My clever friends- I am on the finishing end of writing this book but just haven't been able to get the name right. Please help! The topic is the value of "silly" science and covers punching shrimp, law of urination, spiders in makeup, flying snakes, robot roaches, worm blobs..

M6.3 earthquake in southern Japan a short while ago - felt widely across the area.

Here is the link for the Japanese Meteorologial Agency page about the earthquake: data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/qu…

Very interesting talk today on muon detection and applications to geoscience! So many great talks be sure to join our Geotalks!! Wits Geosciences #Geophysics

Thanks! More later exhausted now!!

Such an important diagram!!

What do you want to know about Earth's magnetic field over the last 100 million years?

No matter the failings – or otherwise – of the ANC-led government, #Shell was always going to divest its downstream (actually, practically all) operations in SA. #Moneyweb #SouthAfrica ow.ly/cFjV50Ry6Bc

It is a *mess* out there.

Did anyone see anything in the Southern Hemisphere??

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat.

[𝗭𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 & 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗬] Koryx Copper has initiated an induced polarisation (IP) survey programme at its Zambian Copperbelt-based Luanshya West project. The IP survey will assist in drill target generation. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: bit.ly/3QUoX06

When I was a postdoc, I heard about a lab where the professor & two postdocs talked all day in front of a blackboard for months. Then they'd go into the lab to do the experiment they settled on, which would lead to a big discovery. Then they'd repeat that process again & again..

New books from Adrian Tchaikovsky and the late Michael Crichton (with James Patterson) are among the great new sci-fi novels out this month. newscientist.com/article/243452…

Exciting research opportunities in the Bushveld Complex with the BUGEMET team. The application deadline is on 12 July, so don't hesitate to apply now. Find more information at wits.ac.za/geosciences/bu… #academictwitter #science #geology #wits #witsgeoscience

Job Alert! 2+ year postdoc on critical metal tin-lithium granites - suit ig/met petrologist with LA-ICPMS experience Earth & Environmental Science, St Andrews - details below earthworks-jobs.com/geoscience/and…

Eish scientists talking about science come off badly here!!! We have work to do!!

If you are keen to work at Wits School of Geosciences we have a job opening! Email me for more information if needed. Applications open until October 1, 2024 sedimentology, stratigraphy and Paleoclimate

And another 22 students and staff are following on in the #18SAGA2024 conference at the same venue In Windhoek! Exciting times for Science! #SouthernAfricanGeophysicalAssociation

That’s us in the physical properties lab measuring sustainability AND magnetic field. Exciting work!!