Astro/geo/palaeo/biologist @ UK Centre for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh: https://www.astrobiology.ac.uk/mcmahon-group
I would have done the same!

@seanhmcmahon.bsky.social
Astro/geo/palaeo/biologist @ UK Centre for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh: https://www.astrobiology.ac.uk/mcmahon-group
I would have done the same!
Beauts!
Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no.
Were animal tissues once non-biodegradable? Congratulations to @philvixseboxse.bsky.social and team for this fab paper (to which my contributions were surely the least of all the authors). See Phil's thread for full story.
So beautiful!
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
Fabulous new preprint from some of my favourite scientists
Interesting postdoctoral fellowship opportunity in the origins of life at the University of Chicago. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32894
Looks like a great opportunity!
pretty sure "lands" is the wrong word here for at least two reasons
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
This is a photo of our home planet taken only a few hours ago! So what? We have photos of Earth taken from space every day. Ah, but *this* photo was taken by a spacecraft ON ITS WAY TO JUPITER.
I'm striking this week. A real pity to have to do this again.
Oh my god it’s beautiful! Look at that lovely golden colour!
... and UK higher education, which is similarly imperilled.
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Cool! Would you mind adding our programme? study.ed.ac.uk/programmes/p...
Thank you very much, Duncan! :-)
Mars has some spectacularly insanely huge features - towering volcanoes, deep valleys, vast deserts - but kneel down in the cinnamon-hued dust and you'll also see it has exquisitely beautiful smaller features on its surface too... Sept 14th Curiosity images credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson
Never mind the Bayeux Tapestry, look at the Seaton Snail Weaving! (I believe the script is known as Molluscule, but researchers have been unable to interpret the meaning 😉