📣Interested in studying history and philosophy of science and/or logic? Come around to learn more about our HPS+Logic M.A. program at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de on Thurs, 11/06, 12:00 (CET)! In person and zoom: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6842065321... More info: www.hpsplus.org #PhilSci #HistSci #HPS #STS

It was lovely meeting you in Venice @drsueishaq.bsky.social! We hope to continue this conversation 🦠💗#Philbio #HPB

We are super happy to be in Venice as part of the event "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Microbiome Research and Post genomics". Warm and sunny day with exciting talks and lovely colleagues

5 days left to apply for PhD and Postdoc positions in a cool project about herbaria, plants and digitization!🌿😎 Postdoc: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... PhD: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... More info: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... #Jobs #HPBio #HistSci #DigitalHumanities #PhilSci

We are so much looking forward to reading this book! #HPS #HPBio Congratulations @alejandrofabregastejeda.com 🌱🦠🙌🎉

From the new issue: Biological Mistakes – David Oderberg, Jonathan Hill, Christopher Austin, Ingo Bojak, François Cinotti & Jonathan M Gibbins Abstract in alt text or read it here (open access): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #hpbio #philsky

New study challenges common view that some Ediacaran fossils are traces of complex worm-like animals, saying they are assemblages of bacteria and algae. If true, this would suggest that the Cambrian Explosion may have marked a more major transition than had recently been thought. 🧪🌱🐋 #EvoBio

Interested in the economy of Eugenic movements? Join us for Steve Sturdy’s talk! #philsky #HPBio #STS

Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇

We are thrilled to see our paper "The limits of diversity in science" published in the "The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science", ed. Kevin Elliot and Ted Richards. with @roto-rub.bsky.social @acfischer.bsky.social and @abigailnd.bsky.social. Check it out! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

New from the BJPS Review of Books The Units of Life – Ellen Clarke Reviewed by John Dupré www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #phisci #hpbio #philsky

To celebrate #InternationalEarthDay, discover some of our book series on our environment and sustainability list #OurPowerOurPlanet: 'Palgrave Studies in Environmental Transformation, Transition and Accountability'—edited by Siddharth Sareen and Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg. bit.ly/3Qka6Pf 💙📚

¡Gran oportunidad de participar en un proyecto de investigación super interesante! Checa el link abajo 👇Great opportunity to do exciting research! Check the call below! 👇 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio 💗🌱

REMINDER nominations for the Hempel Award are due April 30! Check the thread for more details 👇

💙📚 A timely and important #OpenAccess book that transcends the simplistic boundaries between “right” and “left” science and revises the internally contradictory impact of racialist/racial thinking on knowledge about humanity. bit.ly#OpenAccess#Blumenbachu#PhilSci#PhilSci 🏺

Very cool line-up! @roto-rub.bsky.social #HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci 🦠🌱🐋

So exciting to see this published! Thanks to Anna-Ursula Happel and Jo-Ann Passmore @mucosal-group.bsky.social for the invitation. Check it out! #hpbio, #histbio, #philbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We are starting the second day with a talk by David Ludwig on pluralism as transgression! @roto-rub.bsky.social #philbio #hps 🦫🌿🦠🪴

We are starting! Diversity in Motion with @roto-rub.bsky.social join us also online! #philbio #hps 🦠🌿🦫🪴

look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT)

Our next reading group on April 1 at 15:30 CET! We will be reading: Wylie, Alison. “Humanizing Science and Philosophy of Science: George Sarton, Contextualist Philosophies of Science, and the Indigenous/Science Project.” doi.org/10.1017/can.... teams.microsoft.com/meet/3738493... #philbio #hpbio

Very exciting workshop happening this week on diversity in science! Check it out! 👇 #hpbio #Philbio #PhilSci

This has just been published in “Theory & Society” (formerly) considered THE top #sociology /theory journal, after Springer Nature redid the board, installing Steven Pinker among them. Shame shame shame

This semester our reading group reads selected chapters from "Everything flows", edited by @djnicholson.bsky.social l and John Dupré. I was in charge of the poster design, while the amazing @yavannakemi.bsky.social was in charge of the content decisions! #HPBio #PhDSky

"We also describe why most POB* is of little use to biologists due to deficits of biological knowledge on the part of the philosophers and because most work is tied to philosophical traditions that are irrelevant to biology." 🔥🔥🔥🔥 *Philosophy of Biology academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

New season of BJPS Short Reads! Death in Mind – Susana Monsó and Laura Danón on what the opossum’s playing dead tells us about animal minds. Read or listen here: www.thebsps.org/short-reads/... #philsci #philsky #hpbio

It was a pleasure to talk to Phil for an hour and a half about the conceptual foundations of the life sciences as part of his New Biology project. It's an exciting time to be a philosopher of biology! #hpbio #philsci #philsky

🎧 Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany by Agnes Arber ★★★½ 3.5/5 Reviewed by Sarah Chen https://audiobooksoul.com/reviews/herbals-their-origin-and-evolution-a-chapter-in-the-history-of-botany #audiobook #bookreview #audiobookreview

Big Biology strains common accounts of pursuitworthiness. @parvathi.bsky.social & Arrabito argue that these projects blend inquiry, infrastructure development & community platforms and propose a new framework to capture how scientists assess their value👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPBio #HPS

Our History and Philosophy of Biology @utrechthps.bsky.social course was awarded as the best evaluated in Biology year 3 🎉@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #philbio #hps 🌿🦠🦫

We had a great day at Micropia in Amsterdam. We are convinced, microbes are the best! #hpbio #histbio #philbio 🦠 🔬@utrechthps.bsky.social

Please join us for our next reading group meeting on April first (no joke!) at 15:30 CET. Reading TBA, if you have any suggestions, be sure to let us know!🪴🌳 Join the meeting here: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3738493... #philbio

New on the Archive: Meza, José (2026) Relational ontology of sex, gender, and identity: a proposal from the philosophy of biology. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28488/

Very much looking forward to reading this! 🦠🌱🐋

I'm looking forward to celebrating the achievements of historian of science Dan Kevles in Oxford next week. I'll be talking about the mercurial associations between the pursuit of eugenics through the 20th century and ideas about sex selection. #histbio #histsci #sts @oxmedhum.bsky.social 🗃️

On 26 February 2026, the UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics hosted the talk Animal Welfare in China: Current Realities and Emerging Voices by Chinese animal activist Shao Ran, with the collaboration and translation of Eric Li.

Still time to register for our workshop on diversity across the sciences on March 26-27! Everybody is welcome, participation is free and you can also join online. All information here: rotoworkshop2026.wixsite.com/diversity #HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci #STS

Day11 of #WomenWhoRethoughtTheWorld: US economist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch! Balch rethought economic justice for immigrants and working women. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for rethinking international law and leading the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. #herstory

⚡Flash talks⚡ Thanks to all presenters for highlighting your posters in rapid fire! We already had some great discussions with you and we are looking forward to chat with you at your posters📈!

I’m excited to finally announce a Festschrift SI at Acta Biotheoretica honoring the work of Bill Wimsatt with the SI’s first publication by @consume.red and @philosofir.bsky.social! The editors (@caitlinmace.bsky.social and I) are delighted! #philsci #hpbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚀 Postdoc Alert! Are you passionate about social learning & cultural evolution? @dominikdeffner.bsky.social & I have a 3-year position with freedom to develop your research and work on cutting-edge multiplayer and immersive experiments. Apply by March 30! hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni... Pls share 🙏

Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with @stefanocanali.bsky.social and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here: www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...

It’s a small book but it is nice to hold it in my hands

Interested in how race, ethnicity, and ancestry get used and misused in genetics? This talk is for you! Register at www.hugera.org #philsky #philsci #STS #HPbio #popgen

It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental 🐋🌱 is their high representational power. In our latest 📃, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

New on the Archive: Prieto, Guido I. and Fábregas-Tejeda, Alejandro (2026) Modeling versatility as the hallmark of model organisms. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 48. p. 12. ISSN 0391-9714 https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/28339/

The symposium "Imagining the Good Life under Uncertainty with Biology & Technology" organized by Zoë Robaey @w-u-r.bsky.social created a beautiful zine as output of the event. Check the event and the zine here! www.ethicsandbiotechnology.com/symposium

How does development affect the evolutionary process? Join our symposium at www.evodevoconference26.com in Glasgow this June. We have a strong lineup of invited speakers, chaired by me and @milocco.bsky.social Submit your abstract before Thursday! ⏰

Recommended reading: The Ocean as System – Overcoming policy fragmentation in the fight against ocean acidification. An essay from the Back to Blue Initiative on ocean policy and why ocean and planetary stewardship matters: backtoblueinitiative.com/the-ocean-as...

Since I moved to @mrclmb.bsky.social I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a look