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@siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social

Neuroscience student turned animal behavior researcher turned science writer

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19.09.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drosophila, like vertebrates, filter sensory information during sleep Predictive sensory processing in sleeping Drosophila echoes vertebrate research, establishing an evolutionarily conserved neural signature of sleep.

Fruit fly sleep looks different, but new research finds that Drosophila brain responses to sensory patterns resemble those in vertebrates. This could help us understand how sleep evolved in the first place.

By @siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/drosop...

10.07.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drosophila, like vertebrates, filter sensory information during sleep Predictive sensory processing in sleeping Drosophila echoes vertebrate research, establishing an evolutionarily conserved neural signature of sleep.

New research finds that sleeping fruit fly brains respond to sensory stimuli just like vertebrates, pointing to evolutionarily conserved neural signatures of sleep.

By @siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/drosop...

08.07.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to all the scientists for their input and to my b editors @sciencenews.bsky.social, Cassie Miller and Haley Weiss, for getting the story to where it is.

06.05.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest on a mysterious disease that's been obliterating sea star population for over a decade. Now scientists have found refuge population in the fjords of British Columbia and it might help them figure out what was causing the disease in the first place.
www.sciencenews.org/article/sea-...

06.05.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Climate Change Imperils Pensions. Here’s How Some Investment Managers Protect Them. A new report shows that the majority of managers still need to step up

Like everything else people's pensions are at risk from climate change. Fund managers can protect their beneficiaries by taking it seriously. But many aren't. My report for @sierramagazine.bsky.social
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/clima...

10.02.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Laura Helmuth's impact on Scientific American & science journalism is immeasurable. She demonstrated how a major legacy publication could be a moral one: rigorous reporting on the climate crisis & untangling how science is political, such as explaining why trans kids deserve gender-affirming care

15.11.2024 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 887    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 5

I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)

14.11.2024 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24665    πŸ” 2136    πŸ’¬ 1213    πŸ“Œ 298


β€œThere's no outrunning climate change,” Roser says. β€œIt's a global phenomenon. And, you know, I guess it was our turn.”

10.10.2024 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's hard to say with most of it missing and I may be totally wrong, because I'm not very good at IDs, but my first guess is crane fly

30.05.2024 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Oderberg & The Philosophy of Making Mistakes Listen to this episode from The Purpose Podcast on Spotify. David Oderberg is a professor of philosophy at the University of Reading. In this episode he talks about why he got into philosophy, why phi...


Can thinking about mistakes in biology enrich our understanding of life?
Listen to the latest episode of The Purpose Podcast to find out
πŸ§ͺ #scicomm

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23.04.2024 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a little confused about the use of the term corpuscle. Thought it usually refers to blood cells. Nerve was already a widely used term by this time.

18.03.2024 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screen shot of the introduction to the article in OP. The first sentence of the Intrdocution is listed: "Certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic:..." Article goes on to discuss technical challenges around lithium-metal batteries.

Screen shot of the introduction to the article in OP. The first sentence of the Intrdocution is listed: "Certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic:..." Article goes on to discuss technical challenges around lithium-metal batteries.

This Springer journal article should evidently list ChatGPT as a coauthor. πŸ§ͺ doi.org/10.1016/j.su...

15.03.2024 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look, I'm all for responsible tech/AI assistance but this is getting out of hand. How could this glaring generative AI response get past the authors, a set of reviewers AND a whole editorial team in a peer reviewed journal? This paper is *still* live as is...πŸ‘‡πŸ½πŸ§ͺ

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

16.03.2024 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Found something really cool in my data today. This will probably be the last thing I do in my PhD.
As excited as I am to venture out into science writing world once I finish my PhD, I will definitely miss this feelingπŸ§ͺ

14.03.2024 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Siddhant Pusdekar – PhD Candidate | Science Writer

Can I be added? - siddhantpusdekar.com
I'm a science writer and PhD Candidate. The website has links to my articles, papers, and podcasts

16.02.2024 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Purpose Podcast - Further And Further And Further Back In Time | RSS.com Host Siddhant Pusdkekar speaks to Joanna Masel about how she stumbled upon a 4 billion year old trend and a problem that evolution has been trying to solve since the beginning of lifePapers referenced...



Hello Bluesky!
I'm a PhD student and science writer, trying to do more of the latter after graduating.
Check out more about me and my work here - siddhantpusdekar.com
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16.02.2024 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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22.12.2023 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely excited to share something I've been working on for a while. It's a podcast with
@Project_Telos
on the intersections of biology and philosophy. The first one is with
@RamrayB
on the behavior of groups of cancer cells. Listen here -
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18.10.2023 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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