GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>The World’s Biggest And Stinkiest Flowers Are Facing Extinction</p><p>"All 42 known species of the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia, often known as ‘corpse flowers’, are endangered due to runaway destruction of their tropical forest habitats"</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/Rafflesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rafflesia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</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/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-worlds-biggest-and-stinkiest-flowers-are-facing-extinction-b676ea0bb3b7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/the-w</span><span class="invisible">orlds-biggest-and-stinkiest-flowers-are-facing-extinction-b676ea0bb3b7</span></a></p>
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Dr. Marie McNeely<p>The road to scientific discoveries is often long and full of unexpected twists and turns. Dr. Beth Stroupe shared her career path and her recent breakthrough in the lab that was decades in the making. She's been working to identify the structure of an enzyme called sulfite reductase that has broad biological importance, from amino acid metabolism to a potential target for drug discovery. Learn more about Beth's research, her experiences in science, and her life in this new podcast episode!</p><p><a href="https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-beth-stroupe/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-</span><span class="invisible">beth-stroupe/</span></a></p><p>This episode was made possible with support from Innovative Research. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/structuralbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>structuralbiology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/sciencecommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencecommunication</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS is out NEXT month!</p><p>We’ve been busy organising a book tour that will include talks & signings across the UK, USA, Canada, & Europe. The first will be at the wonderful Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Friday, 10 October 2025. I hope you can join us at one of these events – more details soon.</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></p>
Danish Akhtar<p>In Future can a Tiny Black Hole be placed at the center of a Spherical Spaceship so that it produces the same gravitational effect as that of Earth on the ship, allowing astronauts to feel at home? That ship runs on a N-Fusion & Anti-Matter Hybrid Engine. Now, the problem is how to create a tiny black hole & how to stabilize it inside that ship.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <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/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/futuristic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>futuristic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackhole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>The Hidden Dangers To Birds And Wildlife Posed By Death Pipes, story out of the San Diego Natural History Museum</p><p>"Vertical hollow open-topped pipes used as property markers, fence posts or irrigation standpipes are killing countless birds and wildlife across the United States and around the world."</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/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DeathPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPipes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</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/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AnimalWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/08/18/the-hidden-dangers-to-birds-and-wildlife-posed-by-death-pipes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist</span><span class="invisible">/2025/08/18/the-hidden-dangers-to-birds-and-wildlife-posed-by-death-pipes/</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>The Hidden Dangers To Birds And Wildlife Posed By Death Pipes, story out of the San Diego Natural History Museum</p><p>"Vertical hollow open-topped pipes used as property markers, fence posts or irrigation standpipes are killing countless birds and wildlife across the United States and around the world."</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/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathPipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPipes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <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/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnimalWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/08/18/the-hidden-dangers-to-birds-and-wildlife-posed-by-death-pipes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist</span><span class="invisible">/2025/08/18/the-hidden-dangers-to-birds-and-wildlife-posed-by-death-pipes/</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>Wild Fish Recognize Individual Humans Who Feed Them</p><p>"Yes, people really do underestimate the cognitive abilities of fish."</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/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WildFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildFish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognition</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vision</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/VisualAcuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualAcuity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behavior</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/wild-fish-recognize-individual-humans-who-feed-them-4762c0fcf4e5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/wild-</span><span class="invisible">fish-recognize-individual-humans-who-feed-them-4762c0fcf4e5</span></a></p>
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans<p>🎥360-filming with Hannah and Steve from AeroSpace Kinross & Cosmos Planetarium! We're making a planetarium show about the fab opportunities & careers in 🏴Scotland's rapidly growing space sector. It'll be on tour with the inflatable dome visiting all Perth&Kinross high schools this year 🥳 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23scicomm" target="_blank">#scicomm</a> 🔭🛰️</p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>Wild Fish Recognize Individual Humans Who Feed Them</p><p>"Yes, people really do underestimate the cognitive abilities of fish."</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/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WildFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildFish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vision</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VisualAcuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisualAcuity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behavior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/grrlscientist/wild-fish-recognize-individual-humans-who-feed-them-4762c0fcf4e5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/grrlscientist/wild-</span><span class="invisible">fish-recognize-individual-humans-who-feed-them-4762c0fcf4e5</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Here's one of the artworks from my section in Mesozoic Art II, edited by Steve White and Darren Naish, published by Bloomsbury Publishing UK.</p><p>Mesozoic Art II comes out this September, pre-order here: <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-art-ii-9781399412209/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-art</span><span class="invisible">-ii-9781399412209/</span></a></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/MesozoicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MesozoicArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Megalosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Megalosaurus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jurassic</span></a></p>
Danish Akhtar<p>If we multiply Zero (0) with Infinity (∞), then we can't determine the result. This is one of the 7 indeterminate forms in mathematics. I think this can be expressed philosophically as "When an Immovable Object meets an Unstoppable Force, the result is Cannot be Determined."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infinity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infinite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infinite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MondayMotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MondayMotivation</span></a> <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/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/object" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>object</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>This week at the library: No new books; instead, I took two huge piles of books to <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DinoConUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinoConUK</span></a> and got them ALL signed (thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@TetZoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TetZoo</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@markwitton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>markwitton</span></a></span> for humouring me rocking up with a stack of your books). Overall, an excellent convention on which I will have more to say soon.</p><p>And yes, that is the just-published rerelease of Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs from Breakdown Press! Keep your eyes peeled for a review in the near future.<br> <br><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/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> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span></p>
Danish Akhtar<p>Every time you look at the stars in the sky, you are actually looking into the past because light from those stars takes many years to reach your eyes. You are, in fact, looking at the older images of the Sun, the Moon, and the stars. Isn't it fascinating?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>night</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <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/insights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a></p>
Dr Susi Arnott<p>Explaineriser from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@metoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>metoffice</span></a></span> on <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/AMOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMOC</span></a><br>(Impatient? Jump in at 4'15")<br><a href="https://youtu.be/GbmdoB1tN9I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/GbmdoB1tN9I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/climatebreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatebreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a></p>
Sci_Burst<p>The life of these two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> showgirls also includes… publishing papers! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 </p><p>Outside the pod studio, we’ve dropped three new papers so far this year:</p><p>🌟 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@theEllamo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theEllamo</span></a></span> as co-author on a paper about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusive</span></a> scicomm (as part of the CPAS Inclusive Science Communication Collective)</p><p>🌟 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@1sabelR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>1sabelR</span></a></span> as corresponding author on a paper about technological transitions in 19th-century <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p><p>🌟 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@1sabelR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>1sabelR</span></a></span> as corresponding author on another paper about multi-methods in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybernetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybernetics</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Enrique Boeneker<p>In between my science captures, sometimes I shoot a deep sky object of my liking. In this case was the turn of the Double Cluster in Perseus. Ionized hydrogen is present in this region.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a></p>
AltonDooley<p>Today is the public day for PaleoCon at Western Science Center! Our visiting scientists and Teen Ambassadors are on the exhibit floor doing show-and-tell about their research. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a></p>
MPI for Gravitational Physics<p>Only one week left! On 23 August the 10th Open Day at our gravitational-wave detector GEO600 will take place.</p><p>ℹ️ <a href="https://www.geo600.org/openday2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">geo600.org/openday2025</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Just drop by GEO600 south of Hanover, Germany, between 12:00 and 16:00 CEST, talk to our researchers, and get insights into a cutting-edge research facility.</p><p>This year, there will also be an information booth for our distributed computing project <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://academiccloud.social/@einsteinathome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>einsteinathome</span></a></span>.</p><p><a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/GravitationalWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GravitationalWaves</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/Hanover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hanover</span></a> <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/Sarstedt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sarstedt</span></a></p>
Danish Akhtar<p>Do you know how Big Infinity (∞) is? Divide the Entire Observable Universe into an equal Number of Planck's Cube Space. Now put a digit in each of those Planck's Cube Spaces. Use all of these individual spaces to get an Extremely Huge Number. That huge 'Number' will still NOT be Infinity. 🤯</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infinity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infinite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infinite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <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/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Planck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Planck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/number" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>number</span></a> #∞ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digit</span></a></p>
Danish Akhtar<p>An Impossible Thought Experiment:</p><p>"Design a spaceship that carries Humans to a Neutron Star. Land on its surface safely. Drill through it to reach its core and come back safely to Earth. This is a reply to those people who literally say "Nothing is Impossible". Even a Type-VII Alien Civilization can never do it".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <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/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeutronStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeutronStar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>star</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thoughtExperiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thoughtExperiment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imagination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imagination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a></p>
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