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“it is “remarkable” to see that China is so dominant and advanced in so many fields compared with the United States.”
#Science #scicomm
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04048-7

New review fresh in for #FossilFriday: Bringing to life two palaeontological expeditions and excelling at explaining scientific concepts, The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt goes deeper into the tragic history behind Spinosaurus and resurrects the forgotten Ernst Stromer.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/19/book-review-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Dinosaurs #Theropods #Spinosaurs #Spinosaurus #Fossils #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Scicomm @bookstodon

People DID find formal explanations more satisfying when the category seemed unknown!

But only the most reflective thinkers realized tautological (uninformative) formal explanations were less satisfying than informative ones.

https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70101

#xPhi #cogSci #SciComm
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Experiments 1a and 1b: "...participants judged the explanations to be less satisfactory when the questioner was aware of the object’s category identity compared to when the questioner was unaware of it (Experiment 1a: β = −0.61, se = 0.24, t = −2.51, p = .015; Experiment 1b: β = −1.23, se = 0.37, t = −3.36, p = .001)."

Experiments 2a and 2b: "...participants judged the questioner to be less aware of the categorical identity of the object, when the questioner was presented as satisﬁed with the explanation provided in Experiment 2a (β = −2.18, se = 0.25, t = −8.82, p < .001) and Experiment 2b (β = −0.97, se = 0.40, t = −2.46, p = .017)."

Experiment 3: "We conducted a content analysis of participants’ responses and grouped them into six possible types of answers. ...signiﬁcant main effect of answer type when comparing the overall probability of CATEGORY and Function to appear as answer (β = −2.55, se = 1.29, z = −1.98, p = .048). More importantly, CATEGORY had the highest probability of appearing as an answer (compared to the other ﬁve types of answers) when the characters were satisﬁed, and the lowest probability of appearing as an answer (compared to the other ﬁve types of answers) when the characters were not satisﬁed."

Experiment 4: "A signiﬁcant interaction between condition (i.e., Tautology vs. Choice) and CR was observed (β = 0.24, se = 0.11, t = 2.09, p = .039). .... the difference between Tautology and the Choice conditions was signiﬁcant only at the highest level of CR (β = 0.61, se = 0.20, z = 3.13, p = .002)."

🧵 They live in our fluids like fish in the ocean, they breath in our lung or even leave our body. Your tiny bodymates are bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists and viruses.
The figures vary, but you probably consist of just as many non-human cells as human cells! And neither can or wants to live without the other. Your skin is a planet for such a tiny alien: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-03-sitting-with-your-body-mates/id1630784381?i=1000581150332

What could be better for combating human #hubris than recognising

#NatureMatchCuts #sciComm #biodiversity #symbiosis

🧵 Yes, yes, everyone comes out with this now ... but I wanted to mention that I have an account on ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts and, like many other freelancers, I fuel my storytelling with #coffee! :blobcatcoffee:
So I don't run on fossil fuels and I am purely human in the outer*** shell and brain.

*** which is a lie. These tiny little aliens in our body, named #microbiome, don't live only in our gut but also on our skin.

#storytelling #sciComm #biodiversity #NatureMatchCuts #living

On the advent calendar today, a little thought for how many of us may be feeling this time next week.
https://matildaslab.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/can-a-fat-person-starve-to-death/
#scicomm #adventcalendar

Less than two weeks until New Year's Eve.

Would you like to join me starting the new year in a bird-friendly way?

https://beaksandbones.substack.com/p/fireworks-nl

#newyear #fireworks #birds #birdsofmastodon #scicomm #beaksandbones #conservation #science

Photo of a greylag goose taking flight from the water. White text on top of the photo:
Fireworks drive birds into panic flights
Think twice before shooting your fireworks into the air

Tipp zum #FollowFriday:

👉 der Bot 🤖 @Konferenzen informiert euch über:

> Konferenzen & Tagungen zu #Wissenschaft und #Bildungsforschung aus dem #Veranstaltungskalender des @DeutscherBildungsserver

✅ #Schule
✅ Berufliche #Bildung
✅ #Erwachsenenbildung #Weiterbildung
✅ #Hochschule & #Wissenschaft
✅ Bildung #international
✅ #Förderpädagogik/ #Inklusion / #Sozialpädagogik

#WissKomm #SciComm #FediLZ #Science #UnisInsFediverse #Pädagogik #Education

🎄Do you know the "Christmas tree cluster"?

This cluster of young stars, #NGC2264, lies about 2,500 light-years away. Its X-ray–emitting stars shine within glowing green gas left behind from their birth cloud. 🌌

We wish you happy holidays and the best wishes for 2026! ✨

🧪 #SciComm
📷 @nasa
#NASA #Christmastreecluster #astronomy #stars #Christmastodon #Christmastree #nebula #astrophysics #physics

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

"Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#gynandromorph #NewSpecies #spider #Thailand https://grrlscientist.medium.com/half-male-half-female-spider-discovered-in-thailand-is-new-to-science-78e9e785aea0

Today's advent calendar entry is a bit of a blast from the past. It's a post that falls into a very small Venn diagram overlap between science and dresses.
matildaslab.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/is-that-dress-blue-and-black-or-white-and-gold/
#scicomm #adventcalendar

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

"Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#gynandromorph #NewSpecies #spider #Thailand https://grrlscientist.medium.com/half-male-half-female-spider-discovered-in-thailand-is-new-to-science-78e9e785aea0

My latest for @forbes is on a new material called MOCHI. It is is more transparent than glass but as thermally insulating as many materials used to construct walls. Could it be the future of windows? #science #scicomm

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2025/12/18/invisible-material-could-make-windows-super-insulating/

It's a SciAnts Game Day! We are finishing(??) Metroid Prime 4, chatting Metroid science, and more as we pooooosh for a new emote slot! 2pm EST #science #twitch #TwitchPartner #live #stem #sciants #livestream #scicomm #twitchambassador twitch.tv/sciants_Stre...

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

"Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#gynandromorph #NewSpecies #spider #Thailand https://grrlscientist.medium.com/half-male-half-female-spider-discovered-in-thailand-is-new-to-science-78e9e785aea0

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

"Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#gynandromorph #NewSpecies #spider #Thailand https://grrlscientist.medium.com/half-male-half-female-spider-discovered-in-thailand-is-new-to-science-78e9e785aea0

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Understand that oxidation of methane releases hydrogen (along with carbon dioxide; just as when we burn natural gas), but beyond that, I quickly got lost without formulae (let alone molymod-style illustrations:) #SciComm #hydrogen
https://www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emissions-are-supercharging-the-warming-impact-of-methane/

Photography Tourism Threatens India’s Rare, Star-Spangled Galaxy Frog

"Seven rare frogs vanished from a study site after several groups of nature photographers visited their conservation area in the Western Ghats."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#WildlifePhotography #amphibians #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/12/17/photography-tourism-threatens-indias-rare-star-spangled-galaxy-frog/

(1/2) What do you get when you mix teen #popculture references 💅, time travelling witches ⏰🔮, and zine making 📰? A very Sci_Burst workshop experience!

Earlier this month we ran a #scicomm #workshop for this group of exceptional high school students participating in the Curious Minds ‘East’ Camp at #ANU 👩‍🔬💜

#CuriousMinds is a STEM mentoring program for talented girls in years 8-9 who face barriers because of where they live, their socio-economic background, and/or their Indigenous status.

#scicomm

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