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June 25, 2024

The words that give ChatGPT away

In scientific papers, artificial intelligence prefers to use certain nouns. Find out what they are.
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June 24, 2024

The contagion of curiosity about nature

Jonathan Franzen: What happens when we turn science into a story that stirs emotions and inspires curiosity?
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May 29, 2024

Interview with Anisia Petcu, the Romanian manager of Berlin Science Week

Next to the 13-meter tall dinosaur skeleton, Anisia Petcu, the Romanian manager of the Berlin Science Week festival, appears as a moving red dot.
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May 29, 2024

Now in English: Romanian Science Digest

[EN][ RO ⬇ ] Thank you, AI, & thank you, automation! Because of these two technologies mixed together, I am able to launch an English-language..
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May 13, 2024

Qolony announces the start of the art & science Fusion:AIR 2024 residencies: Biophilia -Technophilia

The Qolony Association (Colony for Art and Science) launches on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the fourth edition of Fusion:AIR, a residency project intended to..
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December 18, 2023

Horizons - A 21st Century Space Odyssey by Professor Brian Cox in Bucharest is over 40% sold out

The knowledge show, Horizons - A 21st Century Space Odyssey, presented by renowned science professor Brian Cox and announced for the Romanian premiere on 3.
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October 19, 2023

Online workshop: AI for academia

Useful ChatGPT prompts | How AIs are detected | Other smart tools for research
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October 9, 2023

The Show of Knowledge with Professor Brian Cox in Bucharest

One of the most active personalities in popularizing science on a global scale, Professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester and BBC flagship figure, Brian Cox is coming to Romania on 3 April 2024 at the Sala Palatului with the event Horizons - A 21st Century Space Odyssey.
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October 4, 2023

Nobel Prize winner for medicine: "Scientists are also translators."

Dr. Katalin Karikó, the recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, responds personally to emails she receives from ordinary people asking her about her research, one of the conspiracists' favorite topics: the development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
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September 21, 2023

💬Personal Science Stories (Newsletter #35)

It's been a whole summer since the last newsletter, but we're catching up now with: a discussion of what "trust" means in science, a tool that measures how abstractly you communicate, what gave away a researcher who used ChatGPT to write his scientific paper, and what we can learn from Star Trek about personal stories in science.
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July 18, 2023

Communicating science with Descriptio Moldaviae

Recently, I read an interesting study on the history of the manuscript Descriptio Moldaviae, a work written by the Romanian scholar Dimitrie Cantemir in the 18th century. The author of the article...
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May 31, 2023

🤖AI tools for academia (Newsletter #34)

If you're curious about how ChatGPT can help us, but also mess up your research, read on. I've written before about how and why researchers are preparing to speak the language of the general public, and how aggressive communication can change the way the public views science. Finally, a look from several perspectives at the recent "research prize affair" scandal.
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April 12, 2023

Romanian Outreach Initiatives (Newsletter #33)

A 100% Romanian edition. I introduce you to various outreach initiatives, present a study in which the business community demonstrates how important science communication is, and tell you about exceptional women scientists. Photo credit: SeismoLab.
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March 8, 2023

In IQ Ads, about Romanian Science Digest

I started calling myself a "science communicator" without anyone having appointed me to that position. Besides, this field didn't even exist in Romania 10 years ago. I kept hearing in the press "British researchers have discovered that" / "American researchers have discovered that" and I kept asking myself: ok, but what have ours discovered?
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