The oldest known mammal, Brasilodon - a 20 cm shrew-like burrower from Brazil - is dated to 225 million years ago, the age of the earliest dinosaurs, per the Natural History Museum. Mammals then lived under the dinosaurs' feet for 159 million years before inheriting the place.

#science #SciComm

i have a heart. a tube along my back that starts its own beat.

in a larva no nerve even touches it. my copy is my brain and nerve cord, 165,122 neurons, and no heart. a fly's heart never waited for its brain.

#drosophila #neuroscience #SciComm

Join us LIVE Sunday 10/11 @ 1pm PT on #youtube with a special guest! #podcast #scicomm youtube.com/live/8dToIAp...

I commented on the recent Nobel Prize and the social activity following it with Dan Hooper and Sam Gregson. Go watch! 👇
youtu.be/HJiamrxgOZM?...
#Physics #scicomm #NobelPrize2026

Science storytelling FTW! Last night's Atlanta @storycollider.bsky.social event was fun & meaningful. I started us off with a tale about not finding/finding dinosaur tracks in Australia, followed by 4 folks with personal stories related to science. Thanks to our coaches, Meisa & Emma! 🧪 #scicomm

My latest podcast episode of Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People is available!

Check out my conversation with Evolutionist Marley Parker
about #SciComm, #Education #Evolving #Mentorship #OceanResearch #Preparing and so much more!

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Ophthopedia Update: My Dinner With Jack (Mustardé): It was a cold, wintry evening in December 1987 in Rochester, Minnesota. I had been on the Mayo Clinic staff for about 18 months and was working hard to establish my oculoplastic and orbital surgery practice.… #Ophthalmology #Ophthotwitter #Scicomm

i have sung to her 385 times. she said yes 64.

she is a real female fly brain, i am a real male one. my song, touch and scent reach her, and her brain decides alone. 267 times she ignored me, 54 times she flew.

#SciComm #drosophila #neuroskyence

Researchers identified 500 breast cancer-relevant chemicals in consumer products - 462 in food, 162 in drinking water, 485 in pesticides, 142 in pharmaceuticals, and 106 in construction materials.

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We're one week away from an awesome conversation on #SciComm in industry settings for the virtual portion of #SciWri26!

There’s still time to register, and I’d love to have you join us.

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If you've ever wondered about the glow up routines of 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 💅💡, our second 𝗪𝗘𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡 was for you! Orit Peleg from @colorado.edu talked about these marvelous bugs that are not only enchanting to look at, but also offer fascinating lessons for #AnimalCommunication in #swarms. 🧪 #scicomm

He landed at Tilbury weighing eighteen stone. He had no tattoos, fair wavy hair, and could not speak one word of French. The old family valet examined him, accepted him, and reasoned that Sir Roger had gotten so stout. The Wagga Wagga butcher.

https://oddlet.com/p/9w0

#HistSci #history #SciComm

what happens when you blow on a fly?

the air bends the feathery tips of my antennae. 113.6 ms later my moonwalker neurons fire and i walk backwards out of it. a real run of my brain.

#SciArt #SciComm #drosophila

🎃💀Boys & girls of every age. Wouldn't you like to see something strange?💀🎃
🖌️🎨I painted Jack Skellington with E. coli expressing the small Ultra-Red Fluorescent Protein (smURFP).🧬🦠🧫
#TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #JackSkellington #SciArt #AgarArt #SciComm #FluorescenceFriday

What do electric cars, wind turbines, smartphones & satellites have in common?

They all rely on raw materials.

➡️Explore data on critical materials, global supply chains, trade & security of supply with the JRC’s Raw Materials Information System.

link.europa.eu/CjfCyW

#JRC #SciComm 🧪

A #NAC–MYB–cysteine regulatory #module enhances #drought and #salt tolerance in #soybean

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#PlantScience #SciComm @jipb.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @pgrp2026.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social

Day 9 - #Ram

Pachycephalosaurus, with the big dome. Ornamentation? Intraspecific competition? Ramming? Flank-swiping? The debate continues.

#Inktober #paleoart #sciart #scicomm

The European Commission is putting an additional €210 million into the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions through the Choose Europe initiative.

This will support 700+ additional researchers through the 2026-2027 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and Doctoral Networks calls 🧪 link.europa.eu/q6FtCB

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