A rock band can’t stop a missile. But it can keep Ukraine in the world’s ears. U2 released “Yours Eternally” with Ukraine’s Antytila and Ed Sheeran, alongside a short film by Ukrainian filmmaker Illia Mykhailus using real frontline footage. Attention is a form of support.

I share the sad news that Prof. David H. Waldeck passed away after a battle with cancer. Dave was an extraordinarily creative scientist, a devoted educator, and to all of us a friend, mentor, and leader. He will be deeply missed #chemsky #chemchat

Can't believe how fast AI is improving

Russian Strikes on Kyiv Captured from Space Footage from the International Space Station shows the massive overnight bombardment of Ukraine on December 27: ballistic missiles streaking through the sky, flashes from impacts

Sir Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Arthur Dron to mark the anniversary of russia’s full-scale invasion 💙💛

Today marks four years since the start of Russia’s unjustified, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This morning, I spoke with members of the Coalition of the Willing to reinforce our support for a just and lasting peace.

Four years of full war against Ukraine

We were rooting for our team but our team won...

The Onyon: ICE arrests and deports Claude, citing foreign name.

📣 We are hiring, join us! We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation for reproducible bionanoscience. More information in the link below 🔽 🔗 nanobubbles.hypotheses.org/3411

Post doctoral Fellow: nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation for reproducible bionanoscience

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Apartment building in Kharkiv is on fire after russian drone attack‼️

Come join us in Pittsburgh this summer #chemsky - see why we've gotten great reviews from past REU students Have questions? Ask away...

Pitt Chemistry@pittchemistry.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2026 PITT CHEM REU application are CLOSING SOON! Application close on February 6th, 2026. Find the link to our application through our NEW website > zurl.co/REU

Rejected from Nature, rejected from Science, they published in PNAS...

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6mo ago

There's video of Don Lemon outside the protest stating explicitly: "I'm just chronicling. I'm not with the group." Bondi went to grand jury for an indictment after the courts declined to approve arrest warrant *twice.* Legal experts explain here why this is so ugly: newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Big week for me with Pitt journalists! Here is an outstanding article by the student newspaper Pitt News, and writer Brynn Hanna, about faculty partnerships with Ukraine including our work to transfer used scientific equipment to Kharkiv 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦 pittnews.com/article/2000...

Pitt professors across disciplines collaborate with academics in Ukraine  - The Pitt News

From donating surplus laboratory equipment to collaborating on research papers, Pitt professors are working with Ukrainian scholars in disciplines ranging from quantum physics to post-war reconstructi...

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Excellent article from Pittwire, thoughtful, accessible, by Brandie Jefferson (not a uni press release!) www.pittwire.pitt.edu/features-art...

Physics isn’t immune to the replication crisis. Sergey Frolov sees a way forward.

A critic of what he says are unjustifiably bold claims in his field, the Pitt physicist advocates for more data sharing in a new paper in Science.

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Here is a temperature map (in celsius) of the USA today, during what is being called the "Big Freeze". Ukraine was colder than this basically every day from Jan 5-23. And thanks to the USA helping Putin, the country was starved of heat and power.

it's all explained in this book

George Pearkes@peark.es · 6mo ago

I really can’t exaggerate how completely weird this move in silver is. Markets just don’t go parabolic for months at a time. Speaks to the fundamental cause of this move in silver: momentum and nobody with a balance sheet to take the other side of the move.

Everyone in a while you come across a band that is great, with a fantastic name and just need to buy the shirt.

Enjoying the talk of Dr. Ivan Oransky @retractionwatch.com hosted by our friends at CMU @cmu.edu . What you don't see is the great turnout. Great that folks care and are paying attention.

Finally got all the Microsoft data I requested...

I think we need a new rule to keep the medals away from the laureates

Chris Jackson@chriscjackson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.

Even physicists need to avoid taking the bait by Jelena Stajic, Senior Editor, Science www.science.org/content/arti...

ScienceAdviser: Even physicists need to avoid taking the bait

Today in Science and science: Water just got weirder, a glimpse at Homo habilis’ body, and more

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Scientists urged to rethink ‘smoking gun’ signals in topological physics

Scientists are urged to reconsider misleading signals in topological physics, addressing the 'smoking gun' problem in research findings.

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The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Data sharing helps avoid “smoking gun” claims of topological milestones

Manipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha...

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Come over I will give you a coffee if you wanted to publish in @nature.com or @science.org but decided not to

Alexey Amunts@amunts.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Only in Shenzhen: Science Nature coffee bar. If you’ve published in @science.org or @nature.com, they give you coffee for free. 100% real!

My new favorite band smokingdataguns.band

Negative and null results are so important!

Sergey Frolov🇺🇦@spinespresso.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Replications and data sharing help make more precise claims in physics too! phys.org/news/2026-01...

Replication efforts suggest 'smoking gun' evidence isn't enough to prove quantum computing claims

A group of scientists, including Sergey Frolov, professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh, and co-authors from Minnesota and Grenoble have undertaken several replication studies centered ar...

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Author's blog... "All four experiments are cases of finetuning and data selection." #Physics #MetaSci #OpenSci 🧪

Too many guns are smoking

Is the smoking gun evidence sufficient to make a scientific claim?

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