"Testing Large Language Models on Scientific Literature" (via Cornell Chronicle) news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... #LLMs #GenAI #AI #scholcomm #scilit #NotebookLM
For our final #SciLit Week pick, comms director @carajmarshall.bsky.social recommends "Inner Cosmos" with @davideagleman.bsky.social—an exploration of the brain and consciousness and the dynamic systems that make us who we are. Brilliant science communication at its best. eagleman.com/podcast
A #SciLit week pick from our chief of staff, Luc Gauthier! He’s a fan of scientific photog Nicolas Escurat, who captures stunning images of sprites and red sylphs in the upper atmosphere. inspiring viewers to learn more and understand the science behind what they see.
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For weekend readers, some musing on the #metaphor of the dark, or rather gothic, genome, inspired by an article by @rogerhighfield.bsky.social #scicom #scilit makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/10/t...
For #SciLit Week, Jean-François Lepage, Policy Advisor, recommends "A Natural History of the Future" by Rob Dunn.
An accessible and fascinating book that explores how the laws of biology can shed light on our future and our choices as a society.
Shelves with books and assorted office items across the top and bottom. Text in graphic: "Lateral reading: How to effectively, Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace the information source." #ScienceUpFirst
Doing your own research? Fact-checkers use lateral reading because it is faster, more efficient, and less biased than vertical reading. It’s called the SIFT method.
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Science is everywhere: in your bread, your music, your Wi-Fi, your medicine, and even your weather forecast. Here’s how it shows up in your everyday life.👇
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A black and white hand holding a marker on a crumpled paper background. Text: "Should you do your own research? Let's talk about it. #ScienceUpFirst"
You’ve probably heard the phrase “Do your own research” before. Let’s look at why it’s a loaded concept and how you can do it in a healthier way. 👇
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Another science pick for #SciLit week comes from Priya Gurnani, Policy Analyst. She recommends the entertaining “Ologies” podcast, where Alie Ward interviews expert "-ologists" with curiosity and humour. Science is made quirky, accessible, and always interesting!
🎧https://www.alieward.com/ologies
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Photo of book cover. Title: The Serviceberry An Economy of Abundance
Let’s celebrate #SciLit Week with great science content from my amazing team! 🌱 Vanessa Sung, Policy Advisor, recommends “The Serviceberry” by @Robin Wall Kimmerer—a beautiful book on Indigenous wisdom, gratitude, and community through science. Inspiring read!
It's Science Literacy Week! | 06-12 October 2025 | an initiative of the Canadian Association of Science Centres | Find out more: www.scienceliteracy.ca/about/ #SciLit
Science Literacy Week Canada 🇨🇦 Oct 6–12!
Ontario Junior Einsteins Science Club® is running a packed week of WOW-factor STEM events across #Markham, #Ajax, #Whitby, #Oshawa, #Courtice, #Brooklin, #Pickering, #Durhamregion #Peterborough
#JuniorEinsteins #SciLit #CultureSci #STEMeducation #Ontario
MELTDOWN is gonna resonate with this novelist and lapsed geochemist!
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A lovely paleo-sonnet to give brief respite from the news feeds! Thank you Edna.
#birdsky #scilit ⚒️
Writers interested in a 2026 Fiction Meets Science residency should get their applications to us by MAY 1!
Info: tinyurl.com/FMS2025
Repost!
@authorsguild.bsky.social #writersresidency #fellowship #scilit #amwriting #writerscommunity #AWP25
Novelists writing about science, take note! Fiction Meets Science residencies offer time, scientific expertise, & generous fellowships. Expressions of interest accepted now for 2025-2026 residencies
Info: tinyurl.com/FMS2025
#writersresidency #fellowship #scilit
Pls spread the word!
New study: "Non-selective databases (#Dimensions, #OpenAlex, #Scilit, and #TheLens) index a greater amount of retracted literature than do databases that rely their indexation on venue selection (#PubMed, #Scopus, and #WoS)…The high coverage of OpenAlex and Scilit could be explained by the […]
Now accepting letters of inquiry for 2025 #FictionMeetsScience residencies from
authors working on novels or narrative non-fiction books about science. See: tinyurl.com/FMS2025
#writingcommunity #writersresidency #fellowships #scilit
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While we're on the subject of #botany, congrats to Melissa Bailes (2020-21 LHL Fellow), whose book Regenerating Romanticism: Botany, Sensibility & Originality in British Literature, 1750–1830 is on the shortlist for the BSLS Book Prize! #SciLit
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This is a common #trolltactic, folks.⚠️🤔
Presenting two sides as being equivalent, even when the evidence says they are not, is misleading and certainly doesn’t allow for truly informed decision making.
Sources: http://tinyurl.com/SUFFalseBalance
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Today, a great visit to University of Basel @UniBasel_en to meet with @vamrhein and his research group for journal club. We’re reading “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by to Daniel Kahneman to better understand our biases and behaviour. #SciLit #SabbaticalLife