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A digitally edited image of a kelp forest underwater scene, with several sharks swimming in the background. In the foreground, two distinct sets of jaws are overlaid: on the left, a traditional shark jaw with sharp triangular teeth, and on the right, a unique jaw with flat, plate-like structures resembling those of a durophagous (hard-prey-eating) species. The image contrasts different feeding adaptations in marine predators.
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Forgotten Shark Jaws Are Now a Goldmine for Ocean Science

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Can Switzerland Store Its Own CO₂ Underground? The Science Says No

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Illustration showing a fossil trackway slab with color-coded footprints in the foreground and a reconstructed early reptile walking beside it in a natural Australian landscape. Front foot (manus) prints are highlighted in yellow, hind foot (pes) prints in blue. The background features a lake and eucalyptus trees. Fossil photo credit: Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki. Reptile reconstruction by Marcin Ambrozik.
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They Walked the Earth 35 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought
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Earth Took 269,000 Years to Recover From This Climate Event
A fossil of a prehistoric marine reptile embedded in rock, with two cartoon dice overlaid near its skull—suggesting chance or randomness in fossil discovery
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Why Some Creatures Fossilize While Others Vanish Without a Trace
A giant panda eating bamboo in a lush green setting, with an illustrated conservation symbol showing hands holding a tree and landscape overlaid on the right side
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Why Aren’t You Trying To Save Pandas? Rethinking the Faces of Conservation

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They walked the Earth 35 million years earlier. ( They walked the Earth 35 million years earlier. (My coverage of Dr. John Long's recent paper in Nature) A single slab from Australia just rewrote history. - Footprints with claw marks = early reptiles - 355 million years old = Devonian origin - Molecular clocks confirm the timeline shift - This changes when amniotes evolved - And where they first walked Not bad for a rock you could carry under one arm! Read the full story in the link in bio!
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Did leaving academia mean that I gave up my life p Did leaving academia mean that I gave up my life purpose? Here are 5 things that helped me find a better answer. 1. I stopped seeing “quitting” as failure. Leaving academia wasn’t giving up. It was choosing a path that was better for me at that point 2. I let go of the identity trap. I wasn’t just a scientist. I was also a storyteller. A systems thinker. A human with something to say. 3. I followed the spark. Writing publicly lit it. Talking to people outside my field fed it. Eventually, it grew into Climate Ages. 4. I found meaning in becoming a bridge between science and society. I started sharing what no one told me: The behind-the-scenes of the scientific world. Sharing the human stories behind pipettes and field boots. 5. I realized purpose isn’t a title. It’s not a job, a grant, or a degree. Purpose is the connection between your story and someone else’s change or “aha moment.” I thought I had to stay on the academic path to make an impact. Turns out, I just had to step off it to build my own path. Have you left academia or thought about it? What helped you make peace with it (or what’s holding you back)?
I should probably whisper this in a Science confer I should probably whisper this in a Science conference's hallway… Here are 5 reasons facts alone won’t change the world. 1. Stories move people. Humans evolved to remember narratives, not numbers. If your work lacks story, it often lacks staying power. 2. Facts inform—stories transform. A graph can explain climate change. But a story makes someone care about it. Meaning beats data every time. 3. We act when we feel. Emotion is the bridge between information and action. And story is how we build that bridge. 4. Stories give science a pulse. They carry purpose. They connect past and future. They turn “what happened” into “why it matters.” 5. You don’t need to be a writer to use story. You just need to be a scientist who remembers you’re also human. I used to think I had to convince people with citations. Now I know: Connection starts when someone sees themselves in the story. What’s one moment that changed the way you share your science—or made you realize something was missing? I’d love to hear your experience.
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