My latest, full study on gaming disorder, wellness, and eating behaviour is now published in its final version. Free download from here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.102023
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Lean proof of Fermat's Last Theorem [pdf]
#Authors & #editors of #research #papers for #science #journals who use US #federal #health #datasets: Changes were made across datasets. Reason wasn't documented there, but changes came after Jan. 20 presidential order to use "sex" instead of "gender," #distorting research. https://tinyurl.com/mtws46yj
The Journalist's Resource · Study: Government health datasets altered without documentationThe study finds that nearly half of the examined federal health datasets were altered. In most, the term "gender" was replaced with "sex."
New #research from the UK #MetOffice reveals that we spend on average 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours, talking about the #weather over the course of a year
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/people-spend-over-two-days-a-year-talking-about-the-weather-amid-potential-record-breaking-summer-warmth
Met OfficePeople spend over two days a year talking about the weather amid potential record-breaking summer warmthNew research from the Met Office reveals that we spend on average 56.6 hours, or two days and 9 hours, talking about the weather over the course of a year.
"The US presidential administration is actively working to dismantle HIV research and demolish the architecture of global health. The entire #HIV response — from basic #research and clinical development to policy, programs, and global access to life-saving treatment and prevention — is now under attack, and the world runs the risk of reversing the strides made to end HIV." Details here: https://avac.org/resource/hiv-prevention-research-development-at-risk/
AVACHIV Prevention R&D at RiskThe US presidential administration is actively working to dismantle HIV research and demolish the architecture of global health. The entire HIV response — from basic research and clinical development to policy, programs, and global access to life-saving treatment and prevention — is now under attack, and the world runs the risk of reversing the strides […]
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Kerry Kelly, PhD Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
Why did you become a scientist?
"In high-school I realized the need to have a career that would support me and my family, so I chose engineering."
Read some of Kerry's work: https://bit.ly/4moazL8
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
Recorded during the 2022 field season at sampling station that's named Dust 16. One of almost two dozen such site supporting the source-to-sink study of mineral dust in the Critical Zone.
More about this site, and others like it, in our video series called The Collectors Tour: https://bit.ly/CollectorsTourPlaylist
In short: The less you understand, the more you scream.
"When examining these interactions across different countries, it becomes evident that the interplay between dark personality traits, FoMO, and online political participation significantly affects individuals with low to average cognitive abilities more than those with high abilities."
NatureDark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsThis cross-national study investigates how psychopathy, narcissism, and fear of missing out (FoMO) influence online political participation, and how cognitive ability moderates these associations. Drawing on data from the United States and seven Asian countries, the findings reveal that individuals high in psychopathy and FoMO are consistently more likely to engage in online political activity. While narcissism is also linked to participation, this relationship emerges in only three of the eight countries. Conversely, higher cognitive ability is uniformly associated with lower levels of online political participation. Notably, the relationship between psychopathy and participation is stronger among individuals with lower cognitive ability in five countries, suggesting that those with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement. These findings underscore the nuanced interaction between dark personality traits, FoMO, and cognitive functioning in shaping digital political engagement across diverse socio-political contexts.
August 2025 was the final all-hands meeting of the Critical Zone Collaborative Network. The five-year project has reached the end of its life cycle. Cluster member Jeff Munroe presented about some of our work over the past half decade. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3NNsawn
How do flies sleep so that they can still flee from danger? A research team from #CharitéBerlin now shows in the journal Nature how the animals' brains create this state. Exciting!
For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.
Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaRFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
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July in preprints, the CellBio edition, is out now on the preLights website.
Thanks to Girish Kale, Matthew Davies, Barbora Knotkova and Sristilekha Nath for their contributions.
Have a look:
https://prelights.biologists.com/prelists/july-in-preprints-the-cellbio-edition/
KiCAD like there's no tomorrow #KiCAD #electronics #FLOSS #research #agnosticbox #arduinonano #dmi #digitalmusicalinstrument #pcb #pcbdesign
"RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That."
@ProPublica
“We need to stop trusting the experts"
- RFK Jr.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding
ProPublicaRFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
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Another great write-up by @watchtowrcyber about the chaining of multiple vulnerabilities in Commvault backup solution to achieve pre-authentication remote code execution.
Alllllll aabooooarrddd.... RCE-town next stop!
watchTowr Labs · Guess Who Would Be Stupid Enough To Rob The Same Vault Twice? Pre-Auth RCE Chains in CommvaultWe’re back, and we’ve finished telling everyone that our name was on the back of Phrack!!!!1111
Whatever, nerds.
Today, we're back to scheduled content. Like our friendly neighbourhood ransomware gangs and APT groups, we've continued to spend irrational amounts of time looking at critical enterprise-grade solutions -
Study documents unhealthy noise in Portland, provides research framework for other cities
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-documents-unhealthy-noise-portland-framework.html
Medical Xpress · Study documents unhealthy noise in Portland, provides research framework for other cities
ICYMI: 
At #Chicago's Field Museum, researchers discovered that king cobras aren't one species but four. An analysis of over 150 specimens, some from the 1920s, revealed distinct differences in tooth count, color patterns, and geographic distribution.
Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-did-100-year-old-snake-specimens-solve-a-king-cobra-mystery?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=king_cobra_mystery#tksst
Treat your presentation content as modular.
Every time you have a new talk, you can move some building blocks of content over. Old blocks are rearranged, and maybe new ones are swapped in.
When you repeat blocks, you learn them, so you're have a head start in being prepared next time!