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The "Tooth Hurty" Joke Has Its Origins In Ancient, Armored Fish | Defector Whenever Yara Haridy, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, shows off the fossils she works with, people are often disappointed. Unlike the statuesque bones of dinosaurs or even the small spi...

I wrote about one of my favorite kinds of scientific studies, where the original question you ask is not the one you end up answering 🧪
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address...

🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA,
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This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…

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Thank you @wwfindia for supporting this project — and to every elder, vendor, and fisher who’s made me think differently about what marine knowledge really means.

Contributors who want to share stories, knowledge, or family history related to seafood and the sea
• Local artists, translators, educators and fisherfolk open to collaborating
• NGOs, scientists and institutions who support community-driven marine education and conservation

This work is shaped by the belief that those who live closest to the sea often hold the most insight—but are rarely included in science or conservation decisions.

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I’ll be:
• Documenting fish names, seafood stories and local ecological knowledge
• Creating bilingual educational content (Tamil + English)
• Sharing tools like zines, posters, and audio stories
• Exploring how scientific and traditional knowledge can inform each other

A message from island leaders: protect the Pacific Ocean from deep-sea mining As heads of Pacific island nations, we urge governments worldwide to avoid irreversible environmental damage to the region as well as the needless economic and geopolitical risks.

A message from island leaders: protect the Pacific Ocean from deep-sea mining

Once again I am asking my colleagues who want to Ban Deep Sea Mining not to use *that* particular abbreviation as your hashtag.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

After all the very foundation of science wasn't entirely based on citations or publications, but just the curiosity about the natural world .yes it's important to keep up with the modern times, but remember you are worthy, human and very much alive on this planet, figuring it out.

While yes each time you struggle, it's a lesson on how you can improvise and change habits to become better. Remember, your worth and intellectual contribution to science can also be defined by other parameters such as humanity, curiosity, wonder, fascination, passion, etc.

Academia can leave you feeling worthless, demotivated and not valuable easily just because you don't keep up with deadlines, find it hard to fit into the structural formats, and have trouble putting the knowledge into words. #academia #marinebiology #structure #deadlines

U.S. Aid Cuts Are Hitting Global Conservation Projects Hard The Trump Administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in…

U.S. Aid Cuts Are Hitting Global Conservation Projects Hard

The Trump Administration’s dismantling of USAID has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in dozens of countries, with many programs now being forced to shut down. e360.yale.edu/features/usa...

2 sentences into reading an ai written piece, makes me sleepy. Now here I am stuck with my usual procrastination and behind on my work, freaking out near deadlines while countless people generate chunks of their work in seconds. #academia #deadlines #grad #stress #artificialintelligence

It's basically replacing you. Use of ai for writing, creation of literature and art, it's bleak. Research papers, dissertations they lack that natural human excitement and touch.

AI tools can help maybe organise your day or be your free personal assistant, but making it do your own work?

If you ever have to convince someone how delicately balanced the Ocean's ecosystems are, ask them to try managing a saltwater aquarium for a week.
#marinebio #scicomm #marinebiology #climatechange
#oceans

While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, a Spanish island, marine biologists captured the first images of a live adult black seadevil anglerfish near the ocean’s surface. nyti.ms/3CLmscK