash continues, or gives way to new momentum for climate action, will be determined not only by elections, economic developments or Donald Trump’s latest views,” argues Luisa Neubauer, but also by “the stories we tell ourselves”

A tide of fabricated research risks scientific integrity on.ft.com/490bhut | opinion

A ratified trade deal might eventually add more substance to Europe’s ties with Latin America as a whole. The relationship needs that

Chatbots pose a risk to democracy on.ft.com/4oRVRgi | opinion

Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot. He may as well have been

Esta é uma péssima comparação. Salário depende da ocupação, e a composição de ocupações é diferente no setor público e no setor privado. Não há no setor público a concentração de profissionais de serviços pessoais, operadores de caixa, telemarketing e frentistas, malpagos, maioria no setor privado.

“People stopped writing about me as if my writing had humour in it,” he says in an interview with The Economist. But humour matters to the 78-year-old author

Are you a science and technology aficionado? We are looking for someone to report on anything from astronomy to archaeology, particle physics to synthetic biology. Apply by September 28th:

A Nature Outlook article reports on the preliminary evidence that microbiota-based treatments can be beneficial for people with mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety. But how these interventions work is not clear, and human trials are needed. #microbiome #medsky 🧪

A tour of Britain’s newest supercomputer

I’m back! Deleted twitter for good

If you name your AI benchmark "Humanity's Last Exam" and get Kevin Roose to gush about it, you work in advertising, not in computer science. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...

Colombia is right but I hope it opens itself up to the whole world and does not allow itself to become too reliant on China. Latin America needs to be less reliant on former colonial powers/ current superpowers.

'In our democracy right now there is an open question' on whether 'monopolists in extraordinarily powerful firms are going to be able to corrupt the political process and interfere with legitimate law enforcement' — Joe Biden's antitrust boss Lina Khan www.ft.com/content/ed2a...

I’m really disturbed by what has happened in social media since the US election. Total capitulation to fascism. I can’t delete my Meta accounts because they are the only way I can talk to my friends and dear ones abroad, but it really bothers me that I’m still a part of them.

A student asked me about modeling 13C relaxation times using MD trajectories. I found some papers on the subject, but none are clear enough for an undergrad — which is understandable, given the topic. #CompChemSky

I’m an MD person who’s started to need QM stuff and — wow — there is so much to read since the last time I did QM calculations! #CompChemSky #ChemSky

Wow! #Chemsky has grown quite a bit! Those who are interested should also follow #CompChemSky

As we ask for systemic changes to fight climate change, we need to also ask for systemic changes in universities regarding the mental health care of scientists in the front lines. Individual actions are great, but insuficient. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#NexoPolíticasPúblicas | Estas pesquisas concluíram que os territórios indígenas são eficazes na redução do desmatamento e na promoção do crescimento de floresta secundária. Leia com #acessolivre no 'Acadêmico' de Kathryn Baragwanath do DRCLAS-Harvard pp.nexojornal.com.br/academico/20...

O Agro é Fogo! Brasil está em chamas! CIentistas, ambientalistas, lideranças indígenas e comunitárias falam há meses da crise climática e de crimes por trás do fogo. Voluntários se mobilizam e se arrsicam cada vez mais. Autoridades reagem. A mídia fala sobre o tema o dia todo! Mas a crise não passa!

I’m very proud of my first student, Anelisa, who ran experiments and wrote a beautiful senior thesis about selectivity in de novo drug design. She is very bright and I am very lucky to have been her advisor! #CompChemSky

Faz sentido porque a administração do Bolsonaro era mais explicitamente um Clube do Bolinha. Um verdadeiro deserto feminino.

Sad news for Theoretical Chemistry #CompChemSky #ChemSky Last Wednesday Prof. Emer. Wim Nieuwpoort (Groningen) passed away at the age of 93. For more information see the LinkedIn message by the Zernike Institute of @unigroningen.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/moniek...

Hello #compchemsky! I did my PhD with David Mobley at UC Irvine, my postdoc with Rob Rizzo at SBU, and I currently teach and do research in my native country, Brazil. I hope I can network and learn many things from you. Cheers!

Temos feeds acadêmicos — seja sobre Universidade, Ciências Exatas e da Natureza etc — em língua portuguesa? Contato com os membros anglófonos é tudo de bom, mas falar com os brasileiros, portugueses, angolanos etc também importa muito. #Universidade #Química #Física #Biologia #SkyAcadêmico