Our more in-depth story on the sudden shut down of Chronicle Heritage. I talk to a handful of employees who recount their experience and concerns following the company’s dissolution. Many worry about the thousands of artifacts still in Chronicle’s care. #Archaeology #CRM 🧪🏺 New at @science.org

Major employer of archaeologists shuts down, leaving workers in the lurch

The “ungraceful exit” of Chronicle Heritage leaves many researchers fearful for the future

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184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...

184 cuneiform tablets discovered in Hittite royal archive

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Kayalıpınar in Türkiye have discovered a Hittite royal archive containing 184 cuneiform tablets and fragments. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

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Again, it is almost impossible to overstate the stupidity & bad faith involved in using "salary four years after graduation" as a metric of the worth of majors or degrees, let alone - as US News & World Report did in epic bad faith this year - as a criteria for ranking universities & colleges.

Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People

ALT: Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d ago

Just like the US News new formula, this “earnings after four years” is a stupid metric of the worth of college. If folks were serious about all this, they’d stop pretending that people don’t go to grad school & do other things in their 20s while not earning high salaries: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Behind the Bastards is covering "archaeologist" Heinrich Schliemann this week and it's pretty fun. In the second episode I sort of hope he'll link it to the modern pseudoarchaeology put forth on Joe Rogan's show, but we'll see. 🏺 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

Part One: Heinrich Schliemann: The Archaeologist Who Destroyed Troy

Podcast Episode · Behind the Bastards · 6 October · 55min

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The only SI we acknowledge in this house is Système International

I guess this is the week Bluesky answers this vital question

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · 3d ago

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

tfw you sit down to work at the computer and the power goes out 🫠

International perspectives matter. Discover how women created the technical writing profession in India, Austria, Finland, Israel, Poland and beyond: a.co/d/0hknVnG2

In the last couple of years, we've seen multiple critical collections (museums, herbaria) close. The IUCN--the global authority on the status of biodiversity--recently published on how important these kinds of facilities are in conservation. Every day, the dead are working to protect the living.

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums

The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...

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Chronicle Heritage, the largest cultural resources management firm in the US, abruptly shuttered its operations last week. The sudden closure leaves many archaeologists without work just as the US field season is coming to a close. This is a developing story. 🧪🏺 #Archaeology at @science.org

Exclusive: Archaeology megafirm abruptly shuts down

Chronicle Heritage was largest U.S. cultural resources management company

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New Zooarchaeology book out, offering retrospectives and future directions! My chapter is on best practices in stable isotope analysis and sample curation when it comes to legacy collections. lockwoodpressonline.com/index.php/eb...

The Wayback Machine lets you travel through more than a trillion saved web pages. 🏛️ ‣ Find an old website. ‣ See how a familiar site changed. ‣ Recover something that's disappeared. ‣ Check what a page looked like years ago. The web has a history. Go explore it. web.archive.org #ToolsYouCanUse

OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.

Cole Donovan@colesci.bsky.social · last wk.

But collectively, the narrow focus on grants to universities is misguided, especially when one accounts for the balance of where the money actually goes (source: NCSES). A plurality of federal R&D funding goes to businesses, followed by internal R&D expenditure, followed by higher education.

It's October 1...No Atlantic hurricanes. My analysis. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

It’s October And Not A Single Atlantic Hurricane Has Formed

Will we make it through the entire 2026 season without a hurricane in the Atlantic basin? Some analysis of what is happening.

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There are people trying to pitch under the name of real science writers. Yes. This is a scam that happens. And it's BAD. Because our only currency in our field? Is our reputation. I am doing something about it, and telling you so you can, too. brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/2-factor-a...

2-Factor Authorification

I hate that I even have to do this.

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Introduction to Archaeological Science has a cover! As well as the usual peer review, text was reviewed by students, who gave feedback on how well it works for its intended audience. If you decide to use it, let us know! (pre-order for Nov 30th publication date). www.routledge.com/Introduction...

Introduction to Archaeological Science

Introduction to Archaeological Science offers a clear, comprehensive introduction to archaeological science for students encountering the field for the first time. This book presents the principal are...

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The doors of the Academy of Natural Sciences will be closing on Sunday...for now. But this isn't over. We're meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences when doors close to gather for a moment of resolve followed by a march to City Hall. Join us. art by @lindzeamays.bsky.social luma.com/7ggkgtjb

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Josh Chafetz@joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's a lot to say about this, and other folks are saying most of it. I just want to focus on one thing: the claim about the relationship between universities and "the real world."

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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

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Do you want to be a leader for science-driven policy? Apply for our Local Science Partners program! Through training and resources, we empower our members to influence policy on a federal level Learn more and apply by 18 October: www.agu.org/honors/local...

@neotomadb.bsky.social is included as one of the @agu.org's Impactful Datasets in the Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences data.agu.org/impactful-da... and agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...!

Registration for TAG is now open!

@tag26exeter.bsky.social · 3w ago

Registration for TAG 2026 is now open! We have early bird prices until 22 October 2026. Head over to our website to book your place now! Register here: tag2026.square.site/registration

Every damn time. We all need a committee of "NO".

We are hiring TWO new faculty members in Earth & Planetary Sciences at McGill! 🌎 We’re looking for new colleagues in: ⛏️ Critical Minerals for Sustainability 🌋 Solid Earth Processes If either is a good fit for you, please apply! Deadline is October 1. www.mcgill.ca/eps/about-us...

Employment Opportunities

Current Openings Join our extraordinary and diverse department! Tenure-track appointment in Critical Minerals for Sustainability Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University (www.m...

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Prehistoric Archaeology Researcher | Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Prehistoric therapeutic practices | Lithic analysis | Use-wear | Bioarchaeology | Prehistory 24-month research opportunity. higherjobz.com/prehistoric-... #Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Archaeology #Prehistory

Prehistoric Archaeology Researcher | Sapienza – Italy

Prehistoric Archaeology Researcher position at Sapienza University, Italy, researching therapeutic practices in prehistoric societies.

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The AMOC is going to stop in the next 50 years, making the UK a frozen wasteland where agriculture will be impossible. I hope you like turnips, because our MPs are spending their time debating Eurovision.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs

This is NOT the future of scientific papers. #DataSharing already allows you to rerun analyses. A paper that is not static or does not provide the same answer all the times cannot grant #reproducibility. The dynamic part of a paper is made by other researchers.... 🧪 #science #academia #research

Ran Blekhman@blekhman.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is the future of scientific papers. Instead of a PDF, the paper is an AI agent that you can talk to, ask questions, run analyses. No more digging through supplements - just ask the paper directly: "what p-value cutoff was used in Fig 3B? Re-run at 0.01." www.nature.com/articles/s41...