Oddlet - Lovable WeirdosHe juggled while riding a unicycle down Bell Labs hallways at night. A mannequin supervised his player piano. A machine did long division in Roman numerals. Claude Shannon, father of information theory, was only getting warmed up.
Joachim Herz StiftungDoes science communication help researchers advance their careers and increase the impact of their work?
We discussed the role of #SciComm with around 60 add-on fellows and journalism students.
Key takeaways:
👉 Contextualize scientific findings: Scientists and journalists need a better understanding of each other's work.
👉 SciComm is undervalued in academia compared to publishing.
👉 Public engagement can open doors to new collaborations.
The Inquisitive BiologistCal Flyn has done it again! Candidate for my top 5 this year? Do think so. Review coming soon to https://inquisitivebiologist.com!
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Bookstodon #Scicomm #EnvironmentalHistory #EnvironmentalProtection #WildlifeConservation
K*queering nature 🌈🐙
check out this gem! decolonial guided tours and audiowalk #NaturkundeMuseum #Berlin #SciComm
Sci_BurstSolarpunk reusing and repurposing of string! 🧣🪢 Time to start drinking more cuppas I guess 🫖☕️
Find the full episode on YouTube or your fav pod platform: https://linktr.ee/sci_burst
Eric Maugendre on collectivesIf you communicate that climate change is due to humans, you antagonise people and democracy.
On the contrary, a struggle for habitability would highlight harmful activities.
For example, you may replace "Each year we release greenhouse gases" by "Each year activities release greenhouse gases".
Poke @c_ozwei @daniel_huppmann
#sciComm #popularization #popularisation #climateChange #copernicus
PuckerLabIn Glasgow, Hannah presented our Cucurbitaceae resarch at EURO EVO DEVO 2026.
Who stole the blue flowers? Cucurbitaceae lack the genes required for anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis. This is quite unusual, as these genes are conserved in most flowering plants. Check out the full story in our recent preprint "Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae".
https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#evodevo2026
@boas_pucker
#Evolution #SciComm #Pigments
He calculated which sled dog to shoot on which day and beat the South Pole by ten days. Sixteen years later, Roald Amundsen climbed into a French prototype flying boat to rescue a man he'd called a circus wagon of the skies, and vanished.
Jennifer Tsang😎 Have you thought about how sunscreen affect the thousands of bacteria on the skin? Maybe it is just me but with the summer sun just around the corner, I've been curious so I looked up some research studies on this.
My latest on The Microbial Menagerie: https://microbialmenagerie.com/how-sunscreen-affects-the-skin-microbiome/
Bob Nicholls ArtInterested in making a living from palaeoart? Then you might be interested in my Lyme Regis Fossil Festival headline talk:
A DINOSAUR ART LIFE, How Painting & Sculpting Prehistoric Animals Became My Job.
This Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm at the Marine Theatre
Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here: https://www.marinetheatre.com/lyme-regis-fossil-festival-a-dinosaur-art-life-how-painting-and-sculpting-prehistoric-animals-became-my-job/
#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival
