I created a free #K12 interactive #science quiz for #students to discover which Order a Mammal belongs to. If you'd like to beta test it and let me know if you find glitches, I'd appreciate it. I've stared at the screen for too long and am no longer seeing the branching questions objectively. The plugin limits me to a max of 25 categories, so I had to get creative. TIA for the feedback. https://handinhandhomeschool.com/teaching/science/mammal-quiz/
My science Twitter contacts seem much more enthusiastic about Bluesky than Mastodon. The greatest criticism I have heard about Mastodon is its decentralized nature; people were afraid of being stuck in silos. As far as I understand, #Bluesky is also decentralized, yet this does not seem to be how is how it is perceived. It seems like an opportunity has been missed here.
What do you think?
Introduce yourself in the replies, your research, collaborations you're looking for or would be open to, and what you enjoy about the non-professional side of scientists on social media! @academicchatter
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst & uncertainty.”
That survey with only a 5% response rate went viral & got me wondering about other evidence & how the #ScienceTwitter#MastodonMigration was panning out.
tl;dr There's been a big recent surge here; the future of #ScienceMastodon looks bright; ScienceX is materially diminished tho the network is still there.
We're calling on #ScienceMastodon#AcademicMastodon & #OpenScience enthusiasts to help us know which communities we should be speaking with as we seek to understand the difficulties around preprint discovery. From societies, labs, preprint review groups & tech initiatives - we’d love to know them all! Here's why 🧵(1/3)
Nuovo pre-print: a un anno, il long #COVID-19 (nei pazienti ospedalizzati) ha causato deficit cognitivi di entità equivalente a un invecchiamento cerebrale di 20 anni. Fortunatamente la vaccinazione previene, in parte, questa condizione post-infezione. #science#ScienceMastodon#medicina
Hello #Academia#AcademicChatter#ScienceMastodon
If (free) peer review for journals is really an integral part of a research academic job, where would you put it under in your appraisal review? CPD? Research activity? Communication & engagement? Other?
Tell me please….
"Being scientific is hard for human brains, but as an adversarial collaboration on a massive scale, science is our only method for collectively separating how we want things to be from how they are."
A lot of people in academia will swear to god that their code is absolutely perfect and their computations above reproach, but they absolutely refuse to show you any of it because it's got a bad hair day or something and is not looking pretty at the moment.
“Even people who are really knowledgeable and who have a lot of experience out in the field were surprised to see how fast these forests were going down the drain,” says ecophysiologist and Annual Review of Plant Biology author Henrik Hartmann.
There are some cool sounding science-related events coming up via the Royal Canadian Institute for Science. Most are FREE and open to the public.
Salmon! The female body! Fungi foraging event!
Today CMS celebrates all our colleagues and their identities: we raise the progress pride flag in recognition of all members of the LGBTQIA+ community who have and continue to contribute to STEM 🌈
What better way to honour this mathematical marvel (π) than by baking a delicious pie that resembles the CMS detector? 🥧
Today, embrace the magic of circles – from pizzas and pancakes to clocks and planets. 🪐🍕
Take a moment to appreciate the beauty and wonder of math in our everyday world.
#Mars global maps show the likely distribution of water ice buried within the upper 3 feet of the planet's surface
and represent the latest data from the Subsurface Water Ice Mapping project.
"High Resolution Outdoor Videography of Insects Using Fast Lock-On Tracking"
We glue a tiny reflector on a bee. Using its reflection, robotic Fast Lock-On (FLO) tracking keeps a telescope focused on the bee flying in the wild. FLO also works from a drone.
Getting people to care about the loss of insects can be difficult, entomologist Doug Tallamy admits. But lots of people care deeply about the creatures that rely on those insects for food, such as the world’s rapidly declining bird populations.
@KnowableMag recently spoke with him about his on-going efforts to get people more engaged in cultivating bug habitats and why he’s focused on getting kids involved — one yard at a time. https://arevie.ws/TallamyQA_KM