Thomas Gerdes

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Head of Library at Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, Göttingen. | Passionate about open science and supporting research. | thomasgerdes.de

We need a #forest bathing session this very instant! 🤗🌳🌊🤗🌳🌊 A new review from @mpib-berlin.bsky.social suggests nature isn’t just restorative, it’s "instorative" too, boosting cognitive performance & well-being even w/o prior stress, a capacity that has previously received little attention! 🌳✨

When nature not only restores, but fortifies

Previous research may have underestimated the capacity of natural environments to promote concentration and well-being, even in the absence of prior stressors, a review by the Max Planck Institute for...

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Odysseus Wasn’t Real. But He Had Real Worshipers in Ancient Ithaca.The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion. #Odysseus #history www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/s...

Odysseus Wasn’t Real. But He Had Real Worshipers in Ancient Ithaca. (Gift Article)

The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.

nytimes.com

What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch. #AI

What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either

Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.

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Hat Max Planck gemogelt? Zwei Veröffentlichungen des Physikers und Nobelpreisträgers wurden ohne Erklärung vom Verlag zurückgezogen. Nun kommt die Vermutung auf: Hinter dem kuriosen Fall könnte eine fehlgeleitete Software stecken #MaxPlanck #science #AI www.zeit.de/2026/29/max-...

Max Planck : Hat Max Planck gemogelt?

Zwei Veröffentlichungen des Physikers wurden ohne Erklärung zurückgezogen. Nun kommt die Vermutung auf: Hinter dem Fall könnte eine fehlgeleitete Software stecken.

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