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Joana C. Carvalho

@joanagcc.bsky.social

Designer and Scientific Illustrator | Visual Science Communication joanaccarvalho.com

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WHO@who.int · 6mo ago

In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good. Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.

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Joana C. Carvalho@joanagcc.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're a designer/illustrator who works with scientists to make figures for publications, this might be interesting for you. 👇

Europe PMC@europepmc.org · last yr.

Can AI train on my openly licensed research? Do I retain copyright if I choose a CC BY license? Why can’t I reuse a figure from my own paper? Get the answers in a webinar with Creative Commons, #EuropePMC & EMBL 🗓️ 9 Jul ⏰ 15:00 UTC 🔗 embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #OpenScience #AcademicSky 🧪

Promotional slide for a webinar titled "What happens when you choose closed? What Creative Commons licenses mean for research and AI." The slide features photos and names of five speakers: Melissa Harrison (Europe PMC / EMBL-EBI), Katherine Hughes (EMBL), Taylor Campbell (Creative Commons), Monica Granados (Creative Commons), and Kat Walsh (Creative Commons). Logos for Europe PMC, Creative Commons, and EMBL are shown at the bottom. The background is green with white text.
European Science Communication Institute @esci.eu · last yr.

In scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of #ScienceCommunication work - often voluntarily - due to societal expectations and a sense of duty, a new study reveals. Their work, however, is often undervalued ⤵️ #scicomm #gender #career #inequality

Gendered expectations extend to science communication

Communicating complex science in a way that the public can understand is crucial. A new study from the University of Adelaide reveals that in scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of th...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found. With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with water scarcity. Continue reading...

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