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No, Experimental Practice of Quantum Theory is Not Interpretation Neutral: It is Bohrian
It is often said today that “experiments are interpretation-neutral” and that modern physics has moved beyond the Copenhagen interpretation. Yet historically and practically, almost all experimental work in quantum mechanics—and the subsequent dev...
Post · November 02, 2025
Protecting the endangered Dugong through paleogenomics
Interview to our March 2025 AaRC TikTalk speaker Lydia Hildebrand Furness
At the beginning of the XVIII century, traveler and author Ernst Christoph Barchewitz was enjoying the view from his porch near the sea shore, when he suddenly came to obs...
Post · November 02, 2025
Kiwi lands, Aussie wings: A story of Climate Change and flying ‘invaders’
Interview to our July 2025 AaRC TikTalk speaker Pascale Lubbe
New Zealand (Aotearoa), a remote island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean known for its striking natural beauty and remarkable biodiversity. Made up of two main islands, the No...
Post · November 02, 2025
🎓 Bethel’s Graduation Ceremony at the University of Bordeaux
Bethel has successfully graduated with an International Master’s in Agro-Biomedical Science a joint program between the University of Tsukuba (Japan), National Taiwan University (Taiwan), and the University of Bordeaux (France).
Congratulations to...
Post · November 02, 2025
A Balancing Act Between Seeking the Unknown and Living With It
If you’d walked up to someone in the 14th century and told them, “Listen, friend, there are things we just can’t understand,” they probably would’ve shrugged, crossed themselves, and gone back to plowing dirt or something.
Mystery was part of the...
Post · November 01, 2025
Redefining the demise and extinction of the woolly mammoth
Interview to our November AaRC-TikTalk speaker Marianne Dehasque
The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was a greatly successful species characteristic of the Pleistocene megafauna in Eurasia, roaming around the whole northern part of the co...
Post · November 01, 2025
The mysteries of chicken domestication and its worldwide expansion
Interview to our November 2024 AaRC TikTalk speaker Ophélie Lebrasseur
The domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is one of the main sources of animal protein consumed worldwide (1). Given its importance in the current human diet and food i...
Post · November 01, 2025