I'm a big fan of bioRxiv, so it was fascinating to dig into the stats behind the rise of this preprint server from its first 13 or so years for Nature News @nature.com 🧪 @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social #preprints www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The SAJS Outstanding Article Award for 2025, was awarded to Madupe et al. for their article ‘Results from an Australopithecus africanus dental enamel fragment confirm the potential of palaeoproteomics for South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites’ doi.org/10.17159/saj....

Natural History Museum. Apply for Principal Researcher in Human Evolution jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Thank you to the SAJS and the selection committee for the award, as well as to the editors, reviewers, and, most importantly, my co-authors and @heriuct.bsky.social for helping shape my work. I am because you are. Bathong lona! This kid from a working-class background is happy! 3/3

It means the world to me that the abstract of this paper was translated into Setswana, allowing my mom to read some of my work. I appreciate SAJS for translating the work we do into SA'can languages; this is important. It's nice to know that our people have the opportunity to read our work 2/3

I am deeply grateful for the nomination and the award. I am thrilled that we published the first palaeoproteomics data on Australopithecus africanus, a South African ancient hominin, in the South African Journal (@sajournalofscience.bsky.social). 1/3

On the back of being quoted I was contacted by a research administrator at a different Uni. She wants to stay anonymous. She has worked on this call all weekend. She didn't feel able to say no. Nor did the researchers. Unlike them she will not benefit in any material way if her Uni wins this money.

Interested in mid-Pleistocene transition? Check out our latest paper 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @us-sciod.bsky.social @kapuge9paleo.bsky.social @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social @julgottschalk.bsky.social #paleoceanography #EXP383

Happy "It's not even a real fish" Week for those compelled to mark it.

New job! Please RP! 🥼🧪 ⚒️ Laboratory Manager (gr8, permanent) @oxfordgeography.bsky.social Leading the Geolabs, with cutting edge facilities in water #geochemistry, #ecosystem science, #eDNA, luminescence Apply by 13 March or please get in touch with any Qs my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Time to flip the script. 🔄 At our Grant Review Training (March 25), YOU become the panel. We’ll be reviewing anonymised past YESI Fellowship applications together to see what works (and what doesn't). ✍️ Learn by doing! Register: buff.ly/0fPpQlO

Now it's time to nominate your friends and colleagues for an #award or #medal, with about 50 medals and awards to choose from. 📆 Submit by 15 June 2026! 👀 Learn more about the nomination requirements here: egu.eu/825VD3 📸: Camilo Arias Ruiz on imaggeo.egu.eu

Deadline moved to March 20th! Go submit your pyroarchaeology abstract and join us in Poznań to talk fire! #pyroarchaeology #UISPP2026

Scientists say they have made some of the first direct measurements of how long it takes an individual, ordinary protein to fold – and the results were surprising. go.nature.com/3N4UrSD

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

Quick new paper out on the seasonal use of the Haua Fteah Cave during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. 🏺 Lot of shells with high-res relative temperature records. 140 of them! @rosaarnizmateos.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @maacambridge.bsky.social seafront-project.com/publication/...

Not unrelated...I think about this at least once a week too: www.nature.com/articles/pal...

At least once a week I think about this very short blogpost by Dr Matt Hall (ex-Agile Geoscience, now Equinor) about so-called 'expert culture' within organisations: agilescientific.com/blog/2013/6/...

Combined analytical approach identifies plant tissues in Northern and Eastern European hunter-gatherer-fisher pottery foodcrusts journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Deadline: 15th March The UK-IODP Proposal-Writing Workshop 2026 (22-24 April, University of Leicester) will provide expert tuition & mentoring to support scientists in how to develop IODP3 expedition proposals. Bursaries are available for UK-based scientists. www.ukiodp.org/proposal-wri...

Are you UK based and need funding for radiocarbon dating? Spring has sprung, which means it is time for the next deadline for NEIF applications! Please get in contact asap to discuss your project. Deadline 25th March; www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

Are you attending #EGU26 and remember how overwhelming your first conference felt? Why not apply to the Peer Support Programme and help first-time attendees feel supported? 👉 More information about the programme: egu.eu/3YUO9G 📆 Register by 31 March 2026.

Winning a grant is just the start! 🏆 ECRs, join us April 15 to hear from successful grant holders. Get real insights on leadership, surprises, and navigating the interdisciplinary space. Secure your spot: buff.ly/TAujJc5

So... is climate anxiety a good or a bad thing? Too much, and it's paralyzing, and no action is taken. Too little, and no one cares, and no action is taken. Like many things, moderation is key, just enough to get stuff moving the right way. 🧪 Link: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

Job alert! @northumbriauni.bsky.social is hiring a researcher to investigate tipping points in Antarctica's ice sheets – funded by ESA's Climate Change Initiative 🧊🌍 📍 Newcastle, UK | 14-month position 📅 Apply by 13 March 2026 🔗 work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

Please join us for a seminar hosted by the WCRP on tipping points in Alaskan glaciers, March 23rd: futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

If anyone is after a Mother's Day present, consider supporting Freya in her Jamboree fundraising: she's got some beautiful candles in her Etsy shop ATM www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Flic...

Researcher Development training workshop next week: Archiving your research data 💾 Tue 10 March, 14:00-15:30, online To book on a session, go to: SkillsForge - Postgraduate Researchers: www.skillsforge.york.ac.uk/york/#he.dev... or the LMS - Staff: york-ac.csod.com/ui/lms-learn...

With everything happening on the ground, it is nice when there is a clear sky and one can spend the night admiring the beauty of the sky and universe beyond

🚨 A new month rolls around which means our careers highlight is here! We have some fantastic opportunities to join the National Oceanography Centre at our Southampton and Liverpool sites! (More in thread!) #careers #oceanscience #hiring #job #southampton #liverpool #nowhiring #jobsinscience

Statement from RMetS on removal of funding for the FAAM aircraft by NERC, urging continued dialogue between funders, government and the scientific community to reassess the long-term implications of this decision. (1/4) www.rmets.org/news/stateme...

Dynamic balance of plants and megafauna on the geological time scales and not a succession👇 "Revisiting Europe's temperate forests: Palaeoecological evidence for an herbivory-driven woodland-grassland mosaic biome" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #Macroecology

Just heard of another major British Palaeolithic site falling through the planning & protection net and being green-lit for development. That's 3 confirmed in 3 years, with 2 others I'm investigating. The failure to schedule Palaeolithic sites & the erosion of planning protections are to blame. 🚨🦣🏺

🗃️ Using #AI LLMs for "quick answers" in your research is a truth roulette: you risk not just inaccurate text but also fake images...

More Ice Age London Outreach this Thursday 🦣🏺

Interested in maximising data from fragmented bone? Of course you are. Join our free online workshop. Registration closes March 4th. 🦣🧪🏺

Early-career scientists: Applications are open to join the group review of the IPCC AR7 Working Group First Order Draft. Apply by 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC-12): forms.gle/wkaJVjMKfT3w... Onboarding & training: April - June 2026 Review: 10 Aug - 2 Oct 2026 More info here www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

Tackling inequality in chemistry? Our Inclusion and Diversity Fund is open, with up to £5,000 for projects that remove barriers and create change. Apply now ➡️ rsc.li/id-fund #ChemSky

The final chapter of my PhD thesis, is finally published in GBE! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... You can also read the earlier recommendation by PCI in a nice little summary here: evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... #palaeoproteomics #phylogenetics

"Colorado oil and gas regulators dropped a bombshell in 2024 when operators reported to the state that their third-party contractors had purposefully falsified thousands of data points for hundreds of wells, fudging pollution numbers and other data related to well remediations."

New #jobs at @uni-kiel.de within the @clusterroots.bsky.social advertised: one doctoral & two postdoctoral positions. The postdoc positions are for any projects relating to archaeological science and are explicitely looking for for applicants from Africa and Asia: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...

The National Science Foundation is systematically being converted to the National AI and Quantum Research Foundation. “I see it as the administration exerting political control over what has traditionally been NSF’s ability to fund the best science.”

New paper out: Evaluating the reliability of grain‐size sorting for organic biomarker analysis. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 41, e2025PA005289. doi.org/10.1029/2025...

📣 Upcoming BG ECS webinar “How to get a European postdoctoral grant” 👤 Speakers: Sílvia Poblador (CREAF, Bellaterra) & Elsa Abs (LSCE, Paris) 🗓️ When: March 11th, 5:00 PM (CET) Register here: www.egu.eu/webinars/735...

🌊 Deeper ocean ecosystems are unique – and uniquely vulnerable without better protection theconversation.com/deeper-ocean...

Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers ⭐New paper!⭐ Two research projects exploring the influence that hairdressers—as widespread professionals in conversational spaces—have w/ clients about climate & sustainability. doi.org/10.1057/s415...

The choices we make today will set the future for the Antarctic Peninsula. We cannot afford to delay. We need to urgently implement the Net Zero pledges and pledges that will protect this unique and special environment. www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...

The Royal Society needs you! It is looking for important locations in the history of women in science in the UK.

Or to put it another way, "Council officials planned a development on the well-known site of an important castle without budgeting sufficiently for the archaeology"