He figured out that all matter is made of tiny indivisible particles moving through empty space. No lab, no instruments — just thinking. His neighbors thought he was insane and called a doctor. The doctor sided with him. Democritus: the man who got the universe right and left almost nothing behind.

https://oddlet.com/p/9mw

#Histodons #HistSci #SciComm #History #SmallStories

Parrots Reveal The Ancient Evolutionary Origin Of Birds

"Fossil evidence generally supports a Tertiary diversification, whereas estimates based on molecular dating favor an earlier avian diversification in the Cretaceous. So which is it?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Evolution #birds #ornithology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/parrots-reveal-the-ancient-evolutionary-origin-of-birds-bbcd19ed596e

Die #Pathologie ist diverser als ein Gerichtsmediziner, der im Keller eine Obduktion vornimmt...

Albrecht Stenzinger von der @uniheidelberg
eläutert im Gespräch mit Mario Rembold, was alles in die Werkzeugbox seines Fachbereichs gehört. Etwa #Morphologie, #Genomik, #Transkriptomik, #Proteomik. Denn die Grenzen des Faches sind nicht mehr klar abgrenzbar…

Das ganze Interview hier: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3464.php

#Laborjournal #LifeSci #Pathologie #Tumor #SciComm

She flung roses into the audience one by one, then flung the basket, then flung the castanets. Critics noted she could sing everything except notes. Cole Porter came anyway. Florence Foster Jenkins — the most devoted musician who ever performed in spite of her gifts.

https://oddlet.com/p/0wv

#Histodons #HistSci #SciComm #History #SmallStories

I'm enjoying my creative writing but feel I have unfinished business in academia, so if anyone is interested in any of these
- new model for public engagement and science communication
- new research methodology
- new format for workshops
let me know.

(I also miss working in a team and working with students)

#OpenToWork #JobSearch #research #scicomm #PublicEngagement

🎧 In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires?

In the new episode, Prof. Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products such as flip-flops.🚗♻️🩴

Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #recycling #research #polymer #science #chemistry #chemical #product #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

New review: Complementing other recent books on the Challenger expedition, The Wake of HMS Challenger brings a focus all of its own to the subject and firmly stands on its own two feet as a thoroughly enjoyable work of science history.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/03/31/book-review-the-wake-of-hms-challenger-how-a-legendary-victorian-voyage-tells-the-story-of-our-oceans-decline/

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm #Oceanography #Oceans #MarineBiology #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @[email protected] @princetonupress