> be Alexandra Elbakyan
> be born in Kazakhstan in 1988
> start coding at 12
> hack your internet provider at 14
> hack MIT Press at 16 to download neuroscience books you can't afford
> get a CS degree from Satbayev University
> intern in neuroscience at Georgia Tech
> speak at Harvard on brain-computer interfaces
> notice researchers can't read the papers they need
> notice academic publishers charging $30 a paper
> notice peer reviewers worked for free
> notice editors worked for free
> notice universities funded the research with billions of dollars of public money
> build Sci-Hub in 2011
> upload nearly every paywalled research paper ever published
> give it away for free
> get sued by Elsevier
> get hit with a $15 million judgment
> don't give a flying f*ck
> keep Sci-Hub up
> get domain after domain seized
> register a new one
> keep Sci-Hub up
> get investigated by the US Department of Justice
> don't give a flying f*ck
> get accused of working for Russian intelligence
> don't give a flying f*ck
> have the FBI subpoena your iCloud
> get named one of Nature's ten people who mattered in science
> get a parasitoid wasp named after you
> get a deep-sea snail named after you
> get the Electronic Frontier Foundation Award for Access to Scientific Knowledge
> become a legend
Historias inspiradoras de mujeres en las ciencias e ingenierías
Se han convertido en referentes dentro y fuera del país en las áreas STEAM
https://t.co/MhP1rFt04A
SMART PEOPLE WANTED!
For our Plasma Surface Technology department at the Greifswald site, we are looking for a
0574 ENGINEER (W/M/D) High Frequency Technology/Automation Technology/Energy Electronics
More information (in German)
https://t.co/2cIhBzW5Yn
9 datos curiosos sobre Costa Rica para celebrar los 203 años de Independencia. Como ya es tradición, una colaboración con el increíble de @ColorblindPixl
ÚLTIMO MINUTO: el tico Sherman Güity acaba de ganar su segunda MEDALLA DE ORO en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París 2024. 😭🥇🇨🇷
Registró un tiempo de 21.32 en los 200 metros planos T64, batiendo así su propio RÉCORD PARALÍMPICO. 💥
¡Es el paratleta más veloz DEL MUNDO! 🔝
ÚLTIMA HORA: el himno de Costa Rica suena por primera vez en París 2024 y por segunda ocasión histórica en unos Juegos Paralímpicos. 😭🥇🇨🇷
¡Así se vivió desde el Stade de France! 💪🏽
@eevblog@GadSaad Your analysis leads me to accept my husband's hypothesis that Raygun is ahead of our time and line of thought, and we simply cannot comprehend such complexity..... 😆
Exciting news! Our plasma printing technology MicroQuasar was featured on NDR, showcasing its potential for new and innovative applications. Check out the feature: https://t.co/W1OwWRiuwN
Exciting news! Our plasma printing technology MicroQuasar was featured on NDR, showcasing its potential for new and innovative applications. Check out the feature: https://t.co/W1OwWRiuwN
On the closing day of the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 5 July 2024, 30 Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry from more than 10 countries signed the “Mainau Declaration 2024 on Nuclear Weapons”.
Find out more on our website: https://t.co/YNACa7gi9T
#LINO24
Last day of #LINO24! We're on our way to @mainau on the Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip @BW__i.
On board Young Scientists and Nobel Laureates can learn more about research institutions in @thelaend.
More than 30 Nobel Laureates in physics and chemistry just signed the #MainauDeclaration2024 on Nuclear Weapons, with hundreds of young scientists as witnesses during the @lindaunobel (more details coming up on their website soon)
#LINO2024
Más de 30 ganadores del Nobel en física y química firman la declaración de Mainau 2024 sobre armas nucleares, con cientos de científicos jóvenes como testigos. Más detalles pronto
#LINO2024#MainauDeclaration2024
Just announced by David Gross: More than 30 Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry from more than 10 countries will signed the Mainau Declaration 2024 on Nuclear Weapons.
More on https://t.co/YKYUm4RvkA soon.
How to Trust Science in the Age of AI?
That is the question for the last Panel Discussion at #LINO24 with Nobel Laureates David Gross, Brian Schmidt and Donna Strickland as well as Jaryd Ricardo Christie and Lindau Alumna Sibylle Anderl.
"but also you can't hire someone enthusiastic with two left hands! That can be expensive"... My personal take on that and based on my hiring experience: be enthusiastic, but pay attention to detail... Quality is important!
Following up during the Open Exchange session with Prof. Novoselov, I asked "what do you look for when you hire people, aside from the obvious good technical strength?". His answer: "Enthusiasm"... But he also said: (continues)
I got a chance to talk with Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2010. He now knows about maskless #plasmaprinting at atmospheric pressure 😉 hopefully he can use it in the near future for his materials' and graphene research!
#LINO2024@lindaunobel
I got a chance to talk with Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2010. He now knows about maskless #plasmaprinting at atmospheric pressure 😉 hopefully he can use it in the near future for his materials' and graphene research!
#LINO2024@lindaunobel
1.365984E+26 attoseconds, or 4 years, 3 months and 28 days: the time I had to wait to finally attend the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting (Physics). Happy to be here!
#LINO2024@lindaunobel
Excited to share that Deutschlandfunk featured our new ultra-hydrophobic silicon-organic polymer coatings! 🌿
🔬 Listen to the full radio report here: https://t.co/t22WiXd0z0
#Environment#Innovation#PlasmaTechnology#INPGreifswald