Problem: Der Markt für wiss. Veröffentlichungen wird von fünf Verlagen beherrscht (Oligopol), die Profitmargen liegen jenseits allen anderen (legalen) Businesses. Am besten, ihr lasst euch das direkt von den Wiss-Komm-Expert*innen von @maithinkx.bsky.social erklären: www.zdf.de/video/shows/...

Geologists in movies have a one-in-three mortality rate.

Another magnificent photo has been dropped... Aerial photo by Stanis Yohang. www.facebook.com/syohang1/pos...

Eine Möglichkeit ist, gleichzeitig an den Forderungen nach Open Access sowie Kriterien für Forschungsbewertung zu drehen. Einzelne Forschende oder Institutionen können sich dafür aussprechen, Forschung nicht alleine auf Basis einzelner Kennzahlen zu bewerten. Flyer (ENG): zenodo.org/records/2028...

Wie angekündigt sind hier ein paar Lösungsmöglichkeiten des Dilemmas (grob sortiert). Auf ein paar davon gehe ich gleich etwas näher ein.

Teilweise fordern die Verlage Bibliotheken dazu auf, Spionagesoftware zu installieren. Die @dgps.bsky.social hat in diesem Zuge Empfehlungen an Forschende ausgesprochen: www.dgps.de/schwerpunkte...

May 18, 1980 | 8:32 a.m. The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens. Weakened critically, the north face bulge collapses outward. Within seconds, a pyroclastic density surge bursts through the disintegrating slope. The clock strikes zero.

Elmwood Mine Fluorite showing the beautiful etching Elmwood is known for. Featured in Rock & Gem Magazine! 🧪 #minerals #geology #earthscience #crystals #artgallery #minerals #mineralspecimen #natural #rocks #fluorite #museums #artgalleries #macrophotography #published #macro #fineminerals

On May 17, 1980, volcanologist David Johnston volunteers to take over the observation post as Glicken has to return to California. Glicken takes some last photos before leaving - including the last photo of 30-year-old Johnston.

Die neue E-Auto-Förderung ist beschlossen und soll rückwirkend für Neuzulassungen von Elektroautos und Plug-in-Hybriden seit 1. Januar 2026 gelten. Die Anträge sollen im Laufe des Monats Mai freigeschaltet werden. Für alle Interessierten lohnt es sich daher, den Antrag jetzt bereits vorzubereiten.

May 16, 1980, this image of Mount St. Helens, viewed from the Coldwater II observation post and taken by volcanologist Harry Glicken, is one of the last photographs showing the entire mountain ...

Today we are at one of Germany's oldest amusement parks, the Fairy Tale Park in Ibbenbüren. The summer toboggang run is 100 years old and still fun to ride 😄.

Auf einen Gewerbegebiet in Röhrsdorf bei #Chemnitz realisiert die Firma #Lichtblick ihren ersten großen Batteriespeicher mit einer Leistung von 100 MW und einer Kapazität von 470 MWh. Baubeginn war im Oktober 2025, die Fertigstellung ist für das.. 1/5 www.iwr.de/ticker/licht...

Type locality of the Kellwasser Event in the German Harz region, the first phase of the big end Devonian mass extinction event. The black shales mark the two extinction pulses. #paleontology #stratigraphy #geology #paleobio 🧪

Al Badi Mustatils Complex: Our contributor TWasify has identified what he thinks is a Mustatil complex of more than 60 structures in the Saudi Arabian desert. He has kindly mapped them out for us, see the Nearby Sites listed from this page.

I hope everyone who agrees that "preprint servers... have revolutionized the scientific process" -- but also thinks very racist papers should not be on them -- is planning to join the selfless volunteers who actually make these nonprofit platforms work, to improve their policies and help moderate.

Manchmal mag man wirklich verzweifeln. Beispiel Tagesschau ⤵️. Da meint die Redaktion: "Die AfD zweifelt am menschengemachten Klimawandel und erschüttert damit den wissenschaftlichen Konsens." Das ist nicht nur falsch formuliert, es offenbart wie weit der ⬇️ www.tagesschau.de/wissen/polar...

This thread is pure gold 😂

🚨 Today is the deadline to put in your application to attend! It’s a super quick one, just a little info about yourself and your work. events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/2128/

⚒️ If you love mud volcanoes and mobile shales (and, let’s face it, who doesn’t??) then there is still a few days left to submit an abstract for this upcoming EAGE workshop! eage.eventsair.com/eage-worksho...

"The deep interior of the Earth is inaccessible, & no rays of light penetrate to let us see what is below the surface. But rays of another kind penetrate and carry with them their messages from the interior." May 12, 1888, birthday of Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann, discoverer of Earth's core ...

👀 One last reminder: the Best Scientific Image Contest 2026 ends tomorrow. Show us what your research looks like & submit your images for a chance to win prestigious awards, €4,500 in total prize money, exhibition spots & a feature in our calendar! 👉 awards.helmholtz-imaging.de/site/index.php

#geology and #paleontology pals, what are your top 3 papers from this year so far? I want to do a round up of cool earth science research as a video to restart my youtube channel.

Batteries are essential to a sustainable future yet the path to producing them is far from clean. Battery week 2026 continues with a webinar on the major challenges & opportunities in battery recycling. Register & join us at 3pm BST: #SponsoredPost @rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/clo...

Eine der größten Batterie-Forschungen startet an der RWTH. Damit soll das Rheinische Revier schneller zur Hightech-Region werden. 🔋 ➡️ www1.wdr.de/nrw/aachen-e... #batteries #forschung #rwth

Crystal Gazing xkcd.com/3243/

Got some flowers for #MothersDay 🥰

Which minerals could compete this September? Nominations are open! www.mineralcup.org/nominations All nominations are read. Providing reasons why a particular mineral is appealing makes us more likely to select it.

It's wrap o'clock. #ChemistsWhoCook

Könnt ihr euch gerne fürs Wochenende speichern und noch gerner teilen, danke ✌️

#Tempolimit spart CO2 Emissionen, es ist der einfachste & schnellste Beitrag im Kampf gegen den #Klimawandel und Einhaltung der verpflichtenden #Klimaziele der Bundesregierung

A non-fluent English speaker struggles to navigate language barriers in academic publishing go.nature.com/4wnXxTB

🔋 Battery week 2026 is just a week away. In partnership with The Faraday Institution, here’s a look at the series of events you can register for now... #SponsoredPost #Battery #Technology #Sustainable #Energy #ChemSky @rsc.org @faradaydiscussions.rsc.org www.chemistryworld.com/collections/...

I'm in Dresden for a German-Taiwanese #battery summit and the city never fails to impress 🥰

Emma Darwin was born 218 years ago today. Here is the story of how her unstinting self-sacrifice in managing Charles's chronic illnesses as well as those of their family made his evolutionary publications possible. tinyurl.com/47ffzhkd #WomenInSTEM #HiddenHelper #BioSky #Evolution

"An genau dem Ort, an dem die Atomlobby uns jahrzehntelang predigte, ohne Reaktor sei das Land nicht zu versorgen, entsteht das Gegenteil. Und es entsteht in Rekordzeit."

Es kommt langsam Schwung in den Aufbau der großen #Batteriespeicher. Die Green Energy Storage Initiative, kurz #GESI realisiert mit Kapital von u.A. der Allianz Global Investors 3 sehr große Speicher (zusammen 2,6 GWh) in #Bayern & #Niedersachsen... 1/6 www.pv-magazine.de/2026/04/23/a...

I know you all love to wait to the last minute but ... if you want to apply for our 3 year visiting geomorphology/GIS Asst Prof position in Earth & Env Science at Denison, we will start looking at application on Monday (5/4). apply.interfolio.com/183740

In Belgien zwingt im Grunde der nationalistische Regierungschef die Energieversorger die Atommeiler nicht zurückzubauen. Sie sollen nun verstaatlicht werden. Währenddessen sagen die Energieversorger: die Zukunft liegt in den Erneuerbaren & flexiblen Stromsektoren. Was für eine Farce.

My office at home also has a Carrera track, a lazy boy, a disco ball, a TV, and a small banana plantation. I often think about installing some of these things in my office at the Institute, too. #WorkFromHome #AcademicSky

Brown #Fluorite crystals from Clay Center, Ohio, USA. #minerals #crystals #mineralcollecting #mineralexpert #rockhounding #mineralogy

I did not expect MAGA to demand Pluto have planetary status as their latest attempt to assert supremacy, but here we are. Literally decade-old stone-cold takes: 1. The definition of planets change: gizmodo.com/everyplace-w... 2. Pluto is way cooler as a dwarf planet: gizmodo.com/pluto-is-som...

Scientists Found Perfect Fossils With Every Hair Intact Buried Under a Farm. Inside Them, a Rainforest That Shouldn’t Exist https://www.europesays.com/uk/920998/ A fossil spider with every hair still visible. A fish eye frozen mid-gaze, its pigment cells intact. Insect…

ICYMI, I wrote about how scientists can (and should) respond to attacks on funding research projects that sound silly out of context, for American Scientist magazine www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...

Unser neues Gutachten widerlegt Reiches Mythos von teurer Energiewende: Auch unter Einbeziehung der Systemkosten für Netzausbau & Batteriespeicher sind Erneuerbare deutlich günstiger als Neubau von Gaskraftwerken – ohne Versorgungssicherheit zu gefährden. www.duh.de/presse/press...

Some time ago I started a series about fossil sites in Spain, showing the biodiversity known from different eras. So far I have completed the Paleozoic chapter, made of this 4 pieces: - Ordovician of Cabañeros - Devonian of Teruel - Carboniferous of Puertollano - Permian of Mallorca #paleoart

I am talking to my group about paper writing next week. What is your top writing tip? Also/particularly appreciated are tips of the "This is how I'd recommend you do it, and this is how I usually do it" variety