Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?

“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...” Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans. #Newsnight

#MartinLewis Thank you for standing up for students! Another major issue is the PhD stipend in the Uk. Which, if adjusted for tax, works out less than the current living wage! How can the government talk about wanting quality research but pay its future researchers so little!!

My job as a research fellow at one of the world's best universities (a requirement of which is a doctorate) pays less than this and so, on this definition, I am an unskilled worker who wouldn't be allowed into the country. This system is utterly ridiculous..

National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor. Simulations published 1 hour ago on arxiv support LK-99 as the holy grail of modern material science and applied physics. (arxiv.org/abs/2307.16892) Here's the plain-english explanation: - The simulations modeled what the original Korean authors proposed was happening to their material - where copper atoms were percolating into a crystal structure and replacing lead atoms, causing the crystal to strain slightly and contract by 0.5%. This unique structure was proposed to allow this amazing property. - @sineatrix from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab simulated this using heavy-duty compute power from the Department of Energy, and looked to see what would happen to the 'electronic structure' of this material, meaning, what are the available conduction pathways in the material. - It turns out that there are conduction pathways for electrons that are in just the right conditions and places that would enable them to 'superconduct'. More specifically, they were close to the 'Fermi Surface' which is like the sea-level of electrical energy, as in '0 ft above sea-level.' It's believed currently that the more conduction pathways close to the Fermi surface, the higher the temperature you can superconduct at (An analogy might be how its easier for planes to fly close to the surface of the ocean due to the 'ground effect' that gives them more lift.) This plot in particular shows the 'bands', or electron pathways, crossing above and below the Fermi surface. - Lastly, these interesting conduction pathways only form when the copper atom percolates into the less likely location in the crystal lattice, or the 'higher energy' binding site. This means the material would be difficult to synthesize since only a small fraction of crystal gets its copper in just the right location. This is insanely bullish for humanity.

WE'VE DONE IT! WE ARE GOING UP!!!!!!

Sheffield Wednesday pulled off the greatest play-off comeback in English Football League history. bbc.in/42QBrtz

WAWAW 🦉🔵⚪️🦉🎉🎉🎉

A visual representation of Sheffield Wednesday being top of the league, only to bottle the play-offs

ChatGPT has changed the world. It does lack in some areas, but my favorite use case is leveraging it to teach me things twice as fast. Here are the 10 best prompts to learn anything faster:

Yes, the climate has always changed. But, the speed of recent change is unprecedented. More importantly, we understand why. Burning fossil fuels & deforestation adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which warms the planet. Simple physics. Understood for more than a century.

I'm looking to speak to experts on #SEN education in #Sheffield (charities/parents/councillors/schools) for their experiences/opinions of the current system for a piece on the state of Sheffield's special education. Please send me a message if you can help! #journorequest

Jon Stewart: “What’s the leading cause of death among children in this country? And I’m gonna give you a hint: it’s not drag show readings”

'Mission Zero'- The Net Zero Review has been published. Thanks to everyone who took part in the largest engagement exercise on net zero. The 340 page report makes 129 recommendations to deliver net zero at scale and lower cost. Read the report here: assets.publishing.service.go…