Eric Dewar
@ericdewar.bsky.social
Paleontologist, Anatomist, Trumpeter, Father.
Pro-Science • Alphabet Ally • Nerd
Pro-Science • Alphabet Ally • Nerd
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Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
May 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
www.mcsweeneys.net
May 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...
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My latest for @the-revelator.bsky.social :
I spoke to experts about some of the most threatened species in US waters, the threats they face, the policy solutions they need to recover, and why the second Trump administration is likely to be a disaster for them.
Please read and share. 🧪🦑🌎
I spoke to experts about some of the most threatened species in US waters, the threats they face, the policy solutions they need to recover, and why the second Trump administration is likely to be a disaster for them.
Please read and share. 🧪🦑🌎
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator
The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
therevelator.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My latest for @the-revelator.bsky.social :
I spoke to experts about some of the most threatened species in US waters, the threats they face, the policy solutions they need to recover, and why the second Trump administration is likely to be a disaster for them.
Please read and share. 🧪🦑🌎
I spoke to experts about some of the most threatened species in US waters, the threats they face, the policy solutions they need to recover, and why the second Trump administration is likely to be a disaster for them.
Please read and share. 🧪🦑🌎
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Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories
A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.
thenode.biologists.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
Well, there goes TikTok.
January 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Well, there goes TikTok.
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article)
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
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Find you a partner who looks at you like a paleontologist looks at bones. Accept nothing less.
For #FossilFriday: on the floor of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, US, admiring a partial skull of a long-horned bison from Las Vegas, Nevada, collected back in the early 1930s. This specimen is currently part of a study of other such bison from the southwest US. 🧪 #paleontology
December 7, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Find you a partner who looks at you like a paleontologist looks at bones. Accept nothing less.
What's the sickest burn you ever got from a reviewer on a manuscript?
December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
What's the sickest burn you ever got from a reviewer on a manuscript?
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If you love #dinosaurs, or any extinct animals, please help
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the world’s leading society of palaeontologists. Help us make new fossil finds & grow the next generation of scientists- We take donations from everyone! vertpaleo.org/donate-to-svp/
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the world’s leading society of palaeontologists. Help us make new fossil finds & grow the next generation of scientists- We take donations from everyone! vertpaleo.org/donate-to-svp/
vertpaleo.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:12 PM
If you love #dinosaurs, or any extinct animals, please help
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the world’s leading society of palaeontologists. Help us make new fossil finds & grow the next generation of scientists- We take donations from everyone! vertpaleo.org/donate-to-svp/
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the world’s leading society of palaeontologists. Help us make new fossil finds & grow the next generation of scientists- We take donations from everyone! vertpaleo.org/donate-to-svp/
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This week I’m giving thanks for the Sling-Jaw Wrasse, and it’s amazing jaw #biomechanics!
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November 27, 2024 at 3:32 PM
This week I’m giving thanks for the Sling-Jaw Wrasse, and it’s amazing jaw #biomechanics!
🐟🦑🧪🌿
🐟🦑🧪🌿
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A few years ago there was a minor family argument at Thanksgiving and my uncle tried to change the subject with “David, what’s new with sharks?”
Then we all talked about sharks for 45 minutes.
Then we all talked about sharks for 45 minutes.
November 28, 2024 at 4:04 PM
A few years ago there was a minor family argument at Thanksgiving and my uncle tried to change the subject with “David, what’s new with sharks?”
Then we all talked about sharks for 45 minutes.
Then we all talked about sharks for 45 minutes.
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#ICYMI: Our own Dr. Emily Lindsey remarks, "This is truly an incredible find! It has the potential to shed light on all kinds of questions we rarely get to interrogate in #paleontology like sabertooth cat coat color and aspects of their biology. -- Thread.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia
www.nature.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM
#ICYMI: Our own Dr. Emily Lindsey remarks, "This is truly an incredible find! It has the potential to shed light on all kinds of questions we rarely get to interrogate in #paleontology like sabertooth cat coat color and aspects of their biology. -- Thread.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I'm very excited to share this special issue of @asejournal.bsky.social! Reading these papers makes the world feel smaller, and makes me feel closer to my colleagues.
And I got to write about my Jewish education in Kansas City: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../ase.2529
#AnatEd #anatomy
And I got to write about my Jewish education in Kansas City: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../ase.2529
#AnatEd #anatomy
November 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM
I'm very excited to share this special issue of @asejournal.bsky.social! Reading these papers makes the world feel smaller, and makes me feel closer to my colleagues.
And I got to write about my Jewish education in Kansas City: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../ase.2529
#AnatEd #anatomy
And I got to write about my Jewish education in Kansas City: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../ase.2529
#AnatEd #anatomy