Nico Adams
@nicoadams.bsky.social
Professor | Optus Chair of Digital Innovation and IoT | Associate Dean Industry and Innovation
Systems Science - “Only Connect”
Systems Science - “Only Connect”
Reposted by Nico Adams
Singapore has become the first Asian country where students can take a music PhD that combines artistic practice with academic research as universities seek to support cultural ambitions, reports Tash Mosheim #academicsky https://ow.ly/pPQ950XbStH
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Singapore has become the first Asian country where students can take a music PhD that combines artistic practice with academic research as universities seek to support cultural ambitions, reports Tash Mosheim #academicsky https://ow.ly/pPQ950XbStH
Reposted by Nico Adams
Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers
go.nature.com/3Kir39u
go.nature.com/3Kir39u
Dozens of heatwaves linked to carbon emissions from specific companies
Nature - Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers.
go.nature.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers
go.nature.com/3Kir39u
go.nature.com/3Kir39u
Tom Lehrer was an amazing polymath combining science with clever humour and musical acumen. I hope his songs will be replayed for a long time to come.
Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer spent most of his life as an academic mathematician
go.nature.com/474SrkG
go.nature.com/474SrkG
Scientists mourn Tom Lehrer — nerdiest of singer-songwriters
The mathematician's memorable satires were beloved by generations of researchers.
go.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tom Lehrer was an amazing polymath combining science with clever humour and musical acumen. I hope his songs will be replayed for a long time to come.
Unsurprising, but nevertheless tragic. Makes it very hard for integrators and multidisciplinarians to exist in academia. #academicsky
The further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be
https://go.nature.com/44VjEW9
https://go.nature.com/44VjEW9
Shifting research focus comes with the risk of reduced impact
An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents shows that the further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be.
go.nature.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Unsurprising, but nevertheless tragic. Makes it very hard for integrators and multidisciplinarians to exist in academia. #academicsky
Weekend re-reading of Cybernetics.
“Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic consequences of slave labor.”
Let us never forget our humanity - first and foremost.
“Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic consequences of slave labor.”
Let us never forget our humanity - first and foremost.
June 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Weekend re-reading of Cybernetics.
“Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic consequences of slave labor.”
Let us never forget our humanity - first and foremost.
“Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic consequences of slave labor.”
Let us never forget our humanity - first and foremost.
I have been trying to embed systems thinking and systems approaches into universities for a while now. So hard to get traction. Everything devolves into capability sales exercise. Anybody been successful at this? How did you do it? #academicsky
March 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I have been trying to embed systems thinking and systems approaches into universities for a while now. So hard to get traction. Everything devolves into capability sales exercise. Anybody been successful at this? How did you do it? #academicsky
Tried to get access to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics today via my university’s library. Available as online book only. Multiple Shibboleth errors later, the ereader on the Cambridge Uni Press won’t load. No access. A foundational text of western thought. #academicsky
March 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tried to get access to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics today via my university’s library. Available as online book only. Multiple Shibboleth errors later, the ereader on the Cambridge Uni Press won’t load. No access. A foundational text of western thought. #academicsky
It’s a grim milestone and not something that I wanted my first post to be, but it seems that earth has breached the 1.5 degree heating milestone for the first time: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?
The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe zone’ as climate change worsens.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
It’s a grim milestone and not something that I wanted my first post to be, but it seems that earth has breached the 1.5 degree heating milestone for the first time: www.nature.com/articles/d41...