Women in the US are now being forced to have babies and carry in the most painful way possible. The #autism announcement yesterday was not based at all on science. The correlations found in that 1 study are not sound: the follow up times were unbalanced, leading to bias and misleading associations.

It’s fall- you know what that means. (Monarch butterflies migrating to Southern California, Mexico, and Florida)

Found the most adorable tiny crimped gill mushrooms. Each one is only about a centimetre in diametre. We've had a ton of rain this fall, so the fungi are thriving right now. 🌿

I strongly second this! 👏🏾 When talking about science communication, I also always stress that *all* forms and forums of communication matter 🔄 Whether it’s a big, factually correct but details-lite TV show or movie…or just chatting to granny or your mates in a pub 🗣️

Disney’s collapse following the most successful boycott in human history opens up the streaming market, and Bluesky spins up a streaming service. What are the hit shows on BlueSky Max?

Migration Update Last week more of this year’s young storks crossed the Channel from Dungeness to France. Satellite tags show them south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, likely having travelled together after days along the South Coast. Our live map will be updated soon, so you can follow their journeys live!

Very exciting technology - to be able to track levels of specific proteins in the body in *real time* is a game changer for so many complex health conditions. And one step close to the ultimate solution, of course: a Star Trek medical tricorder. I wish I could be Patient One, after Dr Eric Topol!

Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!

Just started monitoring a new pine marten site. This one is a large conifer plantation (my others are in deciduous woodlands). Amazing how quickly this one found the feeder - although it still needs to figure out how to use it! Cranberries seem to be a winner though… @pinetencolin.bsky.social

“Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending” Stark truths and powerful words by Dolors Armenteras. #DEI #EDI #Inclusion www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tired: gazing into the abyss Wired: gazing into the

Dr Jess Wade, multiple award-winning British physicist in the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, has written and contributed to more than 2,000 Wikipedia pages about female scientists and scientists of colour. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

A hopeful thread! Some of my favs: HIV treatment is better by leaps and bounds, and now 2x year injections can prevent people from contracting it! www.npr.org/sections/goa... CRISPR has cured, CURED, sickle cell anemia in patients for at least a year! www.scientificamerican.com/article/fda-...

Did u know?Most winged insects have 2 sets of wings - a hind pair & a fore pair. Some have evolved to lose one set. Flies are a fab example. They've lost their hind wings,but have natty knobs called halteres. These act like gyroscopes, giving them accurate in-flight info.Celebrate the small. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍🪰

The amazing Whale Valley in Egypt.

An old rainforest oak like this, thick with epiphytes and ivy, is more than just a tree. It's a mini ecosystem. 🌏

A lil nurse shark arrived in Coral City and circled the Cam a few times today. Welcome home! #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #babyshark #boop #circles #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Why does exertion worsen #MECFS? This study finds the immune system overreacts & energy metabolism breaks down after activity—fueling post-exertional malaise. 📖 buff.ly/Nd1Bs7F #PEM #ChronicIllness #LongCOVID @nature.com

If bottom trawling happened on land where we could see it, it would have been banned many, many years ago. Everyone would be outraged it was ever allowed to happen in the first place. Let alone in a designated “Protected Area”.

and yes yes I do really like art and think it obviously should be preserved and protected but £375m works out at a rather extraordinary £144,000 PER PAINTING in the NG collection 🤯 (for comparison, this would be about £4.60 per object in the NHM collections)

Did u know?In your outside space,if you focus on the small-scale,rather than the large,you'll see amazing sights of small souls,doing their thing. Look at this curious sight - it's a Shield Bug,moulting. Its old skin is pushed down to its abdomen tip,whilst the new skin is still fresh & pink. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲

I’ve partnered with the Center for Wildlife Studies to make an online take-at-your-own-pace version of my “public science engagement using social media” professional development workshop. You can take it for graduate course credit, CPE credit, or just to learn a useful new skill.

‘We have to tell an alternative story’: Green leader Polanski chats to Nigel Farage’s constituents

A message for Nigel Farage and Reform: We will hold you to account. They've taken at least £2.3m in oil and gas donations and their true agenda is serving the super rich. It's time for us all to challenge power & wealth and that massively includes Farage.

Our resident spotted moray makes its daily commute through the same path nearly everyday at the same time each morning #spottedmoray #moray #thatsamoray #morningcommute #slither #stripedparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #tomtate #frenchgrunt #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers! This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bats and Newts!💚🦇 ‘Hi friends 👋☺️There’s been a lot of talk about bats and newts recently, so I wanted to say something about it. We all need somewhere to live. But it should be affordable and social housing, designed with the well being of people and wildlife in mind.’ 💚

Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

😱 We haven't named the mascot! Please send any stats-related punny names and we'll pick one at the Welcome reception tonight 🦄 @royalstatsoc.bsky.social #RSS2025Conf #RSSConf2025

Seeking a Project Manager for the PRIME project: "Building Infrastructure for Patients, Researchers and Industry for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)". Closing date for applications is 15 September 2025. #pwME #MEcfs elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Google is so balls. Not only does it make up random shit in response to the questions I ask it; it makes up random shit in response to the questions it suggests that I ask. Neither Lance nor Chipper (thank god) ever played for the Mariners. Also: note that this isn't labeled as AI-generated.

As several have pointed out, this also applies to the massive (100,000 or so) Trans Pride event. Almost entirely blanked.

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Our genetics results webinar recording is now available! Thank you to the 2500+ people who joined us live last week. For those who want to watch back, or who couldn’t attend you can find it on our new website, here: shorturl.at/Uh8xb

What makes a puzzle hard? I found this video delightful.

Scientists of Bluesky, introduce yourselves by replying to this post and I’ll share it and help you get some followers! I’m David, I’m based in DC and study shark ecology and conservation policy. I’m the author of “Why Sharks Matter.” 🧪🦑🌎🐠🦈

Some terms are very popular in conservation, but are not unmitigated positives ‘Resilience’: keeping systems the same may make ultimate collapse more likely ‘Connectivity’: can allow the spread of fire, disease & invasives ‘Species-rich’: is simplistic & ignores uniqueness & trophic structures

It looks cute but it's actually leaning over the back of a seat to explain something to a ladybird.

“I am proud that this study was run differently, with lived experience at its heart. Proud that our community stepped up en masse to participate, and proud that we are at the forefront of scientific research into this debilitating illness.” - Sian Leary, DecodeME PPI

RNZ: 'Decoding ME/CFS' New research has found ME/CFS is partly caused by genetics, related to the immune and nervous system 'Professor Chris Ponting from University of Edinburgh is an investigator on the DecodeME study. He joins..to explain what needs to be done..' www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

I love that you can see the unborn babies still inside this ichthyosaur fossil! The skulls of the young have been outlined in red, which also shows that they were born tail first just like modern whales #FossilFriday 🐬🧪🐳

TIL: I am and have always been a ‘slow birder’! I’ve always preferred to deeply contemplate the current experience of seeing a bird(s) rather than ticking off lists, counting species, etc. Bridget Butler’s slow birding tours in Vermont sound amazing: vtdigger.org/2025/08/14/v... #SlowBirding 🪶

Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2) By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org

Science friends, life is difficult now, but please still try to peer review papers if you can. I'm the editor handling a paper that just had it's 43rd person decline to review. We may have to reject it because no one is willing to review it, which sucks for the authors.

While I find the autocomplete analogy to be a useful starting place when explaining how LLM‘s work, this detailed thread digs into more fundamental critique of the technology.

A tide of Knot. RSPB Snettisham #UKBirding

New online! Emerging uses of artificial intelligence in deep time biodiversity research

Giving another shout out to this book because it’s the first book in a long time that I’ve *finished within a week*! 😲 It’s absolutely brilliant! Can’t summarise in BlueSky’s character count so I’ll say: just buy it! #Neurodiversity, #biodiversity, diverse voices, empowering stories, and more. 🌍

Giving another shout out to this book because it’s the first book in a long time that I’ve *finished within a week*! 😲 It’s absolutely brilliant! Can’t summarise in BlueSky’s character count so I’ll say: just buy it! #Neurodiversity, #biodiversity, diverse voices, empowering stories, and more. 🌍