“Focus is highly overrated” 📷 Saul Leiter “SNOW” NYC, 1960 thanks to Jo Coyne

A high h-index implies that you work in a densely populated field with a lot of folks all working on the same thing and citing each other. This is therefore an index of how replaceable you are as a scientist. Discuss.

Ojalá todos los condenados por la ‘Púnica’, ‘Kitchen’ y los ERE de Andalucía en la puta calle gracias a esto. Como votante de izquierdas, no puedo sentir más que una mezcla indescriptible de asco y vergüenza.

This is a much watch segment from Carolyn Bertozzi's Nobel acceptance speech, highlighting the importance of basic research. Thank you Carolyn!

Someone on Reddit is using stable diffusion to take selfies throughout time - here they are with the Trojan horse

Me trying to avoid some new departmental duties…

The nine greatest ads and what makes them effective: 1. Volvo w/ Jean-Claude Van Damme Volvo wanted to demonstrate the stability and precision of Volvo’s dynamic steering. Cost: $4M Results: • 48M views in 9 days • $170M in Revenue

👏👏👏👏 José Luis Mascareñas ingresa na Real Academia Galega de Ciencias elcorreogallego.es/tendencias/jos…

Testing #molecularnodes on new structures in rcsb pdb 💉🧬💻🔬💊🌱🧠🦠 with and #geometrynodes and #b3d. PDB: 8EGR rendered in EEVEE in like 30 seconds. Phage have figured out just the most incredible structures

👨‍🔬O investigador José Luis Mascareñas ingresa na RAGC destacando que “a ciencia básica é a que adoita xerar resultados cun impacto máis transformador para as nosas vidas” jose l mascarenas 🌡🧬É catedrático de Química Orgánica da USC e director científico do CiQUS

A lo largo de los años he aprendido tanto de jose l mascarenas. Su creatividad, integridad, pasión, y su compromiso con la buena ciencia han sido y siguen siendo una inspiración guía. ¡Gracias por todo y, sobre todo, Felicidades, José Luis! 👏 🥇

The Washington Post's Drew Harwell, who was suspended from Twitter tonight after reporting on Elon Musk, has just posted this on his Mastodon account, which is @[email protected].

🚨 Expressions of interest: We are seeking outstanding researchers to apply for #MSCA PF 2023 ▫️ Female researchers will be prioritized ▫️ One-week stay at #CiQUS for selected candidates ▫️ EoI Deadline: June 1st Research topics & submission details 👉 ow.ly/46CJ50NkV0h

I’m supposed to be away from twitter, but this is so important and it applies not just to sports, but also science and life. Be kind with yourself—and everyone else. There are no failures, just steps in your way. Chill out.

Tim's (Tim Kench) work on "Dimeric Metal-Salphen Complexes Which Target Multimeric G-Quadruplex DNA" is out! Great collaboration with Eugenio Vazquez (M. Eugenio Vázquez) and Miguel Vazquez (Vázquez López Lab) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

My god. How can anyone think it's okay to put a family through this? washingtonpost.com/health/interac…