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S. Craig Roberts

@scraigroberts.bsky.social
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Zoologist turned psychologist. I study behaviour, smell, and maternal-infant interaction at the Universities of Stirling and Wroclaw. Učím se česky. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 www.scraigroberts.com

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
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Arnaud 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
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W. P. Malecki @wpmalecki.com · 11/03/2026
How 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...
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The dimensionality and cross-cultural invariance of narrative transportability: evidence from 50 countries and 21 languages
Narrative transportability - the trait of being susceptible to immersion in stories - plays a key role in how media shapes beliefs and behavior. Highly tra
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ISHE @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-...
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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Our 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.social
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Breastfeeding, bonding, and olfaction: unlocking the potential of mother-infant odour exchange
Breastfeeding is crucial for infant survival, growth, and health, and it enhances maternal-infant bonding and well-being. However, breastfeeding rates…
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Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 15/11/2025
If 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.
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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
So enjoying working with my friend and colleague Piotr Sorokowski in Wroclaw
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Michał Pieniak @mpieniak.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Our 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.
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Michał Pieniak @mpieniak.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I 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!
Picture of a book „The forgotten sense. The new science of smell and the extraordinary power of the nose” by Jonas Olofsson.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
In 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/...
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CrowdScience - Why are some animals black and white? - BBC Sounds
Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?
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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
We 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...
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Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling
Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.
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Kadjita Asumbisa @kasumbisa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Excited 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 below
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Stereo olfaction underlies stable coding of head direction in blind mice - Nature Communications
Stereo 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...
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Word 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.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Word 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.
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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Spot 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...
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It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde
We 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
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Thora Bjornsdottir @thorabjorns.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
very 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/n
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Consistent Facial Cues to Social Class Across Two Different Western Contexts
Individuals 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...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This 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.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Word of the day is ‘hingum-tringum’: 19th-century Scots for feeling feeble or barely presentable, and just about hanging together.
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Isn’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 🙏
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
2023. #DEI. #PLOSBiology: The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... via @plosbiology.org
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The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
This 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...
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
You first.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2025
Gen-X knows 🤣
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
As 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/...
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Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening
A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer
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Pavel Stopka, PS Lab @pavelstopka.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
New 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....
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This 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! 🧪
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Susanne Shultz @susanneshultz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
PhD 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
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Saw this over at the bad place, and it made me laugh.😂
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Laurent Bègue Shankland @lbegueshankland.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Yesterday in Nature. A new place for science 👌
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Peter 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...
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Why 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
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S. Craig Roberts @scraigroberts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
More universities should do the same University of Leeds first Russell Group institution to quit X www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X - Research Professional News
Leeds says Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values”
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Our article has been published today in @peerj.bsky.social. Do goats recognise humans cross-modally? peerj.com/articles/18786 #AnimalBehavior #Zoology #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalCognition #AnimalWelfare #Goats
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Do 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 ...
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Along 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-...
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Symposium | (Re)discovering Natural History
A symposium with historians, archivists, curators & artists to discuss ways of finding and telling the best stories in special collections.
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ISHE @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...
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Rosa Ritunnano @rritunnano.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Instead 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.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Why we fund basic research
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Parris @vicious696.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
If 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 🙂
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
It’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’.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Kudos to Plos. Make sure you follow them here --> @plos.org And please share. 🔬🙌
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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
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Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe
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
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We 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...
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As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone
The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write
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ISHE @ishe-society.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE) is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us to stay updated on the latest ethology research, discussions, and events. 🌟
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Mike 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” 👏👏👏
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Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe
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
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We 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. 😍
A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads:

"SHE DID IT AGAIN!  

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.  

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male."  

This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.
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Dr 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
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I'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
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Lynsey McAlpine @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If 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...
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Sleep - Beyond Baby Blues
Sleep 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.&...
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