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New poll: Most people think scientists should advocate on public policy. #scicomm
nielsmede.bsky.social Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Jan 20
📢 Desire for public #engagement of scientists: 83% think that scientists should #communicate about science with the public, only 23% believe that they should not actively #advocate for specific policies.
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January 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
carlbergstrom.com
Great scicomm thread!
profsimonfisher.bsky.social Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · May 2
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
Four images to illustrate some prominent single-gene myths. Top left shows a photograph of a person deftly rolling their tongue into a U-shape. Top right shows a photograph of a person’s ear, highlighting the shape and features of the earlobe and cartilage. Bottom left shows a close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration. Bottom right shows a photograph of a person poised to write with their left hand on the blank white page of a spiral-bound notebook.
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon, female). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #kingfisher #LongIslandSound
My illustration of a perched female kingfisher. Drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet.
April 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). From my forthcoming book, PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, Sept 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #warblers #birds #BirdArt
My illustration of a bright yellow New World wood warbler that specializes in wet woodland and swamp environments.
June 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
lizneeley.bsky.social
We cannot scicomm our way out of this, part …I-don’t-know-I’m-tired-of-counting
christianelliott.me Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · Jun 30
NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 30
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.

Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
July 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #birds #BirdArt #CapeCod
My illustration of a Song Sparrow, perched on a barren early-spring shrub branch.
April 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Prothonotary Warbler, done for my recent book "Ponds: An Illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026.
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #warblers #birdart
August 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
astrokatie.com
Applications are open now! Check it out, astro/physics #scicomm people!
perimeterinstitute.bsky.social Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 16
From October 19-21, this workshop will bring together the most innovative science communicators helping to connect the public with topics in physics and astronomy.

Learn more and make your submission by May 15th: events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/2128
April 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
rahmstorf.bsky.social
Sind Sie als Forscher auch von (digitalen) Angriffen, Hassrede, Beleidigungen oder gar Drohungen in der Wissenschaftskommunikation betroffen?
Scicomm-Support kann helfen.

scicomm-support.de
December 5, 2024 at 6:58 AM
michaelemann.bsky.social
two of my favorite #scicomm buds
April 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM
drkiki.bsky.social
🧪 #scicomm
colincarlson.bsky.social Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 2d
What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...
www.nature.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:44 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) study.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #owls
My study of an owl's head, drawn in Photoshop, using a Wacom Intuos-Large tablet.
April 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Boat-Tailed Grackle. From my book A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Warblers #LongIslandSound #birds #BirdArt
My illustration of a perched Boat-tailed Grackle.
April 30, 2026 at 12:39 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Great Horned Owl. From my book A Field Guide to Cape Cod, Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #birdart #owls
My illustration of a large, mostly brown owl perched on a branch. Drawn in Photoshop, using a Wacom Intuos-Large tablet.
April 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
No longer sure if I’m doing scicomm or sigh comm.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 17
The share of kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements for the 2025-2026 school year rose to a record high, according to federal data.

The sharp increase comes as the U.S. battles its worst measles resurgence in 35 years.
Kindergarten vaccine exemptions jump to another record high
Coverage among kindergartners for major vaccines fell in more than half the states, continuing a years-long trend, as measles cases climb.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Yellow-Rumped Warbler, AKA "butter-butt." From my book A Field Guide to Cape Cod, Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #warblers
My drawing of a blue and yellow warbler perched on a Northern Bayberry branch.
May 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
I've been donating hundreds of photos and illustrations to Wikimedia, CC-BY, at full rez. My illustration of a Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor).
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #Wikimedia
My illustration of a Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor).
September 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
Photo of a blue glacial lake surrounded by high mountains, with a spruce tree in the foreground.
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Great Horned Owl study.

🧪🌿🌎🪶 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #birdart #owls
Sketch painting of a Great Horned Owl head.
June 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Tiger Swallowtail on Joe-Pye-Weed, North Haven, CT, USA. #sciart 🧪 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #butterflies #xerces
March 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). From my forthcoming book, PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, Sept 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #warblers #birds #BirdArt
My illustration of a bright yellow New World wood warbler that specializes in wet woodland and swamp environments.
September 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon).

🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #wolf #wolves #mammals
Portrait illustration of an Eastern Timber Wolf.
April 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seismatters.bsky.social
Exciting #scicomm news tomorrow at 1000 UK time! 😃
February 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Great Egret (Ardea alba) sketch. Colored pencils and gouache on Canson paper.

🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #herons
Drawing of the head and neck of a Great Egret.
April 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
chanda.blacksky.app
🧪 #scicomm
evanurquhart.bsky.social Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Feb 18
This would be less scary if science journalists hadn't completely abandoned science in favor of right wing propaganda on youth trans care already.
julierei.bsky.social Julie Rei Goldstein @julierei.bsky.social · Feb 17
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.

He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM