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Wisskomm.de<p>Kann die Wissenschaft einem starken Gegenwind standhalten?Kommunikationschef Jens Rehländer warnt: Die Forschung braucht verlässliche Sympathisant*innen. <a href="https://www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/wissenschaft-ohne-widerstandskraft-90563/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wissenschaftskommunikation.de/</span><span class="invisible">wissenschaft-ohne-widerstandskraft-90563/</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Wisskomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisskomm</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>Happy 83rd birthday to <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MeaveLeakey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeaveLeakey</span></a>! Read all about her in Sediments of Time, an inspiring autobiography full of scientific detail where she reflects on a fulfilling career in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Palaeoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeoanthropology</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2021/03/10/book-review-the-sediments-of-time-my-lifelong-search-for-the-past/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2021/</span><span class="invisible">03/10/book-review-the-sediments-of-time-my-lifelong-search-for-the-past/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Palaeoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeoanthropology</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>More Birds Make You As Happy As More Money</p><p>"Conservation of nature is as important for human happiness and well-being as financial security."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grrlscientist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/happiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>happiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/more-birds-make-you-as-happy-as-more" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grrlscientist.substack.com/p/m</span><span class="invisible">ore-birds-make-you-as-happy-as-more</span></a></p>
Sci_Burst<p>We’re here to dispel the persistent myth that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> is an ‘unhelpful’ source of information. Wikipedia is a powerful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> system that’s already in our world 🌏🛜 Listen to Season 3 Episode 1 to learn more! <a href="https://linktr.ee/sci_burst" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/sci_burst</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/popculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crowdsourcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crowdsourcing</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>This week's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NewBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewBooks</span></a> at the library: Second-hand copies of The Lying Stones of Marrakech (another one of the essay collections of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/StephenJayGould" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenJayGould</span></a>), The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants by Leigh Calvez, and The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NaturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>Today marks 106 years since the birth of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/JamesLovelock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesLovelock</span></a> and three years since he passed away. He is best remembered for the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a> hypothesis, which you can read more about in my four-part review, starting with <a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/07/26/book-review-gaia-a-new-look-at-life-on-earth/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/</span><span class="invisible">07/26/book-review-gaia-a-new-look-at-life-on-earth/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EarthSystemSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSystemSciences</span></a></p>
Kristin (vis.social Admin)<p>So, the inspirations for my art and <a href="https://vis.social/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> come from many places...including my past academic studies in Science.</p><p>But the works that blew my mind, as a molecular biologist, were the works by David Goodsell. It was the first time I really starting thinking about how crowded molecular space really is.</p><p><a href="https://pdb101.rcsb.org/sci-art/goodsell-gallery" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdb101.rcsb.org/sci-art/goodse</span><span class="invisible">ll-gallery</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding</p><p>"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrrlScientist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ornithology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Kakapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kakapo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/parrots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parrots</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/inbreeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inbreeding</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/how-c</span><span class="invisible">ritically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>In 2024 I designed the Ice Age Giants coin series, for the The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. One of the coins featured the steppe mammoth, it was a time to reflect on how long I'd been drawing very dead things!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/IceAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IceAge</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/WoollyMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoollyMammoth</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mammoth</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SteppeMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteppeMammoth</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding</p><p>"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grrlscientist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ornithology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kakapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kakapo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parrots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parrots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inbreeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inbreeding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/how-c</span><span class="invisible">ritically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Into 2024 with a new version of "Elevenses," featuring Sinosauropteryx, for the cover of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Fifth Edition, by Prof Michael J. Benton.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pterosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/MarineReptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineReptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Sinosauropteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sinosauropteryx</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ SciComm 🇺🇦<p>How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding</p><p>"Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@grrlscientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grrlscientist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ornithology</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Kakapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kakapo</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/parrots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parrots</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/inbreeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inbreeding</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-critically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/how-c</span><span class="invisible">ritically-endangered-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-survived-centuries-of-inbreeding-25e5ddd04afd</span></a></p>
@ICMLAI_CONFERENCES<p>📢 CALL FOR POSTERS – ICMLAI 2026<br />Present your research at ICMLAI 2026 in Madrid, Spain | May 18–20, 2026.</p><p>🎯 Poster Registration: $449<br />🌍 Showcase your work to global experts<br />🔗 Register here: <a href="https://ai.pagesconferences.org/registration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ai.pagesconferences.org/regist</span><span class="invisible">ration</span></a><br />📩 icmlai@pagesconferences.org</p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/ICMLAI2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICMLAI2026</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/CallForPosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CallForPosters</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AIResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AIResearch</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/DeepLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeepLearning</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/NLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NLP</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AIConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AIConference</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/TechEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechEvents</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AcademicConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcademicConference</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/Madrid2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Madrid2026</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SmartTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmartTech</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PhDLife</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AICommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AICommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/PosterPresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PosterPresentation</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/MLInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MLInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/GlobalTechEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlobalTechEvents</span></a></p>
Blue Appaloosa<p>Second iteration of a 3d printed model for demonstrating the movement of shark jaws. It's a somewhat simplified galeomorph shark, because, uh, fish heads are complicated. Will try printing it tomorrow and see how the movement works. </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SharkWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharkWeek</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a></p>
Anna Loffing<p>"Why It Matters": The 2025 PhD Video Challenge is now accepting submissions of two-minute videos discussing the importance of PhD research in the built environment.</p><p>Contributions are welcome from fields such as sociology, geography, engineering, architecture, planning, urban studies, environmental design, and more.</p><p><a href="https://www.buildingsandcities.org/video-challenge/2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">buildingsandcities.org/video-c</span><span class="invisible">hallenge/2025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhDLife</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Architecture</span></a></p>
RDN<p>Datavzrd is a new tool for interactive visualization of tabular data that takes output specifications in YAML format and produces portable output that does not require a server process.</p><p>Summary: <a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-source-tool-complex.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techxplore.com/news/2025-07-so</span><span class="invisible">urce-tool-complex.html</span></a></p><p>Original paper: <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0323079" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosone/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0323079</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/DataAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a></p>
Laurie Winkless<p>My latest article for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forbes</span></a></span> is about two new studies on urban light pollution (and one is a citizen science project)</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2025/07/23/street-lamps-arent-the-main-source-of-light-pollution-in-cities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkles</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/07/23/street-lamps-arent-the-main-source-of-light-pollution-in-cities/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/sciencejournalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencejournalist</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenscience</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>Cranial Morphology Confirms There Really Are Four Giraffe Species</p><p>"Originally assumed to comprise just one species, new research confirms 50 years of detailed studies that find that giraffes comprise at least four cryptic species."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrrlScientist</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/giraffe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>giraffe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/morphology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morphology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/cranial-morphology-confirms-there-really-are-four-giraffe-species-aac0b1e153d0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/crani</span><span class="invisible">al-morphology-confirms-there-really-are-four-giraffe-species-aac0b1e153d0</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>New review: A real-world thriller of hubris, pandemics, and biological weapons, Air-Borne brilliantly tells the complex and multifaceted history of aerobiology.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/07/23/book-review-air-borne-the-hidden-history-of-the-life-we-breathe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/23/book-review-air-borne-the-hidden-history-of-the-life-we-breathe/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Aerobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aerobiology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Pandemics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pandemics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BiologicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiologicalWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Carl_Zimmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Carl_Zimmer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>My last project of 2023, a historical reconstruction of the lost Crystal Palace Palaeotherium, sculpted by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, and unveiled in 1854. This was commissioned by Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, with guidance from Natural History Museum, London &amp; @markwitton.Part 5 of 5.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeotherium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeotherium</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/CrystalPalace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrystalPalace</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/CrystalPalaceDinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrystalPalaceDinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/CrystalPalacePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrystalPalacePark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a></p>