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This week has seen some more intense discussions and more off-topic conversations than usual. Some of it has left some of our followers angry or frustrated and we would like to address this before...
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Happy New Year! Nanotech, biology and Real Scientists with Upulie
Greetings from the @RealSciMods of @realscientists! We hope that you had a splendid and safe holiday season and wish you the very best of 2017. I’m Upulie Divisekera (@upulie), one of the co-founders and...
Science is still not scary – Steve Maguire returns to Real Scientists
It’s the holiday season, a time where we like to invite back previous curators! This week we’re excited to hear back from Steve Maguire (@sciencenotscary), who is a neutrino chemist, which is a vanishingly...
Modeling intestinal cells takes a lot of guts — Helen Dockrell joins Real Scientists!
We are excited to welcome Helen Dockrell (@helen_reading) to Real Scientists! Helen is a PhD student of Computational Biology at Flinders University. Here’s Helen in her own words: I enjoyed all my high school...
Communication makes science happen: thanks and farewell Caroline Reid
In mid-October we were joined by Caroline Reid (@reidscience), science communicator and masters student at the University of Cape Town. Caroline spent time discussing many aspects of science communication, particularly publishing. There were great...
Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here? Trevor Branch joins Real Scientists!
We are happy to welcome Trevor Branch (@TrevorABranch, @BlueWhaleNews) to Real Scientists! Trevor is an Associate Professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, in Seattle. His professional focus is on solving biological...
The master of disaster – Mika McKinnon joins Real Scientists!
We’re happy to welcome Mika McKinnon to Real Scientists – Mika is a freelance scientist mixing science fiction, disasters, and geophysics into a mess of irrepressible curiosity. She has a Masters in Disasters from...
Camera, Science, Action! Vanessa Hill joins Real Scientists!
We are happy to welcome Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) as our new curator! Vanessa is an Australian science educator and filmmaker. She is the creator of BrainCraft, a PBS series exploring psychology, neuroscience and human behaviour. She...
Go with the streamflow – Anne Jefferson joins Real Scientists!
We are excited to welcome Anne Jefferson (@highlyanne) as our new curator! Anne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and is also a Leshner...
What we have here is science to communicate – Caroline Reid is joining Real Scientists!
We are very excited to have Caroline Reid (@reidscience) as our curator this week! Caroline is a Masters student at the University of Cape Town as well as a science communicator. Here’s how she describes her work...