Here's a very cool #Science article! Octopuses change genes in strange ways.
It's explained by #Scientist and #ScienceWriter Meg Mindlin at the #Octopus web site
OctoNation https://octonation.com/octopus-can-edit-their-rna-heres-how/
Ever wonder why people label octopuses as "aliens"? It's not because they hitched a ride on a meteor from outer space. Nope, these eight-armed geniuses earned their intergalactic reputation by doing something no other Earthling
The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology in 2025 starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology The old thread for 2024 is here:
Job opportunity!
Are you a geoscience PhD/postdoc with experience in #SciComm or as a #ScienceWriter who wants to help us communicate the great science presented during the week of #EGU25? Why not join us as a paid Press Assistant?!
Apply by 6 January: https://www.egu.eu/79T9DY/
We are looking for one science communicator or science journalist with experience in science writing and an interest in learning about how large geoscientific conferences work, to join our Communications Team for the week of EGU25! This role is most appropriate for PhD candidates and recently graduated individuals, apply by *6 January 2025*.
It was bad news when a six-mile-wide asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago. Join Riley Black at 17:30 CDT Sep 21 for "How to Survive an extinction." Full up-to-date schedule on our website/discord. https://cozycononline.com/events/
Kelly Government Solutions has an opportunity for a Global Health Writer & Editor to support the Fogarty International Center at the NIH. #globalhealth #sciencewriter #sciencejournalism #sciencewriterjobs
👶 Got a kid in childcare? This blog post about early respiratory illnesses is for you. As a microbiologist mom, I became interested in this topic after my son started daycare and brought home illness after illness.
📚 I was fueled by 20% curiosity and 80% exasperation to search the scientific literature to see what studies had been done in this area... because I really wanted to know when the deluge of illnesses will subside. 😩
Hope this is helpful!