Reposted by John StoutEIL @emipsaloquitur.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Lawyers please adopt the TK thing that journalists use. TK is a very uncommon combination of letters in the English language, so throw it in anywhere you want to add something ("TK cite" "TK intro") and train yourself to do a quick ctrl+F before you submit anything. 07415
Reposted by John StoutSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Daniel Dennett’s Real Patterns in Science and Nature— new collected volume is now out. All chapters open access, including my paper with Acyuth Parola on what emergence can possibly mean. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...direct.mit.eduDennett's Real Patterns in Science and NatureHow the concept of a pattern, as understood in information science and applied in contemporary AI, can address deep questions in science and philosophy.The 821561
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 06/04/2026What?! Michael Hochberg WSJ opinion: “Putting tens of thousands of small munitions into orbit would become cost effective, by my estimate, at around $100 a kilogram. Munitions could include bunker busters, kinetic weapons, 1/3 111
Reposted by John StoutSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Useful paper by @wlknsn.xyz : www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/u...niskanencenter.org 031
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 04/03/2026We humans think that the climate we’ve lived in for 1000s of years is stable and will remain so. However, we’ve thrived only during this blip of special circumstances of climate. Most of earth’s climate history has not been conducive to civilization as we know it. 000
Reposted by John StoutKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death. 8223812516937
Reposted by John StoutPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 04/10/2025You thought you knew what the Second Law of thermodynamics is? So did I. Researching this piece for @quantamagazine.bsky.social made me realise that I knew only the classical approximation to it. 🤯 www.quantamagazine.org/a-thermomete...quantamagazine.orgA Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness | Quanta Magazine“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it. 36314
Reposted by John StoutElizabeth Gibney @lizziegibney.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comPhysicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey showsFirst major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict. 108346
Reposted by John StoutLynn Chiu @drlynnchiu.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Read all Elements in The Philosophy of Biology series for FREE during the ISHPSSB conference 20 - 25 July. You can find all of these Elements free to download and read here: cup.org/4kEgivLcup.orgPhilosophy of BiologyWelcome to Cambridge Core 712268
Reposted by John StoutSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Is it time to bring back natural philosophy? ABC Radio chats with Sandra Mitchell, Alan Guth, Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social, Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social, David Albert and me, as produced by @danfalk.bsky.social. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...abc.net.auIs it time to bring back natural philosophy? - ABC listenOnce upon a time, what we now call scientists were known as "natural philosophers". These were people who studied the physical universe through observation and logic, using philosophical methods and r... 109415
Reposted by John StoutSteven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 10/07/2025This week on “The Joy of Why,” I sat down with Elfatih Eltahir, a hydrologist, climatologist, and meteorologist at MIT. His goals for regional climate modelling are twofold: Inform mitigation and inform adaptation. Tune in to “The Joy of Why”: www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-regi...quantamagazine.orgHow Can Regional Models Advance Climate Science? | Quanta MagazineElfatih Eltahir explains why we need more local and social data, like disease spread and population growth, to better predict and address climate-related challenges. 0174
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 08/07/2025“America must take a page from China’s playbook. Ten years ago, [China] created a blueprint for domination of next-generation technologies, funneling huge sums of money into the project, knowing it would take years to pay off. BYD is just one of many examples . . . .” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o... 100
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 04/07/2025This arduous list of grievances, which never before appeared of interest worthy of reading with understanding, now some resonate with unexpected relevance. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...archives.govDeclaration of Independence: A TranscriptionNote: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a... 010
Reposted by John StoutSteven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 04/07/2025My "Math, Revealed" series is freely available to anyone -- no paywall! -- in the thread below. 613653
Reposted by John StoutSteven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 30/06/2025My latest for @nytimes.com -- please repost so your followers can see this for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling (Gift Article)A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles. 27251
Reposted by John StoutSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 25/06/2025New microwave background measurements from the South Pole Telescope - better than satellite data (Planck) at small scales! Mostly compatible with ΛCDM, except for the Hubble tension (still there) and hints of dynamical dark energy when combined with other data. pole.uchicago.edu/public/data/...pole.uchicago.edu 511311
Reposted by John StoutNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 23/06/2025Want to see NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's Cosmic Treasure Chest for yourself? Explore using Rubin's Skyviewer! There are billions of pixels to explore, and you might be the the first to lay eyes on a small, distant galaxy! #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos skyviewer.appskyviewer.appSkyviewer 29852
Reposted by John StoutHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 21/06/2025Happy #WorldHumanistDay! Are you a humanist, too? 29731
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 12/02/2025www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...americanbar.orgThe ABA supports the rule of lawIt has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor... 000
Reposted by John StoutEthan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Government-censored science ruined the USSR. Is the USA next? Back in 1928, the Darwin-and-Mendel rejecting scientist, Trofim Lysenko, was put in charge of Soviet agriculture. This is why you don't want a government that embraces anti-science policies! bigthink.com/starts-with-... #sciencebigthink.comGovernment-censored science ruined the USSR. Is the USA next?With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era Lysenkoism. 12615
Reposted by John StoutPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 20/01/2025What does the remarkably early appearance of the Last Universal Common Ancestor tell us about the first days of life on Earth? My article in yesterday's Observer. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comLuca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planetNew research into the single-celled organism is providing clues about what the early planet looked like – and raising the prospect that we may not be alone in the universe 58423
Reposted by John StoutNigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Wise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century made by @philtalkradio.bsky.social www.philosophytalk.org/wisewomenphilosophytalk.orgWise WomenWise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 28033
Reposted by John StoutYusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 04/01/2025This is how things started in Erdoğan's Turkey two decades ago. Owners censoring their journalists, then laying them off. Then journalists censoring themselves in fear of retribution. None of these stopped Erdoğan until there was full submission or takeover of the media by his cronies. 711039
Reposted by John StoutYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 04/01/2025This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...anntelnaes.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 19595433715
Reposted by John StoutMarkus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 24/12/2024We start by defining something called the “Lagrangian,” L, which is the difference between kinetic and potential energy of some physical system, expressed in a convenient set of coordinates and their time derivatives (“velocities”). We assume that L does not explicitly depend on time. 2/26 1121
Reposted by John StoutDr Kiri Thornalley @kizzythechemist.bsky.social · 20/12/2024YOUVE NOT HEARD OF GOBLIN TOOLS! goblin.tools/About 141
Reposted by John StoutThomas Lin @7homaslin.com · 23/12/2024If you aren’t already following @philipcball.bsky.social here, I highly recommend it. He’s one of the smartest, most wide-ranging and prolific science journalists working today. 2209
Reposted by John StoutPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Time, before the holidays descend, for a little round-up of some of the articles I published this year. To start, this look in @quantamagazine.bsky.social at the use of neutral Rydberg atoms as quantum bits for quantum information technology. www.quantamagazine.org/the-best-qub...quantamagazine.orgThe Best Qubits for Quantum Computing Might Just Be Atoms | Quanta MagazineIn the search for the most scalable hardware to use for quantum computers, qubits made of individual atoms are having a breakout moment. 35911
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Fascinating though concerning article wapo.st/4gMRBdVwapo.stWhy seas are surgingSince 2010, sea levels at a gauge in Savannah, Georgia have risen by more than 7 inches. Similar trends in sea level rise are happening across the U.S. South. 041
Reposted by John StoutJennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Updated periodic table with origin of elements in the Solar System (for boron and lithium at least) 45950294
Reposted by John StoutOlivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 06/12/2024My counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social’s response to #KashPatel & his threat to sue me for being critical of him on media & stating he is unfit to serve as FBI Director. Monty Python enters the chat. 2132532397
Reposted by John StoutJohn Preskill @preskill.bsky.social · 06/12/2024On November 15, I spoke about my PhD advisor Steve Weinberg at a conference in his honor at the University of Texas. Slides from my talk are here: preskill.caltech.edu/talks/Preski... 2524
Reposted by John StoutHoward Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 05/12/2024arstechnica.com/security/202...arstechnica.com$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infectionsiVerify’s detection tool was launched in May and is turning up victims. 021
Reposted by John StoutTanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The bird flu virus circulating in dairy cows/workers is only one mutation away from binding more strongly to human airway cells, inching us closer to a pathogen that could spread person to person. By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird... 🧪scientificamerican.comBird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human CellsA new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to human cell receptors, raising concerns it could transmit more easily between ... 89648
Reposted by John StoutNate Rogers @naterogers.bsky.social · 03/12/2024In one of the strangest chapters of my life, I spent several months in the trenches of Big Headlight, looking to understand just how and why headlights became brighter than the sun. Answers, graphs, penis sketches—it's all here, on the brand new Ringer site: www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...theringer.comAsleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness WarsThe crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industr... 1091642584
Reposted by John StoutRicard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Are the major evolutionary transitions describable as phase transitions, as in statistical physics? A great example of this is the transition to eukaryotic cells, as shown by this excellent paper by Jordi Bascompte and co-workers europepmc.org/api/fulltext... 110223
Reposted by John StoutTyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 20/11/2024This one always gets me (impossible to comprehend the scale but tools like this help a bit!): scaleofuniverse.com/enscaleofuniverse.comScale of the Universe: Discover the vast ranges of our visible and invisible world.Scale of Universe is an interactive experience to inspire people to learn about the vast ranges of the visible and invisible world. 131
Reposted by John StoutArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 13/07/2024arstechnica.comIn the South, sea level rise accelerates at some of the most extreme rates on EarthThe surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges. 166
Reposted by John StoutKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23/02/2024In Alabama, this is a house: 0132
Reposted by John StoutCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 12/02/2024Did the dinosaur-killing asteroid 66 million years ago drive the evolution of living birds? Or were they steadily evolving for tens of millions of years already? The DNA and the fossils seem to be telling different stories. Here's my story on the stories 🧪 [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/s... 56627
Reposted by John StoutPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 07/11/2023I was going to be very British and diffident about the cancer surgery I'm having imminently, but decided in the end to write this in the hope that it might be helpful for others in similar positions. nautil.us/how-life-rea... 103711
Reposted by John StoutPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 03/11/2023Home-educating my kids made me think about how to deliver science in a way that wasn't just a bunch of "stuff". I ended up putting it into this little "book" that is available here as a free download. Hope it's of use to someone. philipball.co.uk/latest-news/ 4174
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 18/10/2023This is very sad, and on top of so much other news, very concerning: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 000
Reposted by John StoutMark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 28/09/2023🚨 Science Resources for BlueSky 🚨 Scientist? Just joined BlueSky? Here’s four resources you might find useful. #AcademicSky 🧪 🧵 (1) A list of over 130 subject-specific feeds. Find posts by others in your area and use the right tags in your posts to get them seen.docs.google.comBlueSky Science-Related FeedsSheet1 Likes,Name (Click to visit feed),Tags,Contact to ask to be added to contributor list 11,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ftnzzw4cnon2pzpw7i5m2xu7/feed/aaaiqnkwsgsz6">#AI&HCI</a>,#HCI,... 7288175
Reposted by John StoutJonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 01/10/2023I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics: web.stanford.edu/group/pritch... "An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"web.stanford.eduAn Owner's Guide to the Human GenomeAn Owner's Guide to the Human Genome 8296175