Celebrate #EarthDay with our newest episode: on birds & environmental collapse in Star Wars with ornithologist Justin Hite. Porgs as invasive species! Origins of reptavians and steelpeckers! Ecological doom on Jedha & Endor! Listen in for #EarthDay 2024 skywalkingthroughneverland.com/star-warsologi…

Godzilla is everything. He’s just Kong. #GodzillaXKong #Barbie

Shocked at the runaround I’m getting from Southwest Airlines after a flight delay got us rescheduled on the way home from the eclipse. I specifically booked with them over other airlines so we’d be protected from this kind of thing! 🤞🏻 the third form they told me to fill out is right

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Finally met a social media influencer I respect. Fiona is just as gorgeous and effortlessly charismatic as she seems online! Totally worth the trip to Cincinnati Zoo and $25 selfie fee, even got some bonus Fritz photobombs! 😘🦛🦛

New episode out today! We chat Empathy and Compassion with Maureen Day, prof. of virtue ethics. How are Jedi and Sith both empathic? Is compassion Vader's undoing - or his redemption? When is SW morality not as black & white? Listen on your fave caster!
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Many of these apply to communicating science to adults at bars too, right Fleet Science Center?

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Co-host Melissa Truth Miller recently shared her favorite fun science facts about The Fast Saga movies at #EmeraldCityComicCon . Can Dwayne Johnson push a torpedo on ice? Probably! Can Dom drive down a dam? Absolutely not! How many people has the family killed? A lot! youtu.be/Pn6NavMr9oo?si…

How do you adjust your science communication strategy based on your audience? In our latest blog post, board member Madeline shares some tips for activities and conversations with kiddos!
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Science writers happy hour before Nerd Nite this Thursday! Join us at 5pm at the Kensington Club to catch up, then stick around and enjoy the speakers and geeky science of Nerd Nite San Diego!
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Something that’s working for me: adding cute little stickers to my calendar on days I actually sit down and write has boosted my productivity. Let me know if you try it! 🐡🪼🦑🐋

I'm bringing my favorite Fast & Furious science facts to Emerald City Comic Con soon! Who else will be there? Come say hi and ask me any and all silly science questions! emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us/explore/…

I really appreciate it when academics are willing to speculate about whether Jar Jar can breathe through his butt.
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Stick placement discussion is well underway on the Two Harbors bald eagle nest.

So stoked for Nerd Nite's return to San Diego! Hope to see you there kpbs.org/events/2024/01…

I’ve been doing a rewatch of The Fast Saga and thinking about the science. Dom is really good at math. So I made this meme.

Thanks to the union for reaching out about our continued fight! 💪 Please share, and get in touch if you have any questions or want to help!

Thanks to UPTE-CWA 9119 union for fighting with me to get paid for work I did back in 2020. Technicians were promised extra pay to isolate at home or in hotels before research expeditions. Some of us were never paid by University of California! #UnionStrong 💪 #Covid upte.org/scrippsseapay