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Rachael Brown

@rachaelbrown.bsky.social
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Philosopher of Science. Director of Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences + Associate Professor at ANU and Editor-in-Chief at Biology in Philosophy. rachaelbrown.net

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Several outlets have reported on agency cancellations of Springer Nature journal subscriptions in recent days. @maxkozlov.bsky.social has the latest today. The administration cites the journals as "junk science." www.nature.com/articles/d41... (2/3)🧪
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Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.
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Fiona Fidler @fidlerfm.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Expressions of interest in this Metascience PhD scholarship @unimelb are open now
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Meera | મીરાં @meerashar.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
This should be read by everyone who expresses an opinion on academia… #academia #highered #auspol
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Bang on. Sigh.
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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Very excited about the Call for Papers for the upcoming 2025 conference for the Australasian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science. Come join us in sunny Brisbane QLD this December!! It is always a wonderful event. #hps #histSTM #philsci #STS #metasci 🧪
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Third annual Aust-NZ Philosophy of Biology Workshop this time at Mittagong! Fun times :-)
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New piece just out - Who benefits? Are smartphones parasites? theconversation.com/your-smartph...
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Your smartphone is a parasite, according to evolution
Many of us are hostage to our phones – and it’s not unlike having head lice.
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
So, I was appointed Editor-in-Chief at Biology & Philosophy in January. It is a huge honour and I am really proud to be the first philosopHer in the role. Thank you to Michael Weisberg, out going EiC, for all his hard work for the journal over many years - they are big shoes to fill.
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I'm back! I got off the twits a while back and have been enjoying the brain space so I'm not sure how much I will be on here, but nonetheless hello all!
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AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
More reasons to be excited about AIMOS2023: Science writer StuartRitchie will explore the proliferation of low-quality studies and ways that #metascience can improve the reliability of scientific literature. bit.ly/aimos2023
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
New here. Keen to connect with other #philsci folks.
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Rachael Brown @rachaelbrown.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
First post here! Hoping for a less hostile space than that which shall not be named.
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