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  • Hardcore!, XXI century eugenics, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#46)

    Amazing time in Spain this week. Lots of good food, getting to know a cute little baby, and meeting old friends and family. Really looking forward to visit back soon! On the stuff happening around the globe, not many news: Twitter keeps imploding (maybe even faster now), the environmental crysis keeps getting relegated, and another…

  • Twitter trembles, lab coats, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#45)

    Quick update this week, as I am on my way back to Spain for a short visit where I plan to eat as many of the dishes I miss as possible. Let’s start! Extreme close-ups and the depths of the Indian Ocean Those are just a couple of the incredible stories behind Nature’s best science…

  • Watering your watch, farewell to Nibel, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#44)

    Not a lot going on lately (mostly centered on work these days), but still a couple cool links and some shocking news. Let’s start: Watering your watch? Cute study that really made me think. A groupp of researchers designed simple wearables that, instead of being just made of electronics, required a living organism to properly…

  • The third term, a «free» bird, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#43)

    This week we have some links on the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, a cool story about the people at Microsoft who stood for accessibility, the future of China under the command of Xi, and a nice review on three books on the topic of animal senses and the lessons they can teach us.…

  • Cyberpunk fashion, Pillars of Creation, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#42)

    Not a lot of free time during the week, so this will be a short one. Implants are slowly getting there, the fashion world draws from video games, Halloween is almost here, the James Webb keeps delivering, and a cool story about the oldest night sky map ever found. Let’s start: Bionic noses This year…

  • Arecibo’s end, meta-legs, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#41)

    Autumn arrived and it hit hard. Writing this from the bed under my blanket, with a hot tea besides me. This week I want to share just three stories: the end of Arecibo’s telescope, a moral debate regarding research on animals, and the latest gamble from the creator of Facebook. Let’s start: Collapsing history A…

  • Saving the rainforest, AI multiplication, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#40)

    Extremely packed week. Lots of stuff happening at the same time in the world (Nobel prizes, Tesla robots, AI learning to do matrix multiplications really well), but also at home (new lab, here I come!). Let’s get to it: Do the robot🤖 In the same week, we had robot presentations (nothing too interesting there, to…

  • The real trombone champ, Google’s special treatment, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#39)

    Lots of funny stories this week. Trombone Champ is blowing it, Jack Dorsey is a maniac, AI keeps spreading over all the aspects of our life, Google manages to be evil again, and people are finally starting to take action against the nonsensical fashion industry. Let’s start: The real trombone champ That was quick! People…