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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 19h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 18h

This is remarkable. The world added more solar and wind capacity in 2024 than we added demand. 100% of demand growth PLUS 9% to retire dirtier sources. Cheap energy keeps winning. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 6d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 7d

Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.

Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 7d

Nice piece on power consumption by LLMs & GenAI spectrum.ieee.org/ai-energy-use #energy #artificialintelligence #llms #genAI

How Much Energy Does It Take to Power Billions of AI Queries?

All generative AI queries could hit 329 billion per day by 2030. See the big picture on AI's energy use, and how it's reshaping our world.

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 7d

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often seems overwhelming. @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and the @ipbes.net Transformative Change Assessment co-chairs highlight the roles we can each have in achieving #transformativechange.

🧪 #biodiversity #sustainability

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Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often appears overwhelming. This Perspective highlights the key messages from the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment and how everyone can be ...

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! A fantastic way for folks who don’t have access to a major university library to be able to read articles.

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 10d

The World's Newest Whale Species Makes Moans Like No Other And There Are Only 50 Individuals Left To Hear Them | IFLScience 🦑🌎🧪

The World's Newest Whale Species Is Critically Endangered With Only 50 Individuals Left

The species has been historically hunted, but now faces even more threats.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 28d

We don't structure our programs to reflect this, but in reality faculty is the alternative career path, not the default.

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 28d

“Overall, the message from this survey is positive; evolutionary biologists are readily employable outside of academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Leaving Academia: Insights from Evolutionary Biologists on Their Career Transitions and Job Satisfaction

Many who have obtained PhDs in evolutionary biology will ultimately pursue careers that fall outside a narrow definition of an academic career. At the same time, PhD students and supervisors of PhD st...

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Chris Balakrishnan @evolutionpirate.bsky.social · 29d

That’s wild … so you’ve not had a collaborator hesitant to post a preprint? Happens to me quite often!

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Chris Balakrishnan @evolutionpirate.bsky.social · 29d

I think I agree with you but there is this perception right? Why are folks hesitant to preprint? I am not …

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Chris Balakrishnan @evolutionpirate.bsky.social · 29d

Hmm that does make some sense. I’ve just gotten that question a lot by preprint skeptics. But I’m guessing the issue may with mainly with very specific publishers …

Chris Balakrishnan @evolutionpirate.bsky.social · 29d

Because most journals are trying make money and preprints give the content away for free?

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Chris Balakrishnan @evolutionpirate.bsky.social · 29d

Has anyone attempted to figure out if posting a preprint decreases the likelihood of acceptance? Asking for a friend …

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Alexander Verbeek @alexverbeek.bsky.social · Sep 2

While Trump froze $7B in solar funding, you can’t stop the future of solar energy. 24/7 solar energy now costs less than coal 😊
#news #energy #solar

How Trump's Swift Solar Crackdown Makes Today's Clean Energy Wins Even More Remarkable

Plus: Scottish ocean warriors, beetle-hunting drones, and the art of staying cool in a warming world

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · Aug 30

More foundations should do this:

"Funding is exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding (e.g., from the NIH, CDC, NSF) for their health equity research, but have since had their funding rescinded due to federal administrative actions"

www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · Aug 30

Good news! KU's IRACDA program was reinstated! We are now taking applications for postdocs. Please spread the word.

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Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Kansas - Job Details

Job Details: The IRACDA Program at the University of Kansas (KU) is accepting applications for postdoctoral scholarships. W

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Mayor from Jaws saying: The beaches are open, and people are having a wonderful time

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Toucan Barbet is such a great bird. Found in the Western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, I shot this at Doña Dora #Colombia

#birds #nature

A bird with a gray head, black crown, bright red breast, and a thick yellow beak perched on a mossy branch.

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(numunu, quahadis band) - Sky Kwihnai Pihi (name) @anarcho.bsky.social · Aug 30

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A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers | The Narwhal

A decades-long concerted effort by universities, zoos and government agencies is helping Great Lakes piping plovers recover

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · Aug 30

If you’re in Louisiana and eligible for a COVID shot, CVS won’t give them at all. They’re cowards. But Walgreens will. I have mine scheduled for next week.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · Aug 29

People really refuse to understand how short the distance is between these firings and the harm being done to communities

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · Aug 30

#PostDoc #PlantScience

Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

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Employment | New York Botanical Garden

Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

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bree speech absolutist 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · Aug 29

not gonna spoil it. just go look lol

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