Benedict Drew

benedictdrew.bsky.social

18 October 2026 17:15

6-8 pm this evening. margateradio.co.uk

MIT Press

mitpress.bsky.social

16 October 2026 11:22

Terms like baby brain and momnesia exist to point out how bad motherhood supposedly is for your brain. In an excerpt from "A Mother's Brain," Susana Carmona examines if there's any truth to the claim that motherhood leads to cognitive trouble: www.girltalkhq.com/dr-susana-ca...

markcmarino.bsky.social

16 October 2026 11:21

Thanks to James Gleick for his praise of Inventing ELIZA in the New York Review of Books! @mitpress.bsky.social @nybooks.com @sarahciston.com

Sean Carroll

seanmcarroll.bsky.social

15 October 2026 01:10

Teaching my Philosophical Naturalism seminar again this semester. The last two weeks we’ve been asking whether “laws of nature” and “mathematical objects” exist independently of the physical world. Students seem to be leaning mostly “yes” and “no,” respectively, but I favor “no” on both counts.

Philip Ball

philipcball.bsky.social

14 October 2026 17:54

For those interested in the scientific publishing process this looks fabulous. Melinda is a great writer. And it's free to download (I've done so)! And you can find out why Einstein never published in Phys Rev...