gentraso

(Science) journalist and author; opinion editor, @ResProfNews. Books: Lost Animals; People Will Talk; In the Beat of a Heart. Also

[gentraso @gentraso]

New book! ‘Lost Animals: The story of extinct, endangered and rediscovered species’ is available to order now, courtesy of the good folk at @welbeckpublish

[Aeon Magazine @aeonmag]

Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own. Editors’ picks: Celebrating some of our most popular content of 2024 @gentraso https://t.co/m6TxxFuXNg

[Jason Dinh is just trying his best @byjasonpdinh]

for Atmos' latest print issue, Kinship, i wanted to know how a bonobo society would handle climate change. here's what the late, great Frans de Waal told me

https://t.co/lgRotthYPI

[Alex Knight @AlexKnightHDRUK]

Nice write-up from UCLH about their joining our Real World Evidence Network. Welcome aboard @UCLHresearch! #OMOP #RWE @prieto_alhambra @HDR_UK
"UCLH part of pilot study to address health questions through ‘real world evidence’" https://t.co/9TrCi1u4fj

[UK in a Changing Europe @UKandEU]

🎣 "Sand eels in the Dogger Bank may prove to be the proverbial canary (or indeed puffin) in the coalmine"

📝 NEW BLOG: With the EU objecting to a UK ban on sand eel fishing, @joelreland sets out three lessons for the UK-EU relationship.

https://t.co/TCgpkxNtjF

[gentraso @gentraso]

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[gentraso @gentraso]

RIP Quincy Jones. The 2016 QJ prom with the @MetropoleOrkest @julesbuckley (and the man himself) was one of the most sheerly pleasurable gigs I have ever been to:
https://t.co/bzxnoTp3Kw

[Rachel Hewitt @Rachel_Hewitt_]

Universities, particularly modern universities, are key to meeting the government's own missions. So why was HE largely off the table in yesterday's Budget? Pleasure to write for @ResearchProfes on what we've learnt and what needs to come next. https://t.co/zKhpZu17ND

[gentraso @gentraso]

New on @ResProfNews: "universities will be deeply concerned by wider tax measures that increase the costs on an already financially fraught sector", says @Rachel_Hewitt_ @million_plus https://t.co/l6yOVoDOl5

[NUJ London Freelance @NUJ_LFB]

The Freelance Nov 🗞️Remembering journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war - the latest update. Reporters must be protected (and it's not just journalists...) #mediasafety #pressfreedom @IFJGlobal @InfoPJS @pressfreedom https://t.co/WlMGCv1343

[gentraso @gentraso]

New on @ResProfNews: "If there was ever a time to finally face the short-term costs of reforming research evaluation, it is now"
@SanjushDalmia_ responds to the debate prompted by @UKDayOne's proposed REF replacement.
https://t.co/Vt80tCvbJc

[Research Fortnight @ResFortnight]

eLife to lose Impact Factor due to peer review change. https://t.co/YWGvhShfrb

[Nick Wise @nickwizzo]

If you are going to buy a publication from a paper mill, maybe don't upload the invoice and receipts to Scribd?

[gentraso @gentraso]

Current reading. Frostbite is no picnic, in case you were wondering. Nor is 1950 treatment for frostbite.

[Gaia Vince @WanderingGaia]

We need to build up renewable infrastructure much faster

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

The UK's nightmare scenario is the solar+battery boosters being right for everywhere except Northern Europe.

That would mean energy costs collapse everywhere but here, and we couldn't rely on American and Chinese ingenuity + efficiency to solve our energy cost problems.

[Craig Nicholson @CLANicholson]

This is a really interesting article - great work by @frances_jones00 and @FiJMcIntyre

[gentraso @gentraso]

If you can go to Monet in London @TheCourtauld without contracting a Waterloo Sunset earworm, you're stronger minded than me.

[The Courtauld @TheCourtauld]

Rise and shine, London! Which of Monet's skylines are you feeling today? 🇬🇧

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Contrary to appearances, this is not a piece of woven material, it’s an aerial view of thousands of abandoned public-share bicycles at a lot in Shenyang, China (2021, STR/AFP/ Getty Images)

[Research Fortnight @ResFortnight]

A tax raid on private equity must avoid harming UK innovation, says @WilliamCB. https://t.co/pPe3O4ahKN

[gentraso @gentraso]

Huh. I tend to go abstract; discussion; results/figures. Don't know if that's because those are the bits most salient to journos, or because my academic development was arrested at the PhD stage.

[Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science @MishaTeplitskiy]

The longer people are in academia, the more they realize that when reading papers it's best to ignore Intro, Discussion etc. and just look at Methods and Results
https://t.co/EzQL7WI71Q