Dr. Catherine Scott
Arachnologist, behavioural ecologist, natural historian, & spider advocate. I also knit, sew, & have strong opinions. Pronouns: she or they
ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technologylink.springer.com Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...
Star botanist likely made up data about nutritional supplements, new probe findswww.science.org After 2022 exoneration, fresh inquiry concludes Steven Newmaster fabricated data that questioned quality of echinacea, ginkgo, and other substances
Specimen Publications – in taxonomy and natural historyspecimenpub.org
microPublication - Get Your Data Out, Be Citedwww.micropublication.org
The Xerces Society on Instagram: "Help us protect western monarchs and other invertebrates! 🦋
Job Title: Conservation Entomologist (NRCS Western Region Partner Biologist)
Location: Portland, Oregon (...www.instagram.com 394 likes, 0 comments - xercessociety on May 28, 2024: "Help us protect western monarchs and other invertebrates! 🦋
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How the Tree Lobster Escaped Extinctionwww.nytimes.com The Lord Howe Island stick insect vanished from its home, but an effort at zoos in San Diego and Melbourne highlights the possibilities and challenges of conserving invertebrate animals.
Science Writer Fellowship | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biologywww.igb.illinois.edu
How many species live in your home?ecologyisnotadirtyword.com This is a guest post from Matthew Holden, an applied mathematician based at the University of Queensland. I loved seeing his backyard biodiversity hunt on Twitter, because so many of his pictures were...
We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrongtheconversation.com An ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist were locked down together in a suburban house. So they counted all the species of plants and animals they could find.
Bees for Sheila: a Silver Antelope Fundraisersilverantelope.com This original piece of art highlights endangered bees in North America. Sheila consulted on it, lending us her expertise to make sure the bees were fluffy enough, and round in the right places. These ...
Bees for Sheila: a Silver Antelope Fundraisersilverantelope.com This original piece of art highlights endangered bees in North America. Sheila consulted on it, lending us her expertise to make sure the bees were fluffy enough, and round in the right places. These ...
The Spiders in Your House - The Brown Recluseyoutu.be The Spiders in Your House - The Brown RecluseOne of the most notorious spiders in North America, Loxosceles reclusa, the Brown Recluse is also one of the mos...
It's Not Loxosceles - The Music Video (Brown Recluse Identification Aid)www.youtube.com Here's how to tell if a spider is NOT a brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)!This is the short music video that appeared in my Brown Recluse deep dive video, a...
Jumping Spidersideas.lego.com What is it?Jumping Spiders are one of the cutest spiders in the world. They belong to the family Salticidae, and are the largest family group of ...
Long Covid and Cognitive Deficitsopen.substack.com What we're learning from 2 new, large population prospective assessments