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β donβt say βrestoring lost ecosystem functionβ
βοΈ do say βtesting the impact of synthetic phenotypes on ecosystems/environmentsβ
De-extinction, and the language we use to frame it.
β donβt say βbringing back the mammothβ [or whatever π¦€]
βοΈ do say βtesting whether we can synthetically create specific desired phenotypesβ
I propose the following names for the planned synthetic biological recreations of various extinct superstars:
𦣠The Lammoth (after Colossal CEO Ben Lamm)
𦀠The DoDonβt (de-exctincted Dodo)
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The Trylacine (marks for good effort)
You are welcome.
Screengrab, text: "In fact, they say the animals could repair damage to their ecosystems. Mammoths, for example, could help fight global warming by preserving and restoring the permafrost, they argue. "It will be a mammoth because it will look like a mammoth and it will act like a mammoth, and it will restore interactions to that ecosystem that mammoths had with other species," Shapiro says."
I'll also point out again: Colossal's claims that making woolly elephants to stamp on permafrost will materially help climate change have been dismissed by serious people for YEARS, for many reasons.
If the first Lammoth is two years away, that means gene-edited embryos are about to be implanted into surrogates any time now.
I have always argued that the use of elephants in experiments like this is unethical.
My opinion has not changed.
Congratulation to my PhD student TuΔΓ§e YalΓ§Δ±n, who received both the Janis Steingruber Award for her upcoming fieldwork in TΓΌrkiye, as well as UGA's Center for Teaching and Learning Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, earlier this week.
quaternary.franklinresearch.uga.edu/news/stories...
Congratulations!
we're horseposting post your horses
(this painting is very much progress not perfection, but the new sketchbook seems like it can handle a lot of water, so yay)
#watercolor #invertebrates #SciArt
FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.
[Lindisfarne]
Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-
Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH
British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
The Smithsonian will be hosting a free webinar this Sunday, February 22 from 1:30-3:00 EST, The Impact of Human Origins on People's Understanding of the World. Check it out! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/impac... #museums #humanorigins #evosky
π Great News!
Today we have added A LOT of new books to our Full Open Access list.
π You can download all these for free without limitations!
check out our library at www.sidestone.com/books/
#OpenAccess
The SciArt Feed is the #4 Art Feed π¨ and #4 Science Feed π§ͺon Bluesky! It's in the Top 50 Feeds on Bluesky, at #41.
Art engaged with science. Add it to your skyline and see inspiration, every day. (And NO generative AI)
Ammonites assorted
Pastel coloured Triassic marine reptiles
Jawlesh fish
Showing cool women in palaeoart
εθ based in China, does adorable science communication books
VOICES FOR SCIENCE SUBMISSION WINDOW 15 DECEMBER - 15 FEBRUARY We are accepting applications for the 2026-2027 US cohort, and we encourage all applicants to have a specific outreach goal in mine when they apply.
Want to work with the AGU SciPolicy Team? Voices for Science participants conduct regular outcomes-focused outreach to make a tangible impact at the local, federal, or global level. Applications for the U.S. cohort are open Dec 15 β Feb 15 buff.ly/BHStsrh
Proud to share that my UGA Anthropology PhD student Solmaz Amiri was awarded the prestigious Society for American Archaeology Dienje Kenyon Award. Congratulations to her! anthropology.uga.edu/news/sarieh-...
Sorry to see this, John. It's a lovely photo.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Triangle with each of the corners labeled. The top corner says people who like camping the left corner says lab rats in the right corner says computer gates. Different areas are marked for different GS scientist. There is a picture of a woman halfway between people who like to camp and lab rats.
Ternary diagram of geoscientists. Where do you fall?
As a Gates Cambridge Scholar, my MPhil & PhD research were supported by the Gates Cambridge Trust. This month they're featuring scholars' impact in archaeology, including my work in understanding adaptation to climate and environmental change in past societies. www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/g...
Sad woman with tears, trying to smile through the pain
An article that proclaims to be shining a light on women archaeologists paving the way for other women archaeologists...features neither archaeology...nor women archaeologists
Metal detecting is not archaeology.
Incredibly grateful to Landmark Trust for the opportunity for all four of us to come together in iconic #TrowelBlazers territory, Mary Anningβs Lyme Regis, to reflect on the last 13 years and figure out the next ;)
My love of stone anchors is all down to my mini obsession with Honor Frost, the trowelblazer who pioneered underwater archaeology. If you donβt know her, then check out @gabemoshenska.bsky.socialβs fabulous troweltoon
@trowelblazers.bsky.social
Photo of a large late 18th century house painted pink. It has decorative Coade stone detailing including urns on the roof. It's in a garden with tree, in which behind the house is a 19th century observation tower painted yellow with a slate roof.
Photo of interior of sitting room, a fireplace with fire burning in raised grate, above which is a decorative Coade stone mantel, with candlesticks on it, and a large oval mirror above. In front of the fire is a coffee table with a tea set on it.
Photo of the sitting room, with three women, two in armchairs by fire and one standing in front of a large wooden bookcase. The room is decorated in Regency style with paintings.
Photo from outside front of house, zoomed in looking past the decorative gates down towards Lyme bay, the sea is visible and beyond that large cliffs and hills. It's cloudy and misty.
We're down on the Jurassic Coast at Lyme Regis for a week of @trowelblazers.bsky.social work inc planning new writing project on #MaryAnning, and some epic fossiling - staying at the stunning late 18th-early 19th century Belmont House thanks to Landmark Trust Futures grant
Happy New Year from Dryad! Weβre excited to share the latest advances in Dryad data curation, publication, and preservation with you. Explore our quarterly community update βΆοΈβΆοΈβΆοΈ
blog.datadryad.org/2026/01/30/d...
