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“Young people need to see a future in science” - Richard Kuhn on the Presidential Panel at #ASV2026. Outreach is CRITICAL. Want to talk about how to get involved? Send me a message. I have a nonprofit organization that has been engaging middle & high school students across the US for 11+ years.
Giant predatory sharks have evolved over and over again. For Smithsonian, I dive into what led Otodus megalodon and friends to get so big. 🧪
Predatory Sharks Grew to Enormous Sizes in Prehistoric Times. These Five Strategies Helped Them Get So BigBy cannibalizing their siblings in the womb or avoiding meat-eating pliosaurs, fearsome carnivores like the megalodon ballooned to proportions that would dwarf any shark alive todaywww.smithsonianmag.comLeaving the faculty track does not mean leaving academia. Here are university careers that keep natural scientists close to research and their scientific community. 🧪 thenaturalscientist.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...
What If You Want to Stay in Academia, But Not Become a Professor?How natural scientists can use their research experience in university careers beyond the faculty trackthenaturalscientist.substack.comThe Odyssey takes us back to a world of kings, wars, and dangerous journeys. But the climate was changing too. Could drought have made an already difficult time worse? New research offers clues about the real Bronze Age world behind the epic. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.com/how-did-clim...
How Did Climate Shape the World Behind The Odyssey?New climate research explores how gradual drying and natural variability may have increased pressure on eastern Mediterranean societies near the end of the Bronze Age Christopher...climateages.comWhy is Colombia so biodiverse? The answer begins 60 million years ago, with an island continent, rising mountains, and a river that flowed the wrong way. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.substack.com/p/how-colomb...
How Colombia Became One of the Most Biodiverse Places on EarthThe geological story behind the Andes, the Amazon, and one of Earth’s richest ecosystemsclimateages.substack.comWhen people hear “Data Manager,” they often think spreadsheets. In conservation, these roles are often about GIS, mapping, partnerships, project management, and helping turn scientific data into real-world decisions. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/lLhUdd0
From Academia to Data Manager in ConservationWhat conservation data managers do, why scientists excel at it, and how to position your experience for these rolesthenaturalscientist.substack.comAbout a million years ago, Earth’s ice ages changed. A new study suggests the clue may be hidden beneath the Arctic Ocean. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.substack.com/p/why-did-ea...
Why Did Earth’s Ice Ages Change About a Million Years Ago?Scientists may have found a clue in the Arctic Oceanclimateages.substack.com10,000 followers. What started as a small publication about paleontology, ecology, and evolution has grown into a community of 10,000 curious readers on Medium. Thank you to every writer, reader, and supporter! 🦖🌎📚 buff.ly/xKgOOJN 🧪 #SciComm
@gimpasaura.bsky.social had some fun photos like this of birds nesting in the animatronic dinos at Jurassic Forest (wonder if they're still operating...)
Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate AgesOne of my favorite photos I’ve taken at the Smithsonian. Can you see the bird? A bird built its nest inside the mouth of a Triceratops. An avian dinosaur decided that a dinosaur was the perfect place to raise more dinosaurs. The fossil record comes full circle. 🧪 🦕♻️🕊️
A fantastic photo and a fitting Deep Time circle... ✨ #dinosaurs #birds 🪶🦖🕊️🦕🦅🪽
Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate AgesOne of my favorite photos I’ve taken at the Smithsonian. Can you see the bird? A bird built its nest inside the mouth of a Triceratops. An avian dinosaur decided that a dinosaur was the perfect place to raise more dinosaurs. The fossil record comes full circle. 🧪 🦕♻️🕊️