Reposted by S. Craig RobertsHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me? 1587274047387
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsArnaud Tognetti @atognetti.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🤢 Disgust, food avoidance, & immunity Study how disgust shapes food avoidance 🙅 & immune responses 🩸 using VR 🎮, laboratory experiments, and psychophysiological methods. With @csarabian.bsky.social & me ⏳ Start: Oct 2026 | Deadline: May 20 📍 Univ. Montpellier 🇫🇷 → euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422430 034
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsW. P. Malecki @wpmalecki.com · 11/03/2026How do we get "lost" in a story? Is it the same in places like Poland, Peru, or Japan? 📖🌍 We validated the Narrative Transportability Scale in a global sample: ✅ 8,800+ participants ✅ 50 countries ✅ 21 languages Out now in the inaugural issue of @gpccomm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/gpco...doi.orgThe dimensionality and cross-cultural invariance of narrative transportability: evidence from 50 countries and 21 languagesNarrative transportability - the trait of being susceptible to immersion in stories - plays a key role in how media shapes beliefs and behavior. Highly tra 173
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsISHE @ishe-society.bsky.social · 09/01/2026🌟 Introducing the plenary speakers 🌟 We are bringing you the remaining plenary speakers who will join us at the International Society for Human Ethology Congress 2026 in Les Eyzies, France. 📅 Dates: June 21 – 27, 2026 For more information, visit: ishe.org/conferences-... 113
S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Our new paper outlines how more attention to olfaction in perinatal care could help breastfeeding and bonding www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @stir.ac.uk @berg-stirling.bsky.socia Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.socialsciencedirect.comBreastfeeding, bonding, and olfaction: unlocking the potential of mother-infant odour exchangeBreastfeeding is crucial for infant survival, growth, and health, and it enhances maternal-infant bonding and well-being. However, breastfeeding rates… 153
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsKate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 15/11/2025If Keir Starmer would like to speedily claw back a little bit of popularity in the polls, he could announce immediate and swingeing restrictions on the sale and use of fireworks. 3163
S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 25/10/2025So enjoying working with my friend and colleague Piotr Sorokowski in Wroclaw 040
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMichał Pieniak @mpieniak.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Our new paper on olfactory plasticity has just been published in Cortex 🧵 Some people with a healthy sense of smell are unable to perceive a few selected odors, a phenomenon known as specific anosmia. We checked if people can gain some perception of these smells via training. 131
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMichał Pieniak @mpieniak.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I genuinely enjoyed The Forgotten Sense by Jonas Olofsson. It covers multiple areas of smell research in an engaging way, making it a great read for both experts and those just discovering the field. Congratulations @jokriolo.bsky.social! 041
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 03/10/2025In a world bursting with colour, why go monochrome? I joined Tim Caro & Martin How on the BBC World Service’s Crowdscience to explore why some animals stand out in stark contrast. From 🦓🐼🐧 it turns out the answers aren’t always so black & white 😉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukCrowdScience - Why are some animals black and white? - BBC SoundsWhy are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos? 173
S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 04/10/2025We are advertising for a postdoc with skills in psychophysiological measurement for a project on smell and emotions. Closing date is 30th October. Please spread the word. www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...stir.ac.ukVacancy details | About | University of StirlingJob vacancy at the University of Stirling. 058
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsKadjita Asumbisa @kasumbisa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Excited to share the sequel to our 2022 paper! In this follow-up, we show that the stable head direction (HD) signals we reported in blind mice rely on stereo olfaction—that is, the comparison of odor info. between the two nostrils. Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵highlights belownature.comStereo olfaction underlies stable coding of head direction in blind mice - Nature CommunicationsStereo olfaction involves comparing odor differences between the two nostrils. Here, using neuronal recordings and a behavioral test, the authors demonstrate that blind mice use stereo olfaction to fo... 53114
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Word of the day is ‘foozle’, from the 19th century: of a golfer, to bungle a shot. More generally, to make a complete mess of something. 531557321
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns. 622928689
S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Spot on: It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIt’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina HydeWe absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 010
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsThora Bjornsdottir @thorabjorns.bsky.social · 20/03/2025very excited to see this work, which started out as my PhD thesis, finally published (open access)! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... Main takeaways 👇 In both 🇨🇦Canada & 🇮🇸Iceland, higher-class individuals look more attractive/healthy/competent and more positive/warm 1/ndoi.orgConsistent Facial Cues to Social Class Across Two Different Western ContextsIndividuals form impressions of others’ social-class standing from nonverbal information, including facial appearance. Whether the facial cues relating to (perceptions of) social class generalize acr... 1205
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This is absolutely hilarious. Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK. Clearly didn't read it. Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories. 3183300790
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Word of the day is ‘hingum-tringum’: 19th-century Scots for feeling feeble or barely presentable, and just about hanging together. 571748344
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Isn’t it about time for all Journals to add a link for Bluesky @bsky.app instead of Toxic X? Please Wake Up & Act! E.g @peerj.bsky.social 🙏 110023
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 11/03/20252023. #DEI. #PLOSBiology: The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... via @plosbiology.orgdx.plos.orgThe manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in scienceThis study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing pap... 0106
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart. 20083212463
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/02/2025You first. 551211042913989
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2025Gen-X knows 🤣 1387209781860
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/02/2025WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.” 1413400729536
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer. Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comResearch claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listeningA report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer 702473692
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsPavel Stopka, PS Lab @pavelstopka.bsky.social · 23/12/2024New BBC episode is now online and I am very happy that the story about wood mice making signposts is based on our research (dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472...) while I was a postdoc in @oxfordbiology.bsky.social (Dept. Zool. at that time). #WILDCRU tv.apple.com/.../umc.cmc.... 041
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/11/2024This is one of the finest pieces of popular science writing I have ever read--full of twists and turns and surprises. It takes us from van Leeuwenhoek's look at sperm to kids with heart defects, via Dr. No--take a moment and read it! 🧪 35013
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusanne Shultz @susanneshultz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025PhD opportunity! We are recruiting for a study on population resilience of reintroduced European bison in partnership w/ Rewilding Spain & University of the Basque Country. Applications must be processed by the 14th of Feb. UK home students only. Please get in touch Susanne.shultz@manchester.ac.uk 057
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Saw this over at the bad place, and it made me laugh.😂 540198564151
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsLaurent Bègue Shankland @lbegueshankland.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Yesterday in Nature. A new place for science 👌 8523149
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/01/2025"We need closer ties with the EU and now they are letting us know the door is ajar. All we have to do is push it open. And yet we cannot even find the strength to do it” www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-are-we-s...theneweuropean.co.ukWhy are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape 1211872633
S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025More universities should do the same University of Leeds first Russell Group institution to quit X www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comLeeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X - Research Professional NewsLeeds says Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values” 1277
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind. 24183522430
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Our article has been published today in @peerj.bsky.social. Do goats recognise humans cross-modally? peerj.com/articles/18786 #AnimalBehavior #Zoology #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalCognition #AnimalWelfare #Goatspeerj.comDo goats recognise humans cross-modally?Recognition plays a key role in the social lives of gregarious species, enabling animals to distinguish among social partners and tailor their behaviour accordingly. As domesticated animals regularly ... 0167
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsWill Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Along with Cecilia Bembibre I’ll be talking about how to use smell to engage people with collections (natural history or otherwise) at this event in February. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...eventbrite.co.ukSymposium | (Re)discovering Natural HistoryA symposium with historians, archivists, curators & artists to discuss ways of finding and telling the best stories in special collections. 0126
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsISHE @ishe-society.bsky.social · 07/01/2025📚 A new book review has just been published in Human Ethology: Milk to Menopause: A Tale of Females at the Forefront of Evolution by Brooke A. Rothamer. 🌟 Explore how female biology has shaped our evolutionary journey. Read the full review here: human-ethology.org/article/1276... 032
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsRosa Ritunnano @rritunnano.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research. 211145373
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Why we fund basic research 8797189
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsParris @vicious696.bsky.social · 19/12/2024If you didn't like the Superman trailer that is cool but jumping in threads and telling everyone how terrible it is only serves your selfish intent to ruin other peoples excitement let people enjoy things 🙂 3076621323
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 18/12/2024It’s the time of year for mentioning one of my favourite ‘untranslatables’. ‘Poronkusema’, in Finnish, once denoted a distance of around 7.5km, which is roughly how long a reindeer can last before needing to urinate. ‘Poronkusema’ means ‘reindeer pee’. 370132171561
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Kudos to Plos. Make sure you follow them here --> @plos.org And please share. 🔬🙌 15355119
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility schemesussexbylines.co.ukBring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in EuropeTaking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme 521573450
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsCecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 29/11/2024We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAs women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less aloneThe struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write 721890
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsISHE @ishe-society.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE) is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us to stay updated on the latest ethology research, discussions, and events. 🌟 152
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme” 👏👏👏sussexbylines.co.ukBring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in EuropeTaking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme 321281380
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74. Go on girl. 😍 281825468
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsDr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024@rachelfraser.bsky.social hello 👀 Let me know if you’d like to be added to this go.bsky.app/KKeTmNP 241
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsWill Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I've made my smells studies list into a starter pack here (it's very much in progress and I'm continuing to add people!). Let me know if you're a smelly person who wants in and please share. go.bsky.app/TrrYCvh 63921
Reposted by S. Craig RobertsLynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024If you’d like to hear more about sleep in the perinatal period, Chiara recently made a guest appearance on our podcast @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2290576/epis...buzzsprout.comSleep - Beyond Baby BluesSleep is absolutely vital for the body and brain to function properly, but sleep disruption is almost universal in the perinatal period. This can have a huge impact on parenting and on mental health.&... 083