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My Royal Institution lecture about soil biodiversity is now live on the RI's YouTube channel! What an incredible privilege to speak in the historic Faraday Lecture Theatre, and to such a wonderfully engaged and packed crowd too. Watch the video to learn about the creatures that keep our planet running: Springtails that leap faster than an eye blink, slime moulds that recreated Tokyo’s rail network, armoured mites that have gone without males for around 100 million years, and the colony of tardigrades on the Moon. Along the way, we bust some earthworm myths, look at how European earthworms are invading North America, and learn how soil life is inspiring new materials and robots. Thanks again to the Royal Institution for inviting me to speak, as part of my recent book tour for 'The World Beneath our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why it Matters to us All' (out now!). Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQtwwgU3r4 #SoilBiodiversity #ScienceCommunication #SciComm #Soil #Science

Hello, Fediverse! 👋 I'm the person behind Next Horizon, an independent science publication. I'm fascinated by space, artificial intelligence, medicine, and the discoveries changing how we understand our world. I write about complex science in a way anyone can enjoy. But I'm not here just to share articles. I'm here to learn, exchange ideas, and have real conversations. Curiosity brought me here. Let's see where it takes us! 🔭 🌐 nexthorizon.space #Introduction #SciComm #Science #Space #AI

What Pollinates The Florida Everglades Ghost Orchid? by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science via #Medium #plants #orchids #GhostOrchid #Evolution #Taxonomy #video #SciComm #bioGraphic

Watch the extraordinary courtship dance of Australia’s peacock spider by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science via #Medium #Spiders #jumpingSpiders #PeacockSpiders #Evolution #Taxonomy #video #SciComm

Watch: True Facts About The Fruit Bat by @GrrlScientist@mstdn.science via #Substack #bats #FruitBats #Megachiropterans #Evolution #Taxonomy #video #SciComm

Watch: True Facts About The Fruit Bat by @grrlscientist@mastodon.social via #Substack #bats #FruitBats #Megachiropterans #Evolution #Taxonomy #video #SciComm

#Arctic climate rankings are now in for September 2026: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2026/ It was unusually warm again. No updates on PIOMAS sea-ice volume and thickness. #SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

Hello everyone! 👋 I'm Daniel, comms manager at @gbif@biodiversity.social. You may already know me from @daniel@social.falafel.monster (my personal server). Here on biodiversity.social (of which I am also an admin), I'd love to connect with anyone in the #GBIF community (and beyond) and talk about #biodiversity, data and how to best communicate its value to the world #introduction #intro #scicomm #science

Anthorite can be found in lunar & cometary rocks, but Sphalerite gets my vote with cool optical/electrical properties & its role in art history as main zinc ore. Zn has been used in brass & bronze for centuries. Since the 18th century it was used to make ZnO pigments & etching, plates. 🧵1/2 #MinCup26 #scicomm #artHistory #minerals

#Arctic climate rankings are now in for July 2026: https://zacklabe.com/archive-2026/ No update available for sea-ice volume or thickness. #SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

@davidho@mastodon.world For non-specialists - no, anyone - here's a great intro #bubbles #SciComm

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2019 I built a life-size Protoichthyosaurus for Lapworth Museum (University of Birmingham). It was partly built in my workshop and partly open to public view in the museum. Here's the built Part 3. #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Ichthyosaur

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... The last post of my life-size Protoichthyosaurus (2019) for Lapworth Museum (University of Birmingham), it was partly built in my workshop and partly open to public view in the museum. #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Ichthyosaur

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2019 I built a life-size Protoichthyosaurus for Lapworth Museum (University of Birmingham). It was partly built in my workshop and partly open to public view in the museum. Here's the final Part 5. #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Ichthyosaur

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2019 I built a life-size Protoichthyosaurus for Lapworth Museum (University of Birmingham). It was partly built in my workshop and partly open to public view in the museum. Here's the build Part 4. #FossilFriday #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Ichthyosaur

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... Hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees KEVIN! In 2019 I created a copy of my life-size Ichthyostega model, for Reading University's Cole Museum. They named him Kevin. #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Ichthyostega

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, written by Dr Dean Lomax. Here's my "Portrait of malignance" painting, depicting a Telmatosaurus with an ameloblastoma on its lower jaw. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281 #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, written by Dr Dean Lomax. Here's my "Love in the Undergrowth" painting, depicting a herd and a copulating pair of Eurohippus (Messel Pit). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281 #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #MesselPit #Eurohippus

It is exciting to see snippets of Surviving Earth coming out from Impossible Pictures (see: https://www.instagram.com/picturesimpossible/) One of the clips released features Arctodus, the "short faced bear", here is my official design sheet, which was used by the production team. #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Palaeontology #Paleontology #SurvivingEarth #ImpossiblePictures #Arctodus #ShortFacedBear #TheDinosaurs #Dinosaurs

Interested in making a living from palaeoart? Then you might be interested in my Lyme Regis Fossil Festival headline talk: A DINOSAUR ART LIFE, How Painting & Sculpting Prehistoric Animals Became My Job. This Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm at the Marine Theatre Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here: https://www.marinetheatre.com/lyme-regis-fossil-festival-a-dinosaur-art-life-how-painting-and-sculpting-prehistoric-animals-became-my-job/ #SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival