An international early career research community. We write to improve our #SciComm skills, bringing current research to the public one snack at a time!
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If you had to read one book to understand the world which would it be? To wrap up 2023 we brought together ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐น๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ. Read responsibly! scisnack.com/2023/12/22/the-โฆ
A Q&A about why science communication is important researchoutreach.org/outreacโฆ
๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ? Drive a taxi instead of a bus! #newsnack out by Despoina Binou from the BioSnack group where she talks about the fascinating #neuroplasticity that happens during #learning. It's a must-read ๐scisnack.com/2023/12/05/wantโฆ
Our Archaeosnack #scicomm #Outreach writing group starts its 2023-2024 meetings on 11 Dec and we are inviting new members. Get in touch to join or with any questions!
All meeting dates: scisnack.com/groups/archaeosโฆ
See previous archaeosnack texts: scisnack.com/category/archaeโฆ
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e) Be part of a ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ of early career researchers and have fun!
๐ #NewSnackAlert ๐๏ธHow Arctic warming is leading to precarious peaks. Jacqueline Knutson takes us on a trip to northern Iceland to witness the vulnerability of permafrost landscapes:
scisnack.com/2023/08/10/precโฆ #Scisnack #climatesnack #scicomm #permafrost #scienceisfun
ALT Mรณafellshyrna Mountain and debris slide scar taken with a drone September 6, 2022. (PRISM drone photos, https://prism-project.no/).
We're back with another #snackerspotlight! This week we have #biosnack with Despoina Binou!
PhD candidate in the field of #Neurology at @UKJ_Jena, where she is using molecular techniques to study #brainplasticity.
*What do you love doing when you're not in the lab or the office?*
I love watching TV series, dancing and reading books.
Time for another #SnackHighlight! Ever watch a movie and wonder if it could happen in real life? Join the #Climatesnack team as they debunk your favourite disaster movies ๐
scisnack.com/2015/12/17/disaโฆ
#scisnack #scicomm #snacktime #researchlife
๐ #NewSnackAlert ๐
How do you see ageing in the past? Alice Rose @alicekensa explores the misconceptions about how long people lived in the past and where they came from
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scisnack.com/2023/06/01/lifeโฆ
#Scisnack #archaeosnack #scicomm #archaeology #scienceisfun
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ALT An infant's hand touching an elderly person's hand. Credit: Rod Long on Unsplash
We're back with another #snackerspotlight! This week we have more #archaeosnack with Vana Orfanou! @OrfanouVana MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow at @LMU_Muenchen. She has a background in #archaeologicalscience and #archaeometallurgy
*If you were to read one book to understand the world, which one would it be?*
'Industry and Empire: The birth of the Industrial Revolution' by Eric J. Hobsbawm. This book is explaining marvellously much of why the world is the way it is today.