I know, it's crazy to try a summary about #Mastodon and #Bluesky after only some days (it can be different in some weeks). I had opened an account on Bluesky for professional reasons, so the result is different than if I were to use it purely privately. It's my absolutely subjective impression!
https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/abd7e63f-920d-4b26-9b90-6b0104cc62af (BTW, I bridge from there to Mastodon but not vice versa. Bridges are good for crossposting, they are not a real integration).

this piece was not indexed on forbes, so no one reads it! the only way i'm getting any readers is via social media (only 39 reads 24 hours after it published)

READS IS HOW I'M PAID. please pop in to read!

Traffic Noise Provokes ‘Road Rage’ In Male Galápagos Warblers

#SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/04/12/traffic-noise-provokes-road-rage-in-male-galpagos-warblers/

Day 2 of Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 at the SoCal Airshow! The fog should burn off soon, allowing flight operations to get underway. In the meantime, we have over 50 Ice Age fossils to explore!

How does this work? #SciComm #happybirthday #Ladybirdbook

this piece was not indexed on forbes, so no one reads it! the only way i'm getting any readers is via social media (only 39 reads 24 hours after it published)

READS IS HOW I'M PAID. please pop in to read!

Traffic Noise Provokes ‘Road Rage’ In Male Galápagos Warblers

#SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/04/12/traffic-noise-provokes-road-rage-in-male-galpagos-warblers/

My #Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume data visualizations were just updated through March 2025: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-volumethickness/ #SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

The other #NewBook at the library this week was The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory #Dinosaurs. So, before I get to King Tyrant, first I shall compare and contrast the last two books from Greg Paul. Reviews coming soon to https://inquisitivebiologist.com

#Paleontology #Palaeontology #Fossils #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon @bookstodon @princetonupress

Traffic Noise Provokes ‘Road Rage’ In Male Galápagos Warblers | study out of Anglia Ruskin University & University of Vienna, published by Animal Behaviour

by @GrrlScientist

#ornithology #birds #behavior #conservation #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/04/12/traffic-noise-provokes-road-rage-in-male-galpagos-warblers/

Question for non-native English speakers: would you say there is enough high-quality scientific information for those with non-science backgrounds in your language? (You can also add your language in the comments and elaborate if you’d like.)

In my native language (Romanian), I’ve noticed there is a vacuum that in recent years has been filled alarmingly fast by pseudoscientific, new agey hogwash. Trying to point people towards high-quality information is quite a daunting task, since there is very little available, so I’m curious how this looks in other languages.

Please consider boosting for reach. Thanks!

This is a wonderful essay from Dr. David Sherwood in Developmental Biology. Highly recommend for trainees.

A career as a biologist-a lifelong morphogenetic process.
#Scicomm #Research #Science #ScienceCareers #Curiosity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160625000582

Just added #Arctic climate rankings for March 2025: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2025/, a month with particularly low wintertime sea ice conditions

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's a cheat sheet for Megalograptus, commissioned in 2022 for a project I cannot talk about yet. The scientific consultant was Fiann Smithwick.

Back when this guy was last in office, and Covid was unchecked and data around it was being censored, and yet people were dying...I created this visualization to help communicate how many were dying...to communicate how big 400,000 deaths are: https://kristinhenry.github.io/howBig/

Hey fellow researchers & experts — have you ever had frustrating experiences with media coverage or interviews you gave about your field? Misquotes, oversimplifications, odd angles? Curious how others navigate this. Happy to hear your thoughts.
#AcademicLife #PhDLife #SciComm #Wisskomm #histodon

“Science is increasingly—intentionally—being pushed out of the realm of what you trust and into the realm of the unfamiliar. Scientists must resist this push. We owe this to society—to one another”
#Scicomm #ScienceMatters
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-need-to-speak-out-beyond-the-classroom-and-the-lab/

“Storytelling has long been used to bridge the gap between complex research and public understanding. A growing number of articles, initiatives, and institutional programs have recently highlighted how narratives can increase engagement, foster trust, and counter misinformation.”
#Research #Science #Scicomm
https://scicomm.plos.org/2025/04/08/say-it-simply-see-it-clearly-the-scientists-case-for-storytelling/

The first quarterly newsletter for CZ-NoN, the international Critical Zone research project I'm leading, is now available on our website. Have a look for science spotlights and information about upcoming events. #CriticalZone #geology #ecology #hydrology #soil #EGU25 #scicomm https://sites.middlebury.edu/cznon/cz-non-news/

After a long hiatus, I've decided to start blogging about paleontology again! Most content will be free, but if you get a paid subscription you get to see content early, you can make comments, & at the highest tier you get monthly exclusive content. Plus, since all subscription fees will go to support research & education at the Western Science Center, you get the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from doing a good thing!

https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax - Palaeontologist & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. "Our Refuge and Tomb" shows multiple species of fish living in and around enormous clams (Platyceramus platinus).

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A few zooms into my painting of Haootia (Stauroza), commissioned by McIlroy et al for their 2022 paper. The Haootia fossils from Newfoundland (Late Ediacaran, 550Ma), Canada, have the oldest known evidence for animal muscle tissue. Also in this picture is a reclining Charnia and some Parviscopa.