Rachael Brown
@rachaelbrown.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science. Director of Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences + Associate Professor at ANU and Editor-in-Chief at Biology in Philosophy. http://rachaelbrown.net
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Several outlets have reported on agency cancellations of Springer Nature journal subscriptions in recent days. @maxkozlov.bsky.social has the latest today. The administration cites the journals as "junk science." www.nature.com/articles/d41... (2/3)🧪
Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Several outlets have reported on agency cancellations of Springer Nature journal subscriptions in recent days. @maxkozlov.bsky.social has the latest today. The administration cites the journals as "junk science." www.nature.com/articles/d41... (2/3)🧪
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Expressions of interest in this Metascience PhD scholarship @unimelb are open now
June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Expressions of interest in this Metascience PhD scholarship @unimelb are open now
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June 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bang on. Sigh.
June 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Bang on. Sigh.
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Very excited about the Call for Papers for the upcoming 2025 conference for the Australasian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science.
Come join us in sunny Brisbane QLD this December!! It is always a wonderful event.
#hps #histSTM #philsci #STS #metasci 🧪
Come join us in sunny Brisbane QLD this December!! It is always a wonderful event.
#hps #histSTM #philsci #STS #metasci 🧪
Call for Papers - AAHPSSS Conference 2025
The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December.
Further details, including on submissions, can be found on our website:
aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December.
Further details, including on submissions, can be found on our website:
aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
2025 Conference
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 conference of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS) will be held in a hybrid format at the Univer…
aahpsss.net.au
June 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Third annual Aust-NZ Philosophy of Biology Workshop this time at Mittagong! Fun times :-)
June 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Third annual Aust-NZ Philosophy of Biology Workshop this time at Mittagong! Fun times :-)
New piece just out - Who benefits? Are smartphones parasites? theconversation.com/your-smartph...
Your smartphone is a parasite, according to evolution
Many of us are hostage to our phones – and it’s not unlike having head lice.
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New piece just out - Who benefits? Are smartphones parasites? theconversation.com/your-smartph...
So, I was appointed Editor-in-Chief at Biology & Philosophy in January. It is a huge honour and I am really proud to be the first philosopHer in the role. Thank you to Michael Weisberg, out going EiC, for all his hard work for the journal over many years - they are big shoes to fill.
February 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So, I was appointed Editor-in-Chief at Biology & Philosophy in January. It is a huge honour and I am really proud to be the first philosopHer in the role. Thank you to Michael Weisberg, out going EiC, for all his hard work for the journal over many years - they are big shoes to fill.
I'm back! I got off the twits a while back and have been enjoying the brain space so I'm not sure how much I will be on here, but nonetheless hello all!
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December 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM
I'm back! I got off the twits a while back and have been enjoying the brain space so I'm not sure how much I will be on here, but nonetheless hello all!
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More reasons to be excited about AIMOS2023: Science writer StuartRitchie will explore the proliferation of low-quality studies and ways that #metascience can improve the reliability of scientific literature. bit.ly/aimos2023
October 19, 2023 at 2:55 AM
More reasons to be excited about AIMOS2023: Science writer StuartRitchie will explore the proliferation of low-quality studies and ways that #metascience can improve the reliability of scientific literature. bit.ly/aimos2023
First post here! Hoping for a less hostile space than that which shall not be named.
October 14, 2023 at 12:01 PM
First post here! Hoping for a less hostile space than that which shall not be named.