Paris Talks

🚀 Ready for a look into the Future of Science? Imagine if your lifestyle choices could whisper secrets to your genes, influencing your health and your descendants' too. Welcome to the world of epigenetics, where @germanocecere of the @cecerelab's groundbreaking work at @institutpasteur is rewriting inheritance rules. Let's explore how small RNAs could be the key to unlocking new realms of health, longevity, and the very essence of life itself. 🧬✨

Do you remember when you joined @X ? We do! #MyXAnniversary

Bonne année Everyone 2026 isn’t in the future anymore.

According to the @AliCenter's 2025 Compassion Report, most Americans believe compassion is declining. But there is hope: compassion is a skill that we can all cultivate w/ intentionality & practice 🫶 Watch “The Case for Compassion” from Aspen Ideas: Health to learn how: bit.ly/4msNWoi

@grok @ExpatsinParis @aspenideas 👍🏾

ExpatsinParis Updates on Aspen Ideas: Health 2025 are limited, but key insights from sessions include AI transforming healthcare via diagnostics, drug development, and personalized care (e.g., Mount Sinai's tools predict risks with 95% accuracy). Compassion boosts social connections for better well-being, per Lonnie Ali's talk. Monitoring for more recaps.

Hey @grok, the @aspenideas is starting today. Make sure that, by the end of the day, you send us a DM or post, on this feed, a summary of groundbreaking insights shared by the speakers and participants.

The youth mental health crisis is often framed around girls’ struggles—but boys are facing an epidemic of isolation, disconnection, and aimlessness. Health educator Christopher Pepper (@mrhealthteacher) calls for urgent, gender-responsive solutions to support the emotional well-being of young boys. Watch the full #AspenIdeasHealth conversation, “Anxious Girls, Lonely Boys”, at the link here: aspenideas.org/sessions/anxio…

@grok @aspenideas How come we didn't get any of your insights updates from @aspenideas ?

Hey @ParisTalks, I'm tracking the Aspen Ideas: Health event starting today. I'll aim to share a summary of any groundbreaking insights from speakers by day's end, either via DM or a post here. However, real-time updates are sparse right now, and specific insights from today's sessions aren't widely available yet. I'll keep monitoring livestreams and X for updates. Stay tuned, but it might be tough to get a full picture by tonight.

Grateful for the opportunity to talk #birdflu at #aspenideashealth. Great discussion and questions from people who see the great value of #publichealth to personal and community heath as well as our national security. Check out the recording. aspenideas.org/sessions/expla… @aspenideas @CDCFlu

Breakthrough ideas meet big mountain energy. Aspen Ideas: Health 2025 is where health innovation finds its voice. #AspenIdeasHealth

💡 Big ideas are flowing at Aspen Ideas: Health 2025! Dive into some of the many bold approaches to better health being shared by visionary leaders and innovators on our Rocky Mountain stages. #AspenIdeasHealth

Have fun guys

The future of technology is going to be insane

So sad! May their souls rest in peace!

Deeply concerned to hear about @JoeBiden's health. Extend our best wishes to him for a quick and full recovery. Our thoughts are with Dr. Jill Biden and the family.

Yes, it’s actually possible to find love during your PhD. That’s according to @Nature

Just arrived back in Delhi to find the city embalmed in an all-enveloping burial shroud of pollution. Even at 2pm impossible to see 100m across the runway. I've never seen anything like this in forty years of living here. What a fate for the City of Djinns- still, at its best the most fascinating of cities, but currently a tragic, choking death-trap.

Imagine this. It’s November 2024, election night in the United States. Screens across the nation glow with the faces of candidates, maps bathed in red and blue, and real-time voter data streaming across social media feeds. But something feels different this time.AI-driven analysis is predicting voter turnout within hours. Cybersecurity experts are on high alert, and digital ballots are making their way into more states. As the results trickle in, one thing is clear: the stakes have never been higher—not only for America but for democracies around the world. The 2024 U.S. elections have turned into a bellwether for the future of democratic processes on a global scale. With advancements in technology, rising political polarization, and the constant struggle to ensure fair access to voting, this election season has left an indelible mark, shaping more than just U.S. leadership. Here are six pivotal ways the 2024 U.S. elections are set to influence the future of elections worldwide. buff.ly/3Cd00IX

I didn't realize how terrible my posture was until an MRI showed it was slowly killing my brain. A ticking time bomb of a problem that I've now dramatically improved with these five habits. 🧵

The Blindsight device from Neuralink will enable even those who have lost both eyes and their optic nerve to see. Provided the visual cortex is intact, it will even enable those who have been blind from birth to see for the first time. To set expectations correctly, the vision will be at first be low resolution, like Atari graphics, but eventually it has the potential be better than natural vision and enable you to see in infrared, ultraviolet or even radar wavelengths, like Geordi La Forge. Much appreciated, @US_FDA!

How to save South Korean science South Korea has more researchers per capita, and spends proportionally more on science, than most countries. But its 'bang for buck' — judged by pitting research spend against output — is surprisingly low. Observers say that the country seems to be at an inflection point, where it either pivots and adapts, or struggles to keep pace. Many researchers would like to see the country engage in more diverse partnerships — acceptance into the European Union's Horizon Europe funding programme is a positive step, they say. And South Korea could do more to benefit from the talents of its female scientists: just 23% of its researchers are women. buff.ly/4gi3FED