Jacinta Bowler
@jacintabowler.bsky.social
ABC science reporter and bad tap dancer.
For everyone in my real life, this is why I disappeared for a month. Wrecked my sleep schedule, had a brilliant time.
Hey, remember I was writing a paper on #Over/Under? I cleaned it up and its ready for public consumption! (Well, as ready as I'll get; I'm not used to sharing academic writing)
Huge thank you again to everyone who helped with this project, and HUGE thank you to Sam, Sean, and the mod team ✨
Huge thank you again to everyone who helped with this project, and HUGE thank you to Sam, Sean, and the mod team ✨
O:U Game Worth Knowing About.pdf
drive.google.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
For everyone in my real life, this is why I disappeared for a month. Wrecked my sleep schedule, had a brilliant time.
Reposted by Jacinta Bowler
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries?
Australia’s electricity prices have gone up a long way over the past decade or so, but global energy trends have also pushed up bills in other countries
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
Potential for big auroras tonight. Worth getting out for if you can!!
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Potential for big auroras tonight. Worth getting out for if you can!!
This is a really fun piece from Adam with so many good pictures!
The secret history of Melbourne’s particle accelerators
With names like the Neutron Howitzer, MUVEC, and the Pelletron, the University of Melbourne’s particle accelerators have been the hidden engines driving research for almost a century
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is a really fun piece from Adam with so many good pictures!
Reposted by Jacinta Bowler
Rubin Observatory Discovers Surprise ‘Tail’ on Iconic Galaxy www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Surprise ‘tail’ found on an iconic galaxy may rewrite its history
First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious properties.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Rubin Observatory Discovers Surprise ‘Tail’ on Iconic Galaxy www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Jacinta Bowler
An aside: journalism exists in an attention economy where demand drives editorial decision making. If you find something you enjoyed, learned from and that moved you, share and share widely -- even four days late. I, and others, don't get to keep doing this stuff if no one reads it.
This piece is so good that I feel weird and kind of gross for both discovering it four days after the fact and sharing it after midnight.
But anyway this is an exceptionally affecting piece of writing and @roycerk2.bsky.social is a very good journalist.
But you all already knew that. Didn't you?
But anyway this is an exceptionally affecting piece of writing and @roycerk2.bsky.social is a very good journalist.
But you all already knew that. Didn't you?
“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
drilled.media
August 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
An aside: journalism exists in an attention economy where demand drives editorial decision making. If you find something you enjoyed, learned from and that moved you, share and share widely -- even four days late. I, and others, don't get to keep doing this stuff if no one reads it.
Cutest little lizards in cute little science backpacks.
Bearded dragons in backpacks reveal speed can be a killer
Ecologist Kristoffer Wild spent a year in the Australian outback fitting bearded dragons with hand-sewn jackets with GPS trackers to track every second of the lizards' lives.
www.abc.net.au
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Cutest little lizards in cute little science backpacks.
Go and get your flu vaccines (plus your Covid one while you’re there). It’s not too late!!
Elective surgeries paused at major Queensland hospitals 'overwhelmed' by flu cases
Elective surgeries have been paused for 48 hours while resources are diverted to emergency departments.
www.abc.net.au
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Go and get your flu vaccines (plus your Covid one while you’re there). It’s not too late!!
Reposted by Jacinta Bowler
Climate change an "existential threat to humanity" but Australia law offers no recourse to Torres Strait islanders in class action against the government for negligence.
My report on today's decision in @reneweconomy.com.au:
My report on today's decision in @reneweconomy.com.au:
July 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Climate change an "existential threat to humanity" but Australia law offers no recourse to Torres Strait islanders in class action against the government for negligence.
My report on today's decision in @reneweconomy.com.au:
My report on today's decision in @reneweconomy.com.au:
Until the Erin Patterson case, posting the locations of death cap mushrooms was seen as a public good…
Post mushroom trial, experts suggest changes to location sharing on iNaturalist
Experts are weighing up whether to continue posting the locations of poisonous mushrooms on public databases like iNaturalist in the wake of the Erin Patterson trial.
www.abc.net.au
July 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Until the Erin Patterson case, posting the locations of death cap mushrooms was seen as a public good…
Reposted by Jacinta Bowler
And congratulations also to @angusdalton.bsky.social for being highly commended in that category, and to @jacintabowler.bsky.social and @petrastock.bsky.social, whose podcast 'Cosmos Debunks' won Best Audio Program.
Hooray for Australian #ScienceJournalism!
Hooray for Australian #ScienceJournalism!
March 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And congratulations also to @angusdalton.bsky.social for being highly commended in that category, and to @jacintabowler.bsky.social and @petrastock.bsky.social, whose podcast 'Cosmos Debunks' won Best Audio Program.
Hooray for Australian #ScienceJournalism!
Hooray for Australian #ScienceJournalism!
I’ve never been much of a tweeter, more of a lurker, but I love the people who just post non-stop. I’ve missed all you!
February 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’ve never been much of a tweeter, more of a lurker, but I love the people who just post non-stop. I’ve missed all you!
My favourite part of this app so far is that there’s a feed exclusively for fungi pictures. Big (fungi) fan.
February 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My favourite part of this app so far is that there’s a feed exclusively for fungi pictures. Big (fungi) fan.
Reposted by Jacinta Bowler
I was not expecting this paper today when I was reading the ArXiv 😮
February 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I was not expecting this paper today when I was reading the ArXiv 😮
This week I took a look at statewide central cooling, with a technology that can turn down air conditioners remotely and stop blackouts.
Giving up control of your air conditioner may reduce blackouts: experts
Queensland’s power companies can force thousands of air conditioners in homes into low-power mode on the hottest days of the year. Experts say systems like this need to be part of the energy solution.
www.abc.net.au
February 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This week I took a look at statewide central cooling, with a technology that can turn down air conditioners remotely and stop blackouts.