Here is an interesting project, which - if it finds its way to the right people - has the potential to legitimately help improve public health. The approach to broadcasting the outcomes sounds a bit scary, but ultimately I think it's probably right 1/ #ScientificPublishing #ResearchIntegrity

Massive thanks to Meredith Adinolfi & Sara Grimme for having me on their @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social podcast to talk about #ResearchIntegrity: a topic I'm both passionate and depressed about (but such is life) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/09/s...

Fantastic interview with George Gao, former director of CCDC about impact of DOGE work on US research - but also its global implications #AcademicSky www.pekingnology.com/p/former-chi...

Is is acceptable for a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org to promote white supremacism? What message does it send about their commitment to an inclusive academy?

Yearly reminder that the world will not end if you don’t submit your paper or revision before the holidays. Editors are people too & need a break. The @plosbiology.org team in particular has done outstanding work this year & fully deserves it. We’re mostly off the next 2 weeks. Happy holidays!

A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. 🧪

COOL IDEA KLAXON: I'm looking for scientists who *aren't* expert with AI but are curious to see if it can help out their lab, to try out a new AI system designed for this purpose. The idea is to report on what happens, be it astounding, absurd, or frustrating. Pls msg to indicate interest - thanks!

Go and nominate, I guess? #ResearchIntegrity

🚀 New Scientific Report Collection: Excitons in Condensed Matter Physics We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the collection on Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social focused on excitons. More info at: www.nature.com/collections/... #CondensedMatterPhysics #Excitons

New publication alert! 🚨 My former graduate student (Dr. Naomi Isenberg) and I have a new paper in Scientific Reports about how Americans underestimate diversity support and that correcting this boosts inclusion. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The South African springhare (Pedetes capensis) fluoresces hot pink under ultraviolet light. The function of the striking patterns and intense colour (which are unique among known biofluorescent mammals) is a mystery. Credit: J. Martin and E. Olson www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So pleased to share our new paper on object transport decisions in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Scientific reports! We found that Goffins' cockatoos choose to carry light objects over heavy objects over short distances, but ignore weight balance cues. Check it out!

In a 2023 paper in Scientific Reports, Amir Ghasemian and I introduced the "enmity paradox" for real social networks (your enemies have more enemies than you do). www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EnmityParadox #FriendshipParadox 3/

A study in Scientific Reports analyzes an Egyptian ritual Bes-vase of the 2nd century BCE, revealing traces of Peganum harmala, Nimphaea nouchali var. caerulea, and a plant of the Cleome genus, all of which have psychotropic and medicinal properties. https://go.nature.com/3V4IRYr 🧪 🏺

10 of the 16 sites set to host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup could put the participating professional soccer players at risk of extreme heat stress, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. https://go.nature.com/4fOB21p 🧪

I'm preparing a lecture on sci writing, and I show this image twice during my presentation: my one and only rule for writing in science.

At least for non-experts: “AI-generated poems are now ‘more human than human’… participants are more likely to judge that AI-generated poems are human-authored, compared to actual human-authored poems…. participants rate AI-generated poems more highly than human-written poems”

New in Scientific Reports with @erinfitz.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social & @matthewhitt.bsky.social: We use a Prospect Theory-style experiment to test whether numeracy + need for cognition moderate framing effects re: the May 2023 debt ceiling debates in Congress. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧠 Excited to share findings from our latest paper testing Easterbrook's hypothesis on stress and attention! We explored whether stress leads to a narrowing of attention, reducing distraction. Out now in Scientific Reports #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #Neurosscience #CogSci

A study in Scientific Reports suggests that a new ancient species of snake dubbed Vasuki Indicus, which lived around 47 million years ago in the state of Gujarat in India, may have been one of the largest snakes to have ever lived. go.nature.com/49XORa9 🧪

A Scientific Reports paper reports observations of a wild male Sumatran orangutan applying chewed leaves from Akar Kuning—a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat wounds and  conditions such as dysentery, diabetes, and malaria—to a wound on his cheek. go.nature.com/3WjxGMV 🧪

This may well be the first: if you saw a paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nat Hum Behav that you think would benefit from an independent replication, would like to do one & maybe have it published in the actual original journal, here is your chance #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What an amazing study, run across 2 traditional communities: Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Original study: G. Russo et al., First direct evidence of #lion #hunting and the early use of a lion #pelt by #Neanderthals, Scientific Reports 13, 2023. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so. Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts! Out now in Scientific Reports! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An analysis in Scientific Reports suggests that social media fatigue can influence false beliefs of misinformation, which translates into sharing on social media.

Can't believe it's been 6 months since my 1st, shared-first author paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports 😄 'A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions' with Jessica Taubert, Shruti Japee, Chris I Baker & Houqiu Long #PsychSciSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔍Just read an enlightening study published in Scientific Reports by my colleagues Paul Bouchaud and David Chavalarias titled "Crowdsourced audit of Twitter’s recommender systems." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I love this experimental study in the field showing that storks use green leaf volatiles to navigate towards food. Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows | Scientific Reports (nature.com)

excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New lab paper! Memory precision and age each affect different decision systems. The lab's first foray into cognitive aging, fearlessly lead by Dr. Sharon Noh. Details in her 🐦🧵 twitter.com/sharon_noh/s... - and out now in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

bioRxiv goes big on Bluesky: accounts for all subject categories now available (Please Reskeet) connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09...

Nature Physics is seeking to hire a locum associate or senior editor (initially for six months but with the possibility of extension) to cover biophysics, active matter, soft condensed matter and related topics. Position based in Berlin or New York; deadline for applications Oct 18th.

Hey ChemSky, I am part of a triumvirate of guest editors for a special collection of papers on Metal Organic Frameworks for Scientific Reports. If you have something appropriate for us to publish, I encourage you to submit a manuscript www.nature.com/collections/...

Nothing like trying to rebuild one's network for the third time in less than a year...