Arsinoitherium skull with two giant horns

We’re looking for researchers in any discipline of natural history: if you have a paper coming out and you want to pitch @pbseons.bsky.social on a potential episode about it, send me a DM! #scicomm #paleosky #FossilFriday

(Arsinoitherium says please and thank you!)

Mosquitoes invade Iceland!!!

Julian Munoz, a UT Austin astronomer, may have solved a cosmic mystery about why the earliest #galaxies seen by #JWST are much brighter than models predicted. Read the paper: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Astronomy #Space #ScienceNews #BigBang

NEW: a new “tour de force” study published in Science finds that the world’s largest-known community of chimpanzees has fractured and engaged in lethal conflict—much like a civil war.

Learn more on my latest for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

5 Questions with Public Health Senior Ammad Hasan The Class of 2026 graduate works to boost heart health, with a legacy that will endure on the Forty Acres.

Happy #NationalPublicHealthWeek! We asked Ammad Hasan, a graduating public health senior, about co-founding the #UTAustin chapter of the #AmericanHeartAssociation’s “Heart Club” and his time at UT. ❤️‍🩹🏥 cns.utexas.edu/news/feature...
#PublicHealth #HookEm #HeartHealth #CPR #CPRSavesLives #FirstGen

Bioblitz 2026 UT's Brackenridge Field Laboratory Celebrate Earth Day weekend by becoming a citizen scientist at UT's Brackenridge Field Lab. Registration Required.

We're excited to announce the 2026 BioBlitz at Brackenridge Field Lab! Drop in anytime Sat Apr 25 - 10 AM–10 PM. Try iNaturalist, enjoy hands-on activities, and join a nighttime insect survey. Special all-ages programming from 10 AM–12 PM. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bioblitz-2...

Gorgeous piece of science history here. Many in the @socdevbio.bsky.social will know the story's protagonist, Victoria Foe. And shout out to those of us who did PhDs @utaustin.bsky.social.

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I was so very excited to be TWiM Adjacent on This Week in Microbiology today, to do a short presentation on this wonderful article from Brett Baker’s research group and colleagues. @archaeal.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @microbetv.bsky.social

What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

5 Questions With Senior Krithik Vishwanath Triple-majoring in math, chemistry and computational engineering, the senior won the prestigious Churchill Scholarship.

UT senior & triple-major Krithik Vishwanath will receive the highly selective Churchill Scholarship.

We asked him five questions about his time on the Forty Acres and what comes next.

#ChurchillScholarship #UT26 @cockrellschool.bsky.social
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Which Mating Call to Choose? People Are in Accord with Bugs, Bats and Frogs Music to the ears of amorous amphibians and other creatures sounds best to humans, too, a new study finds.

You probably like the same sounds as frogs, birds and even bugs! 🐸

@utaustin.bsky.social researchers recently discovered that humans prefer the same mating calls as other animals.

Read more here: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Experimental Chemo Drug May Trick the Immune System Into Fighting Cancer The finding suggests other chemo drugs, too, may be making cancer cells cause a surprising immune-system reaction.

New research from UT Austin & MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals why some chemotherapy drugs not only eliminate cancer cells directly — but can also trigger the immune system to attack cancer cells as well.

#CancerResearch #Chemotherapy @mdanderson.bsky.social
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A Secret Weapon from Salmonella Could Help Us Maintain Healthier Microbiomes The discovery could also lend itself to the development of future antibacterial therapies.

The Bayer-Santos Lab, along with researchers at the University of São Paulo, have discovered salmonella toxins that could lead to healthier microbiomes and new targetted antibacterial therapies. See: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Reserve your spot! CosmicAI is at @sxsw.com! Our panel, "Revolutionizing Astronomy with Next Generation Big Data," focuses on how AI is transforming astronomy to unlock new insights into the origins of our universe.
Austin, TX
Mar 15
JW Marriott, Salon D
4-5 pm CT
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Visualizing Science Contest Winners for 2026 Span Disciplines The college’s 2026 Visualizing Science competition finalists span a number of disciplines.

Presenting our 2026 Visualizing Science contest winners!

Learn the science & background behind each at txsci.net/VizSci2026.

And check out our 3D virtual gallery exhibition, with more than a decade of winning images: txsci.net/VisSciShowcase2026.

#ScienceArt #ScientificArt #ArtandScience #SciArt

The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions "We are really pushing the edges, and are seeing things that are more massive, spinning faster, and are more astrophysically interesting and unusual."

The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions. Via @spacedotcom #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #Science #Physics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the origins of complex life on Earth after shedding new light on a mystery about our microbial ancestors. https://cnn.it/4srOEWd

Student researchers in the Supra Sensors stream of the Freshman Research Initiative have been using analytical sensing tools to classify complex biological samples & study their chemical composition — including drops of wine.

#HappyFRIday #TexasScience #Enology #Viticulture #WineScience

Saturday’s ‘planetary parade’ is a must-see for stargazers. Here’s how to watch it This weekend offers a chance to see a rare celestial event—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all aligned in the sky like beads on a string

This weekend offers a chance to see a rare celestial event—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all aligned in the sky like beads on a string

Scientists: for a new story, I have one big question—>

What is a “good day” in the lab?

I’m looking for epic examples of the best day ever to general criteria for what constitutes a “good day” compared to a nothing-burger day.

Ping me if you have examples to share!

Re-posts appreciated!

A pilot in a submersible vehicle collecting sediments samples in 30 meters of water looking for Asgards (microbial relatives of eukaryotes)

One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22

Texas Science Festival Invites Community to Partake in the Joys of Discovery From a talk-show themed night featuring science comedy to a campus-wide day for hands-on STEM exploration to special events spotlighting the latest scientific discoveries, the 2026 Texas Science Festi...

Follow your curiosity to the Texas Science Festival for two full weeks of science-inspired offerings!

#TexasScience #TexasScienceFestival
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Austin in person event w/ CosmicAI and Texas Science Festival! “AI Among the Stars: How Machines Help Us Explore the Universe”
Feb 25
1-2pm
Peter O'Donnell Building, Avaya Auditorium, Room 2.302 201 E. 24th St sciencefest.utexas.edu/events/exper...
@taccutexas.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social

2026 Cottrell Scholar Awards Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2026 ...

RCSA welcomes 24 early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2026 #CottrellScholar Awards. Each awardee receives $120,000. Congratulations to this exceptional class!

LIGO Detected Gravitational Waves from Black Holes On September 14, 2015 at 5:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (09:51 UTC), the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Wash...

The @ligo.org and @egovirgo.bsky.social collaborations officially announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves #OTD in 2016.

Hard to believe we are ten (ten!) years into the gravitational wave era of astronomy and astrophysics. A remarkable tool for understanding our Universe. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️

Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration as New World screwworm continues to inch closer to the border The preemptive declaration will establish a joint Texas New World Screwworm Response Team.

Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a statewide disaster declaration to prevent the potential spread of the New World screwworm into Texas. The harmful parasite presents a serious threat to the livestock industry and wildlife.

We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Cosmic Horizons Conference hosted by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins and @thenrao.bsky.social!

We are now accepting abstract submissions for both speakers and posters!

July 13th to 16th, 2026
Charlottesville, VA
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Video Big Bend’s night skies put on celestial display Michael Strahan visits Big Bend National Park in Texas for our “50 States in 50 Weeks” series, where the park and surrounding area were named an International Dark Sky Reserve.

A nice piece on GMA about light pollution, dark skies, and the importance of preserving the night sky as much as possible. I've been out to @texasscience.bsky.social's McDonald Observatory and seen the night sky in an area without the light pollution we take for granted, and it's just stunning. 🧪

🧪🌏 Opinion: Coral species from another ocean may be the only way to save Caribbean reefs.
#coralER @pnas.org @texas-ib.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

UT Undergrad Uncovers Country-Specific Factors Linked to Improved Cancer Outcomes UT biochemistry major Milit Patel collaborated with researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on research published in a top cancer journal.

Meet Milit Patel, who got his start in the award-winning Freshman Research Initiative at UT. Now a biochem senior & statistics & data science minor, he is corresponding author on a major paper in the Annals of Oncology.

#TexasScience #CancerResearch #HappyFRIday
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