@jess_cockerill

science and culture journalist. writing and checking the facts at @sciencealert. i also make art sometimes 🌏

 Naarm (Melbourne)
jesscockerill.wordpress.com/published-work/
Joined August 2012
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Fine @jess_cockerill story on a fascinating hypothesis about the bizarre Siberian blast-style permafrost holes I wrote on long ago. Links appended shortly. 1/
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Fun kelp news! Some ocean grazers help 'pollinate' kelp in their poo! theconversation.com/small-oc… via @ConversationEDU

Small ocean critters use their poo to help seaweeds have sex

New findings suggest animal-mediated plant reproduction might have originated in the ocean.

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A stunning midnight blue #deepsea Cuttroat Eel to kick off your weekend. Synaphobranchus sp Gascoyne Marine Reserve 1153m Footage thanks to @ausmarineparks @minderoo @wamuseum through the Our Marine Parks Grant @UWAresearch @BiolSci_UWA
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Todd Bond@DrToddBond23 Jun 2023
Friday feels... Filmed 1153m Gascoyne Marine Reserve with @ausmarineparks @minderoo @wamuseum @deepseauwa through the Our Marine Parks Grant. @UWAresearch @BiolSci_UWA @uwanews #deepsea #seacucumber
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abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/t…

Into the 'midnight zone': Here's what happens when you go as deep as the Titanic wreck

Take a 3,800-metre journey to learn what's so dangerous about exploring the deep seas.

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Jonas Frei@jdfrei20 Jun 2023
Seedpods from the genus #Eucalyptus with over 600 species native to Australia and Indonesia.
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Gina Rushton@ginarush29 May 2023
Today we bring you a series showcasing how journalists, politicians and citizens use FOI requests to bring you important stories and hold the government accountable despite delays, redactions and rejections ahead of a Senate inquiry into the broken system crikey.com.au/topic/redacted…

REDACTED: Your right to know | A Crikey series

Read REDACTED: Your right to know, a new series from the Crikey team about freedom of information in Australia.

crikey.com.au
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i had almost finished arranging my collection of delicate and fragile crystal goblets into a large pyramid up to the ceiling
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I ❤️ earthquake
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#felt !
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any day you see a mushroom in the ground is a good day
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Huge news!! I'm reading a research paper that *actually* ~literally~ says "we hypothesise"!!! And then in the discussion it *actually* ~literally~ says "this hypothesis was supported"!!! I was beginning to think maybe scientists don't *do* hypotheses any more 💁🏼
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I do appreciate when authors get more creative with their wording - science reports can get pretty formulaic, mix it up, fair enough. But in my undergrad they gave us (or at least me) the impression those explicit hypothesis sentences were sort of non-negotiable.
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Scientists in China have impregnated female macaques with engineered monkey embryos which is pretty wild. I wrote about it for @ScienceAlert mainly because i couldnt understand why??? they tried to do this? (spoiler, I didn't really find a good reason) bit.ly/3nPE8fl

World First: Monkeys Fall Pregnant With Engineered Embryo Structures

A controversial breakthrough.

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An ethereal blue glimmer just below the waterline has lured scientists like wisps from folklore to three new glowing species of marine bristle worm - let me introduce you 💙 sciencealert.com/newly-disco…

Newly Discovered Ghostly Marine Worms Look Straight Out of Japanese Folklore

An ethereal glimmer under the water.

sciencealert.com
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Home! With a djidi djidi, pied cormorants, a silver gull, and (offscreen) pied / sooty oystercatchers and ravens. Last time I returned there was no sand here, just bare limestone and anenomes and bluebottles. Now they're all buried I guess.
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There are so many mysterious holes on the seafloor and i want them to stay that way, stop trying to solve the holes!!!
New Scientist
@newscientist7 Apr 2023
Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures newscientist.com/article/236…

Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures | New Scientist

Shrimp-like amphipods may be the architects of lines of holes at the bottom of the Bering Sea, which serve as a habitat to a wide range of fauna roaming the abyss

newscientist.com
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My time in Antarctica has come to an end. An important message, please read ❄️👇🏻 🧵1/n
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