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John Pickrell 🌈

@john_pickrell

Executive Editor APAC & China, branded content at @nature. Author: Flames of Extinction; Flying Dinosaurs; Weird Dinosaurs @ColumbiaUP @newsouthpub @IslandPress

 Sydney
newsouthbooks.com.au/books/flames-extinction/
Joined January 2013
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Both my books - Weird Dinosaurs and Flying Dinosaurs - are on sale here at #2018SVP at the @ColumbiaUP stand. Happy #NationalFossilDay! – at Albuquerque, NM
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We’re hiring! @SpringerNature is seeking an experienced science journalism editor for a 6-month term in Sydney or Melbourne. This is a rare opportunity to join a talented and passionate group to create partnership editorial for @Nature titles. seek.com.au/job/67821792 #scicomm
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Hi @BBCWorld @BBCNews - this image isn’t of a shrew, as referenced in the article - it’s a tree shrew, which is a different kind of mammal.
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@BBCWorld10 Aug 2022
New Langya virus infects 35 people in eastern China bbc.in/3zP3goO
Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China

Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China

The patients are thought to have caught the virus from animals such as shrews, and not from humans.

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Australian palaeontologists have discovered a new fossil crocodile - and it has bits of a young ornithopod dinosaur inside its stomach. abc.net.au/news/2022-02-12/b…
Partial remains of a dinosaur found in the stomach of an ancient crocodile

Partial remains of a dinosaur found in the stomach of an ancient crocodile

Australian scientists say they've discovered a new species of crocodile, and its last meal may have been a dinosaur. The crocodile, called a Broken Dinosaur Killer, was recovered on a sheep station...

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A new species of crocodile that lived about 95 million years old was discovered in Australia, and researchers discovered it ate a dinosaur as its final meal. usatoday.com/story/news/worl…
This ancient 'killer' crocodile had a dinosaur as its last meal, research shows

This ancient 'killer' crocodile had a dinosaur as its last meal, research shows

Australian researchers have found the 95-million-year-old remains of a crocodile that had eaten a dinosaur before it died. It was its last meal.

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The #Moon will be one of the most popular destinations in the Solar System in the next year. No fewer than seven missions are headed there from India, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the UAE and the US, along with several companies. My feature for @nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
These six countries are about to go to the Moon — here’s why

These six countries are about to go to the Moon — here’s why

Nature - Japan, South Korea, Russia, India, the United Arab Emirates and the United States aim to send missions to the Moon in the next year. But will they all make it?

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Wowzers. What an astounding find if this proves to be true 🦖☄️ bbc.com/news/science-environ…
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Nature is hiring! We’re looking for an editor working on custom media who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English. The role can be based out of Sydney, Melbourne or Singapore in addition to Beijing/Shanghai. career5.successfactors.eu/ca… #scicommjobs #scicom
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Feature on the many ways conservationists are attempting to save native species from feral cats, by me.
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It's new issue day! 🎉
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My flatmate, journalist @GaryNunn1, just released a book! In ‘The Psychic Tests: A deep dive into the world of believers and sceptics’ he documents a two-year investigation into psychics, mediums and astrologers. Out today from @PanteraPress. More here: panterapress.com.au/product/…
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Newly described pterosaur, which lived 105 million years ago, is the largest known flying reptile on the Australian continent theguardian.com/science/2021…
‘It wasn’t built to eat broccoli’: Australia’s largest ‘dragon’ unveiled

‘It wasn’t built to eat broccoli’: Australia’s largest ‘dragon’ unveiled

A pterosaur fossil found in the outback a decade ago, the largest known flying reptile on the continent, has finally been identified as a new species and is being compared to a dragon

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“It’s possible the platypus could become locally extinct in northern Queensland and west of the Great Dividing Range” - Excerpt from #FlamesofExtinction in @earthislandjrnl earthisland.org/journal/inde… @newsouthpub @IslandPress
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“The first full and accessible account of the fires that changed Australia, in ways known and ways to be seen.” - thanks for the review @jameshwhitmore 🐨🍃 jameshwhitmorereviews.com/20… #FlamesOfExtinction
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Catch me at @CanberraMuse this Sunday talking #FlamesOfExtinction and the impact of climate change on Australian species. 🔥🍃🐨 Book here: musecanberra.com.au/events/2… @newsouthpub #Canberra
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#FlamesOfExtinction has made it to Germany 🐨🍃🔥
Daniel Lingenhöhl (@lingenhoehl) profile pictureDaniel Lingenhöhl@lingenhoehl28 May 2021
Dringende Leseempfehlung für alle, die mehr über die Ursachen und Folgen der verheerenden Buchbinder in Australien lesen wollen. Spannend aufgeschrieben vom @SpringerNature -Kollegen @john_pickrell
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Trump’s shrinking of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante reserves may be reversed — ensuring archaeological and fossil treasures are preserved for study. nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @FKreier’s story for @Nature #FossilFriday
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Small birds like swifts and swallows that migrate have been predicted to travel up to 500km/day, but new evidence shows that one species can cover a staggering 832km/day. newscientist.com/article/227… #birds
Common swifts can fly more than 800 kilometres a day during migration | New Scientist

Common swifts can fly more than 800 kilometres a day during migration | New Scientist

Common swifts make one of the longest migrations in the world, and they seem to time their departure to take advantage of good wind conditions so they can fly further faster

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Scientists flag ancient mud volcanoes, impact craters, subsurface ice and sand dunes as potential stopping-off points on #Zhurong’s dream itinerary. nature.com/articles/d41586-0… #Mars #MarsRover

Why the China Mars rover’s landing site has geologists excited

Nature - Scientists flag ancient mud volcanoes, impact craters, subsurface ice and sand dunes as potential stopping-off points on Zhurong’s dream itinerary.

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Woo hoo! Looks like China’s Mars rover Zhurong has successfully landed. Waiting for more 🚀🇨🇳
Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) profile pictureAndrew Jones@AJ_FI15 May 2021
From inside sources, Zhurong has successfully landed in Utopia Planitia. We are now just waiting for the official announcement, likely from Chinese state media, possible CCTV.
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Just arrived in the mail today. Looks awesome. Nice work @Dean_R_Lomax and @Paleocreations👌🏻
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The world’s first billion doses of COVID vaccines have been administered. We looked at where they went for @NatureNews. nature.com/articles/d41586-0… #CoronavirusVaccine #COVID19Vaccine #COVID
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