@xtaldave

I agree with barring reviewers of grants and papers from using AI because they risk disclosing confidential information that the reviewer does not have the right to disclose.

But if it's your own findings, I say knock yourself out!

#ScienceWriting #Publishing #GrantReview #GrantWriting

I was a senior analyst & editor of scientific and technical intelligence products read by people at every level up to the White House. I used these rules every day. My analysts were shocked (and often their pride bruised) when I'd send them an edited product half the length of their draft with more accessible explanations and captions, but they were happy when my efforts resulted in them getting awards. These tips work!
#writing #editing #ScienceWriting https://kucharski.substack.com/p/some-tips-for-scientific-writing

The #betwixt #game is amazing. Put experts from #cognitivetherapy, #mindfulness, #CBT, #sciencewriting, #AIcreativity, #hci, and #gamingforwellness into a pot and shake them up, and this is what comes out: a narrative choose-your-own #adventuregame with a strong connection to existing and ongoing research, driven by your own #selfexploration. I am fascinated and learning a lot about myself.

Come for the story, stay for the free therapy. 😃

https://www.betwixt.life/
https://www.betwixt.life/research

I'm inspired by the #SkyIslands of southern Arizona and northern Sonora. They're literally islands, and a giant laboratory for the study of evolution. The hashtag is in my profile so it's about time I wrote about them! Looking forward to more, and hoping to get directly involved in research somehow. Maybe I can be a volunteer bug collector?

#IslandBiogeography
#blaugust2023
#scienceblogging
#sciencewriting
#tucson
#evolution

https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/sky-islands-one-of-earths-great.html

Here's my intro post for #Blaugust2023 which is an annual blogging festival. My first time participating.
One post a day for the month of August!

Thanks to @belghast for setting up the festival, to @Aywren for helping me find it. Follow @Blaugust for info on the festival

#Blogging
#ScienceWriting
#ScienceBlogging

https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-blogging-festival-im-in-for-blaugust.html

So excited to see the cover for the 2023 Best Australian Science Writing anthology, edited this year by the Guardian's Donna Lu.
I'm stoked to be sharing space with so many legends, friends and newcomers: https://unsw.press/books/best-australian-science-writing-2023/
#ScienceWriting #anthology #ScienceJournalism

I want to share my go-to resource for science writing.

Angelika H. Hofmann's Scientific Writing and Communication.

Whenever I get stuck on a section, I read her relevant chapter and it just makes writing so much easier! For example, I'm writing the Discussion section, she lays out what should go where and why, talks about common mistakes, and then provides a handy little checklist. So clear!!

What are your favs for #sciencewriting #sciencecommunication #PiLife #AcademicChatter ?

The Fediverse tools include #Plume which seems not to be supported anymore and #writefreely which looks nice but would require some work, seems to require a server. I have a domain and hosting at Google but don't know if that can work.

Advice? Ideas? Offers of collaboration? All are welcome. 🙂

#scienceblogging
#sciencewriting
#scientificwriting
#bloggers

Claire Hoy puzzles over how to save birds from urban jungles. #birds #chicago #birdstrike #UrbanDesign #scicomm #sciencewriting https://www.thesciencewriter.org/enigma-stories/chicago-collision-course-bird-strikes

Dan Paley's charming essay explores weather extremes in California. #essay #scicomm #sciencewriting #climate https://www.thesciencewriter.org/enigma-stories/rain-rain-go-away

Dan Paley's charming essay explores weather extremes in California. #essay #scicomm #sciencewriting #climate https://www.thesciencewriter.org/enigma-stories/rain-rain-go-away

Astrobiologists are studying microbial life on Earth to catalog life's signature colors. Then astronomers are using that catalog to look for life elsewhere. #space #life #scicomm #sciencewriting https://www.thesciencewriter.org/enigma-stories/alien-hues-astrobiology

Issue 5, Enigma, has been released! Please support our talented student authors by reading their stories. #scicomm #students #sciencewriting #journalism #essays https://www.thesciencewriter.org

The latest issue of The Science Writer has been published! (It's the last issue for me as editor-in-chief, a bittersweet moment.) Please check it out and support our talented student authors. #scicomm #sciencewriting #jhu https://www.thesciencewriter.org

Did you know that you can join #preLights at any time? 🙌

So if you are an #ECR with an interest in #ScienceWriting, #CommunityBuilding & #preprints, please just send us a message! ✉️

Check out the video below to hear what current #preLighters think & say!👥

Video 🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ4r3cUuDls

From the 1950s, this essay on uninformative abstracts is still relevant.
https://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/prof/abscrut.html

(via Reviewer 2 Must Be Stopped! https://m.facebook.com/groups/reviewer2/permalink/10160418392140469/)

#ScienceWriting #Abstracts #WritingTips #JournalEditing #WontSomebodyThinkOfTheReaders

Today I am doing my part in #SciComm: I am a #LinguisticLandscape today with my "avocato" T-shirt for my class on #ScienceWriting. It's a avocado shaped cat or a cat shaped avocado and the writing says "avocato"

#meowlogism #cat

@linguistics

On a train up to #Edinburgh and thoroughly enjoying "Sticky" by @LaurieWinkless

Geckos can stick to a surface, but how do they "unstick"? Will a wet gecko stick to a surface? What about a Gecko in a vacuum? How smooth is a dolphin?
Fascinating stuff!

#ScienceWriting #PopularScience #NowReading

Mathematics articles refer to Section 2 and also Section 2.1 and do not use the terminology corresponding to the latex commands \subsection \subsubsection etc. (at least I've never seen it). But now I want to say "in this section" in Section 2.1 and it's a little too close to the "in this section" in Section 2 for comfort... #math #writing #sciencewriting

For the newest call for pitches to our Sparks of Change collection, we would like to hear from neurodivergent researchers. If you have a story about a specific moment that was defining for you as a neurodivergent individual navigating the academic world, get in touch here: https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/47660a12/call-for-pitches-neurodiversity-in-academia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
#ScienceWriting #Neurodiversity #Autism #Dyscalculia #Dyspraxia #Dyslexia #ADHD #Tourettes