90 children with accompanying adults got an eyeful of this during KidsFest on Saturday night in West Melton, #NZ. The Southern Spiral Galaxy. Telescope: Unistellar Odyssey pro. #Astronomy

The University of Auckland is hiring: Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Department of Statistics #lecturer #professor #statistics

Here's the official ad: we're hiring for a continuing position up to A/Prof. It's a large stats dept with a broad view of statistics. Research areas include probability, computing, ecology, astronomy, stats education, biostats. We care about teaching quality: students are our main funding source

Kiwis in #Space flip.it/l9UDmd #NZ

I wish I'd known I was aphantasic at school. Great that it is being looked at.

You know the world has changed when you are annoyed that pinch-and-zoom doesn't work on a book illustration.

It's #Asteroid Day, so here is the one @NASA smashed a spacecraft into. This data was used by @unistellar.bsky.social astronomers along with data from ~30 amateurs in the publication www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Astronomy

New telescopes are challenging the idea that the cosmic web fades into a uniform, directionless distribution. It may be closer to a tangled yarn than a misty fog.

ANZDATA is hiring a new Epidemiology Fellow To Read the PD or Apply click the link: myrecruit.actionhrm.com/recruit/posi...

🔊Cease your doomscrolling & start sky-surfing across @vrubinobs.bsky.social new "ocean of stars"! Behind all those sparkles are magical swirling galaxies & I've been having such a lovely time zooming in on them. I think you should too (slow to load but worth the wait) 🤗 🔭 🧪 👉 skyviewer.app/explorer

Fun fact - New Zealand is undefeated at the World cup for 44 years. #NZ #WorldCup26

Yeah...can talk now. Three of my Christchurch Heart Institute colleagues get HRC project grants & I am part of the programme grant (with Uni Auckland colleagues). Looking to help the non-MI, but non-trivial troponin cohort, avoid down-stream cardiac events. #CardioSky #EDSky

I just read the Cochrane advice to Reviewers "authors should not describe results as ‘statistically significant’, ‘not statistically significant’ or ‘non-significant’ or unduly rely on thresholds for P values" Thank you @cochrane.org , music to my ears. #Stats

A while since I had a review request from PLOSOne so I looked at the Terms & Conditions. Wow they are broad! We own it all & can do what we want! Ugh. So, I'll no longer review for @plosone.org. A pity as I like their approach to emphasising good science over perceived utility. #Academia

The American Statistical Association's six principles of proper use and interpretation of p-values (2016) From Robert Matthews' (2026) new article: doi.org/10.1093/jrss... #stats

In another shocking development in the #NZ media, 1News has attempted to change the follow-on laws in #Cricket!

🎬 NEW VIDEO: 'Clinical Prediction Models & The Multiverse of Madness' youtu.be/C3dcLNc62v8 Most models provide just a single estimate of risk for an individual - here I show this may hide large uncertainty, framed as a 'multiverse' of possible models & predictions, & discuss if & how to address it

Space: its really big: theconversation.com/could-aliens...

Cool new #NZ science about the super-eruption of the super #volcano. flip.it/NICiw4 My calculation is that enough material erupted to cover the entire planet in 5 mm of ash.

I do like the new version of #RStudio - the Summary is helpful. Very rapid to scroll down. Clicking on a column name in the summary immediately scrolls to it in the data frame. Being able to pin columns is a sanity saver. #rstats

A sufficiency of galaxies from New Zealand. Count them, each with several hundred billion stars in. @unistellar.bsky.social Odyssey Pro. #Astronomy Ps. 19:1.

This Professor has won an out-of-this-world award 🏅✨ Professor Craig Rodger, from the Department of Physics, has won the International Union of Radio Science’s (URSI) Karl Rawer Gold Medal for his work in space weather and near-Earth plasma physics 🪐🔭 Read more about Craig's amazing work here ⬇️

When our team channeled that curiosity into a mission, it led to SkySphere. A 24/7 all-sky AI camera built to watch the sky continuously, detect satellites, meteors, aircraft, drones, and capture the things most people never even notice. Pre-register on Kickstarter: kickstarter.skymapper.io

Impressive lava fountaining happening right now.

So, was your weekend awe inspiring? #Astronomy C/2025 R3 Panstatrs

Article up. It is VERY silly. gidmk.substack.com/p/are-potato...

I am swimming so far out of my lane, I got out of the pool. First publication in #Psychology. It is about #Aphantasia (which I have) & a rapid triage tool. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This morning’s stuff up by Stuff. Wrong bridge. #Media #NZ

Whoop whoop pull up pull up - stop doom scrolling Paul Here's a pic of a moonrise off the coast of Otago #Photography #Nikon

Sunrise, Wednesday, 29 April, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

An important study in @jamacardiology.com is out on the Roche 6th Generation troponin assay soon to hit an #ED near you. The Editorial is mine. #CardioSky #EDSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In emergency department patients with suspected #AcuteCoronarySyndrome, a sixth-generation high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay identified twice as many low-risk patients for myocardial infarction at presentation compared with the current assay. ja.ma/494I7t8

💬 Editorial: A sixth-generation high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay could allow clinicians to reassure more emergency department patients they are not having a myocardial infarction at presentation. ja.ma/4cpm1nr

An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense? James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography at our School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, explains.

Some weekend reading: We've all looked up at the sky and wondered "how does it work" – following along as humans travel to the Moon gives us a unique perspective on our place in the cosmos. My thoughts on Artemis, as someone who looks at the sky for a living... excursionset.com/blog/2026/04...

When publishing is painful... there is always #astronomy. I'm now famous in Europe! Check out the video credit. #Artemis www.euronews.com/next/2026/04...

What if the entire planet became one giant telescope? Today at 5pm PT, we’ll show you how @skymapper.bsky.social is making that real—live on SETI Live by the @setiinstitute.bsky.social Real-time sky. Global network. Open to all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=czTy...

Journals now asking referees (1) if LLM used, (2) if references not fake, (3) if data not fake. I respond to the editor that I can't evaluate those things [perhaps I could do (2) and maybe (3) but I've not the time - unpaid - to do it]. What do you do? #Academia #Journals

Draft visualisation (I think the moon may be a shade too big) but it shows the view from Artemis as it passed behind the moon and then as the moon eclipsed the sun. 60x speed-up

Perhaps the most significant science experiment and data that will be obtained from the #Artemis mission is whether or not any of the astronauts actually ate the meal containing broccoli? If so I will forever have the sneaky suspicion that the whole thing was faked. #Astronomy

The Orion space craft now having left earth orbit and on the way to the moon. This is 20 minutes compressed into 5 seconds. #Artemis #NASA 2/2

The Orion spacecraft being followed by the now detached rocket used for manaourvre in space. About 13 hours after launch. #Artemis #NASA

It’s ok #NASA, I found your spacecraft safe and sound doing its thing streaking through space. #Artemis #Unistellar telescope from Christchurch #NZ

Phew... good job #NASA and #Artemis. That said "proximity demonstration" causing toilet malfunction boggles the mind. Just what was proximal to the toilet?

I believe I captured the Artemis II spacecraft on its way to the Moon using a @unistellar.bsky.social telescope connected from Chile on the @skymapper.bsky.social network. The power of network-driven science! Better movie soon but here the proof.

The awaited recommendations to re-prioritise science funding in #NZ is out. www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/p.... Basically shifting money to technology. Nothing real about increased funding though acknowledged it is low. Also acknowledged that Universities will be hit. #NZScience

In case you don't know, this is what the fuss is all about with the Artemis II launch supposed to be happening today. I took this photo last night to make sure it was still there. #NASA #Moon #Artemis

Large meta-analysis of plasma and urine NGAL for #AKI from 26 studies shows lots of heterogeniety - but many studies with raised NGAL in the absence of creatinine changes #Nephrology #NephroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.xk...

When refereeing papers I sometimes find there are sections, normally clinical, pathology, or biochemistry, that I am not qualified to review, so I tell the editor that. Please, physicians, do the same about study design & statistical analysis. 🧐 #MedSky #Academia