Elisa Fadda

elisafadda.bsky.social

13 September 2026 11:09

Living away from uni leads quickly into skipping classes, which leads to being removed from the learning and educational environment Online recordings are only there for revisions and suboptimal for learning (remember COVID?)

Elisa Fadda

elisafadda.bsky.social

13 September 2026 11:09

“Students who commute are also more likely than other students to say they received a lower grade than expected because they cut down on going to campus.” Going to university is *being* on campus for lectures, labs, but also for building a community of practice www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Richard Sever

richardsever.bsky.social

10 August 2026 16:41

Betteridge FTW 🤣

Debbie Gale Mitchell

heydebigale.bsky.social

06 August 2026 20:06

Also I am obsessed that "fluorescence" was coined in the footnote of Stokes 1852 paper. He was like -- if opalescence can be named after opals, why not name this glowing after fluorspar? And I think that is cool royalsocietypublishing.org/rstl/article...

Carl Zimmer

carlzimmer.com

02 July 2026 05:33

Meet SpudCell, a synthetic cell made from lifeless ingredients that feeds, grows, divides, and experiences selection. If it doesn't have all the hallmarks of life, it has a lot! Here's my story. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vCbTih