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“In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century. Were it not for these flies, some of the most significant scientific discoveries might never have been made.”
🧪 #Scicomm #Genetics #Biology

theconversation.com/one-of-the-m...

Another scientist without a known birthday: my #linocut of ancient Chinese Han Dynasty #polymath & statesman Zhang Heng (78-139) 🧪🐡⚒️#histsci who invented a seismoscope (simplified seismometer which does not make a record of earth motions) to detect distant earthquakes & indicate their direction, 🧵

“In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.”

―Thomas Mann

What kind of music is being produced and popular now? No Taylor Swift please. And not necessarily popular...

Ravindra Jadav, Associate Professor, Government Science College, Santrampur, unravels research from Spain on the role of social media in how we approach the ideas of climate change:
currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/127/...
#climatechange

Bridging Gaps in Science Journalism
IISER Pune,
ROCKSTAR SCIENTISTS: 3-minute explainers
Moderator: Shruti Sundaresan (Science Engagement Practitioner)
The second conference of the Science Journalists Association
of India #sciencejournalism

Do specific regions have a more frequent use of words like green - as in eco-friendly - in scientific articles? Do the same regions more commonly use other cliches?

Shree Yazhini V, a young Science Writing Fellow, tells us how researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru used hydrogels to combat microplastics in water: www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/127/...

There is an appalling tendency to share quotes without providing a source for the quote. What is most distressing is that those who do so do not realise how dangerous it is to attribute something to someone without providing the title of the book or whatever body of text where the quote was found.

Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

The Morality of Knowledge in Conversation by Edited by Tanya Stivers, Lorenza Mondada, Jakob Steensig cambridge.org/core/books/m...

They focus on how people handle the moral aspects of knowledge when they converse.

What is a good strategy to make headway with Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu? I have bookmarked the Gutenberg version and I note the last sentence or so on Google Keep so that I can jump to where I last read.
#proust

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.

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hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.

I just leave this here.....

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians