NSF AI readiness, AGI forecasts, White House AI policy framework, NIH genomics technology, statistical rethinking, context anchoring, R+Quarto, NOFO graveyard & grant terminations, organ sacks, YYiki.

<strong> TLDR/Summary </strong> I recently presented our new research on Covid-19 outcomes (watch the recording embedded above – 37min, moderately technical), revisiting what analysts got wrong about pandemic preparedness and why. Pandemics remain a major global risk, and emerging AIxBio threats make it critical we understand what actually drives good pandemic outcomes.

In February, we published a blog post presenting the main outcomes of the Community Survey we conducted between October and December 2025 to help guide the future direction of OpenCitations. As we explained in that post, the data collection and analysis phase resulted in a report that we have made openly available on Zenodo.

Tomorrow, SWAT4HCLS 2026 will start, again in Amsterdam. The first SWAT4LS I attended was also in Amsterdam, and the second meeting in Amsterdam I was also there. And I was in Cambridge (see this post), Antwerp (no post), and at least to one of the two Leiden meetings (also no posts, it seems).

<ns4:p>A Claude skill to remove all the AI patterns from AI-generated text. Useful for the unimportant writing you shouldn't be wasting your time on anyway.</ns4:p>

<ns4:p>Home RYAN NEFDT LANGUAGE, SCIENCE, AND STRUCTURE REVIEWED BY Christopher Viger Language, Science, and Structure Ryan Nefdt Reviewed by Christopher Viger &lt;em&gt; Language, Science, and Structure: A Journey into the Philosophy of Linguistics &lt;/em&gt; &lt;sup&gt; ◳ &lt;/sup&gt; Ryan Nefdt Oxford University Press, 2023, £54 ISBN 9780197653098 Cite as: Viger, C. (2026). 'Ryan Nefdt's &lt;em&gt; Language, Science, and Structure &lt;/em&gt; ', &lt;em&gt; BJPS Review of &lt;/em&gt;</ns4:p>

This is the second of two articles about assessment, exploring how The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) measures real-world outcomes in learning initiatives. The first article examines the structural limitations of pre- and post-test designs, commonly used in global health and humanitarian response training, which cannot provide evidence of impact.

Scream@30 An in-person academic conference hosted by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies, Bangor University, UK 16th December 2026 Wes Craven's Scream (1996) changed the face of horror cinema. It revitalized the slasher genre by blending self-aware satire with genuine terror, creating a meta-horror phenomenon that continues to influence filmmakers and audiences alike.

<ns4:p>The recent report of what is termed a "half-Möbius" molecule is generating a lot of excitement. It has its origins in a project to make odd-numbered cyclocarbons on STM (scanning tunnelling microscope) surfaces. I had discussed even-numbered cyclocarbons in another post, where I also happened to include several odd-numbered examples, such as C49 and C51.</ns4:p>

<ns4:p>Image: The 2025 LIS-Bibliometrics Conference held on 26 November at St. Martin's House Conference Centre in Leicester, England. This LIS-Bibliometrics Committee is inviting expressions of interest to host the 2026 conference and to join the organising committee.</ns4:p>