Our preprint reviewing the efficacy of #oxoline, an old Soviet drug developed for influenza chemoprophylaxis, is now up! The original literature has been lost until now, but it appears to reduce infection by half.

I was going to give @elonmusk a chance as the new @Twitter owner. However, it looks like he’s determined to use it to push both a discriminatory and an anti-science (shocked about that one tbh) agenda. I’m done with this platform.

What is the Varroa mite and what does the outbreak mean for Australia? 🐝 #ANUExpert @SashaMikheyev explains the likely impact on bee populations and why scientists have a critical role to play in the long term. 📖 https://t.co/Gs1meYMBZE

Yikes, there are multiple varroa infestation sites in NSW, Australia now. https://t.co/oSySFOGWLb

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the Australian National University for domestic or international students to work with endangered stick insects. See link for more details and please RT https://t.co/e2Gm5LsN4s

I was cleaning up my spam folder and found that I've been invited to a conference by a society I never heard of based on my "outstanding contribution", which was actually an erratum to a publication.

Because ARC won’t tell us what is happening with #DiscoveryProjects #DP22, I found it interesting to hunt for clues in their budget report, where they report in March being on target with an 8 month turnaround. Something must have hit them after that… preprints?

What a way to end the year - at @Chat10Looks3 live, chatting all things fairy-wren (the podcast mascot) with Leigh Sales, Annabel Crabb and the ANU Vice-Chancellor! Truly a privilege to be on stage with such powerhouses, sharing what I love 💙 #scicomm #phdlife

Amazing presentation and congratulations on winning the presentation prize!

I am bummed I won't be joining @AustEvolSoc in person this year 😑... but I am excited to give my talk virtually at 1345 AEST in the 'Selection' stream 🧬! Come learn about ontogenetic patterns in heritability and play a little game of spot the lizard! 🦎👀 #AES2021 #AUSEVO2021

Yep, down for me, too.

Cool new study on parrot behavior comes with great explanatory video. Are parrots naive realists? Kea behave as if the real and virtual worlds

At the last minute @Google and @Apple removed an app the Russian opposition is using to coordinate its strategy for this weekend’s elections, providing voting advice, bending to the will of the government. Great job crushing democracy! I hope it’s worth it in the long run.

via @NYTimes. Can someone explain to me how this can legitimately be a thing? I’m seriously concerned that the whole project is some kind of scientific fraud perpetrated on the public who feel guilty about ongoing environmental destruction.

I had no idea until now, but masking and social distancing are community health practices advocated in the Bible. After two months in lockdown I’m definitely doing the whole unkempt hair thing.

A single graphic that summarizes a major failure of Australian leadership managing COVID.

Applied for Australian citizenship! This got me wondering. Did Australia pay British taxes like the American colonies? If so, why no independence movement? If not, why not? Can’t find an answer on the internet, my queries mostly return tax advice for expats.

Do you ever wake up to an editorial decision email in your inbox, read the letter thinking "I don't remember submitting this work?!", just to realize it was an editorial decision on something you reviewed a long time ago?

Venomous origins: Rafael Zardoya, @IkerIrisarri and Diego San Mauro recommend this work from @SashaMikheyev @AgneeshBarua @OISTedu in @PNASNews on the #genetic #evolutionary origins of venom systems in mammals and reptiles https://t.co/Bd7nBppMQY

Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology is an amazing resource that has so many creative ideas for labs and class exercises. I wish I knew about it three years ago when I first started teaching ecology

Great talk by @Mikejennions at ANU’s Science in the Pub