I learned about the novel for 0-levels literature as Ballard's Empire of the Sun was a set text for that year!
I interviewed Clark Barwick - and in this snippet he sketches how geometries that blend ordinary time with spaces from number theory may let us understand Langlands duality as an equivalence of 4d quantum field theories! It's pretty wild. My mind was blown.
youtu.be/t3xkf-hqG2Q?...
Just like in the UK, the treatment of the Ulm5 Palestine activists shows Germany's growing repression of Palestine solidarity and dissent, writes Hebh Jamal:
Something I should have read months ago. Ulanovsky's bats fly long tunnels and reveal CA3 as a single-field coder, CA1 as multi-field. Sparse in, dense out — really rather nice. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10537-0
Excellent @bmj.com podcast on screening featuring all agro nd screening hero Sian Taylor-Phillips.
open.spotify.com/episode/7wc7...
Congratulations to Erin Schuman (2026 #HFSP Nakasone Award winner) and Christine Holt (HFSP grant alumna), who won the 2026 @kavliprize.bsky.social in Neuroscience for their contributions to discoveries that transformed our understanding of brain plasticity and learning. 🧪
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#sts
On the Occasion of the #G7 Summit
An Open Letter to the Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS & All Nations
On finalizing the Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement ⬇️
@lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social
President of #Brazil
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
DG of @who.int
We're hiring a PhD Student!
Under supervision of @sergedumoulin.net, you will investigate whether individual brain folding patterns reflect computational principles that optimize neural communication and brain organization.
Learn more and apply on our website: nin.nl/vacancies/ph...
SOCIAL MEDIA BANS!
Last week, Professor Denis Mareschal, Dr Dusana Dorjee and I gave evidence to the Select Committee for Science, Innovation and Technology's Neuroscience and Digital Childhoods Inquiry. (Transcript/recordinG available on the UK Parliament website for anyone interested.) 1/4
I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.
Jean Sibelius
