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Nicole Lise Boivin is an archaeologist and former director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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IPS Inter Press Service @ipsnews.net · 23h

Science-Informed Policy Action Key to Biodiversity Conservation
www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/scie... @ipbes.net @cicirussell.bsky.social #ForNature

Science-Informed Policy Action Key to Biodiversity Conservation

Dr. Luthando Dziba, Executive Secretary of IPBES, believes that we can address the crisis of biodiversity loss through science-based policy.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 2d

"In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted to periods, and how the first known pregnancy test actually worked." 🏺🧪

'The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt

In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted ...

www.livescience.com

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Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 3d

Very cool 😎

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 5d

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Michael Petraglia @mdpetraglia.bsky.social · 9d

New discovery! Here @mariaguagnin.bsky.social and our team report on 12,000-year-old life-size camel rock art engravings in the Saudi desert. #GreenArabia @griffith.edu.au www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 10d

A sneak peak of our forthcoming article!

Led by Mathew Stewart and @huwgroucutt.bsky.social.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mam...

Frontiers | The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate: a systematic review and analysis

With its origins in the late 18th and early 19th century, the question of what drove the extinction of the late Quaternary megafauna extinctions remains one ...

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Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 11d

Great article thanks

Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 13d

Great to see this important paper out!! Makes it all the more clear that the problem is NOT that we need to be patient and wait for equity to arrive, that’s just not going to happen. Also clear from the gender bias of the comments that men don’t share our level of concern.

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 14d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 15d

In a warming India, cases of chronic kidney disease are on the rise among otherwise healthy people.

The disease is particularly prevalent in outdoor workers who lack access to water, shade, or rest.

Heat Stress Is a Major Driver of India’s Kidney Disease Epidemic

Cases of chronic kidney disease unrelated to pre-existing conditions are on the rise in India and other tropical nations. As climate change raises temperatures and humidity, the disease is increasingl...

e360.yale.edu

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Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 15d

Oh no! Get well soon Marta!

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 15d

On the day Rubio inaugurated an archaeological “tunnel burrowed under a Palestinian district, along a Roman-era street” in an “archaeological park established by an Israeli settler organisation… Israeli planes bombed the most important storage depot of ancient artefacts in Gaza City”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d

‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends

Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d

‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends

Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity

www.theguardian.com

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Nicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 19d

“Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity.”

Actually I’m not even sure they’re doing that, though many are indeed trying.

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Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 20d

“… and his wife Sally”: The Binford Legacy and Uncredited Work in Archaeology.
🧪 🏺

Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Often mentioned as an afterthought in sentences about her more (in)famous husband, Sally R. Binford has long been a focus of feminist archaeological discussion. She helped create the ‘New Archaeology....

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch, Richard S.J. Tol , and 32 more Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch, Richard S.J. Tol, Brigitte Nerlich, Nicole Boivin, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Scott L. Greer, John Horgan, Steven Van de Walle, Serge Guimond, Victor Asal, Ian Hall, American Library Association, Martin Paul Eve, Nancy T. Ammerman, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Jonathan Hopkin, Robert C. Richards, Michael Zimmer, Caroline T. Schroeder, Lesley Bartlett, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Bessma Momani, Samantha Brennan, James Goodwin, Jessica Vitak, Mark Rice, Mary Jane Curry, Leah Stokes, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Joanna L. Grossman, Meredith Farkas, Nathan P. Kalmoe, James M. Thomas

Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 21d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

www.insidehighered.com

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 21d

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 21d

It seems like it’s dangerous for scientists to speak out against Colossal’s “de extinction research”.

www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign

Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them

www.newscientist.com

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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trump's very first example of the Smithsonian's "corrosive ideology" was an exhibit that correctly stated "Race is a human invention." How is scientific consensus (that biological races don't exist in humans) corrosive? We are asking scientists to co-sign our statement: forms.gle/kqKQF9CZ3jPB...

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@BarbaraHorejs @barbarahorejs.bsky.social · Dec 11

We need YOU! If you are working in archaeology in Germany or Austria, please share your experience with us. For an exhibition & scientific study on 'sexism in archaeology', 100% anonymous data only 🙏
www.umfrageonline.com/c/quruyhze
@oeai.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Jan 24

I am ✨BEYOND✨ excited to share my “Classification Framework for Assessing #Anthropogenic #Sedimentary Facies”!

It covers composition, bed- and grain-scale descriptors, structures, and nomenclature.

Now we can describe the developing #sedimentology of #Anthropocene #Earth 🌍

bit.ly/4hLbd2X 🧪 ⚒️

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · Feb 21

"Musk is a key figure within a US administration that is attacking science through executive orders that have systematically targeted the scientific community, cut funding, restricted research and silenced scientists"

My op-ed in @resprofnews.bsky.social
www.researchprofessi...

Royal Society must choose between Musk and its integrity - Research Professional News

When science itself is under attack, neutrality becomes complicity, says Kit Yates

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Apr 16

Ancient DNA extracted from a sediment core from a high-altitude Pyrenean lake in Spain shows that fish may have been added to the lake by humans as early as the 7th century CE, according to a study in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4i90I9h 🏺 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the characteristics of Pyrenean lake in Spain.

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · Nov 23

The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper.

What is this all about?

We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape.

Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵

www.economist.com/science-and-...

Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever

Concerns about some of their business models are building

www.economist.com

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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · Jun 19

Join online next Thursday!
Engaging Human Aspirations to Motivate Progress Towards a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together
🌍🌐
www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/plane...

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Jun 16

“Historically, no one lived past age 35”

"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

There Were Still Old People When Life Expectancy Was 35.

A demography myth that won't die

jenndowd.substack.com

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MAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social · Jun 12

#HeritageHighlights

🎤Today, South Asian Women in the Field (SAWIF) recorded their first #podcast in the series.

In conversation with Prof Rajani we discussed the changing field of remote sensing #archaeology and what its like for women in this field.

Stay tuned for the release!

Malina Roy and Prof Rajani recording the podcast

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 10

If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason.

If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half.

📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social

A horizontal bar chart titled "Percentage of Global fossil fuel emissions (since 1751) occurring in my lifetime." The chart shows how much of the total historical global fossil fuel emissions have occurred within the lifetime of individuals of different ages, from 5 to 100 years old. The vertical axis on the left lists ages in increments of 5 years, from age 5 at the top to age 100 at the bottom. The horizontal axis represents the percentage of fossil fuel emissions, marked in 10% increments from 10% to 90%.

The black bars represent the proportion of fossil fuel emissions that have occurred during each age group's lifetime. The bars increase in length as the age increases, meaning older individuals have lived through a larger percentage of the cumulative emissions since 1751.

Three specific age groups are highlighted with red bars and white text annotations:

Age 30: "if you are 30 it is more than 50%"

Age 50: "if you are 50 it is about 75%"

Age 85: "if you are 85 it is about 90%"

The source of the data is cited at the bottom: "CDIAC and globalcarbonproject.org." The graphic is credited to "@neilrkaye."

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Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social · May 19

We're excited to announce our inaugural seminar. @lornarichardson.bsky.social presents a thematic analysis of the BNP’s 'Identity' magazine, interpreting the far-right misuse of archaeological science and narratives of indigeneity. Details and registration at archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Jun 5

Happy birthday Beatrice de Cardi, born #OnThisDay in AD 1914 🏺

A true #Trowelblazer, she helped lay the foundations of British archaeology and kept doing fieldwork until she was 93!

She wrote a retrospective of her fieldwork in Antiquity in 2008 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Beatrice de Cardi sat at a table covered in bags of archaeological finds.

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