Kris Wheaton
@kwheaton.bsky.social
Teaching and learning about the future
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"The benefits [of risky play for children] are so broad in terms of social, physical, mental development and mental health, I don’t think we can underestimate the value"
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Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play
Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"The benefits [of risky play for children] are so broad in terms of social, physical, mental development and mental health, I don’t think we can underestimate the value"
go.nature.com/3Yfyv9r
go.nature.com/3Yfyv9r
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“It’s [Citizen Lab] one of the few institutions that investigate cyberthreats exclusively in the public interest, and in doing so, it has exposed some of the most egregious digital abuses of the past two decades.”
Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone
Ronald Deibert and his research group, the Citizen Lab, have rigorously worked to unveil alarming digital threats for the past two decades. Now, he warns, this kind of work is under threat.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“It’s [Citizen Lab] one of the few institutions that investigate cyberthreats exclusively in the public interest, and in doing so, it has exposed some of the most egregious digital abuses of the past two decades.”
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🇨🇳 Russian military deployed a Chinese laser air defense system on the border against Ukrainian drones, - Militarnyi
It was handed over to the “Kochevniki” unit for testing, which confirmed the effectiveness of the laser installation, allegedly destroying “hundreds of Ukrainian drones.”
It was handed over to the “Kochevniki” unit for testing, which confirmed the effectiveness of the laser installation, allegedly destroying “hundreds of Ukrainian drones.”
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🇨🇳 Russian military deployed a Chinese laser air defense system on the border against Ukrainian drones, - Militarnyi
It was handed over to the “Kochevniki” unit for testing, which confirmed the effectiveness of the laser installation, allegedly destroying “hundreds of Ukrainian drones.”
It was handed over to the “Kochevniki” unit for testing, which confirmed the effectiveness of the laser installation, allegedly destroying “hundreds of Ukrainian drones.”
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New guide to Russian Shahed/Geran drone variants -> see www.hisutton.com/Russian-Gera...
December 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New guide to Russian Shahed/Geran drone variants -> see www.hisutton.com/Russian-Gera...
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GreyNoise Launches Free Scanner to Check if You'Re Part of a Botnet
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GreyNoise launches free scanner to check if you're part of a botnet
GreyNoise Labs has launched a free tool called GreyNoise IP Check that lets users check if their IP address has been observed in malicious scanning operations, like botnet and residential proxy networ...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
GreyNoise Launches Free Scanner to Check if You'Re Part of a Botnet
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www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
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This technique could be used as a cheap way to boost ability of other AI models
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'Tiny' AI model beats massive LLMs at logic test
Technique could be used as a cheap way to boost ability of other AI models.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This technique could be used as a cheap way to boost ability of other AI models
go.nature.com/4qZlL3B
go.nature.com/4qZlL3B
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I feel incredibly lucky that my employee contribution to my insurance is only $2,103.14/yr (single adult plan, not family, but still) www.apolloacademy.com/total-annual...
Total Annual Health Insurance Payment per Family in the US: $26,993 - Apollo Academy
The average family in the US currently pays $6,850 annually for health insurance, and the average annual payment for employers...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I feel incredibly lucky that my employee contribution to my insurance is only $2,103.14/yr (single adult plan, not family, but still) www.apolloacademy.com/total-annual...
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What distinguishes humanity? The answer has often come back to our language abilities. But some linguists think that eventually, AI will demonstrate an understanding of language that’s better than our own.
In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert | Quanta Magazine
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
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November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What distinguishes humanity? The answer has often come back to our language abilities. But some linguists think that eventually, AI will demonstrate an understanding of language that’s better than our own.
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Military medicine as a force multiplier. "A cross-national analysis of conventional wars since 1900 probes the plausibility of the argument and suggests a positive association between physician-to-population ratios and improved battlefield performance" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Military Medicine and Military Effectiveness
Despite extensive scholarship on military effectiveness, the role of military medicine remains largely untested. We argue that robust medical capabilities improve effectiveness by preserving manpow...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Military medicine as a force multiplier. "A cross-national analysis of conventional wars since 1900 probes the plausibility of the argument and suggests a positive association between physician-to-population ratios and improved battlefield performance" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nature research paper: Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma
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Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma - Nature
Targeting FSP1 in lymph nodes has considerable potential for blocking melanoma progression.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Nature research paper: Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma
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A new technique called ‘mind captioning’ generates descriptive sentences of what a person is seeing or picturing in their mind using a read-out of their brain activity, with impressive accuracy.
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‘Mind-captioning’ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text
A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A new technique called ‘mind captioning’ generates descriptive sentences of what a person is seeing or picturing in their mind using a read-out of their brain activity, with impressive accuracy.
go.nature.com/3XbnxB1
go.nature.com/3XbnxB1
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AI is not just another research tool; it is redefining what research is, how it is done and what counts as an original contribution
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PhD training needs a reboot in an AI world
As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
AI is not just another research tool; it is redefining what research is, how it is done and what counts as an original contribution
go.nature.com/47Uh6sf
go.nature.com/47Uh6sf
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AI chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large amounts of low-quality content, particularly if the content is popular on social media
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Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
AI chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large amounts of low-quality content, particularly if the content is popular on social media
go.nature.com/4hBqDrB
go.nature.com/4hBqDrB
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A fresh set of benchmarks could help specialists to better understand artificial intelligence, says Vinay K. Chaudhri
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We need a new Turing test to assess AI’s real-world knowledge
A fresh set of benchmarks could help specialists to better understand artificial intelligence.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A fresh set of benchmarks could help specialists to better understand artificial intelligence, says Vinay K. Chaudhri
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go.nature.com/4huUGkw
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Breaking:
Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard
You heard it here first!
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Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard
You heard it here first!
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard - Naval News
Hidden beneath tarpaulins, an uncommon sight at Chinese shipyards, a new trimaran-hulled vessel appears to combine features of both surface ships and submarines.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Breaking:
Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard
You heard it here first!
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard
You heard it here first!
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Clausewitz: “Everything in war is uncertain.”
National Security Professionals:
National Security Professionals:
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Clausewitz: “Everything in war is uncertain.”
National Security Professionals:
National Security Professionals:
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NEW: The Russian Military, Forecasting the Threat by @mclark.bsky.social🧵(1/6)
The Russian military has undergone a rapid and comprehensive transformation since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Read the full report: isw.pub/RussianMilit...
The Russian military has undergone a rapid and comprehensive transformation since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Read the full report: isw.pub/RussianMilit...
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
NEW: The Russian Military, Forecasting the Threat by @mclark.bsky.social🧵(1/6)
The Russian military has undergone a rapid and comprehensive transformation since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Read the full report: isw.pub/RussianMilit...
The Russian military has undergone a rapid and comprehensive transformation since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Read the full report: isw.pub/RussianMilit...
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“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
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Another ‘narco submarine’ found in the Solomon Islands, after it sailed all the way across the Pacific(!). This is the 3rd publicly reported example there.
Note that it’s empty and the outboard motors have been removed
Note that it’s empty and the outboard motors have been removed
October 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Another ‘narco submarine’ found in the Solomon Islands, after it sailed all the way across the Pacific(!). This is the 3rd publicly reported example there.
Note that it’s empty and the outboard motors have been removed
Note that it’s empty and the outboard motors have been removed
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Any knot can be mathematically characterized by the steps needed to turn it into a simple loop. www.quantamagazine.org/a-simple-way...
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Any knot can be mathematically characterized by the steps needed to turn it into a simple loop. www.quantamagazine.org/a-simple-way...
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🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷 The UK, US, and France have confirmed for the first time experimental joint maneuvers of military satellites in geostationary orbit at an altitude of approximately 35,800 kilometers.
In September, US satellite performed a rendezvous with British SKYNET 5A, testing 3 km/s.
In September, US satellite performed a rendezvous with British SKYNET 5A, testing 3 km/s.
October 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷 The UK, US, and France have confirmed for the first time experimental joint maneuvers of military satellites in geostationary orbit at an altitude of approximately 35,800 kilometers.
In September, US satellite performed a rendezvous with British SKYNET 5A, testing 3 km/s.
In September, US satellite performed a rendezvous with British SKYNET 5A, testing 3 km/s.
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Mathematicians are bringing counting into the 21st century. www.quantamagazine.org/new-math-rev...
September 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Mathematicians are bringing counting into the 21st century. www.quantamagazine.org/new-math-rev...