Eric Dewar

Dear science journalism,

Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.

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Oh, nvm

Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

My latest for @the-revelator.bsky.social :

I spoke to experts about some of the most threatened species in US waters, the threats they face, the policy solutions they need to recover, and why the second Trump administration is likely to be a disaster for them.

Please read and share. 🧪🦑🌎

Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.

Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪
My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...

Well, there goes TikTok.

Do they have mashed potatoes?

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article) Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.

Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6

Find you a partner who looks at you like a paleontologist looks at bones. Accept nothing less.

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I'll start: One time I had a reviewer write on my manuscript, "Just because something is being done for the first time, as you say, that does not necessarily make it interesting or important."

What's the sickest burn you ever got from a reviewer on a manuscript?

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This week I’m giving thanks for the Sling-Jaw Wrasse, and it’s amazing jaw #biomechanics!
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A few years ago there was a minor family argument at Thanksgiving and my uncle tried to change the subject with “David, what’s new with sharks?”

Then we all talked about sharks for 45 minutes.

Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia

#ICYMI: Our own Dr. Emily Lindsey remarks, "This is truly an incredible find! It has the potential to shed light on all kinds of questions we rarely get to interrogate in #paleontology like sabertooth cat coat color and aspects of their biology. -- Thread.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm very excited to share this special issue of @asejournal.bsky.social! Reading these papers makes the world feel smaller, and makes me feel closer to my colleagues.

And I got to write about my Jewish education in Kansas City: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../ase.2529

#AnatEd #anatomy

Thanks for sharing this!

I agree that K then S is correct.