Prayan Pokharel

Interested in insects, and science communication

[Rohitav Sharma @RohitavSharma]

Kathmandu has normalised 2 problems.

Drinking water. Thousands of 20 litre jugs are found in hundreds of homes. Ppl paying upto Rs 160 for 20 litres..at home.

Raw Sewage flowing into Bagmati running through the city.

What are we actively chasing? Monorail in ring road.

[nature @Nature]

Bad experiences with supervisors are common among early-career researchers and one of the leading reasons they leave academia

https://t.co/n8g2sVTCq8

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

@uttambabu Dai, khatra!

[Uttam Babu Shrestha @uttambabu]

६बर्ष पहिले नेपाल फर्किदा, एउटा हुटहुटी थियो। कम विकसित देशमा एउटा उत्कृष्ट अनुसन्धान संस्था निर्माण गर्ने र यहाँ बसेर विश्वस्तरिय अनुसन्धान गर्ने। त्यहि सोच अनुरूप हामीले ग्लोबल इन्स्टिच्यूट फर इन्टरडिस्प्लिनरी स्टडिजको स्थापना गर्यौं। शुन्यबाट शुरू भएकाे यात्रा सात बर्ष पुग्दा।

[Basant Giri @girib71]

पुन जी लाई नवप्रवर्धन / बिज्ञान प्रबिधिका "प्रबर्धक" वा "अभियन्ता" भन्दा उपर्युक्त हुन्छ।

उनी न बैज्ञानिक हुन,
न नवप्रर्धक,
न आविष्कारक।

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Important editorial @Nature on the new "AI-scientist" papers
"AI scientists can and should empower human
researchers. They cannot and should not replace them."
https://t.co/CZQUrMV8D1

[Michael 英泉 Eisen @mbeisen]

publishing these in @nature is disqualifying - shows they fundamentally don’t believe in what they’re doing

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

Happy World Bee Day!

Protecting commercially managed honeybees is not enough. Our farms, forests, and food systems also depend on bumblebees, wild bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, and many other pollinators.

I wrote about this in Nepali: https://t.co/jnBVhBj7X8

[Prometheus Iapetus @abhijitkadle]

khaaneka peeneka mast rehne ka

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

@girib71 Yes. Let’s do it.

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

@uttambabu Bijog nai raichha. Aile herdaichhu

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

@uttambabu Ekdam important kaam honi yota. @girib71 sanga yo garne bhanera dherai kura ta bhayo tara garna suru chai thyakkai bhayeko chhaina.

[Research Matters @SciResMatters]

#newspeciesalert
The hundred-year glow: New firefly species discovered in Meghalaya

For the first time in over a century, scientists from @DonBoscoUniv and @UOR_SL have discovered two new firefly species! Found in the remote forests of Meghalaya, Diaphanes meghalayanus and Diaphanes mawlynnong represent a leap for biodiversity research in the Indo-Burma hotspot.

To know more, tap:
https://t.co/v38U8gIF99

@JIBSBiotaxa | @moefcc

#newspecies #biodiversity #dumpyards #science #sciencecommunication #IndianScience #ScienceinIndia

[Abhaya ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ @arj272]

Private zoos in Nepal?
https://t.co/iDYNsTmuZD

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

My photo vs AI SLOP! You CANT tell the difference anymore! 😤
It is so SUFFOCATING to watch social media be filled with deceptive AI that is drawing attention away from real photographers and REAL stories trying to be told about wildlife!
It is so DANGEROUS for conservation! 🕷️

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

@Stewie0424 Beautiful city indeed!

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

My latest op-ed in @Republica explores a question Nepal must take seriously: are we reducing forests to carbon numbers while overlooking biodiversity, local livelihoods, and community stewardship?

Inspired by: https://t.co/3QMxe7VfhZ
Read: https://t.co/8xLN34C29M

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

This’s written by me!

[Nature Reviews Biodiversity @NatRevBiodiv]

New online! Baseline first for insect conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya https://t.co/YkLmtrr6kw

[Prayan Pokharel @prayanlikesbugs]

My contribution to @NatRevBiodiv draws on field experience from Nepal to highlight why baseline data matter for insect conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.
Read: https://t.co/qJqYpekODf

[Basant Giri @girib71]

हाम्रो खास परिचय। 😁