The Smithsonian NMNH is looking for a Data Scientist to lead the development of tools aimed at better understanding institutional, taxonomic, spatial, and temporal patterns of digitized specimen-based occurrence data. One year contract, remote or in DC
spnhc.org/data-scientist…

Come work with an amazing team Smithsonian 3D!

THE HUMAN DISEASE by Sabrina Sholts is the amazing story of human biology, culture, and society in the age of pandemics -- available on April 9th from The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social! There's so much in this book for everyone. You'll want to read it cover to cover in one sitting.

Earlier this week, Kermit had a new species named after him, but #DYK that some of his Muppet friends already had their own namesakes? Read more here: s.si.edu/3xei5n8

Next week we welcome 35 experts from around the world for our EcoViz+AI Workshop with Schmidt Futures & Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We'll discuss barriers to AI-adoption for big data in ecology, discuss the relevance and risk of AI tools, and create educational resources for ecologists.

‼️Mammal wanted for curator of amphibians at the Field Museum 😁

📢 Bioanth job openings Smithsonian NMNH!

We're hiring for two permanent positions dedicated to care and management of biological anthropology collections. Ideal candidates will have museum experience & familiarity with the history/ethics of collecting practices. usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDet…

It’s still the Anthropocene - just not a 1952 epoch.

Fascinating read on Anthropocene Epoch vote & related politics....
Leigh Phillips The Nation
thenation.com/article/enviro…

One of the earliest computer artists, was George Stibitz, to whom we owe so much: he formulated a way to implement boolean logic with relays (with his Model K), laying the foundation for all of modern computing, and in 1949, he coined the term 'digital'.

stibitz.denison.edu/art.html

Hola! Junto a MaryViglino y Carolina Loch
estamos en búsqueda de un/a ilustrador/a de América Latina para encomendarle una imagen para un artículo sobre paleontología en la región. Interesados/as comunicarse conmigo por DM. 🙏

With Ana Valenzuela Toro and MaryViglino we are looking for a Latin American science illustrator or artist to help us with an image for a paper on LA paleontology. If interested DM us
#paleontology #LatinAmerica #illustrationart

Don't worry, you can still say 'Anthropocene' -- and Erle Ellis (艾尔青) explains why. nytimes.com/2024/03/05/cli…

A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue whales. nyti.ms/3Ihn2Op

When Ross Andersen asked me, my answer was 'What's your first memory?' The biggest brain on the planet probably remembers so much.

Really enjoyed this piece that begins with a fun & simple question, then ranges to the profound (with some cameos by some fossil sperm whales too).

Spend the time this weekend on this long form by Clare Fieseler, Ph.D. -- so much to love this piece: US energy transition, seafloor ecology, HMS Challenger, fossil whales, Howard Hughes and the Glomar Explorer, museum archives, and a spotlight on USGS scientists at work. Congrats!

The ocean team Pulitzer Center is proud to support fantastic ocean projects like Clare Fieseler, Ph.D. The Post and Courier - the story of the first US deep-sea mining trial lost to history - until now. Science/history/mining, great writing + amazing archives 👏
pulitzercenter.org/stories/scient…

In 2023, the Smithsonian formed a Human Remains Task Force to provide recommendations for a policy on human remains at the Institution. Today, the full report was published, an important step towards ethical reforms in stewardship and returns.
si.edu/collections/hu…

h/t Dr. Briana Pobiner from scholargoogler.com