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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 1d

4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...

Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · 7d

For the last decades she was best known for her indefatigable commitment for conservation, but her contribution to science can't be overestimated as well. I feel priviledged to have met her on several occasions. We will miss her.

Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 7d

Oof, one of my heroes.

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · 9d

merlinbirds.org/species/ston... Giurlata, Corsica

Check out this bird - European Stonechat

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · 13d

merlinbirds.org/species/sarw... seen from the patio of our guest house in Girolata, Corsica.

Check out this bird - Sardinian Warbler

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

merlinbirds.org

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · 13d

So, does this mean the uk govt collected 300 mio in taxes from you tube or its content creators?

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · 29d

Looking forward to the talk by Lisa Spitzer about "Preregistration in Psychology and Animal Studies: Bridges andPractical Tips", this Thursday as part of the animal welfare seminar series www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch/seminar/inde...

Seminar: Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare

www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch

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ReproducibiliTea @reproducibilitea.org · Sep 1

Upcoming events - ReproducibiliTea online
Check out our calendar for more details:
reproducibilitea.org/calendar

#OpenResearch #OpenScience #metasci #academicsky

ReproducibiliTea Calendar

ReproducibiliTea - Journal Clubs for Open Science

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Aug 30

Finally finished. Quorridor board made out of a single piece of oak wood (with integrated drawer for the pieces). Pretty pleased.

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Rachel Kendal @rachkendal.bsky.social · Aug 27

A project started shortly before Covid hit has finally arrived in print, phew!

Jeremy Kendal @jeremykendal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution hard copy

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Aug 24

Late August and September: the best season for hiking in Switzerland. Visited the wild ibex colony at Augstmatthorn today.

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Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · Aug 18

Who is on my desk today? A yellow perch, Perca flavescens! This guy was the perfect excuse to use my gold-green paint, which is practically neon.

#sciart #scientificillustration #fishart

A watercolor painting of a yellow perch laying on a desk with a messy watercolor palette and paintbrushes next to it.

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Aug 19

actually, yes.

Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Aug 15

A rock-pipit-scissors game.

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Aug 15

When they use Bayesian updating ..

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · Aug 15

The World Bank published population projections for 2025 in 1992. How far off were these forecasts? This map is great fun to ponder. High-res in source: ibb.co/W4KsSBhk

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Chess.com @chess.com · Aug 13

What a stylish victory! White to play and win 😌

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · Aug 12

The proposed Horizon Europe successor has 2x the budget, but there's a controversial catch:

The previously civilian-only program will be opened to "dual-use" research with defense applications.

... that's, of course, if this thing passes the EU Parliament.

New from me for @science.org 🧪

Europe mulls boosting military R&D with civilian science funding

Worried about regional security, bloc pushes forward on controversial “dual-use” approach

www.science.org

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · Aug 8

J. D. Bernal in 1939 discussing how graduate students (only a thing from 1917 in the UK) are evaluated based on number and bulk, the publication pressure stifling originality, and filling the literature with useless papers.

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CNN @cnn.com · Aug 11

An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed six journalists, according to Al-Shifa hospital, including four from Al Jazeera.

Israeli strike kills multiple journalists in Gaza, including prominent Al Jazeera reporters, network says | CNN

An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed six journalists, according to Al-Shifa hospital, including four from Al Jazeera.

www.cnn.com

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Aug 4

Stepping up tbe staircase 👍

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · Aug 1

Once upon a time, two science journalists had an idea for a blog about retractions. And on Aug. 3, 2010, Retraction Watch launched.

And now, 15 years and 6,700 posts later, that work seems more important than ever.

Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch.

Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch

Once upon a time, a long time ago, two science journalists had an idea for a blog about retractions. And on Aug. 3, 2010, Retraction Watch launched, detailing in the first post why retractions matt…

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Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · Jul 29

One of the challenges we faced when designing the figures for this paper (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), was how to show representatives of many groups of fish in the phylogeny, but highlight the endothermic species such that they are emphasized and stand out for the reader.

#🧪 #🐡

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Jul 21

The interesting thing is, that officials of all those governments will confirm that THEIR map is based on evidence (where the evidence is presumably coming from the same source -most likely the UMODC statistics).

Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · Jul 21

The UK and Australian governments give their citizens rather different travel advise when it comes to visiting Nigeria. This cool graphic summarizes the travel advise of 24 governments. Source: julesduhamel.com

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · Jul 9

"Research can be open and reproducible and still completely and obviously wrong.

Openness does not fix systemic problems in the lack of professional training and lack of professionalism in scientific research."

This post resonates with me greatly and not just for the point above.

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Jul 9

How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...

Which Kind of Science Reform

What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.

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Bernhard Voelkl @bernhardvoelkl.bsky.social · Jul 8

The scientific publishing system is crooked. I got really frustrated about the waste of research money and I got really angry about the stupidity of some decision makers in academia ... but you know what? I decided to stop complaining and just buy Elsevier stocks instead.

David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · Jul 7

The biggest publishers pulled profit margins in 2023 that rival Big Tech.

And they still charge you to publish and your library to read.

When are we going to start seriously thinking of alternatives to reform #PeerReview?

🧪 #SciPub #AcademicPublishing

Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Where is the money going? In the case of for-profit publishers it's very clear:

Your open access fees fund corporate profit margins.

Profit margins for large academic publishers can far exceed those of household names like Amazon and Apple.

chart source: bit.ly/4leULKi
#scipub #academicsky