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Abhik Ghosh

@abhikghosh.bsky.social
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Inorganic and materials chemist at UiT, Tromsø, Norway. Interested in porphyrins, corroles, transition metals, synchrotrons & DFT. Also birds, seafood, travel, diversity, scicomm & Sanskrit. Indian, 🏳️‍🌈 orcid.org/0000-0003-1161-6364

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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Major insight into the homochirality of narwhal tusks: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The narwhal tusk assembles its macroscopic helix from building blocks with opposing twists - Nature Communications
Narwhal tusks are macroscopically helical and chiral. This structure originates from left- and right-handed helices of tusk nanostructural components. The double helix creates a straight, mechanically...
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A short but lovely video, the story of my generation and that of our parents: How India Built a 600 Million-Strong Middle Class #BharatBioscope with @palkisu youtu.be/nZkP_RbIxcM
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How India Built a 600 Million-Strong Middle Class | Bharat Bioscope with Palki Sharma | IGR
YouTube video by India Global Review
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Potential factors contributing to extreme longevity in the Greenland shark doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
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Potential factors contributing to extreme longevity in the Greenland shark
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Note to @acs.org: #ACSOmega (IF 5.2) has surpassed #JOC/#OL (IFs 3.3 & 4.7), #InorgChem (IF 4.6) & #Organometallics (IF 2.4) in #impactfactor. It’s time for specialty journals to cease undue #gatekeeping with subjective #significance-based criteria in favor of simple scientific #rigor.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026) www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026)
Marcus passed away on July 16. He was 102.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How should I respond to race-based exclusion in my lab? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How should I respond to race-based exclusion in my lab?
A researcher in Europe feels left out of their team and held to different standards from their colleagues. How can they challenge exclusion without risking their position?
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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A [Cu-4Fe-4S] cluster? Yep, you read that right! We report a new bioinorganic motif in an acetol dehydrogenase and characterized it with our wonderful collaborators from @ribesresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @cutsail-lab.bsky.social @ksgchem.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social @hhu.de 🧪 #chemsky
View of an iron sulfur cluster with an additional metal ion. Copper as copper-colored sphere, Iron as silver sphere, and sulfur as yellow spheres. Protein backbone indicated as golden tubes
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Jellyfish sleep a lot like us—and for the same reasons www.science.org/content/arti...
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Jellyfish sleep a lot like us—and for the same reasons
Study adds to evidence that sleep likely evolved among ancient animals as a means of repairing neurons
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work
Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here’s a sneak preview of my talk at the upcoming University of the Arctic Congress and Assembly, May 26-29, 2026, in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands. Some food for thought on what Sustainable STEM Education, especially at the undergraduate level, might consist of.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
‘Beyond COP’ climate summit puts scientists at the centre of the action www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Beyond COP’ climate summit puts scientists at the centre of the action
Researchers presented ways for nations to phase out fossil fuels at an international meeting of countries ready to take action.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more
Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Huge analysis of 320,000 careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Huge analysis of 320,000 careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way
Early publishing success, team size and international collaborations are some of the best predictors of future publication rates.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?
Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal their top time-management tips.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry
Some researchers use verse to visualize complex problems or translate the wonders of science for wider audiences.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Textiles with ‘water shield’ nano-coating can be cleaned without detergent: www.chemistryworld.com/news/textile...
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Textiles with ‘water shield’ nano-coating can be cleaned without detergent
Self-cleaning coating could cut water use and reduce release of microplastics
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Undergraduate research has long been a cornerstone of my teaching philosophy and of our research lab. Here’s the abstract of one of my talks at the upcoming Fall 2026 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. I hope to see some of you there!
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The subject of #noninnocent ligands has long been of interest in our labs. We have been particularly interested in defining the phenomenon more rigorously, both theoretically and experimentally. Here’s our latest contribution, pertaining to iron #corrole complexes. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Metal-centered X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy of iron corroles: implications for ligand non-innocence - Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D6SC00669H
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Self-Sterilizing Surfaces www.americanscientist.org/article/self...
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Self-Sterilizing Surfaces
Courtesy of North Carolina State University
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Slightly dated, but it may be one of the most useful talks you hear: how to speak. It’s about giving a research talk, a job talk, teaching and much more. youtu.be/Unzc731iCUY
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How to Speak
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
How to build an AI scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How to build an AI scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets
AI Scientist, an autonomous research tool, first released in 2024, has now undergone peer review, highlighting its strengths and limitations.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Get ready to move over, Mozart, Tagore, Bob Dylan and other human poets and artists! On this #WorldPoetryDay, let’s celebrate AI, which will soon rival our favorite human poets and artists. This catchy song is a good illustration of AI’s vast potential youtu.be/2DWFF-wpZeo
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My Life, I'm Taking The Crown♪
YouTube video by Kumichon
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’
Insects must perform tricky internal calculations to travel in a straight line
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn’s CEO is saying the future of work won’t belong to people with degrees anymore fortune.com/2025/10/02/g...
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More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn's CEO is saying the future of work won't belong to people with degrees anymore | Fortune
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said Ivy League diplomas won’t get Gen Z hopefuls far in the job hunt. Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg agree college isn’t needed for success.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
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Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how
The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment
Proteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This is mind-blowing! Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea
The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics www.chemistryworld.com/careers/how-...
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How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics
Organic solar cell windows will enable the buildings of the future to be energy-neutral, she says
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia
Adam Levy investigates why researchers are sometimes reluctant to disclose their plans to colleagues.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do? www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
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My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do?
A graduate student in China has become seriously depressed after facing frequent verbal abuse.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Forget stupid papers in JACS and Angewandte Chemie. Behold, instead, this lovely bit of analytical chemistry – a Fitbit for Farts, or a Fartbit – which gives deep insights into your gut health. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...
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How Often Do You Fart? This 'Smart Underwear' Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science
Researchers have launched a study to find a typical range for flatulence, which has been harder to measure than you might expect
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
‘An AlphaFold 4’ – scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘An AlphaFold 4’ – scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI
Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 13/02/2026
Feedback is delighted by an experiment on the Milan metro system, which involved a prosthetic bump, a Batman costume and some unexpected displays of public decency
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Holy prosociality! Batman makes people stand for pregnant passengers
Feedback is delighted by an experiment on the Milan metro system, which involved a prosthetic bump, a Batman costume and some unexpected displays of public decency
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair. An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity. Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so. Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common? Student: We are both thick Me: Ah yes of course
a erratic looking poster board with squiggles and a circuit board glued to it that says "What conducts electricity" with random shit glued on the side like construction paper that says cheese and metal
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right
Researchers can deploy the cheap and transparent model on their own computer system.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head: www.chemistryworld.com/news/inverte...
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‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head
Complexes contain palladium-based rings bonded to non-metal anions
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ACS Publications @pubs.acs.org · 03/02/2026
Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications: buff.ly/NDZyPYQ
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Honoring Black and African American Chemists: Pioneers, Innovators, and Trailblazers for Black History Month
Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Great news from Svalbard, Norway: a warming Arctic hasn’t resulted in starvation among polar bears, quite the contrary: they are fatter than ever: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss
Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 27/01/2026
Europe and India are making history today. We have concluded the mother of all deals. We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit. This is only the beginning. We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 27/01/2026
Today, the world’s two largest democracies launched a Security and Defence Partnership. A platform for stronger cooperation on the strategic issues that matter most - from defence industry to maritime security. This is what trusted partners do. link.europa.eu/V94YWr
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Caroline Lynn Kamerlin ☀️ @lynnkamerlin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
As we enter World Education Day (Jan 24), think of the 2.2 million Afghani girls still banned from school beyond the primary level. Be their voices. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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Afghanistan: Four years on, 2.2 million girls still banned from
Statement by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Somalia’s Deputy PM gives an interview on Indian TV in fluent Hindi (many Indians, by comparison, should be ashamed of their own language skills!) youtu.be/SafjuGX3S-4
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Somalia’s Deputy PM STUNS Rajdeep Sardesai With Fluent Hindi | Exclusive from Davos 2026
YouTube video by India Today Global
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 20/01/2026
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
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Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA? www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?
Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A nice story about a beloved Indian flower – aparajita (which literally means undefeated) – that we have all grown up with. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Indian farmers turn to 'magical' butterfly pea flower
Indian farmers are turning to butterfly pea flower which is in demand for its bright blue colour.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Six years ago, Stanford linguist Paul Kiparsky & I tried to explain why Mendeleev – rather inexplicably – gave partially Sanskrit names to then-unknown elements: eka-silicon, dvi-manganese, etc. It’s quite a story! Check it out if you haven’t heard about it: www.americanscientist.org/article/the-...
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike www.science.org/content/arti...
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How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike
This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
"It’s a Gas" by @billmckibben.bsky.social for New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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It’s a Gas | Bill McKibben
I’m writing this in the last days of the northern hemisphere’s autumn in 2025. Over recent weeks we’ve seen a hurricane hit Jamaica with wind speeds a few
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life
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In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life
More than two miles under the Greenland Sea, tubeworms, snails, crustaceans, and microbes live on gas hydrate seeps that leak crude oil and methane.
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Abhik Ghosh @abhikghosh.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
This chemist had a tenure-track job offer in the US when they decided to leave the country #queerinstem ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 cen.acs.org/careers/empl...
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This chemist had a tenure-track job offer in the US when they decided to leave the country
Why Evan Spotte-Smith made that choice, and how they are finding the experience
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