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It's super cool that fossils of this finger-size Cambrian arthropod are ~506 million years old and preserve its gut, nervous system and circulatory system It's also neat that the species was named for Mothra, one of the very best kaiju But honestly, you had me at "butt-breathing" 🧪 #FossilFriday

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This is NHCC 1080, from lower Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone equivalent rocks (~end Wuchiapingain), Zambia 🇿🇲. What a beauty! NHCC is National Heritage Conservation Commission. A contender for the best fossil I've ever found. 😍

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Bluesky scientists/historians! Interested in writing weird creative non-fiction, essays about your research, or the sorts of popular sci-com pieces you’d pitch to The Conversation? I’d be interested in potentially commissioning you for our newsletter HEAT DEATH. (And crucially, we’d pay you!)

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A huge and awesome Dinogorgon skull for #FossilFriday

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If you are a scientist with experience communicating science to the public, and you want to do one of these Stand Up For Science teach-ins, I can help you plan it. DMs open.

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Introducing our latest pin artist! @samimarkart.bsky.social is an illustrator and nature enthusiast based in Chicagoland. He is particularly fascinated by invertebrates and has been a lifelong lover of insects.

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Two lizard-like creatures crossed tracks 355 million years ago. Today, their #footprints yield a major discovery - John Long, Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, Per Ahlberg theconversation.com/two-lizard-l...

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I guess NASA technically has a good reason, but we're still pouting about it. youtu.be/B-yFC4n6nfA?...

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I am, once again, asking #paleosky: is there anyone on here who is a big Permian nerd, has written about science for general audiences, and would like to do it again? DM me! Diadectes @harvardmuseums.bsky.social for eyeballs #paleontology #Permian #scicomm 🧪

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I sure wish there were more functioning outlets that paid freelancers an actual living wage for science reporting

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So excited to speak with my good friend Natalia about the work of @ncse.bsky.social fighting for science education! Join us this week!

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HAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):

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I designed a new SciShow shirt! complexly.store/products/moo...

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This little guy is Arenahippus grangeri @ummnh.bsky.social. Dated to 50 million years ago, from the Eocene of Wyoming, it was one of the first horses 🐎 Can you see the family resemblance? #FossilFriday 🧪

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#FossilFriday Kronosaurus at the Harvard Museum.

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#FossilFriday Skull of the Triassic rhynchosaur Hyperodapedon @ummnh.bsky.social

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"What did PBS shows teach you?" Mister Rogers taught us feelings are mentionable and manageable. Reading Rainbow taught us discovering books is joy. Sesame Street taught us learning through the kindness of community by way of our friends. Bill Nye taught us to observe wonder through science.

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You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism. NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support. Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR

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The Royal Ontario Museum is hiring a new collections manager! Please spread the word. Collections Specialist 2: Fossils (Vertebrate Paleontology) - Royal Ontario Museum - Careers t.co/CTtfs3MBMB

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If you guessed small carpenter bees, you're right! Small Carpenter Bees have some weird family dynamics you can check them out in our latest episode! youtu.be/KNSmgmhxwmc?...

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The U.S. is badly served by its news media, but one of the rare exceptions is @pbsnews.org…which Sausage Tits just defunded. Good time to donate to them, or subscribe to one of their excellent streaming services (PBS Documentaries is a fave at my house.)

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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

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D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson was born OTD in 1860. He conceived of organismal form as primarily a matter of physical forces, rather than natural selection. He used diagrams to represent how networks of physical forces could deform one body plan into another. 🧪🌱🐋🦋🦫🐡 #HistSTM

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1/ Yesterday, it was announced that RFK Jr. is requiring placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines—potentially delaying this fall’s COVID shots as well as the approval of other vaccines. RFK Jr.’s repeated claims is that vaccines were “never tested against placebos” is simply not true 👇

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It's Fossil Friday! Sail into the weekend with Edaphosaurus, a sail-backed herbivore that lived ~280 mya. It may resemble a lizard, but is actually more closely related to mammals! A clue? The synapsid openings behind each eye socket—a trait found in mammals & absent in reptiles.

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#HPS 🧪 #STS

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More of this.. www.startribune.com/science-muse...

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#SciArt Job Alert! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering an opportunity for an illustrator to join the Bartels Science Illustration Program for a visiting artist residency. This is a full-time, paid temporary appointment that lasts up to one year. cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cornel...

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There’s a snail in the deep sea that builds its shell out of iron sulfide. It literally armors itself with metal. Meanwhile, I get overwhelmed opening email. #science #marinelife 🐌

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🐘 Teachers! Saturday, May 10, join us as we head to the #LAZoo for our final Educator Workshop of the school year! Explore connections between past and modern-day animals along with Museum Educators and Excavators, hear from Zoo Keepers, enjoy a walkabout, and more! Free with RSVP: bit.ly/TPEW0525

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🚨GEOLOGY EMERGENCY🚨 Do you have an XRF? Do you have a way to generate a bill I can give you a credit card for by tomorrow??? I had lab number two suddenly not able to run my samples and my grant access runs out tomorrow night. $1000 for running a small number of sandstone samples.

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Dazzled by Dimetrodon? Enchanted by Edaphosaurus? If you’ve ever wanted to write for Eons and the Permian is your jam, please DM me! #FossilFriday #scicomm 🧪

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Dazzled by Dimetrodon? Enchanted by Edaphosaurus? If you’ve ever wanted to write for Eons and the Permian is your jam, please DM me! #FossilFriday #scicomm 🧪

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A hell ant from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Another new species for #InverteFest, a carnivorous, cannibalistic caterpillar that wears a suit of the corpses of their prey, meticulously stitched together. Yeah, you read that right. www.sciencefocus.com/news/bone-co...

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Do I know any folks with experience writing for a general audience and a background in the Permian? #paleontology #scicomm

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The giant dino-muncher Deinosuchus has long been known as a close relative of alligators. A new study suggests that the “terrible crocodile”belonged to a more ancient lineage that independently evolved to look gatoresque. I’ll tell you more at NatGeo.

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Do I know any folks with experience writing for a general audience and a background in the Permian? #paleontology #scicomm

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I love the BA WMN member profiles <3 bawmn.org/social-media/

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No one does Easter eggs quite like stick and leaf insects do www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

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Gars > Easter Bunny classic with @hankgreen.bsky.social @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social 🐟🐰🥚 youtu.be/Bcz67-n4GZg?...

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RIP to a real one

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For herd immunity against measles, 92-95% of the population must be vaccinated. As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression) And it’s not effective in newborns. So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.

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