@monicavasile.bsky.socialI recently started working on the history of peatland restoration science in Finland, with a focus on forestry-drained #peatlands. Here are some beautiful peatland landscapes from this week's field trip, for y'all.
#histsci #envhist #peatlandrestoration #moss
@friendsofdarwin.bsky.social10-Oct: On this day in 1881, Charles Darwin’s final book, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits’ was published. It was a magnificent swan-song. You can read my review here: friendsofdarwin.com/reviews/darw...
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@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialHe 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.
@minouette.bsky.socialsecret message in binary: “DARE MIGHTY THINGS”along with the latitude & longitude of the Jet Propulsion Labs, in Pasadena, California (34°11’58” N 118°10’31” W). The letters & numbers appear in black. This print is made by hand on lovely Japanese papers.
@stemfem.bsky.social10/9/1884 — b. Helene Deutsch, Austrian-American psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, author. The first psychoanalyst to specialize in women; the first person to write a book abt female #psychology (1928). Wrote 2 vol, “The Psychology of Women”(1944) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PsychSky #SciSky #HistSci
@juanacevedo.bsky.socialVERITRACE #ERC Project moving to @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #CIUHCT
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@descarteslab.bsky.socialThe event is planned on
Tuesday 27 October - 3 pm (Italy time)
attendance is free - the event is in Italian
Discussants will be Roberto Evangelista and Giulio Gisondi
@jasonwdean.comGlad you all can join in on the fun of Nick Wilding Riffing On Books #HistSTM #histsci 🗃️📜🔬📜 #libsky #rarebooks #booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4-S...
@stemfem.bsky.social10/8/1872 — b. Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist, refrigeration engineer, author. She revolutionized methods of storing and transporting foods; an authority on the preservation of #food with refrigeration #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #ChemSky #BioSky #SciSky #HistSci #FoodSky
@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialIn 1829, a man walked a pet bear cub around Rochester on a leash. On November 6, in front of eight thousand people, he shoved it off a hundred-foot waterfall — then jumped after it. His name was Sam Patch, America's first celebrity daredevil.
@minouette.bsky.socialIn 1626 she published a 900 page genealogy of Danish nobility. She remained famous for garden till her death in her 80s. #womenInSTEm #histsci #sciart
@bartlettastro.bsky.socialIAU WG Preservation & Digitization of Photographic Plates
Free, Virtual Workshop on Spectral Plates
October 20-23, 2026
archiving, digitizing, & utilizing photographic spectra
nadc.china-vo.org/events/PDPP2...
#astronomy #histsci #planetaryscience ☀️ #spectroscopy #labastro 🧪 🏛️ #photography
@chronicleaihistory.bsky.socialEveryone cites the founding papers of AI. Fewer people have read them.
A thread of the originals, 1943 to 2017: each one with the paper itself and our dossier on what it changed. #AIHistory #HistSci
@farsouthhistory.bsky.socialCome join the Consortium for the history of science's frozen environment group's first meeting as we discuss Tom Simpson's paper "Knowing Earth through ice: frozen matter and planetary sciences before ESS" #envhist #histsci #glaciers
www.chstm.org/group/scienc...
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