@inverting-vision.bsky.socialIn the 1930s, Hugo Benioff helped bring musical instruments and seismology into the electronic age. He invented the strain seismometer and electric violins, cellos, and pianos.
Both efforts were part of the same intellectual project.
#histSTM ๐๏ธ #seismology
@bhgross144.bsky.socialThomas Pennant, everyone's favorite 18th-century Welsh naturalist and antiquarian, would turn 300 this year!
Now you can peruse a set of newly digitized letters and catalogs of his collections, courtesy of @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social.
#histSTM #histsci ๐๏ธ๐
#NatHist #NaturalHistory
@gregpriest.bsky.socialThe pioneering aquarist Jeanne Villepreux-Power was born OTD in 1794.
She was the first to record that some species of octopuses could use tools to pry open their prey's shells. She observed them waiting for the clam to open its shell and then jamming In a rock.
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@histmedsouth.bsky.socialGentle reminder that our CFP deadline is fast approaching!
Please submit your abstract here:
sahms.wildapricot.org/submit
@rhiggitt.bsky.socialIn Our Time on BBC Radio 4 this morning (or this evening, or online) is on Particle Accelerators, with @harrycliff.bsky.social @mamaphysikerin.bsky.social and @randomjetship.bsky.social #histSTM
@alexandreklein.bsky.social(Call for papers) Fighting Pandemics from Below. New Diplomatic Histories of Global North-South Public Health Cooperation histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/nouv... #histSTM
@bhgross144.bsky.social@alexandreklein.bsky.social(Call for Participants) Archives out of the Box: Innovating Methods for Critical and Creative Praxis histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/les-... #histSTM
@rhiggitt.bsky.socialFor Edinburgh folk - free this Wednesday 1pm.
Guided tour of the exhibition 'For the Safety of All: Scotland's Lighthouses' followed by Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve articles on Scottish lighthouses
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/for-those-... #histSTM ๐๏ธ ๐
@sarabpritchard.bsky.socialDelighted to share that I'll be on @askhistorians.bsky.social to talk #ArtificialLight #LightPollution #Night #Darkness ๐๐ก๐๐ฐ๏ธ tomorrow, 9/22 -- the day that #TransformingNight drops! ๐ฅณ๐คฉ
#envhist #envhum #histtech #histsci #sts #histSTM
@alexandreklein.bsky.social(Call for applications) Peset Llorca fellowships histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/pese... #histSTM
@rebeccawynter.bsky.socialNew issue of @sshmedicine.bsky.social just dropped - plenty of #HistSTM #HisMed, including #HistPsych ๐๏ธ
@phalpern.bsky.socialAcclaimed physicists Fred Hoyle and Richard Feynman converse in Ripponden, Yorkshire, England.
Feynman's wife Gweneth was originally from that region.
From "Take the World from Another Point of View," Yorkshire Television.
@bhgross144.bsky.socialHappy birthday to @aaas.org!
The American Association for the Advancement of Sci. was established #OnThisDay in 1848. Its first meeting was held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. (Another reason it shouldn't close...)
More info: www.aaas.org/news/aaas-ce...
@royalsocietypublishing.orgIn order to understand early modern science, images are no less significant than words. A new #NotesandRecords special issue examines a wide range of images, from true-to-life drawings to carefully conceived schematics: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/issue/8... #HistSci #HistSTM
@samaragreenwood.bsky.social@phalpern.bsky.social