George Knott
@editorperipatetic.bsky.social
Editor in Australia now with CSIRO Publishing.
Book ideas welcome: Animals, marine and freshwater, natural environment, food and agriculture, soils, plants & fungi, science and society.
Linktree: Books, contact, and links: https://linktr.ee/editoring
Book ideas welcome: Animals, marine and freshwater, natural environment, food and agriculture, soils, plants & fungi, science and society.
Linktree: Books, contact, and links: https://linktr.ee/editoring
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Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
October 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
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Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration
The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation
www.scientificamerican.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...
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Tonight, 6 pm, in Sydney. Launch of 'The Sceptical Botanist: Separating Fact from Fiction' at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
A free event, where I'll chat with John Siemen before signings of my new book published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Register at www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/sce...
A free event, where I'll chat with John Siemen before signings of my new book published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Register at www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/sce...
The Sceptical Botanist book launch | Botanic Gardens of Sydney
Join John Siemon, Director of Horticulture and Living Collections to launch of Tim Entwisle's new book, The Sceptical Botanist.
www.botanicgardens.org.au
August 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tonight, 6 pm, in Sydney. Launch of 'The Sceptical Botanist: Separating Fact from Fiction' at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
A free event, where I'll chat with John Siemen before signings of my new book published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Register at www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/sce...
A free event, where I'll chat with John Siemen before signings of my new book published by @csiropublishing.bsky.social
Register at www.botanicgardens.org.au/whats-on/sce...
Reposted by George Knott
Very excited to see this launched and proud to have helped shape the list. www.abc.net.au/news/science... What’s Australia’s most underrated animal? Get voting!
Velvet worm vs ghost bat. Vote now for Australia's most underrated animal
Move over, roos and emus — this National Science Week, we're looking for the most underrated Australian animal. Meet the contestants, and vote for who you think should win.
www.abc.net.au
July 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Very excited to see this launched and proud to have helped shape the list. www.abc.net.au/news/science... What’s Australia’s most underrated animal? Get voting!
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UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth's garden, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth's garden, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt
Reposted by George Knott
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July 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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#CoralReefAwarenessWeek:
Plates I-II-III from Ernst Haeckel's Arabische Korallen (1875).
The entire publication (with additional illustrations) has been digitized and can be viewed on BHL here: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40608
Plates I-II-III from Ernst Haeckel's Arabische Korallen (1875).
The entire publication (with additional illustrations) has been digitized and can be viewed on BHL here: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40608
July 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
#CoralReefAwarenessWeek:
Plates I-II-III from Ernst Haeckel's Arabische Korallen (1875).
The entire publication (with additional illustrations) has been digitized and can be viewed on BHL here: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40608
Plates I-II-III from Ernst Haeckel's Arabische Korallen (1875).
The entire publication (with additional illustrations) has been digitized and can be viewed on BHL here: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40608
My talented colleague has been working on bringing this wonderful book to life: Planet Fungi
Makes me want to pick up my paintbrush! @csiropublishing.bsky.social #fungi
Makes me want to pick up my paintbrush! @csiropublishing.bsky.social #fungi
Welcome to Planet Fungi 🪐🍄
These photos may look like science fiction, but you haven't landed on another planet – these otherworldly organisms are here on Earth.
1) Marasmius sp.
2) Pseudocolus fusiformis
3) Cookeina insititia
4) Physcia jackii & Teloschistes sieberianus
#FungiFriday #PlanetFungi
These photos may look like science fiction, but you haven't landed on another planet – these otherworldly organisms are here on Earth.
1) Marasmius sp.
2) Pseudocolus fusiformis
3) Cookeina insititia
4) Physcia jackii & Teloschistes sieberianus
#FungiFriday #PlanetFungi
July 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My talented colleague has been working on bringing this wonderful book to life: Planet Fungi
Makes me want to pick up my paintbrush! @csiropublishing.bsky.social #fungi
Makes me want to pick up my paintbrush! @csiropublishing.bsky.social #fungi
As well as keeping Billy the cat company, I'm looking for new academic, professional and general science book proposals for our program: Animals, marine and freshwater, natural environment, food and agriculture, soils, plants & fungi, science and society... 📚🌱 (Ideas welcome! Links in profile)
July 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
As well as keeping Billy the cat company, I'm looking for new academic, professional and general science book proposals for our program: Animals, marine and freshwater, natural environment, food and agriculture, soils, plants & fungi, science and society... 📚🌱 (Ideas welcome! Links in profile)
No context but i relate :)
He sad face but he feel ok
July 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
No context but i relate :)
What a brilliant cover! Looks fascinating.
Honored to have a cover photo on a French book about apocalypse fungi.
July 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
What a brilliant cover! Looks fascinating.
We recently read this book for bedtime, from our local library. A beautiful journey through an imaginary library and the life of a little book. It made me remember a little more that making and keeping books does matter : ) www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/201...
Midnight at the Library (Ursula Dubosarsky illus by Ron Brooks, NLA) | Books+Publishing
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www.booksandpublishing.com.au
July 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We recently read this book for bedtime, from our local library. A beautiful journey through an imaginary library and the life of a little book. It made me remember a little more that making and keeping books does matter : ) www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/201...
Personally, with a literature hat on, I also find 'Heliozelidae' a beautiful, evocative word! This article about how a weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. A pollination mystery... theconversation.com/a-weird-grou...
A weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. Now we’ve solved the pollination mystery
A team of scientists has discovered the secret to making ‘Boronia Babies’ is a tiny moth. Heliozelidae pollinate the weird flowers made famous by May Gibbs.
theconversation.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Personally, with a literature hat on, I also find 'Heliozelidae' a beautiful, evocative word! This article about how a weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. A pollination mystery... theconversation.com/a-weird-grou...
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The ocean produces a huge chunk of the world's oxygen a lot from a class of cyanobacteria called prochlorococcus
The ocean produces a huge chunk of the world's oxygen a lot from a class of cyanobacteria called prochlorococcus
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
A majority of the world’s insect species have no living expert who can identify them.
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Introducing our new Scientific Writing Workshop Manager, @arielmarcy.bsky.social 📝
Throughout a career in science, Ariel has had an interest in teaching, even publishing articles on science communication & instructional practices.
Bio:
www.publish.csiro.au/workshops/fa...
#ScientificWriting
Throughout a career in science, Ariel has had an interest in teaching, even publishing articles on science communication & instructional practices.
Bio:
www.publish.csiro.au/workshops/fa...
#ScientificWriting
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Introducing our new Scientific Writing Workshop Manager, @arielmarcy.bsky.social 📝
Throughout a career in science, Ariel has had an interest in teaching, even publishing articles on science communication & instructional practices.
Bio:
www.publish.csiro.au/workshops/fa...
#ScientificWriting
Throughout a career in science, Ariel has had an interest in teaching, even publishing articles on science communication & instructional practices.
Bio:
www.publish.csiro.au/workshops/fa...
#ScientificWriting
If you're at #ICCB2025 do swing by CSIRO Publishing! Colleagues representing our books and journals are around And if you're not but have an idea for a book anyway, do reach out :) Always interested in new ideas for our research, professional and general science books 📚🌱
Books Publisher Briana Melideo will also be at the booth until Wednesday, to answer all your questions about our books and chat about your book ideas.
You can also browse our wide range of books for sale, with a special conference discount – snag yourself some goodies to take home!
#ICCB2025
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You can also browse our wide range of books for sale, with a special conference discount – snag yourself some goodies to take home!
#ICCB2025
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June 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
If you're at #ICCB2025 do swing by CSIRO Publishing! Colleagues representing our books and journals are around And if you're not but have an idea for a book anyway, do reach out :) Always interested in new ideas for our research, professional and general science books 📚🌱
Tim Entwisle talks a little bit about his gently sceptical approach to plants and gardens. Lovely to have worked on his upcoming book, coming out August: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... @csiropublishing.bsky.social @timentwisle.bsky.social
Tim Entwisle – The Sceptical Botanist - ABC listen
Challenging ideas such as whether plants communicate and planting according to cycles of the moon - a healthy scepticism presented with hope and vision.
www.abc.net.au
June 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tim Entwisle talks a little bit about his gently sceptical approach to plants and gardens. Lovely to have worked on his upcoming book, coming out August: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... @csiropublishing.bsky.social @timentwisle.bsky.social
CSIRO Publishing now on Bluesky! 🌱@csiropublishing.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky 🦋
About us: a not-for-profit, editorially independent publisher within CSIRO and proudly part of the research community. Our publications enhance science impact by sharing research outcomes, empowering decision makers and enriching the lives of our readers.
Excited to be here!
About us: a not-for-profit, editorially independent publisher within CSIRO and proudly part of the research community. Our publications enhance science impact by sharing research outcomes, empowering decision makers and enriching the lives of our readers.
Excited to be here!
February 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
CSIRO Publishing now on Bluesky! 🌱@csiropublishing.bsky.social
Happening now in Sydney… www.youtube.com/live/mrylcCA...
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
YouTube video by Botanic Gardens of Sydney
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Happening now in Sydney… www.youtube.com/live/mrylcCA...
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Cocka-two: sulphur-crested cockatoo is 2 species cosmosmagazine.com/nature/birds... #science via @CosmosMagazine
Cocka-two: sulphur-crested cockatoo is 2 species
Sulphur-crested cockatoos were thought to be abundant. But the discovery of a new species throws some of their numbers into danger.
cosmosmagazine.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Cocka-two: sulphur-crested cockatoo is 2 species cosmosmagazine.com/nature/birds... #science via @CosmosMagazine
Penguiny? At times. An upcoming book on the vocabulary of the Arctic and Antarctic, 35 years in the making: cosmosmagazine.com/news/cold-wo...
Cold Words: the making of a polar dictionary
Travelling to the ends of the Earth is an extreme experience thanks to the environment... and the language. Bernadette Hince has crafted Cold Words: A Polar
cosmosmagazine.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Penguiny? At times. An upcoming book on the vocabulary of the Arctic and Antarctic, 35 years in the making: cosmosmagazine.com/news/cold-wo...
New here from the other place! Posting about books and publishing, especially science books and in Australia :-)
January 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
New here from the other place! Posting about books and publishing, especially science books and in Australia :-)