Syma Khalid
@ProfSyK
Prof of Computational Microbiology. Oxford Biochemistry & St Anne’s College. Bacterial Cell Envelopes. Chair of @hecbiosim. #computationalmicrobiology #LFC 🌈
The exponential leap? AIs design smarter AIs, leading to “godlike” powers of creation, destruction & transformation. Where does it end? #AI #FutureTech #AI #FutureTech
A reminder that all @SCIENCEotTIMES episodes are available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1pL5UoZzY… Whether it’s dinosaurs, exoplanets, dna sequencing or dire wolves that capture your imagination- we have an episode for you. Have a listen, friends! @ProfExistence @streamingspires
Exponential growth looks impressive until it slams into reality. Ray Kurzweil's lily pad example? On the 31st day, there's nowhere left to grow. Are we seeing limits to Moore's Law too? #Singularity #FutureTech
Mars: Elon Musk's lifeboat for humanity? Maybe not. It's so inhospitable that "any mammal...put on the surface of Mars without a spacesuit would die within minutes." Is it really the best backup plan? #SpaceExploration #SpaceExploration podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sci…
Congratulations to Linzy (Ye) Zhao on her superb achievement of highest percentage of her cohort in her Biochemistry degree @UniofOxford earning her the Royal Society of Biology Top Student Award. 👏 👏 👏 Well done, Linzy! Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/202507-RBS
Is ego blinding progress? Some see a pattern: dismissing past expertise in favor of "revolutionary" reinvention. Are we truly advancing, or just ignoring the wisdom of the wheel? #Innovation #Ego
We chatted to Roger Benson from @AMNH about his research on #dinosaurs Rethinking What We Know About Dinosaurs youtu.be/0lGABEJ8LnU All feedback welcome @ProfExistence
The worst day ever on earth was 66 million years ago when the asteroid that wiped out the #dinosaurs hit. That dreadful day is more survivable than even the best day on Mars. We're not settling #Mars. Possibly ever. Great insights from Adam Becker: youtube.com/watch?v=PqKjDz…
Check out what some of the super-rich tech bros are proposing - it’s a flawed philosophy based on dodgy science!
Mars as a "lifeboat for humanity"? Think again. The radiation, gravity, air quality, and even the dirt itself present major challenges. "Mars is absolutely terrible," and here's why. Seen this? #SpaceExploration #MarsColony
Mars as a "lifeboat for humanity"? Think again. The radiation, gravity, air quality, and even the dirt itself present major challenges. "Mars is absolutely terrible," and here's why. Seen this? #SpaceExploration #MarsColony
The madness of the effective altruism philosophy of some of the Silicon Valley ultra rich discussed in our latest podcast episode: youtu.be/PqKjDz3g9d0 @ProfExistence and I chat with Adam Becker. Have a listen & follow, folks. @streamingspires
More Everything Forever by Adam Becker @FreelanceAstro is a brilliantly told shocking tale of dodgy philosophy, impossible science, & self-serving by some wealthy tech bros. We interview Adam in an episode of @SCIENCEotTIMES. Out today 11am UK time. scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
Triceratops vs. T. Rex: My Dinosaur Choice! #dinosaurs #Triceratops #TRex #dinosaurfacts #paleontology #animals #debate #popularvote #objective #funfacts
We definitely did this podcast episode cause the birds are always checking Tim out 🙄 For more science and friendly (honest!) banter please do have a listen
This (#avian) #dinosaur was checking me out, and so we did a podcast about (mainly non-avian) dinosaurs. @SCIENCEotTIMES talked to Roger Benson of the @AMNH about all things dinosaurs. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sci… @SCIENCEotTIMES @ProfSyK
@ProfSyK I do not have enough superlatives to say how much I am enjoying this podcast. You are expanding my science knowledge (low base I admit). And this episode should be made compulsory for all people and school children to listen too podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sci…
Really interesting topic, can animals really be brought back from extinction? @ProfExistence & I were amongst the first to discuss this when the dire wolves story broke. Listen in to our podcast episodes here: youtu.be/uSKbCMRdjig youtu.be/vOObXnXYxpc @streamingspires
In this week’s issue: Can dire wolves, mammoths and other animals really be brought back from the dead - and should we do it? Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. newscientist.com/issue/3552/
Delighted to share the final version of Richard Zhou's study on how the CD163 scavenger receptor cleans up after toxic haemoglobin spills out from our blood cells. An amazing grabber mechanism! rdcu.be/ewPA2
Those who were too afraid to stick their necks out and condemn injustice because ‘it might not be a good look at work’ will hopefully one day work out which was more important.