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Die Auseinandersetzung um die #postkolonialeTheorie ist hitzig. Der Historiker Kijan Espahangizi Kijan Espahangizi Universität Zürich wünscht sich mehr Differenzierung. Florian Fisch 👇 horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/08/27/pos…

Down to the last drop💧: Why countries in conflict cooperate over water resources🤝; how water treaties can secure peace🕊️; and how we can prepare ourselves for future shortages🛡️🏜️. Read all about it in the new issue of Horizons! 👉horizons-mag.ch

Schön, wenn die Grafik so nützlich ist!

Special thanks to Jana Gallus for an insighful conversation about how the prestige of awards can motivate scientistis.

Mehr Debatte - aber bitte konstruktiv! laborjournal-archiv.de/epaper/LJ_24_0… Laborjournal Tobias Straub

Gibt es noch Alternativen? Im #Journalismus wie in der #Wissenschaft sollte die Meinung stets mit neuen Erkenntnissen in Einklang gebracht werden, findet Co-Redaktionsleiter Florian Fisch Florian Fisch 👇 horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/09/05/wir…

📜❌ 📜✅ Studie ist nicht gleich Studie: Ein evidenzbasiertes System aufzubauen ist eine Mammutaufgabe. Florian Fisch BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Ben Goldacre horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/09/05/stu…

Un tout petit nombre de personnes sont responsables de la plupart des #FakeNews sur X. Briony Swire-Thompson Florian Fisch 👇 revue-horizons.ch/2024/09/05/sup…

#Integrity Five principles for research into #AI, from transparency to monitoring and oversight. PNASNews Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2024/09/05/fiv…

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Another fact about #LongCovid that I Iearnt when researching vor this article: According to Ziyad Al-Aly, MD there are currently 42 defintions. We don't all mean the same thing when we talk about it. That's clearly not helpful.

Britische Forschende entwickeln neue Richtlinien für den Umgang mit aus adulten Stammzellen hergestellten Modellen menschlicher Embryonen. Cambridge Reproduction Cambridge Reproduction Florian Fisch horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/12/05/reg…

🌊Floods of publications, 🤖AI and ⚔️political polarisation threaten #ScientificIntegrity. In Switzerland, Germany and the USA, new committees and guidelines are being set up to provide solutions.👇 Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/03/pre…

This time, our topic is: #Nothing! All joking aside, investigating #Nothingness in art and vacuums in physics pushes science and scholarship to the boundaries of the possible. That’s a good thing, says Florian Fisch Florian Fisch👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/the…

💸🇦🇷💸🇦🇷💸🇦🇷 The president of #Argentina is making good on his threats by cutting the science budget. As a result, many researchers are emigrating.👇 Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/tak…

💊🩺🦠💉 Fraudulent papers are making it difficult to summarise the current state of knowledge on the treatment of diseases.👇 #systematicReview Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/med…

In late 2025, the main science programme of Radio SRF 2 will be cancelled, says the SRG. Otfried Jarren, a professor of communication science at IKMZ, says this is a bad idea. 👇 #srfwissen Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/02/its…

😮💡💥 An analysis of projects submitted to the US National Institutes of Health NIH has revealed that unexpected findings occur more often in medical research than you’d think.👇 #Serendipity Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/une…

Google a présenté un nouveau système d’IA🤖. Lequel a généré une #hypothèse qui a été confirmée expérimentalement. 👇 Florian Fisch revue-horizons.ch/2025/06/05/lia…