#hpbio

Philippe Huneman: Death: Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology - Journal of the History of Biology Journal of the History of Biology -

I was thrilled to read this great review of my book Death by Gordon McOuat in the JHB
Thanks Gordon !

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#philbio #histbio #philsci #evobio #aging

I wrote a whole paragraph to a copy editor to convince her that my text absolutely could not say "Bayes's theorem".

#philsci #hbpio The comments on the original post by @dornhaus.bsky.social are worth reading, too.

#HPS #STS

#philbio

The UC Center for Public Engagement with Science @ucpews.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc! Anyone who will earn a PhD in a related discipline with interest in public engagement is encouraged to apply.

Please share widely! More details and apply here: jobs.uc.edu/job/Postdoct...

#SciComm #philsci 🧪

#hpbio

#philbio #philsci #phillang

American Philosophical Association

I'm looking forward to it. Great comments from diverse perspectives by Villegas, Elliott-Graves, and Skillings. Conference info: apaonline.org/2026pacific#APAPacific26. There's a pinned thread on the book at my profile. #philsci #hpbio #philsky #evolution #ecology #symbiosis #causation #probability

For anyone attending the online @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Pacific Division this week, consider the Author Meets Critics for my book Evolution and the Machinery of Chance (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) Thursday 4/9 8am-10am PDT, with critics Cristina Villegas, Alkistis Elliott-Graves, Derek Skillings.

University of Chicago is hiring:
Full Professor of Quantitative and Theoretical Biology

#fullprofessor

Why we won’t be funding open access publishing any more - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News The open access movement was bold and promising, but ultimately disappointing. Now is the time to stop and call for a new way to make publishing work…

CRUK goes green [OA] news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/w...

I no longer find Mastodon useful, but I don't mind there being specialized instances that restrict postings of things that others find innocuous or beneficial. I remember looking for instances to join, finding one that seemed appealing but wouldn't allow insect photos, so I joined other instances.

Yeah, "swimming" seems misleading. E. coli are big, and they have to keep reorienting because Brownian motion knocks them off course--even though the flagella are supposed to push them in the right direction when they're not tumbling.

Also, this logo is 🔥
#MansionMeeting2027

If you are a female early career scientist in STEM fields and want to find community and mentorship, these two conferences at UCLA (4/17-18) are for you!! there are slots and travel grants still available, I will be talking at both and look forward to meeting you! 🧪🌎🧬🌊🦠🌿

CONGRATULATIONS to the new 2025 AAAS-Sect L #HPS Fellows! 🎉

⭐️Sabina Leonelli, Technical University of Munich @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social

⭐️Deborah G Mayo, Virginia Tech

⭐️Corinna Treitel, Washington University St. Louis

⭐️John Bickle, Mississippi State U

For complete list of 2025 AAAS Fellows ⬇️

Book cover with a green gradient background for "The Organism–Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Reappraisal" by Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (MIT Press, 2026). The book series label “The Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology” appears at the top. The title is set in large, bold lettering using three colors: white (“The” and “Pairing”), warm yellow (“Organism–”), and bright green (“Environment”). The subtitle appears below in smaller white text, and the author’s name is printed at the bottom. In the lower right, a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) rests on clusters of pink milkweed flowers. Behind it, a large pale-green butterfly silhouette fills the background; its outline follows the shape of a red lacewing butterfly (Cethosia biblis). The layered butterflies visually echo the book’s central idea of an organism–environment pairing.

📢 @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off book preorders from today through March 26th, including my forthcoming The Organism–Environment Pairing! (@mitpress.bsky.social) 📗👇

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-organi...

If you were thinking about getting a copy, now is the perfect time! #HPS #booksky🐋🌱

Are these interviews only available via Youtube? It would be convenient to add them to the queue in a podcast app. (There's an old Marginalia Review of Books podcast, but it seems that it only ran for about a year.)

ICBP 2026 We proudly invite experts in biological physics worldwide to the International Conference on Biological Physics 2026 (ICBP 2026) in the magnificent Italian city of Genoa from June 28 to July 5, 2026

International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026.

URGENT: submission deadline 25 March.

Session topics, plenary and invited speakers:

www.icbp2026.org

IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting.

Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.

Portrait of Emile Du Chatelet at desk with books, compass, armillary sphere (source: Wiki)

Titlepage and frontispiece of the third edition Newton's Principia (source Wiki)

Submissions (< 10,000 words) invited for 2026 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics. Topic Celebrating 300th anniversary of 3rd ed. Newton’s Principia.
www.duchateletprize.org
Winner will receive $1000, workshop & SHPS pub
Open to grad students & w/in 5 yrs PhD
Deadline September 1, 2026 #HPS

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

against-a-i.com "Materials here are intended as solidarity solace for educators who might find themselves inventing wheels alone while their administrators, trustees, and bosses unrelentingly hype AI and nakedly enthuse the negative consequences for educator labor."

I can't judge the accuracy, but I'm grateful to @nikomccarty.bsky.social for writing a history. Among other things, it summarizes arguments for and against eLife's publishing models, which should be of interest to #philsci people given the interdependency of scientific practice.

I'm co-organising this workshop on the idea of rewilding digital infrastructure in Edinburgh on the 28/29th May - and am somewhat overawed by all the incredible people who've agreed to speak.

And you could be one of them... If you submit an abstract by the (new deadline) of the 31 March.

A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror.

"The company is seeking F.C.C. approval to test an idea to reflect sunlight to Earth at night, possibly powering solar panels." "The agency’s stance is that activities in space — which, by definition, are not on Earth — are not subject to environmental review."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/c...

Reminder: the deadline for contributed papers is coming up fast on 15 March!

Interested in how race, ethnicity, and ancestry get used and misused in genetics? This talk is for you!

Register at www.hugera.org

#philsky #philsci #STS #HPbio #popgen

This seems required by other aspects of Lewontin's view, since he thinks that a population and its environment can change each other over time, creating new relationships, or ... new niches.