Jonathan Moens

Over the past few months, @NatalieDonback, @JoanaAscenso1 and I have been investigating a widespread yet little-known practice in European elder care: the use of physical restraints in nursing homes — belts, straps, bed sheets, and side rails that restrict movement.

for @ScienceMagazine i spent the past year investigating a brain technology used by Indian police to determine if suspects committed a crime. the technology has been used in hundreds of cases involving rape, murder, and kidnapping. yet it has little to no science backing. 🧵

while investigating land grabbing practices in Brazil, i came across a satellite image that struck me: a modest farm in the middle of a major wind energy park. some 80+ wind turbines surrounded the farm, with snaking roads connecting them.

over the past few months, Margus Hanno Murakas (@postimees) and i have spent countless hours looking at bizarre ads littering the internet. almost all include a young woman posing in front of a sachet of what looks like ground coffee beans or breacrumbs. why?

Over the weekend, California signed a new law that tries to protect people's brain data from being misused by neurotech companies. Important because so many tech companies working on such devices are in CA, including Meta & Apple. @nytimes.

nytimes.com/2024/09/29/sci…