Investigating the evolution of social behaviour. Comparative Behavioral Ecology group leader (he/him) at the MPI EVA
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Es gibt einen neuen Entwurf für das Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - wird wieder wahrscheinlich niemand wirklich glücklich machen:
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/der-reformentwurf-zum-wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz-ist-da-accg-200879845.html
Aber sowieso "Das Hauptproblem […]
"an important reminder that when using LLMs to analyse datasets, it’s worth checking you’re not getting familiar stereotypes in place of real signals"
https://kucharski.substack.com/p/real-signals-or-artificial-stereotypes
though I would think that this is just an amplification of the biases […]
"where are wild animals living and dying?"
BBC report on the ICARUS project tracking animals from space
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260521-tracking-animal-panic-from-space
I am trying my best not to be too pessimistic about the state of academia, but then there are mornings like today when I see that the Deutscher Hochschulverband [the German association of university professors] is offering a further training course entitled "Der Weg zum Forschungsantrag mit […]
This coming Wednesday (!) 13 May ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas is delighted to welcome Andrey Anderson dos Santos to speak about Open Peer Review. After a short input talk, we will have plenty of time to discuss this rather controversial topic!
Join us […]
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interesting new fellowship for people studying child development, available for early-career folk (10 years since PhD, US$300K over 3 years, worldwide eligibility)
Ist so. Egal wie qualifiziert Zu viele Männer verhalten sich so. Call it out.
„Zusätzlich habe es Einladungen auf Hotelzimmer gegeben, über Berufspolitik sei eher mit den männlichen Kollegen gesprochen worden, nicht mit den Frauen aus der Delegation.“
www.aerzteblatt.de/news/deutsch...
Interesting essay on the new role of palaeogenetics in understanding the peopling of India, in relation to the 19th.C history of linguistics, and 20th C developments in archaeology of the Indus Valley.
Mixing and migrating of course is typical Homo sapiens. Lots to […]
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Just stumbled across this great letter on #IQ by Ruth Mace. The notion that hunter-gatherers who painted in Lascaux Caves or medieval cathedral builders are more stupid than people today is total rubbish! But still the pseudoscience racists will cling to this.
Oft fährt man als Journalist für einen Tag zum Ort des Geschehens und ist dann wieder weg. Ich mache es seit einer Woche anders, um die Zukunft von Landschaften zu erkunden, die für Biodiversität und Klima enorm wichtig sind. Mit dem Fahrrad kann ich mich meinen Zielorten langsam nähern und sehe […]
Dieter Lukas
The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants.
The LEGO Foundation Fellowship is a global initiative supporting researchers working to deepen our understanding of how children thrive. Spanning disciplines from education and psychology to public he...
