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scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · 3d

Edito-Schwerpunkt: Wissenschaftsjournalismus

scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · 3d

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."

Theres Luethi @theresluethi.bsky.social · 6d

Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...

Eine dunkle Vermutung über Corona grassiert – und ist so ansteckend wie das Virus

Zunehmend berichten auch seriöse Medien über die sogenannte Laborthese. Demnach wurde der Erreger künstlich hergestellt. Was ist an der These dran?

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 6d

#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. 👇
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Disruption

Horizons - In brief

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scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting opinion piece:

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

Dismissing the academic merits of ChatGPT is intellectually dishonest

Portraying ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists is a timid response to AI’s ability to enhance research in all subjects, argues Agnieszka Piotrowska

www.timeshighereducation.com

scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · 24d

I struggle with words like "true" and "absolute". But yeah, I'm convinced that integrity needs independence.

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.👇

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Aug 29

Public health experts ought to be much more political, says Eric Reinhart in Nature.👇
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Health research ought to be political

Horizons - In brief

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

$X-ray diffraction pattern of B-DNA by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling, 1951.$

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Jul 30

Google has presented a new 🤖 AI system. It has generated a #hypothesis that has meanwhile been proven experimentally. 👇
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A new AI can generate correct hypotheses

Horizons - In brief

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · Jul 10

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...

NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and Development

Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.

www.drugdiscoverytrends.com

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Jul 18

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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

Unexpected discoveries

Horizons - In brief

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Jun 5

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

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scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · Jun 2

Bleak prospects for science journalism in Switzerland.

My interview with Otfried Jarren from @ikmz.bsky.social in @horizons-en.bsky.social

Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Jun 2

In late 2025, the main science programme of Radio SRF 2 will be cancelled, says the SRG. Otfried Jarren, a professor of communication science at @uzh_ikmz, says this is a bad idea. 👇
#srfwissen @ScientoSkop

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · May 13

A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com

Caption: “The work was hard and the hours were long, so on sunny days, the professor allowed the team to leave the lab and research their viruses outdoors.”

Image: Scientists in yellow hazmat suits work with chemicals, glassware and machinery in the dappled shade of some old trees on the university lawn.

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Mar 24

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.

Editorial: The impossibility of absence

Horizons - Much ado from nothing

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · Mar 6

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!
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scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · Mar 3

"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...

Preventing plagiarism, counterfeiting and lobbying

Horizons - In brief

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scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · Mar 3

Hi there! Our research magazine Horizons is now on Bluesky!
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · Dec 13

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

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · Dec 2

Gonna drop a few teasers for #AGU24. Mark your calendars!

Title: It’s not just Taylor Swift: Concert seismology and the Battle of the Bands

Tuesday, 10:41-10:44 (don't be late)

Figure: seismic data for 8 concerts in Seattle. Yellow = all seismic energy (music + crowd). Purple = music only.

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scientoskop.bsky.social @scientoskop.bsky.social · Dec 3

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...

The never-ending pandemic

Horizons - Issue 143

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