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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10h

It’s notable to me that TWO of the most recent women who have won a NoBel Prize were denied tenure from their institutions: Anne Carson and Katalin Karikó

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 15h

I think we really need what I provocatively would call the #AI-bro versus #luddite meeting in science soon. The viewpoints are diverging, and neither is tenable. There is a need to start looking for common ground for the benefit of science.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22h

In 2022, planetary geologist & NASA astronaut Dr. Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to serve on a long-duration International Space Station mission. She spent 170 days in orbit executing vital medical, biological, and physical sciences experiments. #WorldSpaceWeek🚀 #WomenInSTEM

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#OTD in 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier & Jennifer Doudna won the #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (referring to their groundbreaking work on the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors). They were the first all-female team to win a Nobel in science. #WomenInSTEM

A side-by-side composite photo of French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier (born December 11, 1968) on the left and American biochemist Jennifer Doudna (born February 19, 1964) on the right. The pair made history by developing the CRISPR-Cas9 "genetic scissors" technology in 2012, which earned them the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. On the left, Dr. Charpentier stands indoors with her hands casually resting in her jeans pockets, looking directly at the camera with a calm, subtle smile. She wears a dark blue tailored blazer over a dark buttoned shirt. Behind her is a large chalkboard filled with scientific diagrams and hand-written biological terms like "ADN Virus," "RNA," "Cas9," and "Bact." On the right, Dr. Doudna stands outdoors with her arms crossed, smiling warmly. She is wearing a brown structured blazer over a dark V-neck top, paired with dark jeans and a black belt. She is positioned before a large, minimalist silver metal sculpture made of intersecting arches, with a soft-focus background of green trees. The composition blends the rigorous, analytical workspace of the laboratory with an open, organic outdoor environment, evoking a professional, accomplished, and confident mood that emphasizes their revolutionary impact on biotechnology.

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yet the guy got lots of credits despite repeatedly and persisently showing to be an awful creature (mysogeny, racism, arrogance and so on)

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NASA astronaut & biochemistry researcher Peggy Whitson holds the US space endurance record. Cumulatively, she spent 695 days in #space--the equivalent of a hypothetical round trip to Mars. First woman NASA Chief Astronaut, 2009. #WomenInSTEM #WorldSpaceDay 🚀

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=adl6... Everything above the neck, everything but the imitation of youth must be given up at the desk. #MusicSky

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SOFIA ISELLA - Above the Neck (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by SOFIA ISELLA

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The last Macchi M39 in the world. This is at the amazing MUSAM museum in Bracciano, near Rome.

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Giulio Betti @giuliofirenze.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Scusate la latitanza. Caldo. Considerando che la media delle temperature massime a fine agosto in Italia dovrebbe aggirarsi intorno ai 28-31 gradi e che la massima media a inizio ottobre dovrebbe oscillare intorno ai 21-24 gradi, possiamo simpaticamente dire tre cose: 1/5

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And 179 is not that many to screen manually..

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thomas Hunt Morgan was born OTD in 1866. If you're ever feeling that your work is uending and unedifying, remember that he once said this: "Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it." 🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM

Photograph of Morgan's Fly Room at Columbia University, around 1920. American Philosophical Society.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#Music teacher, conductor & composer Nadia Boulanger is regarded as the most influential music pedagogue of the 20th century. Shattered glass ceilings by becoming the first woman to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra, NY Philharmonic & the Royal Philharmonic Society in London. #MusicSky🧵

A dramatic black-and-white photograph of Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979) conducting the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society during a rehearsal at Queen’s Hall in London. The legendary French composer, conductor, and teacher is captured in a powerful, commanding pose from a lower angle. She stands behind a conductor's music stand holding open scores, with both arms raised high against a stark, solid black background. Her face is illuminated by a sharp overhead spotlight, emphasizing her stern, intensely focused expression and clear, round eyeglasses. She wears a simple, long-sleeved dark silk or satin dress with a V-neckline, adorned with a delicate starburst pendant necklace. Her hands are expressive and deliberate: her left index finger points dramatically upward toward the ceiling, while her right hand is held slightly lower, fingers curled mid-gesture. The stark, high-contrast composition isolates her figure, creating a deeply intense, artistic, and reverent mood. This photograph captures an immense moment of historical significance, illustrating the fierce focus of one of the most influential music educators and female conductors of the 20th century.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Agatha Christie (b. #OTD 1890): the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible & Shakespeare. Her books have sold >1 billion copies in English & another billion across 100+ languages. "And Then There Were None" is the best-selling #mystery novel of all time.#LitSky #BookSky

Fun lack-and-white photograph of an older Dame Agatha Christie seated at a round table in a book-lined room, She wears a dark blazer or jacket, a string of pearls, and has short, neatly styled gray hair. In front of her sits an open typewriter with a sheet of paper inserted, and she holds additional typed pages. Towering dramatically on either side of her are two extremely tall, precarious stacks of hardcover books forming an arch-like frame around her head and upper body, with titles visible including several Agatha Christie novels (such as "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and "And Then There Were None"), mystery anthologies, and other volumes. Christie is looking up to the top of book stacks. Behind her, a bookshelf holds neatly arranged large books. The composition humorously emphasizes her prolific output as the world's best-selling mystery writer.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#CivilRights activist Claudette Colvin was born #OTD in 1939. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in segregated Montgomery, AL. She was 1 of 4 plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle that led to the ruling that Alabama bus segregation laws were unconstitutional.

A black-and-white historical composite image honors civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin (born September 5, 1939). On the right is a head-and-shoulder portrait of Colvin as a 15-year-old girl. She faces forward with a calm, resilient expression and a slight, dignified smile. She wears thick, dark-rimmed cat-eye glasses, and her short, textured hair is styled in neat waves. Her dark sweater contrasts softly against the plain, light background. On the left side of the composition are archival clippings from a 1955 newspaper article reporting on her arrest. Bold headlines read "Girl, 15, Guilty In Bus Seat Case" and "Negro Girl Found Guilty Of Segregation Violation," detailing her conviction in juvenile court for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus. The stark juxtaposition of her bright, youthful face against the harsh segregationist headlines creates a poignant, solemn mood, underscoring her monumental bravery as a key catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Microbiologist Elizabeth Hazen (b. #OTD 1885) & chemist Rachel Brown were granted a patent for Nystatin, an anti-fungal med in 1957. In 2016, it was the 217th most prescribed medication in the US w/ >2MM prescriptions. They gave all $13.4MM in royalties to a fund that heavily supported #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white photograph of microbiologist Elizabeth Hazen (1885–1975) and chemist Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980), the pioneering duo who discovered the first safe antifungal antibiotic, nystatin. On the left, Hazen sits attentively in a white lab coat over a dark-colored vest andlight shirt. She is looking directly at Brown. Standing on the right, Brown looks intently at Hazen while gesturing with chemical glassware. She wears a white lab coat over a light blouse, her silver hair styled neatly. The lab table is filled with scientific equipment, including a glass Erlenmeyer flask, a specialized tube setup, and a rack brimming with cotton-plugged test tubes. The mid-century laboratory background features white storage cabinets with glass windows revealing stacked beakers, alongside an outdoor window framing dark foliage. The composition emphasizes their collaboration, casting a focused light on their work to evoke a mood of serious, dedicated discovery and monumental historical significance in STEM.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

«Teachers who make physics boring are criminals» Original post

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Aretha Franklin surrounded by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on the set of The Blues Brothers directed by John Landis. Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Se si è in città si può rischiare di essere colpiti da un fulmine? In generale, cosa si può fare per evitare di essere colpiti?

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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

For the past 30 years, “whole-genome sequencing” has been a misnomer. Today the T2T Consortium publishes a dozen papers heralding a future of truly complete genomes for humans and nearly any vertebrate 👨‍🔬🐒🐦🐀🦒🐎🫏🐹🐟 (sorry, no salamanders): www.cell.com/consortium/t... 🧵[1/15]

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A very interesting story linking transcription to hetetochromatin formation. Read the excellent bluetorial of @nellykanata.bsky.social 👇🏽 and the article preprint 📰

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ancient Greeks proved Earth was round using sticks and shadows. Eratosthenes calculated its circumference to within 2% accuracy over 2,000 years ago. No satellites needed.

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Whrn you review a scientific article too..

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Her name is Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, PhD (Physics) and she loves to teach. 😃 people.tamu.edu/~etanya/

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 23/06/2026

Europe is currently experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. The US government is paying companies to stop plans for wind farms. Tech companies are building mountains of energy-sucking data centers. This is unsustainable, literally www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Temps across Europe and North Africa in Celsius

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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My life as a postdoc: making libraries at work, making libraries at home (pic) and no time to actually read 😁

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am thrilled to share my PhD work with @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... A fun collaboration with Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Adrián Aguirre-Tamaral, @bart-smeets.bsky.social , Jef Vanghel and Tom Belpaire! Read the story in the comments below ⤵️

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I agree and am worried about ppl like my italian parents. However how sad is that air conditioners are actually just creating more heat outside?..

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Is it possible that the richest person who ever lived would also not be the biggest vendor of hate on the planet today? Perhaps. But not in this timeline.

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Economist: Trump threatening to use atomic weapons 👌🏽 Granting people fundamental rights 🤮

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

girl take us with you

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.

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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Tom Morello opening speech in Minneapolis 🔥

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

⚠️ CW: Comments may contain discussion of suicide. English writer Virginia Woolf died #OTD in 1941. She was 59. Woolf is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. #literature #litsky #booksky

Sepia-toned close-up portrait photograph of Virginia Woolf from 1927. She appears from the shoulders up against a dark studio backdrop, wearing a voluminous fluffy fur stole, with her left hand resting gently against her cheek and a ring visible on her finger. Her light hair is parted in the center and styled in soft waves, and she gazes directly at the camera with wide eyes and a subtle, closed-mouth expression.

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Michela Palamin @mpalamin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

ChromSMF preprint is out!🚀 tinyurl.com/ChromSMF We often piece together chromatin regulation layer by layer from separate assays. But this can be limiting! In @arnaudkr.bsky.social's lab, we developed a method to directly study multiple layers on the same DNA molecule! 🧬 What does this unlock? ⬇️

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Congrats, it is so cool!👍🏽👍🏽

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