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David Harding retweeted
If you work on (theoretical) physics and you are skeptical about AI turning our world upside down already the coming year, please check the video of this great talk by Adam Brown (Deepmind) pirsa.org/26060044
David Harding retweeted
The more I read about Doggerland - including the latest speculation that the Stonehenge altar stone may have been dropped there as a glacial erratic before being carried to Stonehenge later - the more convinced I become that UK/Dk/NL should make a big island there.
David Harding retweeted
MAJOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
To change the behaviour of fly-tippers, they must feel the fear of being caught and prosecuted. That means catching them in the act. We're going to do that and force Councils to prosecute. Please share this post far and wide!
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David Harding retweeted
Information can be beautiful.
Evolution of the Alphabet
(by @usefulcharts)
ALT Infographic showing the "Evolution of the Alphabet" from Proto-Sinaitic (c. 1750 BCE) to Modern Latin Script. Colorful arrows trace the development of each letter through Phoenician, Archaic Greek, Archaic Latin, and Roman scripts, culminating in the modern 26-letter alphabet. The image demonstrates how letter shapes transformed over time.
David Harding retweeted
Like @davidbessis and others, I think that Hinton is wrong. To explain why, let me tell you a brief story.
About a decade ago, in 2017, I developed an automated theorem-proving framework that was ultimately integrated into Mathematica (see: youtube.com/watch?v=mMaid2jY…) (1/15)
David Harding retweeted
I argue in the @spectator that fusion has generated less energy than cynicism about whether it would ever get there.
And begun to seem more like leisurely schemes for employing physicists than an urgent push to solve the world’s energy needs.
But that could soon change...
David Harding retweeted
NEW REPORT: History should be taught to all children up to the age of 16. The call has been endorsed by the distinguished historians Niall Ferguson @nfergus , Lord (Andrew) Roberts @aroberts_andrew and Dominic Sandbrook ('The Rest is History') @dcsandbrook .
At present, most children (55%) stop learning history at 14. That is why our exclusive new poll reveals such little knowledge of history among young adults. Three quarters say they don't know about Admiral Nelson. More than half say they don't know about Oliver Cromwell, a vital figure in the development of our democracy.
Britain is an outlier among OECD countries in not teaching history up to the age of 16. This should be changed so we give a rounded education to the citizens and voters of the future. Press release and report below.
historyoftotalitarianism.com…
David Harding retweeted
The UK is a great country with an extraordinary history. Our stagnation is real, but it's fixable and worth fixing.
Enjoyed giving this talk at @lfg_uk last week and so encouraged by the optimistic responses I've had from people who are building a brilliant future for Britain 🚀
David Harding retweeted
Some days you really feel like we're seeing the future happen right before our eyes.
Plasma is better in colour! Watch one of our latest #plasma pulses in our ST40 tokamak, filmed using our new high-speed colour camera at an incredible 16,000 frames per second.
Each pulse lasts around a fifth of a second. What you’re seeing is mostly visible light from the plasma’s edge, glowing pink. The core is simply too hot to emit visible light.
In this footage, lithium is dropped into the plasma. As it interacts, it glows red when excited, then turns green as it becomes ionised, losing an electron. From there, it traces the magnetic field lines, revealing the plasma’s path around the tokamak.
Lithium is the focus of our $52 million ST40 upgrade programme, in partnership with @ENERGY and @energygovuk. This builds on pioneering work at @PPPLab and others that has shown that lithium can significantly improve plasma performance.
This video comes from ongoing research into X-point radiator (XPR) regimes, a promising operating mode for future #fusion power plants that aims to cool the plasma before it reaches plasma-facing components (PFCs), helping to reduce wear without compromising performance.
Fusion research just got a lot more colourful!
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tokamakenergy.com/2025/10/15…
#Fusion #FusionEnergy #EnergyTransition #Innovation
David Harding retweeted
Clean abundant energy turns a corner: The Standard Oil of nuclear open.substack.com/pub/ration…
David Harding retweeted
My new book Birds, Sex and Beauty, is on sale in the USA from 25 March.
If you love nature, birds, evolution or...sex, then this is the book for you!
It argues that mate choice is a powerful driver of evolution.
David Harding retweeted
Today we celebrate the 111th birthday of Norman Borlaug. The man who fed the world.
Borlaug developed high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that sparked the Green Revolution, saving over a billion lives from hunger.
Happy Birthday, Norman Borlaug - hero of humanity.
David Harding retweeted
Scandalous — why not reported everywhere?
EU paid green groups millions
to lobby EU to make stricter green policies
Our taxes are used to tax us more
Revealed by De Telegraaf, Holland's biggest paper archive.is/KnNkG
Admitted by EU commission: "inappropriate" euronews.com/my-europe/2025/…
David Harding retweeted
A magnetic new era begins! Our team is at the Applied Superconductivity Conference #ASC2024 in Salt Lake City in the U.S. to launch TE Magnetics, our dedicated high temperature #superconducting (HTS) magnets business division.
#HTS is a transformative technology for a wide range of industries. Born from a world-class #fusionenergy mission, TE Magnetics is focussed on becoming the leading supplier of HTS #magnets for exciting new applications including #fusion, analytical science, #RenewableEnergy and propulsion on land, in water, air and space.
Read our full press release here:
tokamakenergy.com/2024/09/03…
Find out more on the TE Magnetics website:
temagnetics.com
#Superconductors #Magnets #Innovation
David Harding retweeted
We mourn the loss of our friend and founding benefactor, Jim Simons. Jim was visionary, brilliant, and generous beyond measure. He has left an indelible mark on our field.
An interesting take on the subject of cumulative bias which seems to me to be a common problem in the public understanding of scientific and quasi scientific reporting on a variety of public interesting issues. I have no knowledge of the particular topic but think that cumulative bias where statistics are being used to support positions is a very important public policy issue.
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David Harding retweeted
Antidepressant efficacy is inflated by the cumulative impact of publication bias, outcome reporting bias, spin, and citation bias on the evidence base.
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