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If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563

SciAnts Media 3h ago

Thank you for the fun Wacom Wednesday! We chatted wasp genetics/lifehistory and created a new #scicomm wasp character, inspired by silk song! Thank u @fischman001 @cococonfession.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @baronofbile.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @freakmeister.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy for the raids! We passed the love to @mcd00dle.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

David Redeker 4h ago

Er zijn nog een paar (twee à drie) plekken vrij bij onze workshop Scientific Storytelling. Meld je aan voor het te laat is.

* Workshop Scientific Storytelling *
Vrijdag 13 maart 2026, Mariaplaats 7, Utrecht
13.30 – 17.00 uur (deur open vanaf 13.00 uur)
€ 250 exclusief btw

Meer info en aanmelden via onze website:
https://www.scientificstorytelling.nl/open-workshop

#storytelling #science #technologie #verhalen #scicomm

Danish Akhtar 6h ago

A huge Solar Storm / Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) with massive EM waves may disrupt most electricity grids, servers, electronic equipment, & gadgets, crippling our digital world & economy.

What preparations and plans do we have to prepare for this catastrophic event in the future?

#science #physics #astronomy #research #scicomm #Astrodon #OpenScience #AskFedi #Question #Solar

SciAnts Media 10h ago

It's Wacom Wednesday! We will be working on science art to excite more about science, plus many a science rabbit-hole! Hollow Knight theme! 9pm EST #twitch #stem #TwitchPartner #live #livestream #twitchstreamer #sciants #scicomm twitch.tv/sciants_stre...

SciAnts Media 13h ago

You can have a feeling of discovery and science from that pond in your back yard and a microsope! The big question becomes, what are you actually seeing? Here are a few of our tips and tricks to help! #scicomm #stem #sciants #science

Ben Balas 13h ago

I've got a new #SciComm video about my lab's #VisionScience research! In this one, I break down one of our recent papers about face #pareidolia. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqYxKTzl6k

Seeing Faces That Aren't There - A SeeingScience Research Report!

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IBI HU Berlin 18h ago

@ztirfhtor It discusses what reflections of participants reveal about trust/distrust in public data infrastructures, the ethical and affective dimensions of “emergency curation,” and why rapid downloading and duplication can create a false sense of closure when it isn’t paired with long-term stewardship, documentation, and accountability. More information: https://www.conftool.org/idcc2026/index.php?page=browseSessions&print=embed&form_session=37#paperID102
We are delighted for you!
#IBIgoesIDCC26 #conference #scicomm #idcc26

20th International Digital Curation Conference - ConfTool Pro Printout

IBI HU Berlin 18h ago

Congrats @ztirfhtor!
Our colleague Laura presented a paper from her ongoing dissertation at #idcc26 and won the Runner Up Best Paper Award. The paper “Preserving Under Pressure: The 2016/17 Data Rescue Movement and the Limits of Emergency Curation” offers a retrospective analysis.
#IBIgoesIDCC26 #conference #scicomm