Writers must read, and science fiction writers must read science, engineering, technology especially if not actively engaged in doing STEM stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 But we still have only 24 hours a day.\u00a0\u00a0 How to make time?\u00a0 How to find cool stuff?\u00a0\u00a0 Journals help, but skimming several journals a week still doesn’t fill the well.\u00a0 Twitter, used carefully, can.\u00a0 Herewith some science related links found just today (early part of the day) on my Twitter list.<\/p>\n
pic.twitter.com\/tXsa3KUrsz\u00a0 <\/a>Penguins have big grooves in their skulls above the eyes–holding glands that remove salt from their bodies.\u00a0\u00a0 Something to think about for alien species.\u00a0 What anatomical specifics might they have?<\/p>\n http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/photos\/imagedetails\/index.cfm?imageId=5303<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Images from space exploration spark imagination and suggest more realistic worldbuilding.\u00a0 I follow several space-related accounts.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2016\/02\/29\/the-stem-cell-scandal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 What can go wrong in high-level scientific research institutes: the human side of the fallout, as well as what’s in the few seconds given science news on most media.\u00a0\u00a0 This link came by way of Ed Yong (his Twitter handle mentioned below.)<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v530\/n7590\/full\/530284a.html?WT.mc_id=TWT_newsandviews <\/a> Quantum physics: coupling of photons by mechanical vibration.\u00a0 More “hmmm…” that might lead to a story.<\/p>\n Very helpful Twitter accounts (not only ones I follow, or that are good, but a few to start with):\u00a0 @edyong209 (science journalist, RTs other sci-related tweets and outside links to good stuff) @AnneHilborn (cheetah researcher, lots of good pics of African wildlife) and RTs and links to other wildlife biologists) @NASAEarth\u00a0 @AliceBell (science journalist, finds interesting stuff) @NatureNV (hot science news.\u00a0 Sometimes links to behind paywall, but not always.)<\/p>\n So there’s a start to some interesting science on Monday.\u00a0 What are your favorite science-related Twitter accounts?\u00a0\u00a0 Do you follow mostly science journalists, or scientists, or a mix?\u00a0 Do you ever use Twitter for active searching (for scientists, for data)?\u00a0 Do you also read journals, and if so, which?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writers must read, and science fiction writers must read science, engineering, technology especially if not actively engaged in doing STEM stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 But we still have only 24 hours a day.\u00a0\u00a0 How to make time?\u00a0 How to find cool stuff?\u00a0\u00a0 Journals help, but skimming several journals a week still doesn’t fill the well.\u00a0 Twitter, used carefully, Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,10],"tags":[17,24,23],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-beyond-writing","category-science","category-the-writing-life","tag-life-beyond-writing","tag-science","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}