We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
This looks like a good programme for minoritised writers in the UK who are unsigned and interested in writing a book about health. Includes £2,000 bursary, mentoring, classes, travel and access fund. www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/project/well...
I don't like spoiling it for folks, but let's just say that I am still very proud of this piece I wrote and that it's highly relevant to the topic of women in science. Who we choose to shout about or cite matters!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I think sometimes this is clear in the choice of words. Folks translate directly into English or play around with options in the thesaurus, and then end up using words that are not frequently used in modern English. As an example, 'moreover' appears often in non-natives' writing.
Me too and I don't even have Smriti's fabulous notes! Hope all is well!
I second this and also add @hellociaran.bsky.social and @selkies.bsky.social and @kirstenshiel.bsky.social. So much talent!!!
Booooo I'm sorry to hear that.
I am finding these discussions fascinating. I want people to know that it is my voice woven through in my talks and in my papers. I am now also imagining the type of literature we would be left with if we did continue down the line of 'the less personality the better'. I suspect it would be so dry!
This write up does a decent job of explaining - many of the film actors reprised their roles to voice act for the game!
www.cbr.com/warriors-bes...
💯 agree. And they did something very cool that @karynmoy.bsky.social might be particularly interested. There are a few places where the movie feels like it falls short or is missing a bit. The PS2 game added small snippets to fill these gaps in a way that makes so much sense.
Oh me too! I want to be able to see myself in the writing and the stories!!!
I mean do they even understand what leg day is? I don't 😂
Surely they are just sharing a subliminal message telling you to do some frog jumps as part of your workout?
That is very sad. There are so many cool things you could do. Collaborations with local artists! Projects with young artists! So much opportunity 😃.
Commission some cool chemistry art for the walls! No idea how to justify it but it would make you smile on a daily basis 😃!
Thank you @drclairemurray.com and @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and co-authors for this paper taking #scicomm to new places in society!
Maybe one for folks on #sciteachuk?
10/10, would definitely recommend starting your day with some powder diffraction! Hope you have some nice data to play with now 😃
😂 shout out to Gladys West who recently died but made GPS possible!
An illustration by the artist Ruth Graham, where the proportions of different elements are connected to their frequency as a response to the question: What have you appreciated about the outdoors recently?'. There is a very large bird in the foreground, along with some small flowers and insects. There are also some trees and roughly 20% of the image is water. The sun is also very large, and it has a smiley face. There is a medium size mountain in the middle left that has 'Things we appreciate in nature' written on it.
We have a cool new paper out in @jscicom.bsky.social 🧪, where we combined climate change and comedy!
@jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and Katy Schütte created an improv show that toured rural Irish communities. I evaluated the shows, and the results are in this new paper. 1/
doi.org/10.22323/157...
Although our audience's survey responses didn't indicate a huge shift in their likelihood to take action or discuss climate change with family and friends, the performers did increase upwards. Creating improv is a cool way to increase self-efficacy in tackling the climate crisis! 3/
It's a combination of quantitative and qualitative data, which includes the image in the first post. We analysed the audience's responses to what they had appreciated outdoors, and this graphic visually represents this. The huge bird and water bodies are because so many people mentioned them! 2/
An illustration by the artist Ruth Graham, where the proportions of different elements are connected to their frequency as a response to the question: What have you appreciated about the outdoors recently?'. There is a very large bird in the foreground, along with some small flowers and insects. There are also some trees and roughly 20% of the image is water. The sun is also very large, and it has a smiley face. There is a medium size mountain in the middle left that has 'Things we appreciate in nature' written on it.
We have a cool new paper out in @jscicom.bsky.social 🧪, where we combined climate change and comedy!
@jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and Katy Schütte created an improv show that toured rural Irish communities. I evaluated the shows, and the results are in this new paper. 1/
doi.org/10.22323/157...
If you are interested in inclusion and equity in citizen science 🧪, this will be a really important community discussion. We will explore our definitions and interpretations in both theory and practice, with the key results being interpreted by the fantastic visual illustrator Ruth Graham. Join us!
These sound divine, I am very jealous!
This infographic titled "The Women of the Periodic Table" highlights ten women and their contributions to element discovery. A central periodic table marks specific elements in green and orange, with lines connecting them to names and portraits. Featured scientists include Marie Curie (polonium, radium), Marguerite Perey (francium), and Clarice Phelps (tennessine). It traces history from early pioneers like Harriet Brooks to modern teams including Dawn Shaughnessy and Darleane Hoffman.
Today is the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩🔬 This graphic highlights women of the periodic table, the elements they discovered, and the two elements named after women.
Plenty more graphics on women in chemistry here: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom...
#ChemSky 🧪
The @ccdc.cam.ac.uk team did a fab job with this. Thoughtful detailed profiles of awesome women scientists like @crystallised-cricket.com.
Much love to all the women scientists out there today! 💚
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It just makes me so sad. Like what does she think reading is? Where is the joy and pleasure???
(As a side note: as someone who referees articles, I actively seek to avoid books that force me to become reviewer #2. Somehow I feel like her books would fall straight into the to-be-avoided category!)
Happy Birthday!!!
