A reassessment of the “hard-steps” model for the evolution of intelligent life Humans—and analogous life beyond Earth—may represent the probable outcome of biological and planetary coevolution.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... with @pseticenter.bsky.social @danbmills.bsky.social and Adam Frank

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
theconversation.com/evolving-int...

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.

Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.

Funny how that works, huh?

Billionaires are a perversion. No one should have more than a billion in wealth.
Whoever owns the most must have the greatest tax burden; Ownership is an obligation!
But the rich get richer; THEY are parasites who feed themselves at the expense of others!
#DontObeyInAdvance, #safedemocracy, #resist!

This work was a collaboration between @jmacalad.bsky.social, @adamfrank4.bsky.social, and @astrowright.bsky.social, and started as a series of conversations at the @pseticenter.bsky.social.

Together with @mkeyoung.bsky.social, I had a first go at establishing and analysing a Bluesky network of researchers. Have a look at the top-100 list of most influential researchers, and the mesmerising 3d-visualisation here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

A global network of scientists on Bluesky Social - Mike Young Academy We have worked out a network of scientists and researchers on the new social media platform Bluesky Social! And a new global list of 100 science ‘influencers’ on the new microblogging alternative for ...

We have generated a new graph and list for Bluesky Social which shows where the scientists are congregating, and what research communities are being shaped!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/a-global-net...
Check out @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social 's Github here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

Calling all biogeochemists! I am co-chairing this theme at Goldschmidt next year. We are looking for more sessions particularly on metabolisms of new phylogenetic lineages, evolution of microbial traits through time, or habitability and bio signatures in other planetary systems. Reach out! 🧪⚒️🦠

Announcing the new Native American and Indigenous Biological Anthropologists group!

Join COD-NIBA - all the information you need is on our website and in this announcement: bioanth.org/news/3831/

scholar.google.com/citations?us...

The Campaign Against D.E.I. For critics of the former Harvard president Claudine Gay, a larger goal was always in sight.

www.newyorker.com/news/our-col...

Please Repost!

Registration is OPEN for the 12th annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop at the SNRI! April 19-21, 2024

FREE For presenting students and postdocs!

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University     mykophile.stanford.edu

Registration page:    snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...

Hi Mae I’m Jenn Macalady sites.psu.edu/macaladylab/

Hi, I'm adding geoscientists to the Science🧪 feed! Reply here with links to your work (ORCID, Google Scholar, lab or department website, etc) and I will add you to the user list! Gneiss to meet you 🪨

Like This One xkcd.com/2879

Women leave academia at higher rates than men ***at every career stage***, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a @ScienceAdvances analysis finds. 🧪 🧑‍🔬 scim.ag/5pH

Karst scientist in a cave taking notes on instrument readings near an underground stream.

The Wilson #Scholarship in #Karst Science provides $2500 to M.S. students studying karst, including geochemistry, geology, geophysics, or hydrology. Apply by Feb. 15! karstwaters.org/awards-and-s.... 🧪🧑‍🔬💦⚒️🪨

Please share our Genome Sciences REU at UW! www.gs.washington.edu/academics/su...

Our Department at University of Lausanne is recruiting a tenure-track Assist. Prof. on microbial interactions linked to the nccr-microbiomes.ch Don't miss this opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic department in a city with hard-to-beat quality of life. Apply tinyurl.com/4k2mevax by Jan 31! 🧪

Wonderful BlueSky:

We are looking for graduate students and postdocs who could benefit from intense exposure to all-things-microbial at the 2024 Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.

Consider applying / reposting.

www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Files Suggest Climate Summit’s Leader Is Using Event to Promote Fossil Fuels A leaked document has talking points for the president of the United Nations climate conference, who is an oil executive in the United Arab Emirates, to advance oil and gas deals.

#COP28 is happening now in UAE, one of the world's biggest oil-producing nations. The President of UAE's organizing team also heads the state-run oil company and has vowed that UAE will keep selling oil "as long as the market demands it." www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/c...

www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/c... We desperately need alternatives to cement and steel building materials to bring global temperature down #FutureBuilding 🧪🌍⚒️👩‍🔬

Well @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social it's not blueschist, because that would be melange, not meringue...hmmm ⚒️😅

⚒️🧪🪐🦇👩‍🔬🌍 #WrongDirection

Aaaaaand anuthuwun....🧪🪐👩‍🔬⚒️👏

🧪 ⚒️🌍👩‍🔬 #DontLookUp now but there's yet another new study about how women are pushed out of academia.

The umpteenth study. Great to have more data. Don't look up. www.science.org/content/arti...