Penn Talks Science

“The Misinformation Toolkit”: Part 2 is out now!
Join us for an interview with Dr. Claire Wardle @cward1e.bsky.social, Cornell University professor and misinformation expert. Tune in for a chat on how scientists, governments, and platforms can work together to fight misinformation.
Link in our bio!!

29.09.2025 22:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 New Episode Alert!: “The Misinformation Toolkit”: Part 1 of a two part mini-series is out now!
🎙️ Learn how to separate fact from fiction in today’s info-overloaded world.
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#ScienceCommunication #Misinformation #CriticalThinking #FactCheck

🎧 Listen now at the link in our bio!

15.08.2025 16:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎙 NEW EPISODE: Dr. Pankhuri Singhal shares her journey, building AI tools to detect complex diseases using health records.
We talk research, mentorship, and life during a postdoc.

04.06.2025 00:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌌 NEW EPISODE: "Exploring Exoplanets: The Search Beyond Our Solar System" takes you on an interstellar journey!

Join us as we venture beyond our solar system with exclusive insights from exoplanet experts Dr. Cullen Blake and Dr. Sam Halverson.

🎧 Listen now - open.spotify.com/episode/7gl4...

26.03.2025 22:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Goal of Killing Academia: ‘Small’ Science as a First Stop Co-written by Jordan Williams, Devin Burris, & Mark Bray

My 1st op-ed with Devin Burris & Mark Bray (@mark531.bsky.social)!

We look at how Trump’s funding cuts/changes to scientific resesrch threaten American biomedical research for small institutions & young scientists.

Feedback/comments welcome! #scicomm

markbraywrites.medium.com/the-goal-of-...

18.03.2025 18:19 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

This is figure 1, which shows simulated contrasting precipitation responses to deforestation at different scales (0–1,000 km) over the Amazon region.

Amazonian deforestation is making wet seasons wetter and dry seasons dryer, according to research in Nature. The analysis highlights the local and regional effects of removing trees from the tropical region. https://go.nature.com/41jCClO 🧪

13.03.2025 01:12 — 👍 80    🔁 36    💬 2    📌 5

Sam Layding, in a blue GETUP shirt, speaks at the podium in front of City Hall next to a banner reading “Philadelphia - STAND UP FOR SCIENCE”

Members of AAUP-Penn, GETUP-UAW, and more at the Stand Up for Science Rally at Philly’s City Hall holding AAUP-Penn signs that say “HANDS OFF OUR UNIVERSITY”

Higher ed workers from GETUP-UAW, AAUP-Penn, and more are out with allies across Philly at City Hall today to speak out and STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!

07.03.2025 18:23 — 👍 45    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 1

A great crowd here in Philadelphia at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally! #standupforscience

08.03.2025 13:32 — 👍 165    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 1

When you've been in the cell culture hood all day and finally get to take off your gloves:

06.03.2025 20:21 — 👍 778    🔁 100    💬 25    📌 6