María José Fernández Pascual, DR © Biblioteca Sujeta es una propuesta artística que abordé con prácticas textiles contemporáneas, el proyecto contó con la curaduría de la artista, docente e investigadora Dra. Alejandra Mizrahi.

Today sees the publication of what is, OK, an interesting paper on how the serrated trailing edge of the flippers of the ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus may have enabled it to generate less turbulence, enhancing its abilities as a stealth predator: Lindgren, Johan, Dean R. Lomax, Robert-Zoltán Szász, Miguel Marx, Johan Revstedt, Georg Göltz, Sven Sachs, Randolph G. De La Garza, Miriam Heingård, Martin Jarenmark, Kristina Ydström, Peter

“We are at the beginning of a new epoch,” Eric Schmidt declared at the RAISE Summit in Paris on 9 July 2025. The former Google CEO’s message carries unusual weight—not necessarily because of his past role leading one of tech’s giants, but because of his current one: advising heads of state and industry on artificial intelligence. “When I talk to governments, what I tell them is, one, ChatGPT is great, but that was two years ago.

María, a pediatrician in Argentina, works with an AI diagnostic system that can identify rare diseases, suggest treatment protocols, and draft reports in perfect medical Spanish. But something crucial is missing. The AI provides brilliant medical insights, yet María struggles to translate them into action in her community. Then she discovers the missing piece.

Imagine if you could control every device, system, and process in the world simply by talking to it in plain English—or any language you speak. No special commands to memorize. No programming skills required. No technical manuals to study. Just explain what you want in your own words, and it happens. This is the transformation Eric Schmidt described when he spoke about language becoming the “universal interface” for artificial intelligence.

When epidemiologists investigate a disease outbreak, they do not just match symptoms to known pathogens. They work through complex chains of evidence, test hypotheses, reconsider assumptions when data does not fit, and sometimes completely change their approach based on new information.

Imagine hiring an assistant who never sleeps, never forgets, can work on a thousand tasks simultaneously, and communicates with you in your own language. Now imagine having not just one such assistant, but an entire team of them, each specialized in different areas, all coordinating seamlessly to achieve your goals.

I have a little hobby project I’m working on and I wanted to use the opportunity to fully make the switch to Positron from RStudio. I used Positron here and there when it first came out, but now that it’s out of beta and has a more complete feature set (like remote SSH sessions!) I have everything I need to switch and not look back.

“If health workers do not share their challenges and solutions, we are bound to fail.” This declaration from a participant in the Teach to Reach initiative facilitated by The Geneva Learning Foundation  (TGLF) cuts to the heart of a crisis that has long plagued global health technical assistance: the persistent gap between what external experts provide and what practitioners actually need.

Ein Zentralbaustein zum Verständnis der Open-Access-Transformation ist das Monitoring. Die Landesinitiative für Open Research in Berlin betreibt ein solches mit Blick auf Berlin. Wir hier in Brandenburg machen etwas ähnliches. Am Forschungszentrum in Jülich wird der Open Access Monitor mit einer bundesweiten Perspektive betrieben.

The right to asylum is a legacy of the French Revolution. As it recognized the first secular form of asylum for “freedom fighters”, the Revolution gave birth to the myth of France as a “land of asylum”. However, during the so-called “refugee crisis” in 2015, France was not a major destination country for refugees.