I also run a small, closed blog about my academia-to-business journey. There, I openly write about money, marketing, stats, successes, and failures. The blog is on Telegram only, with about 20 followers currently. Let me know if you'd like to join. 🧵 3/3
I need your help! Any feedback on our courses, prices, or website is very useful. Please share with colleagues, friends, and especially parents—feel free to reach out with suggestions. 🧵2/3
I'm opening a K-12 learning centre in Canberra! We'll offer after-school courses in STEM, digital art, public speaking, and maths & English tutoring. It's been my dream to contribute to children's education, and I'm excited to open in just a month. ivlearning.au 🧵1/3
Reproductive success was recorded in a context where natural selection could not readily explain variation in a male’s share of paternity. Thus, our study provides the most conclusive evidence to date for sexual selection of cognitive abilities. 🧵3/3
We quantified five measures of cognition in male mosquitofish, finding weak evidence for general intelligence. Yet, males with greater inhibitory control and better spatial learning sired more offspring, while males with better initial impulse control sired fewer offspring 🧵2/3
🔥New Paper @natureecoevo.bsky.social: Paternity analysis reveals sexual selection on cognitive performance in mosquitofish
RJ Fox, C Fichtel, PM Kappeler, @mikejennions.bsky.social
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hi Australian Researchers. I have a plan. Let's thank the amazing @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a decade of selfless work by nominating them for a Eureka Prize (Leadership in science). Are you with me? If so, repost this. Please also reply and state your support for this quest. We can do this people.
What does life after a #PhD look like? Here’s my own (n=1) experience with #academicjobs visualised after ~1.5 years and 60+ job applications.
I’ve secured 4 short-term roles. All 4 were offered through my professional network and were not publicly advertised. Make of that what you will.
I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e...
Interesting meta-analysis on the role of ChatGPT in student learning. The accessibility of the Internet shifted education from memorization to problem-solving. Now, with AI solving complex tasks for students, I’m curious how educators will adapt.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵1/4. New book finally coming out on 26 December 2024. This has been a monumental effort and I take the opportunity to thank my co-editor @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social, all of the amazing contributors, chapter reviewers and the team at Oxford Academic.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
