Anne Pichon

Immigrant. London, innit. Chemist. Opinion editor @Nature, ex-@NatureChemistry. Likes alliterative titles. She/her

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The Enhanced Games, which permits the use of performance-enhancing drugs, exposes flaws in the sporting world, says April Henning

https://t.co/otkZzGHtsf

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Getting Rosalind Franklin’s story right is crucial, because she has become a role model for women going into science

https://t.co/wR8fBl5cNJ

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Japan’s first female Prime Minister is no feminist — can she improve the research environment for women?

https://t.co/I2KVv4mE8Q

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Each year, more than nine million people in the United States do not take their medicines as prescribed owing to cost concerns

Tighter price regulation would deliver fewer new drugs but improve global health, says Beth Woods
https://t.co/z8y2mAFXXe

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We asked 3,785 PhD students across 107 countries about their experiences. Where do you think the happiest doctoral candidates were?

https://t.co/isALFTllzd

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The Chemistry Nobel was awarded to the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks that can trap molecules — our reporters dive into the science

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Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system, says Dolors Armenteras

https://t.co/VyazXBfk4n

[Anne Pichon @AnneNotInTokyo]

Have quantum mechanics proven Einstein wrong, sent particles back in time, decrypted everything, messed with physicists and philosophers...?

All this and more in this myth-busting piece from @skdh, @maria__violaris, @InackEstelle, Shweta Agrawal, Emily Adlam and Norma Sanchez

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There’s nothing intuitive about quantum theory — six physicists debunk some of the most common misconceptions.

https://t.co/uNTIJSHBQd

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Book review 📚 AI hype, crackling northern lights and more: take it all in with these holiday reads

https://t.co/naRQOmP57e

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The Presidents of Mā’ohi Nui–French Polynesia and the Republic of Palau urge governments worldwide to avoid irreversible environmental damage to the region as well as the needless economic and geopolitical risks

https://t.co/MP431YhbTJ

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There’s no mystery to innovation and economic growth; the US must nurture its scientists or find out the hard way, says Michael S. Lubell, former director of public affairs at the American Physical Society.

https://t.co/ei4Y9AfnZT

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Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics

https://t.co/mpm0ijjCFm

[Max Kozlov @maxdkozlov]

A federal judge temporarily blocked the freeze late today, but it had already spurred many US universities to advise faculty members against spending federal grant dollars on travel, new research projects, equipment and more.

Read more in @Nature
https://t.co/J5uYu3Fc68

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Trump will weaken climate action — the rest of the US must not follow suit, says political scientist Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo

https://t.co/iqWduUubTj

[Anne Pichon @AnneNotInTokyo]

I am so excited to have interviewed sci-fi legend and climate visionary Kim Stanley Robinson.

“I’m married to a chemist, and my social circle is often made up of scientists. I’ve watched them with great pleasure”

https://t.co/Dil2BRuOmK

[Anne Pichon @AnneNotInTokyo]

No more spoilers! Find out how he feels about some of the climate catastrophes he made up becoming reality, how he talks to young people about climate dread, his thoughts on AI consciousness…

Link to his interview in @Nature

https://t.co/Dil2BRuOmK

[Anne Pichon @AnneNotInTokyo]

I am so excited to have interviewed sci-fi legend and climate visionary Kim Stanley Robinson.

“I’m married to a chemist, and my social circle is often made up of scientists. I’ve watched them with great pleasure”

https://t.co/Dil2BRuOmK

[Anne Pichon @AnneNotInTokyo]

He also talked about the feeling of double alienation that can come from homesickness for more than one place…

[Katherine Stiles @_K_Stiles]

As climate change and artificial intelligence (AI) reshape the world, some say that reality is starting to look a lot like science fiction. A book that people often point to is Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future (2020), writes @AnneNotInTokyo.

Sci-fi icon Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’

The influential writer talks about frighteningly accurate predictions, the creative act of reading, AI consciousness — and hope.

https://t.co/mIhfH9xo9c…
via @Nature

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The first Trump term took a toll on international scholars and collaborations — we can avoid similar pitfalls, says Christina W. Yao https://t.co/oZslsxj8eo