This short-faced kangaroo skeleton, first sighted by recreational cavers, became the most complete fossil skeleton ever found in a Victorian cave ❤️
theconversation.com/we-spent-2-yea… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

I want to share my FIRST first author publication. My co-authors and I worked to investigate aspects of modern amphibian origins. We named it after one of the most famous modern amphibians @Kermit #paleontology #Science #temnospondylthursday Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/adv…

7 years of #overtTCN digitization efforts has produced > 25K datasets from >13K vertebrate specimens. It's been an incredible experience with amazing collaborators. While the project is oVer(t), it's just the beginning of an amazing shift in accessibility of musuem collections.

Our neutron imaging instrument Dingo continues to deliver dazzling images of #fossils and insights. The latest is the oldest fossilized reptile skin ever found — it pre-dates the dinosaurs as reported in nature Dr Joseph Bevitt nature.com/articles/d4158…

NeutronCT ANSTO provided supporting 3D evidence to demonstrate the fossilisation of skin fragments in ~290MYO reptiles! Incredible to observe such rarely preserved details in ancient amniotes!

Congratulations on this well-deserved award, Garry McIntyre!
Here at Institut Laue-Langevin, we remember with appreciation the varied and creative contributions you made to our diffraction group 🏅

A great start to #CAVEPS - super interesting talks from various Synchrotron folks, including our supervisor, Alistair Evans, Dr Joseph Bevitt and the always talented amber researcher Maria Blake!

New arrival, a 1946 wooden LEGO firetruck in outstanding condition.

Model dimensions: 11 cm wide x 13 high x 38 long. Weight = 1.32kg. When fully extended, the ladder reaches out at just over 1m. It's a beast!

With only a footprint, approximate age of ancient flightless bird the moa determined at the Centre For Accelerator Science to support research from Tūhura Otago Museum University of Otago Victoria University at Wellington and Aukaha ansto.gov.au/news/feathery-…

The world is full of counterfeit Apple products. We CT scanned two fake AirPods and compared them to the real thing… 🧵

Excellent article from Science News that highlights how #neutron imaging uncovers hidden secrets of fossils and artifacts and the work of Dr Joseph Bevitt sciencenews.org/article/neutro…

Over the last couple decades, as word has spread about the capabilities, a growing number of paleontologists, archaeologists and anthropologists have added neutron imaging to their analytical toolboxes.
sciencenews.org/article/neutro…

The first chapter of my PhD has just been published in Cretaceous Research! Here, we describe the first non-mandibular theropod element from Australia. Thanks to the team Ruairidh Duncan Adele Pentland Dr James Rule, Pat & Tom Rich, Erich Fitzgerald, Alistair Evans and Steve Poropat! 1/n

What’s inside Apple’s $129 Thunderbolt cable? We CT scanned one to find out, and compared it to some cheaper cables… 🧵

Milk was spilt, but using neutrons, we gained unique insights to develop new and improved ingredients and formulations. And the paper from epg made the cover! doi.org/10.1016/j.coci…

Another marvellous, short (7km) bushwalk this week. Here, our boys are picnicking beside Excelsior Creek on the Platypus and Burraga loop track in western Sydney.

Surrounded by a million people and you wouldn't know it in this tranquil spot.

A reminder that the abstract deadline for 200 years of the dinosaurs closes this Friday at 5pm! Get yours in now... nhm.ac.uk/our-science/sc…

Reconstruction of #synapsid appendicular muscle evolution - first big synthesis since the early 20th century! LOTS OF FOSSILS, LOTS OF MUSCLES! By #mczvertpaleo Bishop & Pierce. Gab a☕️ or🍷and dig in for a fossil feast filled with all sorts of goodies. U.S. National Science Foundation funded. Links👇

Gunnedah is a beautiful country town. The local silo is decorated with 'I Love a Sunburned Country', a moving tribute to poet Dorothea Mackellar. The rural museum has lots to offer, the smell of the coal fired brickworks is confronting, the arts scene reflects country, & koalas!

A great day hiking in the Warrumbungle National Park!