Colour plate of range of Hemiptera in and out of water from Sketches of British Insects, London, Groombridge, 1888; Image of young woman in formal Edwardian dress; text quote.

Before #freshwater #bioacoustics - Dr. Kathleen Carpenter @aberuni.bsky.social @biomcgill.bsky.social seemed to be contemplating the idea in her textbook? - Life in Inland Waters (1928) - for @wildaudiojack.bsky.social

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Over on our blog, Digital Resources Manager Louisiane Ferlier reflects on our nearly 10 years of collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, with over 1,000 digitised items from our archives available on the platform:
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💬 Did you know about José Antonio Valverde’s role in creating Doñana’s scientific collections? Tell us in the comments.

#ICTSDoñana #ICTSNews #ICTSDoñanaCollections #JoseAntonioValverde #HistoryOfScience

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We tend to overidealize some historical figures, but revisionist history at its worse can distort the #historyOfScience. #Galileo t.co/yZk0WlrcyX

Published by Brill under the Museo Galileo in Florence, Nuncius is an international journal devoted to the material and visual culture of science — from instruments and collections to images, experimental settings, and the relations between science and art. 🧵 2/4

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📣 Opportunity for graduate students and early career scholars!

The 2026 Nuncius Essay Award is now open for submissions. The prize recognises the best original essay on the material and visual history of science, technology, and medicine.

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Our 𝗡𝗲𝘄 & 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 - 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is now available!

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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social brings us threads many times each week, telling stories of figures in the history of science.

Artist Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social accompanies her fascinating art with threads, also frequently about scientists.

#HistoryOfScience #HistSTM

London Science & Society Walk: UCL → Soho (2 hours) Meet from 1:50pm for a 2:00pm prompt start.

New walking tour: #UCL to #Soho, 2 hours, exploring the #HistoryOfScience in #London including #publichealth, inequality, reform, and the people behind the ideas.

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This isn't just an opinion; it's a look at the history they want you to forget.

Uncover the truth and the path back to genuine happiness here: deepnael.substack.com/p/depression...

#neuroscience #bigpharma #historyofscience #mentalhealth #substack

#artofserknoir Happy 293th Birthday, Joseph Priestley!
March 24, 1733

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I, Asimov “Asimov’s Laws of Robotics should be committed to memory by everyone concerned with the future of artificial intelligence.”

I, Asimov

By Steven Woolfolk

Narrated by @richpalmer.bsky.social

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thermometer that allowed for quick, bedside temperature monitoring. Beyond medicine, he was a scholar of history and classical studies. He is seen as a crucial bridge between Victorian-era medicine and the 20th century #HistoryOfMedicine #HistoryOfScience #histmed #Yorkshire

Special: The History of Reproductive Science with Prof. Michael Carroll

Just featured on The Complete History of Science podcast talking all things reproductive science—past to present.
From ancient ideas to modern breakthroughs (and a few stubborn myths along the way).
#ReproductiveScience #Fertility #HistoryOfScience open.spotify.com/episode/7tfU...

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Oldest-known #whaleSong recording provides new insight into #ocean #sounds
Recording of #humpback #whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate

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She uncovered the lost women of science and made history Podcast Episode · Ideas · March 16 · 54m

Excellent show about Margaret Rossiter, who unearthed the lost (buried) women of science.
#MatildaJoslynGage #TheMatildaEffect
#WomenInSTEM #Women’sScientist #HistoryOfScience #Women’sHistory #Suffragists

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​🌍 Global History of Science Dr. Sonja Brentjes (IAHS President) on cultural encounters (14th-18th C).
​🗓 Mar 18 | 🕕 18:00 CET
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First page of Mangolt's book from 1557

Just finished reading Gregor Mangolt's 1557 book "On the Nature and Traits of Fish — Especially Those Caught in Lake Constance". Fascinating early account including details on #parasites, #spawning #phenology #hybridisation, and spatial variability. #HistoryOfScience #LakeConstance

Альберт Ейнштейн — Сусіди. Post by Сусіди.

Альберт Ейнштейн
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Prof.Marga Vicedo was featured on CBC Radio One’s Wired Differently. The episode explores life with Asperger’s Syndrome and debates about autism and diagnosis.
In this clip, Vicedo discusses the historical reassessment of Hans Asperger.
🎧 Listen to the excerpt.
#HistoryOfScience #Autism

Book with misguided instrument users (globe, astrolabe, horoscope. Jacobstaff pointed at the heavens).

Book with illustration on left of one man standing, holding the Jacobsstaff properly.

COMPLEAT Books of Knowledge!

Are we doing it right yet? These 17th c. books of secrets with bonus Almanacs and Calendars seem dubious of the reader's ability to use the simplest of scientific instruments! Case B 8635 .84 and Case A 15 .18. @newberrylibrary.bsky.social
#Jacobsstaff #HistoryOfScience

The birth of gravitational particle creation: the enduring legacy of Leonard Parker’s 1966 thesis - The European Physical Journal H This paper offers a historical overview of the origins and enduring significance of gravitational particle creation, a groundbreaking discovery first formulated in Leonard Parker’s 1966 doctoral thesi...

Antonio Ferreiro, José Navarro-Salas,Silvia Pla. The birth of gravitational particle creation: the enduring legacy of Leonard Parker’s 1966 thesis. EPJ H 51, 4 (2026). doi.org/10.1140/epjh... #OpenAccess #HistoryofPhysics #HistoryofScience

De mora luminis: Roemer’s discovery 350 years later De mora luminis: Roemer’s discovery 350 years later, Falchi, Fabio, Furgoni, Riccardo, Gattillo, Paolo, Francesio, Maurizio

De mora luminis: Roemer's discovery 350 years later.

On European Journal of Physics a new paper on the measurement of the speed of light:

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#HistSci #HistAst #AstronomyHistory #HistoryOfScience

04 March | A Milestone in Medical Physics
Honouring the legacy that powers modern radiotherapy.

#GART #RadiationTherapy #MedicalPhysics #Cyclotron #NuclearMedicine #OncologyInnovation #RadiationScience #CancerCare #HistoryOfScience #RTT

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['Scientific' Racism]

How Eugenics shaped statistics.
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thanks to an excellent exposition on the politics of science from @dialecticalmusings @madhu_shrieks and @rupert

here […]

📷 German physicist Lucy Mensing, seated, facing the camera, circa 1928. AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Mensing Collection, Gift of Dr. Dorothea Roloff

🌟Women in Science Spotlight: Lucy Mensing 🌟

Lucy Mensing (1901-1996) was the first person to apply quantum mechanics to diatomic molecules.
Our new history guide offers an overview of her life and career. https://bit.ly/4tIdCSJ

#WomeninSTEM #WomensHistory #HistoryofPhysics #HistoryofScience

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🥳 We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the journal #Nuncius (a Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science)!
For one year, you have the opportunity to access all publications from 1976 to 1985 in the Nuncius archive free of charge:
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