Every canceled grant leaves behind a ghost data set: samples uncollected, ideas untested, discoveries unmade. Ghost science is full of maybes—all of them more valuable than where the money will actually go #SciPublic 🧪 #AcademicSky

Dickinsonia (Ediacaran) – A soft-bodied enigma from the pre-Cambrian world that thrived without a mouth, gut, or spine. Dickinsonia reminds us that survival doesn’t always look the way the establishment expects. Be weird. Persist anyway. 🌊💥 #FossilFriday #Ediacaran #SciPublic

Histioteuthis (Cockatoo squid) – Has a transparent body, but giant light-sensitive eyes always looking upward, watching for threats. Eternal vigilance against creeping authoritarianism? This squid gets it. 🌊🦑 #DeepSea #SciPublic

a fish with a large mouth is swimming in the ocean ALT: a fish with a large mouth is swimming in the ocean

Fangtooth fish (Anoplogaster cornuta) – Has some of the largest teeth relative to body size of any fish, but it doesn’t waste energy picking fights—only striking when necessary. Strategic resistance > reckless aggression. 🌊🐟 #Marinelife #SciPublic

Osedax worms (bone-eating worms) – They turn the remains of the old world into fuel for new life, breaking down whale bones to sustain entire ecosystems. Dismantling oppressive structures and redistributing the wealth? That’s deep-sea praxis. 🌊🪱 #WormWednesday #SciPublic

Love for #anglerfish males means biting your partner, fusing into their body, and spending the rest of your life as a glorified sperm bank. Romance isn’t dead—it’s just parasitic. 💕🌊 #Evolution #SciPublic

The Cayuga Lake Nuclear Debate Lessons from the 1970s about the politics of expertise in local conflicts over proposed energy projects

2) Reminds me of the decision in 1968 by another @cornellcals.bsky.social scientist Alfred Eipper to "go public" about a proposed nuclear plant on Cayuga Lake mattnisbet.substack.com/p/the-cayuga... #scicomm #polcomm #envcomm #scipublic #sts

1) This terrific article by @benmorenne.bsky.social on the debate over @cornellcals.bsky.social scientist Robert Howarth's pre-print strategy to influence Biden #LNG policy www.wsj.com/finance/comm... #scicomm #scipublic

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2nd Intl Marine Science Communication Conference, December in Belgium http://bit.ly/25PECiO #scipublic #scicomm #scienceoutreach #oceans