Putting it online! Our first animated educational production (that is not a meme). The yoghurt... it is alive! www.youtube.com/shorts/r0caz...

How do scientists know what we are thinking? Cognitive neuroscience is the science of trying to understand how our brains enable our cognitive abilities. To answer this question and learn what the tools of the cognitive neuroscience trade are, read: cookedillustrations.com/blog/tools-o...

In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...

Using ChatGPT

The Mediterranean Sea is a collapsing ecosystem!

Are you a researcher in the South Wales area? Then you may love to attend our Science and Art networking events. Fieldnotes Stiwdio takes place the last Tuesday of the month in one of three locations. Link in Bio.

It seems pretty clear to me now: Keir Starmer would rather lose to Reform than to the Labour left, which is his real enemy. Any policy that might recover lost ground with voters has to be struck down, as it looks like a concession to the Labour left. And he and his team cannot contemplate that.

Progress Over Perfection: how wellbeing and mental health expertise can help us deal with the barriers that stop us from making progress. Join us this Tuesday 30th of September in #Trefforest 🎫= www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

How does challenging the lack of creative training in contemporary education systems look like? Gaz Lawrence, #sciencecommunicator and artist, will share with us his new project all about astrophysics. Join us this Tuesday 30th of September in #Trefforest 🎫= www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

Showing the viability of careers in the creative sector to people from Black and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds is crucial in building racial diversity in the sector. One such finding from a 2023 report by CCW on the state of the film and TV industry in Wales.

Take a look at the great work of our affiliate comic book artist, Scott Devantier. Energetic, whimsical, slightly dystopia-coded, all-interesting.

🎥 Animation teaser by @cookedillustrations.com! Our new study explores how bryozoans respond to ocean acidification and warming — showing changes in skeletons, microbiomes, and population decline. Sneak peek below — full animation coming soon! www.nature.com/articles/s42... #MedCalRes

🐠🦈 Just out: In this paper we ask "How has reef trophic structure changed since humans started removing predatory fishes from Caribbean coral reefs?". www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com

The power of artistic co-production to engage young people with the climate emergency. Tammie Esslemont from Nature Over Natter sharing her experience combining hope, community-building and art to create a better future. Join us for future #sciart talks at Fieldnotes Stiwdio.

What do Tom Jones and Aneurin Bevan have in common? A little preview of a new project we've been working on to help explain international assessments to school-aged children in #Wales. What do you think of our Dragon? Isn't he just the best?

How do you engage general public with complex scientific issues? Join us on Tuesday 24th in Newport for the next #FieldnotesStiwdio to explore how ⚱️ Ceramics as a way to understand cancer diagnoses 💚 Community arts to engage with climate change And much more www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

Case studies of conservation paleobiology in action? Of course! Part of an illustration series commissioned by @erinmdillon.bsky.social to showcase how the field can lead to real world changes. The example here shows coastal clam beds in British Columbia and how they support local environments.

Dr. Emma Higginswill be talking to us about how drone technology can help in #conservation of rare species, specifically Anolis lizards, in Honduras. Join us for this and more on Fieldnotes Stiwdio, a #sciart event, on the 27th of May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldnotes...

#Rewilding approaches on Great Britain. Should the Grey Wolf be reintroduced to overgrazed highlands?

#FieldnotesStiwdio has been a success! The first event covered themes of #digitaltwins, #videogames and #VictorianLiterature. Join us on 27/May for another #sciencecommunication and #art evening. Details coming soon.

Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago. This is infuriating. And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.

Folks in South #Wales! Researchers, scientists, and curious minds alike. Next week 29th #FieldnotesStiwdio, a science and art series of talks, starts. With themes of #digitaltwins, #urbanism and #literature. Come along and signal boost! Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note...

Sandy the Geoscientist is a #beaver studying the geological formations and nature of the Earth. She specializes in mountain environments, from how they form, to how humans build systems within them. Sandy is the creation of Juan A. Ballesteros-Cánovas and Gerardo Benito. #scicomm #geology

“By redefining what we value and assume about the world, we can transform today’s interconnected risks into opportunities for collective well-being and resilience.” 🌍🧪 - @ununiversity.bsky.social #InterconnectedRisks Report Read more: interconnectedrisks.org

🧪 Based on similar evolutionary split times, it's like putting some narwhal genes into a beluga and claiming you have a narwhal... (actually it's worse, b/c while LCA times are similar in both cases c. > 5 Ma, the cetacean populations interbred a bit until c. 1 Ma, but dire wolves stayed isolated)

Hello, network. We're creating a talk and networking event series all about science and art. If you're in the #Cardiff area on the 29th of April, consider coming along. More information here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-note... #scicomm #Wales

Continuing with the weird and wonderful #2025MMM #RootsAndRelicts we have the frilled shark. Note it's bizarre teeth and frilly gills. It faces the interrupted fern, named so for the gap along the stem left by the reproductive parts after they wither away! #watercolor #fish #art #botanicalart 🧪🐡

On this #InternationaBeaverDay we introduce you to Liquid Beaver. Fluid like the river. Strong like the tree. A keystone mammal capable of engineering the very landscape. What adventures will Liquid Beaver get into? #animation #ecology #conservation

Ohoho! This looks so cool.

🚽🍅 Urine: the fertiliser of the future? A new study shows treated urine from 3 urinals can grow over 2 tonnes of tomatoes a year – turning buildings into nutrient hubs for urban farming. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm 🧪 #CircularEconomy #Fertiliser

Researcher Highlight Day! Human demography and culture has close ties to diseases. @margheritac17.bsky.social invites us to consider the role diseases have played in the earliest periods of our species. #scicomm #paleo #scientists

#Mangrove #Ecosystem #Restoration: a short insight We at Cooked Illustrations love to learn about the natural world. And sometimes this turns into #popularscience articles meant for much wider laypeople to understand the world. Please give it a read! www.linkedin.com/pulse/mangro...

Economic Growth vs Decarbonisation The fight of the century! Hear, hear! And enjoy this argument of titans. 1/7

During the @wellbeingeconomy.cymru conference, @kateraworth.bsky.social the author of doughnut #economics, explained her work and prompted us in #Wales to challenge last century's business models and lifestyles. What kind of prosperous future within planetary boundaries do we want to create?

Rachel Noble, Senior Policy Advisor on Women's Economic Justice for @oxfamgb.bsky.social. She shared a central thesis at the @wellbeingeconomy.cymru: "Women are used as the shock absorbers for the State." Their unaccounted labour ensures our current economic model. #economics #socialjustice 1/4

The current #growth based economic model is broken. But what is the alternative? Dawn Lyle co-founder of @wellbeingeconomy.cymru shares some challenging questions to help us think about what a #wellbeingeconomy can and should do for us. This week, we'll share some content on growth and #economy.

Oscar Wilson introduced us to #ecometrics, a "trait-based approach used to understand variability in the environment", with a focus on the lack studies in #SouthAmerica. A short article, excerpt from our most recent publication. Read the whole here: zenodo.org/records/1494... #scicomm #quaternary

🏺 Fascinating find, and a great quote here threading between Indigenous knowledge & histories, and archaeological science: "let the finds tell their stories"

Some stats on #forestry from Andy Sowerby during #WalesClimateWeek - 45% of the Earth's surface was forest pre human civilization - 31% now - #Wales is only 13% forest cover, way below the European average. - As a nation, the UK is only 20% timber self-dependent Food for thought. #scicomm

So lovely today meeting fellow #sciencecommunicators starting out their career. Supporting them with the basics of freelancing, messaging, and how to best help researchers communicate their findings! It makes the heart swell.

Mitchell Eboigbe, environmental researcher and consultant. He convened for #WalesClimateWeek a session on #flooding. This turned to be timely, as the South #Wales valleys had just had yet another round of "historic" flooding. He shared two cheap and effective flooding mitigation solutions. 1/3 👇

During #WalesClimateWeek we had the chance to hear the work of Doan Nguyen, of the Dragon-Mekong institute on techniques whereby replacing a 3rd rice crop with shrimp leads to an increase in nutrients in the water and a new source of income for #farmers. #Vietnam #Mekong #climatechange #scicomm

What is a bryozoan? These marine calcifier are made up of tiny animals called zooids, which clump together to create a colony - a bryozoan! To learn more, give us a follow. A whole new animated explainer is coming soon! #MedCalRes #marinescience #climatechange #scicomm #animation

What keeps us busy in an automated age? Simple: "We create new variety and new depth to what we do," says @davidautor.bsky.social of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. In this article, we cover his analyses of how AI could commodity expertise, or make a little expertise go further. #scicomm #genai

📢 Call for participants! 🎧 Sound and #ScienceCommunication 🎙️ Have you _heard_ the latest on science? We are looking for individuals and organisations who approach and communicate science in primarily “sound” forms (for example podcasts, Science Cafes, radio, dialogue, songs, etc.).

Trust is the basis for #sciencecommunication. If you haven't read it, we wrote on the ways in which science communicators can help build trust, and how we think of innovation and processes within the profession. www.linkedin.com/pulse/trust-...

P Ramya Bala is works on "human-biosphere-climate" interactions in southern Indian dry tropical forests. In this summary, she explains that what we call "natural landscape" is very much an artifact maintained by people. This research informs #conservation efforts. #scicomm #biodiversity #India

Cat urine contains phosphorus which will become illuminated when exposed to oxygen. When exposed to an ultraviolet lamp, humans are able to see the phosphorus reacting.

It's #MotherTongueDay, and Polish is an incredibly birdy language 🪶🇵🇱 Here's a verse from one of my favourite childhood poems: "Ptasie radio" by Julian Tuwim, an onomatopoeic masterpiece. Birders, try identifying 7 bird species by sound, they start at 1:01 and finish at 2:36. youtu.be/A9epL5zIVP4

A quetzalcoatlus commish