Geraldine Finlayson

Red and green round fruits on a green background

Autumn joys. The simultaneous fruiting (from the 2024 flowers) and flowering (for the 2026 fruits) seasons of strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo) already began around here.

Hybrid Day Meeting | Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World Join us at the Linnean Society for a one-day symposium focused on the mechanisms and consequences of variation in organismal resilience

Online and in-person tickets are still left for our upcoming Symposium Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World.

There are reduced prices for students and Linnean Society members.

Register now!

This is figure 1, which shows the workflow of FLASH radiotherapy.

FLASH radiotherapy delivers a cancer treatment dose in less than a second, reducing side effects while maintaining tumour control. A Review in Nature Reviews Physics explores what is needed to bring this promising ultra-fast radiotherapy approach into clinical practice. go.nature.com/42RkjpQ 🔒

Hominin footprints in Pleistocene coastal deposits.

Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carlos Neto de Carvalho, @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social, @gibgerry.bsky.social, @clivefin.bsky.social et al

Oldest-known hominin track sites in SW Europe and clues to hunting patterns of Neanderthals

"Questioning is the way of learning,"

Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.

A large accumulation of amphorae scattered across the sandy ocean floor. The amphorae are densely clustered, with many partially buried in the seabed, forming the distinct shape of a ship. The scene is illuminated by dim, bluish underwater light.

An absolutely stunning photo! The 35m-long #Roman shipwreck, along with its cargo of 6,000 (!) amphorae was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek Island of Kefalonia.
It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean.

Photo: Ionian Aquarium

🏺 AncientBluesky

From:
bsky.app/profile/rock...

Rachel Carson

For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...

Catherine and her cat from Zaporizhzhia. She spent 5 hours under the rubble of her house, destroyed by a Russian missile. All this time she has been hugging her cat.

P.S. Sorry she didn't wear a suit.

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on the Global Biodiversity Framework to conserve and restore biodiversity.
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.

Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

Captures it perfectly.

#milkthistle
#Galactitestomentosus #floweroftheday #wildlfowersofgibraltar #wildflowersofbluesky

Remember the hobbit!

This beautiful photo, so close up you can see not only the stitch used but even the thread structure, with thin strips of metal foil wrapped round a core, exemplifies the way new appreciation of historic #embroidery is being driven by digital #photography & photo sharing.

The medal bar of Squadron Leader Arthur Stewart King Scarf

Looking for a unique Christmas gift? 🎄🎁 Adopt an iconic piece of aviation history and support the RAF Museum while preserving our aviation heritage.

New for 2024, you can now Adopt the VC medal bar of Sqn Ldr Arthur Scarf for £75 & get a special pack. 🏅🎁

bit.ly/3CZ0HFV

#AviationHeritage

The Castle of Gibraltar by Prof Clive Finlayson Explore the rich history of the Castle of Gibraltar with Prof. Clive Finlayson at this year’s Christmas Lecture. Free entry!

Attendance is free, but pre-registration is required as seating is limited.

Reserve your spot now on Eventbrite!

www.gibmuseum.gi/news/castle-...
#UniGib
#Gibraltar #Archaeology #Heritage #Castle #History #Conservation

The Castle of Gibraltar by Prof Clive Finlayson Explore the rich history of the Castle of Gibraltar with Prof. Clive Finlayson at this year’s Christmas Lecture. Free entry!

This year’s lecture, titled 'The Castle of Gibraltar', will delve into the fascinating history and significance of one of Gibraltar’s most iconic landmarks and will draw on years of research, to uncover layers of history that make the Castle a cornerstone of our cultural and historical identity

The Castle of Gibraltar by Prof Clive Finlayson Explore the rich history of the Castle of Gibraltar with Prof. Clive Finlayson at this year’s Christmas Lecture. Free entry!

Explore the rich history of the Castle of Gibraltar with Prof. Clive Finlayson at this year’s Christmas Lecture. Free entry!

🕕 18:00
🗓️ Thursday 19th December, 2024
📍Europa Point Campus, University of Gibraltar

The Castle of Gibraltar by Prof Clive Finlayson Explore the rich history of the Castle of Gibraltar with Prof. Clive Finlayson at this year’s Christmas Lecture. Free entry!

Join us for the Gibraltar National Museum’s annual Christmas Lecture, presented by Prof. Clive Finlayson, Museum Curator and Beacon Professor at the University of Gibraltar.

www.gibmuseum.gi/news/castle-...

#Gibraltar #Archaeology #Heritage #Castle #History #Conservation

On one hand, the Christmas gift-buying crowds at your local shopping centre.
On the other, a sixteenth century shipwreck and all the amazing objects found on board.

Make the right choice this weekend...
MaryRose.org/visit

#ShipPicSaturday

We’re deeply disappointed at the intervention by the PM to scupper a deal on the Nature Positive Bills, despite overwhelming support from everyday Australians.

"We can't have a situation where this country is run by the mining lobby," said Biodiversity Council Director James Trezise to ABC News.

An Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) feeds on the carcass of a Golden Jackal (Canis aureus), in Hungary. Being familiar with the sister species, the Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti), it has been great to be able to make comparisons. @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social

Here’s a starter pack of dad jokers. If you want to be included, reply with a dad joke and I’ll add my favourite ten. I’ll kick things off with the best dad joke I’ve ever come up with (so all downhill from here)…

Why should a flat battery in a car be called a flattery?
Because it gets you nowhere

Twelve iterations of the forked fern diversity & habitat, showing the vast array of leaf shape in-situ.

Let's get fern-alicious!

Our latest #EditorsChoice describes Sticheropsis, a new genus of forked fern (Gleicheniaceae) based on phylogenetic analysis! Read about it below 🧪🌿👇
academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...
@linneansociety.bsky.social
#botany #plantscience

The font of chemical knowledge Nature Chemistry - The font of chemical knowledge

This was published a little while ago in @naturechemistry.bsky.social, but has just popped up in my issue e-alert. This is a delightful correspondence about fonts and chemistry; very much appealing to my inner chemistry nerd 🤣 #Chemsky

The first glaciologists #GaryLarson ❄️

Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)

Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

We're probably going to see more of these sudden removals caused by panic-induced changes of policy further upstream. If you're using an online resource that's really important to your research, this is the moment to get your plan B in place. Eg: is there a data download, or an alternative source?

I’ve created a starter pack for #zooarchaeology and #biomolecular archaeology for all periods. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/Nv8XE4r 🦣🧪🏺🦴🦷