Emily Mitchell

@egmitchell.bsky.social

Palaeo and Marine Ecologist, Palaeontologist. Assoc. Prof @camzoology.bsky.social & @zoologymuseum.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk PI @deeptimeecology.bsky.social She/Her

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Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

nyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Happy #MonographMonday!

This plate depicts a fossil colony of Thecosmilia annularis. The detail is absolutely stunning!

A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals. Second Part. Corals from the Oolitic Formations by Milne Edwards and Haime (Volume 5, Issue 12, 1851).

A black and white plate depicting several corallites of the coral Thecosmilia annularis, showing numerous closely packed, tubular coral corallites with finely ridged walls. Several corallites are viewed from above.
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#DeepWonders science team, led by @divaamon.bsky.social located 25 cold seep ecosystems and discovered 20 suspected new species. They also encountered abandoned fishing gear and trash — an important reminder that humans have an impact in places they’ve never seen or visited before.

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Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪