N-gated Hacker News4h ago
🔬🤖 Ah, Silicon Valley, where turning brilliant scientists into overqualified Uber drivers is the latest innovation. 😅🌟 Who knew that years of academic research would lead to a prestigious career in the gig economy? 🚀💸
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/ #SiliconValley #GigEconomy #OverqualifiedInnovation #AcademicResearch #UberDrivers #HackerNews #ngated
How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers

Tech elites are enriching themselves by plundering STEM institutions—and offering researchers scraps.

The Nation
Art of FACELESS5h ago
The Hollow Circuit Circuit Update: SUBSTRATE MEMORY https://thehollowcircuit.com/substrate-memory/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SubstrateMemory #DeepCoreArchive #SurveillanceDialogues #ArchaeologyPodcast #AcademicResearch
Marcus Schuler2d ago

AI systems now prove research-level mathematical theorems, but access divides along commercial lines. Stanford's Ravi Vakil used private DeepMind tools for proofs he's unsure he could have developed alone, while public AI floods journals with low-quality submissions. Harmonic's $1.45B valuation prices formal verification as the new moat. Academic mathematicians migrate to private labs as the capability gap widens.

#AIMath #FormalVerification #AcademicResearch

https://www.implicator.ai/ai-cracked-research-math-harmonic-just-priced-the-consequence-at-1-45-billion/

AI Cracked Research Math. Harmonic Priced It at $1.45B

Mathematicians spent a year watching AI move from IMO puzzles to genuine research proofs. Then Harmonic raised $120 million at a $1.45 billion valuation on the premise that formal verification is the moat. The useful tools went private. The academy got the slop.

Implicator.ai
Angie Mangino4d ago
Dr. S. Lee Funk has spent more than 35 years studying the psychological origins of violence. His academic work dismantles the myth that rampage killings are random, replacing assumption with rigorous, multi-disciplinary research. If you want to understand one of the most urgent public safety challenges of our time, his https://Academia.edu profile is a good place to start.
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https://stevenleefunk.academia.edu
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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseApr 4

Erfurt University Library: “Theologie der Gegenwart” journals now available open access. “Theology needs public debate. Today, the digital space is particularly suitable for this. That is why the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the university is now taking a new approach: Its journals ‘Theologie der Gegenwart’ (ThG) are now available free of charge in open access.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/04/erfurt-university-library-theologie-der-gegenwart-journals-now-available-open-access/
Erfurt University Library: “Theologie der Gegenwart” journals now available open access

Erfurt University Library: “Theologie der Gegenwart” journals now available open access. “Theology needs public debate. Today, the digital space is particularly suitable for this.…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
J. A. JonesApr 4

New three-part publication set presenting a comprehensive system-theoretical framework for the structural reconstruction of the Voynich Manuscript:

Monograph: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410209
Entry Note: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410808
Executive Summary: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19410495

Author ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1546-7234

#Voynich #AcademicResearch #SystemsTheory #Musicology #Archaeology #Philology #CognitiveScience #MediaStudies #DigitalHumanities

The Voynich Manuscript: A Systematic Reconstruction of Its Motoric Notation System and Acoustic Function

This monograph presents a comprehensive structural reconstruction of the Voynich Manuscript (Beinecke MS 408) based solely on its observable formal properties. Using a systemic, transcription‑independent analytical framework, the study demonstrates that the manuscript does not encode linguistic, cryptographic, botanical, medical, or cosmological content. Instead, it constitutes a functional, multimodal system integrating modular motoric sequences, cyclical diagrammatic architectures, layered operational structures, and resonance‑based dynamics. The analysis identifies the manuscript as a bimanual motoric notation system whose internal logic corresponds to the technique of a Gothic harp with a double‑string bordun. Glyph sequences function as modular action units; diagrams provide cyclical and spatial form models; iconographic elements depict bodily coordination, acoustic resonance, and regenerative procedures. Together, these components form a coherent operational ecology for the execution of structured acoustic and motoric processes. The study situates the manuscript within a premodern workshop environment involving multiple scribes, embedded in a socially coordinated acoustic practice rather than a textual or symbolic tradition. This contextualization supports the manuscript’s authenticity and explains its multimodal, practice‑oriented structure. The monograph offers the first internally consistent explanation of the manuscript’s architecture, providing a reproducible analytical method, a functional classification, and a complete reconstruction of its structural logic.

Zenodo
WiSoFakultät_UniKölnMar 19

Proud moment for the WiSo Faculty! 🎉

The Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) at the University of Cologne has secured 1st place in Germany and 3rd place in Europe in the latest AIS Research Ranking for Business Information Systems. 🏆📊

Congratulations to all researchers and teams involved! 👏

#UniversityOfCologne #WiSoFaculty #CIIS #AISRanking #InformationSystems #ResearchExcellence #AI #DigitalTransformation #DigitalInnovation #Sustainability #AcademicResearch #Cologne

amplisciMar 7
A Postdoctoral Research Associate position (Natural Hydrogen) is available at the University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, contributing to the Horizon Europe H2-QUEST project.

The role will support experimental research on hydrogen source rocks, using high-pressure, high-temperature batch reactors and in-situ microsensors to quantify hydrogen generation and release under subsurface conditions. The work includes analysing experimental datasets and integrating results with thermodynamic and kinetic geochemical modelling.

Applicants should hold (or have submitted) a PhD in geochemistry, geoenergy, chemistry, chemical engineering, or a closely related discipline, with experience in experimental geochemistry and quantitative data analysis.

Full-time, fixed term (16 months), based in Edinburgh.
Apply: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13860/

Deadline: 30 March 2026.

#postdocjobs #geography #academia #academicresearch
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Natural Hydrogen)

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Natural Hydrogen) within the School of GeoSciences to support the University of Edinburgh contribution to the Horizon Europe Clean Hydrogen project H2-QUEST. The project is focused on improving understanding of hydrogen source rocks and quantifying hydrogen generation and release rates under subsurface-relevant conditions.

University of Edinburgh
NeuromatchMar 4

Give your research the presentation it deserves.

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