Happy New Year from Dryad! We’re excited to share the latest advances in Dryad data curation, publication, and preservation with you. Explore our quarterly community update ▶️▶️▶️ blog.datadryad.org/2026/01/30/d...

Calling all UK archaeologists! I am conducting some reasearch on Stratigraphic literacy in the industry. If you work/have worked in archaeology in the UK I would really apprechiate if would fill in this survey! forms.gle/5jZKpcf78gZt...

“The humanities simply don’t fit a corporate model because they are just not monetizable in the same way the sciences or even the social sciences are. And the deeper reason they’re coming under attack is that free thought and rigorous, free inquiry is dangerous to executive power.”

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

ASOR is putting together a map of where our members have worked in the world. You're invited to submit your own excavations, survey, laboratory, or museum and conservation projects to the map with stories and photos. Complete the following brief survey to add yourself to the map: buff.ly/LYYJVlZ

You may have seen people posting our talking about NASA rolling out a massive rocket called Artemis this weekend at Kennedy Space Center. As a former NASA guy, I was excited too. My discussion of why it matters to science, the nation, and humanity. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

After a successful election, staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are officially unionized. The new union will represent workers across 50 departments, including curators, librarians, conservators, visitor experience, and archivists.

Artist‘s depiction of Homo habilis dressed up in clothes walking in the distance:

The Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the National Museum, Bloemfontein (South Africa) is inviting applications for the James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology. For more info see image below :)🦣⛏️

25 years of Wikipedia wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/01... the giant of the nonprofit internet "With over 65 million articles, in 300+ languages, Wikipedia is the home of trusted information online...the only website among the top 10 most visited that is hosted by a nonprofit organization"

Gain the confidence to communicate your science clearly to policymakers and the public with AGU Science Policy's Voices for Science training. Applications are open Dec 15 – Feb 15 #sciencepolicy buff.ly/eOa6FTL

#lolsob or should I say 😂🥹

Do you care about the future of the US NSF and science in general? The agency is seeking feedback on the draft Strategic Plan. www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

As always, a fascinating podcast episode with Dendrochronoligist Dr. Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social on her work with Scottish woodlands and historic timber buildings podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

📣 The Newton International Fellowship programme by the Royal Society opens on 15th January! 📍If you're an early career researcher interested in collaborating and moving to Liverpool, lets chat! 🔗 www.royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions. It is browsable by all Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice www.nhs.uk/conditions/

THREAD The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web. We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.

Rarely awarded Honorary MA degree for Cambridge Archaeologist Christopher Evans, former Director of the @cambridgearch.bsky.social This honorary award is only rarely given and marks an outstanding contribution to the University, or City or County of Cambridge.   www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/rarely-...

I wanted to use this frame in THE GENETIC AGE / AS GODS - my history of genetic engineering. Marvel just said no, not in a million years, so we took it out. But here we are…

Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab. Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.

The American failure to protect its children sinks to new lows

All, Agustin Fuentes and I, with the help of numerous others, have drafted a letter to Congress regarding the recent archiving of NSF/ SBE DDRI (doctoral dissertation research improvement) grants, which you can find here: docs.google.com/document/d/1....

Welcome to that time of year when academics eager for a clean slate at the start of next semester clear their inboxes by filling yours. May the emails be more acceptances, opportunities, and promises for better connections in 2026 than simply hot potatoes tossed into your lap. #academicsky

Assistant professorship in medieval and post-medieval archaeology at the University of Zurich www.academics.com/jobs/assista...

Postdoctoral Fellowship expertise in the archaeology of the Late Antique Mediterranean at the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington) www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...

💫New research out now!💫 Hutson and colleagues demonstrate that men get hired as faculty in archaeology PhD programs more often than women, putting strain on women PhD mentors. And they have some suggestions about what to do about it, too. Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

SSHM invites submissions to its 2025/6 Roy Porter Essay Prize for the best original and unpublished essay in #histmed 🏆£500 first prize Open to all students (registered at the deadline for entries or were awarded their degree in 2025). For the entry form and rules and eligibility see👇 #histmed

The killing of these “regional centers” will make U.S. academia and society even more parochial and, ultimately, less competitive and safe.

What's NCAR? and 8 ways it has helped you www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research. Listen here:

If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25

Dr. Bellinger is outstanding. Don’t sleep on her unique perspective on the curious case of the Voynich Manuscript. One of my favorite lectures of the year.

We've been up in York for @tag2025york.bsky.social conference where 3 of us met, Brenna gave a talk on the challenge of creating an accidental archive, AND... we only went & won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Archaeological Theory In Action 🏆! Huge gratitude to the entire community ❤️ 🏺

... and so we've also previously written about her connections other women, inc "the real story behind" the film Ammonite. Now we want to go deeper into #MaryAnning's female networks, and we're so grateful for the award of stay at Belmont in order to do this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We've long been keen on #MaryAnning (e.g. part-inspiration for Fossil Hunter Lottie action figure, & featured in our #RaisingHorizons exhibition). We know how inspiring and powerful her story as an individual is. But we're interested in seeing #trowelblazers not as anomalies, but as nodes...

📣 More NEWS! (it's quite a week...) Thrilled to announce that we're a Landmark Trust Futures 2026 beneficiary - early next year we'll be staying at historic Belmont in Lyme Regis, to begin a new project on the networks of women centring on #MaryAnning! www.landmarktrust.org.uk/get-involved...

So proud of @trowelblazers.bsky.social! This week, the four of us received the TAG Award for Outstanding Contribution to Archaeological Theory for all TrowelBlazers has done over the past 12 years @lemoustier.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social @brennawalks.bsky.social @tag2025york.bsky.social and

🚨 Calling all geoscientists 🚨 If you or anyone you know is attending #AGU25, please join us and spread the word to #SaveNCAR. More info at: wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/

“So this exciting fossil discovery of bees nesting in bone cavities, and in caves, serves as a good reminder that when it comes to evolution, bees will keep on being the bees they need to be.” Happy that @cnn.com Science used my quote about this amazing fossil find. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/s... 🧪🐝🪹🦴🪨

For those at #agu25 #saveNCAR 12:15pm - Group Photo/Video at the "science strong" wall across from the Plenary Hall at the entrance to the convention center 1:30-5:30pm - drop in interviews at PJs Coffee in front of Hall C - look for the person with the "We ❤️ NCAR" sign. More info:

“This is a five-alarm fire not just for NCAR, but for science in the United States” - Rep. Joe Neguse(CO-02) zooming into #AGU25 on the proposed decision to dismantle NCAR, located in his district in Boulder, Colorado. #SaveNCAR @agu.org @joeneguse.bsky.social

“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH

So excited to announce the publication of this paper which is the first to come from my PhD! Combing data from the PleistoHERD and DeerPal project we analyse carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in ungulate bones from the Aquitaine Basin dating between the Ante-Quina and Quina periods.

Gutted I couldn't be there in person to accept the award with the team, but so proud of the work we have done over the years as @trowelblazers.bsky.social and grateful to all those who supported us!

Work (also) with me! Two years postdoc in the @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, based in Edinburgh. Will do transmission chain experiments to understand the spread of heritage-based hostility, online and elsewhere. More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We are excited to announce a new collection - Powell-Cotton Museum! Did you ever need more Chimpanzee or Colobus hand bones for your project, or perhaps some Gorilla tibiae and femora (and more)? Visit the collection and explore! human-fossil-record.org/index.php?/c...

Heading to @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social today on the trail of this woman: Gertrude Elles, graptolite palaeontologist extraordinare. Left: the young Victorian hammer-wielder, from a photo in the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social. Right: her sagely postwar portrait at Newnham College, Cambridge.

Does this surprise anyone?

“This is an overwhelming show of support for the commonsense position that AI companies should pay for the resources they use'. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)