"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🔬Our Nikon MicroCT Scanner is helping researchers and industry users uncover hidden structures in stunning 3D detail. From embryos, fossils and birds to engineering components, the possibilities are remarkable. [ucl.ac.uk] Learn more and book access: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

Introducing our MicroCT Scanner: how to access and book its use

Our Nikon MicroCT scanner offers a micro-focus source & an inspection volume for small-to-medium-sized parts. Also bookable by external computed tomography users at good rates. Central London-based.

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🦇 Bat tracheal chambers may be key evolutionary innovation behind echolocation diversity by supporting higher-frequency calls & helping drive evolution of specialized echolocation, contributing to bats’ remarkable ecological success Brualla et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🧬 We're hiring. We’re excited to be recruiting for a Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy to join the Centre for Integrative Anatomy at UCL. 📍 Location: London (hybrid) 📅 Closing date: 20 July 2026 MONDAY 👉 Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...

Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy at UCL

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This paper is so freakin' cool. The authors use a combination of comparative anatomy, the fossil record, phylogenetic methods, and morphometric analysis to figure out how (and when) seals evolved "amphibious hearing" that uniquely enable them to effectively hear in both air & underwater

Dr James Rule@palaeo-jrule.bsky.social · 3w ago

Seals have a superpower: they are the only mammals with amphibious hearing! They hear well both in-air and underwater. My collagues and I have a new study in Proceedings B on the origins and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds 🦭🔊🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

🐰 What drives body shape evolution in rabbits, hares, and pikas? Changes in rib length & thoracolumbar region are main drivers of body shape diversity. Body size—not burrowing or locomotion—best predicts body shape & limb proportions Brice et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Just two weeks left to apply for this exciting position in the @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social

@drphilcox.bsky.social · last mo.

JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...

Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology, recently published in Paleobiology, by @jgn-paleo.bsky.social - this is a *must read*, esp. for those in the archosaur realm www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Currently paying 15% on anything I earn over £29k. Currently this equates to nearly £200 a month. I did my masters in 2017-2019 and it's gone from £10k to over £15k since then 😬

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

‘Basically you’re trapped’: UK postgraduates burdened with double loan debt

This week's #MonographMonday is an illustration of Nautilus imperialis (now Cimomia imperialis) by J Sowerby. This is from Monograph on The Eocene Mollusca or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England by Frederic E. Edwards (Volume 2: Issue 2, 1849)

Review of CH Waddington's influence on developmental biology and evo-devo: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... includes supp info with his 50th birthday songs!

C.H. Waddington's lasting achievements in development and evolution

ABSTRACT. C.H. Waddington (1905-1975) was a British biologist and perhaps the major figure in developmental biology between the 1940s and 1960s. He is one of the few pre-molecular-age developmental bi...

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this reads like he is some child-emperor disposing of his ill-suited and scheming viziers

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · last mo.

Just realised this will be my son’s fifth prime minister and he’s 6.

JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...

Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy at UCL

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Leaf cutter bees are back! So tidy 😍

Feel free to contact us about the position which closes in 2 weeks.

Archaeological Proteomics Lab@archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨Job alert🚨We are hiring a Laboratory Technician (24 months) to support our research in Archaeological Proteomics (ZooMS) at the University of Reading (UK), including our COEXIST project. More info here: tinyurl.com/bdfvawh8 #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS

We were out walking at sunrise this morning (4am) for the solstice. Pretty cool but the ~10 women in the sea were cooler!

She didn’t recover… Her legacy will continue to inspire conservation efforts in Lebanon and elsewhere, even if she is no longer around

Hady George@houdzgeorge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not surprising but still heartbreaking to hear israel attacked Mona Khalil, one of Lebanon and the Middle East’s leading conservationists. She’s dedicated over 25 years to protecting endangered sea turtles. Hopefully she recovers soon so she may continue her work.

Please share! It’s a quick turn-around for this PhD opportunity accepting applications until 29 June! Join an amazing lab in an amazing city…

Alana Sharp@acsharp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 We have a new FUNDED PhD opportunity on ageing of the human heelpad: tissue properties and gait biomechanics. 📍Location: @livevobiomech.bsky.social 👩‍💻The team: @krisda.bsky.social @drrostireadioff.bsky.social and me! 🔗 Apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The 1979 Star Trek poster resembles a Pride flag but it seemed like something was missing so I added some square wrinkles

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

Introducing #MonographMondays! 🎉 We’re taking a stroll through the archives, one issue at a time. Every Monday, we'll share a figure from one of our monographs, working our way through nearly two centuries of scholarship, discovery and illustration. First stop: Volume 1: Issue 1 (1848).

Sometimes I forget Hilda is a dog and not a human being and then sometimes she licks a rotting porpoise carcass on the beach and I'm reminded.

RVC needs a Lecturer in Anatomy (Maternity Cover) to join our department for 12 months (very well could include joining Structure & Motion Lab)! jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Deadline 22 June

Job Opportunity at the RVC: Lecturer in Anatomy (Maternity Cover)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lecturer in Anatomy to join the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences for a maternity cover (12 months) position. The post is suitable for academics with ...

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Hey look: A job! @echinerd.bsky.social and I are looking for a research technician to work on sea urchin development. If you are good at segmenting CT scans and want a chance to work on some super cool organisms, this job here at UCL is for you! apply now: bit.ly/4o2qccY

This week @apwoodbailey.bsky.social @lucyhholmes.bsky.social and I went to Knowsley Safari Park to see some of the amazing animals we’ll be studying during our @leverhulme.ac.uk Building Giants project 😄🦏🦌🦒

The first Pelagiceti whale from the Eocene of Poland with its evolutionary and biogeographic significance. Study by Daniel Tyborowski et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📣 Introducing MorphSim: an R package for simulating discrete morphological data along phylogenetic trees, built for fossil-inclusive phylogenetics, with all the complexity of real morphological data baked in 🪨🌿 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

MorphSim: An R package for simulating discrete morphological data

Morphological data are essential for reconstructing evolutionary histories, particularly for fossil taxa, as they represent the primary source of information for integrating extinct lineages into ...

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Interesting new tool to extract phylogenies from images (Tremble). It is crazy that this is still something we have to do. doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

Treemble: a graphical tool to generate Newick strings from phylogenetic tree images

AbstractSummary. Phylogenetic trees are ubiquitous and central to biology, but most published trees are available only as visual diagrams and not in the ma

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