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I learned from watching Jane Goodall that animals often chill out and stop seeing you as a threat if you sit down and pretend to be totally not interested in them. Bonus points if you have a snack you can eat in front of them while not paying attention.

Challenging common notions on how eggs break and the role of strength versus toughness - Communications Physics Common assumption dictates that an egg exhibits greater structural resistance when dropped on its end rather than on its side. To test this supposition, the authors perform static and dynamic loading ...

🥚📚 Rethinking the Egg Drop Challenge

Turns out, eggs are less likely to break when dropped on their side – not their end.

This study shows they absorb more energy horizontally, challenging a classic STEM classroom myth.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

#Physics #Education #SciComm #Eggs 🧪

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."

Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

This isn’t just a graphic, these individuals are always in my thoughts and I wish more of them could access the support they deserve

thestreetlink.org.uk

Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief, European Journal for Philosophy of Science. Editorship begins 1 September 2025 (negotiable) & renewable term of 4 years. Submit applications to the secretary of @epsaphilsci.bsky.social M. Amine Mansour at epsa@philsci.eu.
Deadline is 15 May 2025.
#philsci

Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange (and...

“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That might sound strange, but the science is clear.”

Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)

So sad.

Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.

Is fluoride really linked to lower IQ, as a recent study suggested? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry Water fluoridation programs are a cornerstone of dentistry and public health.

I 1st learnt of the fluoride controversy as an undergraduate studying #HistoryAndPhilosophyOfScience #HPS #HistPhilSci. 30+ years later the discussion remains divisive. This article provides a thoughtful discussion of the topic. theconversation.com/is-fluoride-...

Virginia Heat Watch: Collaboration to assess climate vulnerability at local to regional scales Systematic studies of temperature using consistent, field-validated methods are needed to make inter- and intra-urban heat comparisons and to prioriti…

Hi! I'm a professor of environmental science, and this atmos/ocean feed-list seems the best fit (unless there is a climate feed-list?). I do community climate resilience work and teach ocean/atmosphere dynamics, energy, marine science, systems, etc. Recent pub: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Selling Misleading “Cancer Cure” Books on Amazon: Systematic Search on Amazon.com and Thematic Analysis Background: While the evidence base on web-based cancer misinformation continues to develop, relatively little is known about the extent of such information on the world’s largest e-commerce website, ...

2024 Study: Nearly half of the sampled “cancer cure” books on Amazon appeared to contain misleading cancer treatment and cure information. "The first search result page had the highest % of misleading books (23/33, 69.7%)."
medsky 🛟 🧪 😷 health policy science communication sociology

📢Call for Papers! Share your latest #Research on translational breakthroughs in #neuro & #psych disorders🧑‍🔬Let's bridge lab discoveries with clinical care!🧠💡 Biomedicines Biomolecules IJMS Brain Sciences CellsI MDPI #CFP #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
www.mdpi.com/topics/I8CIO...

Roman Empire’s use of lead lowered IQ levels across Europe, study finds Widespread use of metal caused estimated 2- to 3-point drop in IQ for nearly 180 years of Pax Romana

Research suggests a massive expansion of mining & the processing of metal ores caused airborne lead pollution to soar during the peak of the Roman empire, leading to an estimated 2-3 point drop in IQ.

🧪🧠 #neuroskyence

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Another precept from #psychology #cognitivescience & #neuroscience:

Spotlight Effect: We overestimate how much others notice or judge our actions or appearance.

But, remember: others are much too focused on their own concerns to scrutinise you as much as you think...

#psychscisky #neuroskyence

Blue birds huddling together for warmth

The interactive cycle map in Europe.
(Open street Map, Open data common ODbl & CC).
At low zoom levels it is intended for overviews of national cycling networks; at higher zoom levels it should help with planning which streets to cycle on, where you can park your bike and more.
www.opencyclemap.org

Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive.

If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially.

Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?

Paperback books are like velveteen rabbits — there to be loved and squeezed and read and stuffed into shoulder bags and left in the sun and read again until there's nothing left but the best kind of memories

This is still one of my favourite illustrations for emphasising the value of dead wood 🪵 🪲

In the UK, it supports an incredible diversity of life, including ~650 species of beetles! It is vital habitat.

📷 Jeroen Helmer 🧪

Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions - Nature Human Behaviour Masters-Waage et al. report that underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in the USA face barriers in the promotion and tenure process, receiving more negative votes and fewer unanimous positive decisi...

📚 Bias in Faculty Promotions

A @natureportfolio.bsky.social study of 1,571 staff at US universities revealed underrepresented minorities face tougher standards. They received 7% more negative votes & their research was judged more harshly.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm 🧪 #HigherEd

Rapidly diverging public trust in science in the United States - Manjana Milkoreit, E. Keith Smith, 2024 Trust in science is crucial to resolving societal problems. Americans across political ideologies have high levels of trust in science—a stable pattern observed...

🔬 Trust in Science Is Polarising

A study shows U.S. trust in science is splitting along political lines - conservatives declining while liberals increase trust.

Is this be a social tipping point with consequences for science’s role in society?

🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#SciComm 🧪

A line chart showing that 38% of webpages from 2013 are no longer accessible.

LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer available today

Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% were no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.

Many implications for knowledge 🧪
#12

Now this is one, cool video. Mars may look red on the surface but right below that are all kinds of different rocks. 🧪

🦋 academics, lets get to know each other! #🧪🦑🐋
Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea you aren’t working on but keep thinking about

1. Serum 'omics of stranded whales.
2. Utility of longitudinal corticosterone conc. in sea turtle scutes to detect cold stun survival.