Octavio Hahn

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ScienceSpectra

Jan 03, 2025 1 subscriber 101 posts

Your guide to the fascinating world of science, featuring the latest discoveries and scientific breakthroughs.

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RFK Jr. Is About to Ax Some of the World’s Best Scientists at NIH
Donald Trump’s hiring freeze is leading Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS to not renew contracts for some of the nation’s brightest science minds at NIH.
Octavio Hahn · Created 3 days ago · 1 minute read
How did places like Bell Labs know how to ask the right questions?
Alternative Title: Why all applied research organizations should hire a Bell-style systems engineer
Octavio Hahn · Created 3 days ago · 1 minute read
The Einstein AI Model
I shared a controversial take the other day at an event and I decided to write it down in a longer format: I’m afraid AI won't give us a compressed 21st century.
Octavio Hahn · Created 3 days ago · 3 minutes read
NASA delays launch SPHEREx mission to find the ingredients for life
NASA is delaying the launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.
Octavio Hahn · Created 3 days ago · 3 minutes read
Malfunctioning Fat Tissue Could Affect How Easily We Lose Weight
Many people who have struggled with their weight have been told to "eat less and move more." Others have spent years juggling trendy diets, from keto to fasting, with minimal results.
Octavio Hahn · Created 3 days ago · 4 minutes read
The Einstein AI model
I shared a controversial take the other day at an event and I decided to write it down in a longer format: I’m afraid AI won't give us a compressed 21st century.
Octavio Hahn · Created 3 days ago · 4 minutes read
Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 2 minutes read
Winston-Salem is top hub for biotech innovation. But can they make it last?
Our ability to create is undeniable, but our track record of sustaining what we build is not so great.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
A Logic for the Future
International Relations in the Age of Turbulence
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
Taung child: the controversial story of the fossil discovery that proved humanity’s common origin...
Historian Christa Kuljian and paleoanthropologist Dipuo Kgotleng talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the complicated legacy of the Taung child skull, 100 years since its discovery.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
Jobs lost and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts
Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 4 minutes read
Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts
Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
Aspirin Might Be the Next Big Thing in Fighting the Spread of Cancer
Learn how a staple from our medicine cabinet has the potential to support the immune system in combating metastatic cancer.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf just challenged Anthropic CEO’s vision for AI’s future — and ...
Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf challenges Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's "compressed 21st century" vision, arguing AI systems are building "yes-men on servers" rather than the revolutionary thinkers needed for scientific breakthroughs.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 4 minutes read
Is Science Rigged for the Rich?
A recent study claiming inequality of opportunity in the sciences commits statistical and conceptual errors that make its findings meaningless.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 4 minutes read
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Scientific Mission on Space Station Concludes
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth following their science mission aboard the International Space Station. Hague, William…
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
AI is creating 'overly compliant helpers,' not revolutionaries, said the top scientist at Hugging...
AI needs to question its training data and take counterintuitive approaches, the top scientist at Hugging Face wrote on X.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 2 minutes read
Jobs lost, lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible effects of Trump research cuts
It's not just about scientists losing their jobs or damaging the economy their work indirectly supports — scientists around the country say it's about patient health.
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 2 minutes read
Leading a Meaningful Life through Storytelling Skills
People who are rated as good storytellers exhibit a purpose-oriented mindset and big-picture thinking more often than others
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
Why Is the Trump Administration Politicizing Weather?
Climate change is real. Dismantling our federal weather agency won’t change that
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
How to promote university technology transfer? A configuration analysis based on technology, orga...
University technology transfer (UTT) is at the forefront of innovation, representing the key to promoting the deep integration of science and technology with the economy. In order to explore mechanisms of realizing UTT, this study uses the fuzzy set qualitati…
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 3 minutes read
'Let's just study males and keep it simple': How excluding female animals from research held neur...
Neuroscience research has only recently begun to prioritize the inclusion of both male and female lab animals in studies. Could we see that shift reverse?
Octavio Hahn · Created 5 days ago · 4 minutes read
Know Your HBS Staff: Avital Brodski
Avital Brodski completed three co-ops at Northeastern University before heading to Moldova on a Fulbright grant. Now, in her first job out of college, she supports communications and marketing for the Digital Data Design Institute. We caught up with her to ta…
Octavio Hahn · Created 13 days ago · 3 minutes read
Goodbye, American Science
By KIM BELLARD Many people don’t realize it, but a hundred years ago America was something of a scientific backwater. Oh, sure, we had the occasional Nobel laureate, but the center ofContinue reading...
Octavio Hahn · Created 13 days ago · 3 minutes read
“It’s Really That Simple!”: 35 Complex Concepts Explained Like You’re Five
If you’ve ever found yourself lost in complex explanations, struggling to grasp intricate concepts, or simply yearning for bite-sized knowledge, the Instagram page ‘explainlikeimfivee’ is a game-changer. This page has taken the internet by storm, offering inc…
Octavio Hahn · Created 13 days ago · 4 minutes read