I'm about to go sleep. But I'm asking all the the scientists out there...please...give me a word that may inspire me for future #inkyDays drawings.

Just one word. At least to start with. Just one word. You can give context, but only if it unblocks.

We are at a time when we need to connect and communicate. Let's try something new in #SciCom. Right now.

Morgen gibts unsere nächste Coffee Lecture: Lena Ackermann von Zum Staunen* berichtet uns über Formatentwicklung in der #Wissenschaftskommunikation mit einem externen Partner.

Kommt vorbei und diskutiert mit uns. Geht auch spontan noch, Zoomlink gibts bei Anmeldung hier: https://events.gwdg.de/e/wisskomm-lecture-25

Zot veel geïnteresseerden op #nerdlandfestival tijdens “de genadeloze #fysica van ruimtereizen”. Merci, Hetty, Toon en Lieven voor het podium! En vooral, veel aan de geweldige @nerdlandbe crew voor een perfecte organisatie! #scicom

Heute mit @rmaust beim Leopoldina Symposium zur Zukunft der Finanzierung wissenschaftlicher Publikationen um das #doa Modell des @DHd und der @ZfdG vorzustellen. Danke für die Einladung und die interessante Diskussion. #bibliodiversity ##digitalhumanities #libraries #SciCom

#TIL: das #wissenschaftskommunikation​sprinzip nach der AEIOU-regel: awareness, enjoyment, interest, opinion-forming, understanding.
via https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625030122004 via folge 58 "Communicatio Scientiae" vom podcast "nullius in verba", https://nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e/science-communication/.
#scicom #scicomm #wisskomm

Cluster scientist spotlight!

Sarah Chan, PhD PhD Student, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University

What advice do you have for students interested in science?

"There is always more to know about our world, and the more your learn, the more you'll be able to figure out what new things YOU can discover."

More about Sarah: https://bit.ly/3GUks3n

Complete collection of scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U

#Hannover lädt zum Festival der Philosophie - und ich darf beitragen: Warum brauchen wir genau das Unperfekte, die Fehler, damit wir lernen können? Wie "lernen" wir immerfort, ohne uns dessen bewusst zu sein? Wir entsteht so ein Modell der Welt?

#philosophy #science #education #SciCom

www.philosophiefestival.com

Next #SETILive: Tiny Asteroids Big Threats
TODAY, Thursday, May 01, 2025 11:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT

Scientists have used the JWST to detect 138 of the smallest asteroids (as small as 10 meters) ever observed in the asteroid belt. Join planetary astronomer Franck Marchis in a conversation with lead authors Artem Y. Burdanov and Julien de Wit as they discuss these smaller asteroids and what they can reveal about potential threats to our planet.

WATCH LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/Igqlj7rsxqw

How do recommendation algorithms shape science content on social media? Weizenbaum scholars Clarissa Walter & Sascha Friesike have investigated this question in a two-year ethnography at a German Public Broadcast Service.

Read their paper via JCom: https://jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JCOM_2402_2025_A02/

Unsere Coffee-Lecture-Reihe startet ins neue Semester! Im Sommer widmen wir uns dem Thema Contenterstellung für verschiedene Medien und aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. An drei Terminen gibt es spannende Vorträge und genügend Zeit zur Diskussion - natürlich online! Auf den Juni Termin dürft ihr noch gespannt sein, für Mai und Juli könnt ihr euch bereits anmelden.
Infos & Anmeldung unter:
https://events.gwdg.de/e/wisskomm-lecture-25

The Honorable Mrs Mary Ward (1827-1869) Artist, Naturalist, Astronomer and Ireland's First Lady of the Microscope:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ward_(scientist)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25538785?seq=1
#histsci #scicom #womeninSTEM

We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/science-destruction-america

#ESA and the Euclid Consortium will have the first larger "Q1" science data release and publication of a major batch of #Euclid science papers coming week, March 19th.

Journalists can receive material under embargo starting tomorrow, March 14th, 12:00 CET. If you are interested then please sign up at

https://blogs.esa.int/forms/subscription-for-under-embargo-press-releases/

Know your #asteroids

Forbes @forbes calls 2024 YR4 'half a kilometer' & 'Disneyland-sized' https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2025/02/07/odds-of-disneyland-sized-asteroid-hitting-earth-just-went-up/, but its diameter is estimated as ~55m https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/details.html#?des=2024%20YR4

My working hypothesis is that the journalist got confused by 101955 Bennu, an asteroid with an estimated diameter of ~490m, which was called 'hill-sized' yesterday: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-simulated-bennu-crashing-to-earth-in-september-2182-its-not-pretty

Memes help students learn science and boost engagement

https://www.earth.com/news/memes-help-students-learn-better-and-boost-engagement/

Looks like #iflscience went to a #paywall and #personaldata gathering model. Sad, it had potential.

Any recommendations for good #science #blogs , #websites , and the like. Any topic is fine as long as #rss is available.

GPT-Fabricated Scientific Papers Flood Google Scholar, Scientists Say

https://www.sci.news/othersciences/computerscience/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-google-scholar-13580.html

I like "Professor Dave" on YouTube. He is arguably the most abrasive science communications person I've come across.

I don't know if he's doing any good in general, in terms of making people less credulous and more scientific, but he does go off on creationists and flat earthers, and I just love that.

Basically he gets to say out loud what I'm constantly thinking when faced with science denial.

It's not for everyone.

Hey #academics
How do you share your articles and dessimnate your #research here at #mastodon ?

#OpenAccess #academicpublishing @academicchatter @academia #scicom