«La poursuite du savoir ne justifie pas tout» : dans les Alpes, un gigaprojet de collisionneur de...

Pour améliorer sa connaissance de l'univers, le laboratoire européen sur la physique des particules (Cern) envisage la construction d’une machine monumentale à cheval entre la France et la Suisse. Ce mardi, le lancement d’un débat public sur le projet ravive le malaise d’une partie de la communauté scientifique vis-à-vis de ses lourds impacts climatiques et environnementaux.

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The Arkansas Traveler: UA data science students launch sports analytics application Hog Charts. “Brady Brown and Wyatt Thompson, two University of Arkansas sophomore data science majors, created Hog Charts, a sports data analytics application they have developed over several months while sharing predictions on their Instagram, @hogcharts.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/22/the-arkansas-traveler-ua-data-science-students-launch-sports-analytics-application-hog-charts/

How do we make ITER work? ⚡

Fusion energy could reshape the global energy system — but delivering it requires extraordinary physics, engineering, and international collaboration. ITER sits at that intersection of ambition and precision.

The scale of the challenge is matched by the opportunity. 🌍

https://www.iter.org/fusion-energy/making-it-work

#FusionEnergy #ITER #EnergyTransition #BigScience

Making it work

Plasma physics is at the core of fusion science. Plasma is an ionized state of matter similar to a gas--Why is it important at ITER?

ITER - the way to new energy
Totalement vertigineux 😱: "La somme des données accumulées sera telle que le Vera-Rubin aura produit, au bout d’une seule année de fonctionnement, plus de données astronomiques que… l’ensemble des observatoires qui l’ont précédé."
Des images de 3,2Gpixel. 1000 images par nuit.
5 Po par an de données brutes. 11 fois plus une fois traitées.
10 millions d'alertes par nuit.
Sur 10 ans.
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2026/02/23/vera-c-rubin-l-observatoire-qui-va-sonder-les-profondeurs-de-l-univers_6667963_1650684.html
#astronomy #researchdata #bigscience #data
Vera-C.-Rubin, l’observatoire qui va sonder les profondeurs de l’Univers

Imaginé il y a trente ans par un astronome américain, ce télescope d’un genre nouveau, installé au Chili, est prêt à entamer dix ans d’observation détaillée du ciel austral qui devraient bouleverser l’astronomie.

Le Monde

Although George Orwell was in favor of more skeptical/scientific ways of thinking, he was wary of Big Science because it could be exploited by an authoritarian state.

https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2026/02/06/george_orwell_called_for_a_new_way_of_thinking_about_science_1163315.html

It's too bad we don't have Orwell around today to comment on Big Tech (though luckily we have @pluralistic ).

#Science #Skepticism #BigScience #BigTech #GeorgeOrwell

ITER didn’t appear overnight 🌍⚡
Its origins lie in decades of research and rare international cooperation.

I’ve been exploring how the project began and why it still matters today.
https://www.iter.org/about/history

#ITER #FusionEnergy #BigScience

For those in the know, it comes as no surprise that #bigscience is out to get us all. They lied about the #moonlanding, & today I watched a video by the amazing & courageous #whistleblower @acollierastro. She exposes how they lie w/ pictures & stories. How #bigscientists mislead the public using #cats. Insidiously, they hide their real #agenda using a #satanic #mystical #language called #mathematics. These #racists are saying, "if you don't speak our language, get out!" Stay awake! /j