Why were the arms of T. rex so tiny? Literally the size of human arms, but on a bus-sized animal. Insane! Many of us have had ideas over the years & I'm part of a project led by @funstonpaleo.bsky.social But first, my thoughts on a new study for @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/t-rex-had-hu...

Delighted and tickled our jaunt to Scotland to investigate everyone's favourite cryptid is now award nominated! All props go to presenters/Nessie investigators Russell Moul and Eleanor Higgs and editor extraordinaire Dominic Grose. I was just the stunt driver 😏 Thanks @absw.bsky.social

We are delighted by our nomination for the Video of the Year award by the @absw.bsky.social for our documentary 'IFLScience Investigates The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief'! 🎬 youtu.be/aezT_7IIR7g

#JournoRequest I am working on a story for @iflscience.com on the NASA cuts in Trump's budget proposal 🔭🧪 Is your mission directly affected, or will your research be affected if a mission is ended or cancelled? I want to hear from you; we will keep you anonymous. DM me or signal: DrCarpineti.59

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

Vindication against anyone who’s ever told me I’m probably just getting "vibes" from a word or number 🧪

Sometimes even we think we sound like The Onion.

This entire @nhm-london.bsky.social podcast is delightful 🧪

I'm going to start a thread collating expert responses to the IOC's sex testing policy. Please feel free to reply with additions. I'm more interested in the views of scientists than lawyers or philosophers, but everything counts.

“Science does not always need to produce a definitive answer to every question.” www.iflscience.com/there-really...

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

More on DinoTracker, our new free app for classifying and identifying dinosaur footprints! The app I wish I had as a grad student... From our pals @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/did-ai-just-...

Can't believe I get to chat to people about their enormous pickled fish collections and call it work. Was such a pleasure chatting with @briansidlauskas.bsky.social about the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute's fascinating haul (and history) - interview/podcast coming soon!

OMG I'm in IFLScience!

Last week I had the privilege of speaking with @auersperga.bsky.social and @biotay.bsky.social about a very talented cow. She's called Veronika, she's fabulous and she's currently getting a lot of well-deserved attention. Here's my piece for @iflscience.com: www.iflscience.com/we-didnt-eve...

Magic isn't only for hijinks, mind, and has been used as a tool for science in all sorts of ways. You can ask magician and psychologist Dr Gustav Kuhn of @plymuni.bsky.social all about it at CURIOUS Live on Dec 11 www.iflscience.com/the-science-...

I thought I was ready for #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge but I was not. The size difference in male and female moa? 50 species of sloth?? 10-foot-long otters that took on sabre-tooth cats??? WHO HAS BEEN GATEKEEPING THESE INSANE ICE AGE MEGAFAUNA

Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years. youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

Thoroughly enjoyed writing this feature. Thank you to Dr Barney Long of @rewildorg.bsky.social for being game to briefly chat Nessie before diving into how we really search for lost species.

Sure, ‘Award-winning Editor’ is good, but ‘Executive Producer and Stunt Driver’ might be my best credit ever

📢🎉 We’re hiring! 🎉📢 @iflscience.com is looking for an Editor & Staff writer with a meticulous eye, a flair for writing and a passion for science communication - good sense of humour and a love of the weird and wonderful a bonus! Find out more here 👇🏻

I take one (1) week off work to go on holiday, I come back and dinosaurs have hooves now

Just seven delightful minutes of deep-sea aliens, courtesy of @schmidtocean.bsky.social

Some really amazing astronomy research came out today! 🔭🧪 First of all, JWST observations brought the strongest evidence yet of a planet in the habitable zone around Alpha Centauri A, the closest Sun-like star to the Solar System. www.iflscience.com/alpha-centau...

One of my favourite papers in a while ☄️

Voyager is one of my faves. Yes, I am emotionally invested in space missions. Hearing from someone who has been involved from the very start, right up to today, is incredible. Fabulous @iflscience.com exclusive by @drcarpineti.bsky.social💫

I'm pretty sure I saw a green fireball meteor over London on Saturday night but no one else seems to have seen it, so I guess aliens *shrugs*

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: We may already know where our latest interstellar visitor comes from just a week after discovering it. 👉 www.iflscience.com/new-interste...

This is exciting

I know what I'm watching tonight🍿#Jaws50

We had a little sneak peek ahead of #WalkingwithDinosaurs starting this week and chatted to the folks behind the scenes who made the science and (VFX) magic happen. And of course, people stole things from set 😏🪺. More scoops here 👇

Talking to someone who was actually part of the ozone hole discovery 40 years ago was an amazing privilege, discussing the science - and politics- that led to the first global environment treaty. Nice write-up @tommyhale.bsky.social Thanks @bas.ac.uk

Any #naturalhistorymuseums care to comment? 🍆👀

De-extinction is a hot topic but did I have bringing back T. rex to make leather handbags out of them on my 2025 bingo card? No, no, I did not.

I asked @sluntz.bsky.social to be on dinowatch this week and he asked me if that is basically birdwatching but keeping an open mind on larger options – and you know what, it 💯is

K2-18b is back in the news recently, thanks to newly published research that is destined to be discussed for a long time.. Here's what there is to know about this detection and where it sits in the search for extraterrestrial life. Spoilers alert: no aliens 👽 www.iflscience.com/an-exoplanet... 🔭🧪

- Exclusive Interview - There are only a handful of people who have experienced seeing Earth from space and what lies at the bottom of the ocean, but even among those select few, Dr Kathy Sullivan has a record that is unique. www.iflscience.com/from-spacewa...

Booooooooooooo 🦕

@iflscience.com 💪🙌

I am extremely proud to have worked on this piece this week, the situation is extremely serious and many organisations are woefully unprepared on how to face it, thinking that buying time will help them.

It's been a wild news day.

I WANT ONE. It looks like it just rolled out of bed 🥹

Ningaloo gets overshadowed by the Great Barrier Reef, but it's far larger than any of the GBR's individual reefs and has unique features both in accessibility and in the ocean-going species that visit it. It was also in much better condition. That may have changed. www.iflscience.com/new-videos-s...

rare plant that’s a) fluffy b) named after sheep and the devil and c) is secretly a sunflower? i’m sold @phytokeys.pensoft.net www.iflscience.com/wooly-devil-...

⚠ Exclusive: We take a peek behind the curtains at how that response is shaping up. 🔭 www.iflscience.com/an-inside-lo...

Yeah, this is why I got into #SciComm 🤌

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🥼🔭🧪

An article released today on IFLScience describes a new research paper by Trevor Branch published in Marine Mammal Science in January 2025. Full Article - www.iflscience.com/blue-whales-... Research Paper - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A great story in IFLScience by Russell Moul about our research looking at whether comics can help jurors understand forensic science in crimical court cases: lnkd.in/efQjekD3 Analysis was conducted by @scicommsuwe.bsky.social student Izzy Baxter during her Msc Science Communication