Amplifying the stories of disadvantaged #Aussie girls and #womeninSTEM with #CuriousMinds has been one of my favourite gigs recently. 💜👩‍🔬

The work is so inspiring and uplifting. 🥰

https://curiousminds.edu.au/story/science-sports-and-sisterhood-emilys-journey-as-a-curious-mind/

https://curiousminds.edu.au/story/from-curious-mind-to-community-leader-skye-wilsons-story/

https://curiousminds.edu.au/story/joanne-henry-celebrated-stem-coach-and-technology-innovator/

If you’re looking for pieces like this or similar ones that leverage #popculture to reach younger generations, email hello[at]sci-burst.com.au 📧

We can help!

#scicomm #opentowork #sciencewriting #freelancewriting #podcasting

DEADLINE MAY 16: Utopia Science Fiction Magazine is looking for fiction and non-fiction, specifically "enthralling stories [100–4,000 words preferred, query for longer] set in a future we want to believe in, one we would fight to make a reality." In non-fiction they are particularly looking for science and non-fiction articles of ~6,000 words. https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

PAYMENT: Fiction $0.08/word, non-fiction $30/piece, poem $30/piece, art $30/piece

#CallForSubmissions #ScienceFiction #Solarpunk #poetry #ScienceWriting

A field trip at an international geopark conference. Not one geological site visited.

Is a geopark still about geology?

New essay — from Karangsambung's tectonic origin to what geoparks risk losing when science yields to tourism.

📄 Abstract in English. Full essay in Bahasa Indonesia.
🔗 https://medium.com/geological-controversies/apakah-geopark-masih-tentang-geologi-56869118d7c4

#Geopark #Geology #Geoscience #Geoconservation #Geoheritage
#EarthScience #UNESCOGeopark #ScienceWriting
#GeoscienceCommunication #OpenScience

Informal connections outweigh coauthorship ties in academic impact | PNAS

Mentoring and support networks, as evidenced from article acknowledgements, are a strong predictor of impact.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2511050123

#science #sciencewriting #impact #manuscript

🌑 A rare alignment of Sun, Moon, and Earth can turn daylight and familiar shadows into something strange and new. What quiet stories wait in that brief crossing of light and darkness?

✍️ Explore the eclipse 🌞: https://TPC8.short.gy/t9xH7XGb

🌌 Let this passing shadow open a deeper conversation with the sky.

#SolarEclipse #Astronomy #Space #ScienceWriting #Eclipses #TPC8

🌊 The Great Lakes hold water that can carry centuries of memory, moving through basins carved by ancient ice. These inland seas shape climate, culture, and the quiet rhythm of a continent.

✍️ Explore the full story: https://TPC8.short.gy/eWT4L4ag

🌌 Follow the water and consider how long a single journey can endure.

#GreatLakes #Freshwater #Hydrology #Geology #Climate #ScienceWriting #IndigenousHistory #Geography #Geology #TPC8

Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of #sciencewriting resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships and fellowships.

https://brittanytrang.com/science-journalism-fellowships-and-internships/

#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journalismjobs #journojobs #sciencecommunication #sciwri #stem

Why More Scientists Should Have a Personal Blog

A reflection on why scientists should write publicly, in their own voices, to build trust, counter misinformation, and make science feel more human.

https://rohitfarmer.com/posts/2026/why-more-scientists-should-have-a-personal-blog/

#writing #blogging #sciencewriting #personalBlog

Vegetable colors tell quiet stories. 🌱

Purple deepens with stress 🟣
Orange gathers sunlight 🧡
Red deepens as ripening synthesizes pigments 🍅

Explore anthocyanins, carotenoids, and betalains, nature's chemical alphabet.
✍️ https://TPC8.short.gy/dncuXIJI

These hues reflect chemistry, history, and the ways plants endure their environments. Color becomes a record of life adapting in plain sight. 🧪

#FoodScience #Botany #PlantScience #ScienceWriting #Nature #Pigments #Gardening #Vegetable #Nutrition #TPC8