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We are delighted to welcome our next curator, Dr. Karen Masters (@KarenLMasters), reader in astronomy and astrophysics at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, UK. Karen works with astronomical big data collected...
It’s Insect Week UK this week, and here at @RealScientists we’ll be celebrating with our new curator, Professor Simon Leather (@Entoprof), Professor of Entomology at Harper Adams University in the UK. Here’s Prof Leather’s story, in his...
We kicked off May at RealScientists with a special event – CORAL WEEK! Four superb curators joined us each for a couple of days, starting with Dr Jessica Carilli (@jess_carilli), Assistant Professor at the...
Scientists can end up in science through circuitous routes. Some always knew they wanted to be scientists, others had an inspirational teacher who guided them or piqued their interest in science and some end...
During the month of April Tracy Burrows (@DrTracyBurrows), Accredited Practising dietitian (APD) and senior lecturer at Uni of Newcastle, Australia joined RealScientists. Tracy tweeted a lot about obesity and weight management, the challenges of...
We are delighted to welcome our next curator, Kirsty MacLeod (@kirstyjean), postdoc at Penn State University, USA. Kirsty investigates the effects of maternal stress on offspring in eastern fence lizards, in particular the stress associated...
April saw Matt Kuchta (@kuchtam), Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Wisconsin take the reins of RealScientists. Matt started out the week with a frog call survey, which on reflection seems like...