No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The report offers a surfeit of evidence to suggest that students who use generative AI are already seeing declines in content knowledge, critical thinking and even creativity. And this could have enormous consequences if these young people grow into adults without learning to think critically. ππ’
18.01.2026 19:15 β π 44 π 25 π¬ 4 π 1Landscape? This was a photo I captured of caffeine crystals several years ago. I foresee a lot more of this molecule in my life in 2026. #polarizedlight #microscopy #sciart #caffeine
31.12.2025 22:39 β π 17 π 2 π¬ 3 π 1Holiday baking 2025 involved a lot of this molecule #vanillin #polarizedlightmicroscopy #crystals #sciart #vanilla #chem #ochem #microscopy #2025
31.12.2025 22:35 β π 14 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0As 2025 draws to a close, some images that summarize my holiday preoccupations. First up, cholesterol crystals by polarized microscopy. Healthy eating was not a priority these last weeks of the year. #microscopy #crystals #polarizedlight #sciart #ochem
31.12.2025 22:30 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Beaded #sciart by Ruth Cuthand for Indigenous Peoples Day www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/05/ruth...
13.10.2025 20:53 β π 86 π 37 π¬ 3 π 2Demonstrating linear dichroism in a synthetic sapphire #optics #polarizedlight #stem
21.11.2025 05:25 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A chiral nematic liquid crystal in transmitted and reflected light. #liquid #sciart #liquidcrystal #moodring
18.11.2025 06:16 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am deeply saddened by this! I had the honor of having him as a professor at Queenβs. He was, beyond all his other accomplishments, a gifted teacher.
25.10.2025 15:35 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Crystals viewed by microscopy.
Acetaminophen crystals viewed by polarized microscopy. #tylenol #science
23.09.2025 15:12 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0No grade 13 for me and exclude kindergartenβ include all years employed at a university
02.09.2025 16:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Strange man with backpack looking excited and/or nervous
Excited for the first day of grade 49!
02.09.2025 16:39 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Mint leaves
Mint leaves under uv light showing red fluorescence
The night garden. My mint plant during the day and the same leaves at night under UV light. The red color is chlorophyll fluorescence. #fluorescent
10.08.2025 14:44 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Brings back memories!
04.07.2025 22:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Suspended stone circle II by Ken Unsworth at the AGNSW
01.07.2025 06:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Caution sign βthrow caution to the windβ
At the AGNSW #sydney #art
01.07.2025 06:26 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Blue spring amongst verdant green landscape
Blue spring amongst verdant green landscape
Blue spring amongst verdant green landscape
Blue spring amongst verdant green landscape
Blue Spring walkway #freshwaterspring #aquatic #nature #newzealand #putaruru
25.06.2025 09:14 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Swamp hen (pukeko) grooming itself
Black swan dives while New Zealand scaup looks on
Swallow flying away
Fantail (piwakawaka) in flight
Today from New Zealand; bird butts of Rotorua! #swan #swallow #fantail #swamhen #birds #wildlife
24.06.2025 09:24 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Steam rising from the ground
Craters of the Moon, NZ. #steam #steamvents #newzealand
22.06.2025 10:10 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Politics #Environment #Chemicals #Pollution #Policy #Industry
A coalition of organizations representing educators and researchers (including the @aapthq.bsky.social) has filed a legal challenge to the recent mass termination of grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF). π’ π§ͺ π π©βπ¬ #AcademicSky
20.06.2025 16:48 β π 20 π 6 π¬ 0 π 2Kaka (parrot) in a tree
Taking some time to appreciate the New Zealand wildlife! #kaka #wellington
18.06.2025 10:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Last day for submissions to this year's ChemiSTEAM competition! For more information and a link, please find details among the #CSC2025 signature events: www.cheminst.ca/conference/c...
09.06.2025 19:38 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Making mood rings in the lab. I should lay off the coffee before filming time lapse photos.
06.06.2025 16:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The deadline has been extended to 11:59 PM on Monday, June 9!
02.06.2025 14:10 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.
Mass Spec
xkcd.com/3094/
This is so stupid.
13.05.2025 19:56 β π 22 π 7 π¬ 2 π 0Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! π¨π¦π³οΈ
28.04.2025 11:12 β π 12509 π 1896 π¬ 203 π 91Photomicrograph of a chiral liquid crystal
Chiral landscape. With teaching over for the year I can turn my attention to research! This polarized microscopy image was captured as part of a study into stimuli responsive chiral liquid crystals #sciart
26.04.2025 15:39 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1Two flickers mating on a roof
Birds migrating in V formation
Signs of spring!
22.04.2025 00:44 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0