Yve Nolan

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Castration Linked to Increased Lifespan in Mammals A large-scale analysis of 117 mammal species found that preventing reproduction is associated with longer lifespans, suggesting a strong link between reproductive activity and life expectancy. Why do ...

Tech lords lining up at the vet

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Christmas is not easy when #lonliness is around. Take is easy

The skeletons of three Giant Irish Deer on display in the National History Museum in Dublin

Giant Irish Deer • Megaloceros Giganteus

If only santa had a team of these magnificent animals pulling his sleigh! When fully grown, they stood at around 2m at the shoulder and weighed over a tonne.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Irish

Some year, I’ll have to try harder in 2026 #TheMoneyList #STEMteacherofExcellence #CSO #Adventures #FealtheFear

Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed

A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed

"Until education becomes the kind of profession that reveres evidence, we should not be surprised to find its experts dispensing unproven methods, endlessly flitting from one fad to another. The greatest victims of these fads are...." - Doug Carnine www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Letters to the Editor: Concerns over changes to the Leaving Cert A reader says the integrity of the examination is at serious risk

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The air pressure is dropping, my very sensitive brain is now reacting to it.. as a human barometer, this is a big one #hemiplegicmigraine #storm #windy

What’s happening in the Dáil is embarrassing.. if you done a deal with the gov as regional independents have then you are on the government side, and are not entitled to opposition speaking time.. get on with it. #politics

Lovely support for our young scientist in the local news #btyste2025

Take me back..

Bird Flu Is Raising Red Flags Among Health Officials | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Last week the Louisiana Department of Health announced the first U.S. death from H5N1. Samples taken from the individual suggest that the virus has begun to adapt to infect humans better.

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“We're seeing signs that this virus is really moving into humans. There was an infection in a person in Louisiana, who apparently acquired the infection because he had a backyard flock of chickens that had become exposed to wild birds.”

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#JCScience #LCBiology #edchatie

Humbled to return to my own school to be added to their Roll of Honour..

The golden ticket #BTYSTE2025

Lots of interest in his project, early years science literacy and communication is so important for developing scientific thinking!! #BTYSTE #Scifest #BTYSTE2025

Day 2 at #BTYSTE.. long day for us teachers too! #edchatie

What an adventure.. back to the school grind..

The Adventure rolls on..

Blue sky with clouds, and hashtag edchatie in the middle.

Monday night: #edchatie Session 2 in the re-boot of discussions for everyone involved in Irish education.

8.30-9.30pm (preferred time from the survey).

Professional development for teachers in Ireland: opportunities & problems?

Nothing needed other than a Bluesky account!

Pls repost & join in

THIS is how it’s done, folks.

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DeepMind AI predicts weather more accurately than existing forecasts The latest weather forecasting AI model from Google DeepMind can beat the leading providers more than 97 per cent of the time, and it is quicker and cheaper to run

Deepmind's AI weather forecaster was trained on four decades of historical data, and can beat leading forecast providers 97 per cent of the time. www.newscientist.com/article/2458...

/AI-Use-in-Assessment #edchatie

Article in Irish Times: 'Leaving Cert students cleared to use AI in research projects'. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/12/05/leaving-cert-students-to-be-let-use-artificial-intelligence-for-research-projects/

The implications of allowing GenAI to be used in Leaving Cert Additional Assessment Components will now really sink in.

The guardrails: mere 'references' in work: a fundamental misunderstanding of what AI is. As if it were similar to 'Google'.

#edchatie

My open 'letter' to the Chair of the NCCA LC English Development Group.
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School mornings. New day, no AAC guidelines from the NCCA #edchatie

a woman wearing glasses and a suit is making a please sign . ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a suit is making a please sign .

If Norma Foley and Hildegarde Naughton are in the next government and become Ministers, then for the sake of all our students, be they primary, secondary or third-level, let’s hope that neither of them get the Education, Special Education or Higher Education portfolios. #edchatie

Hopefully she’ll be moved from Education to prevent her destruction of Leaving Cert Standards… #asktheteachers