#biology
Mind-blowing Experiment Evolved Multicellular Life In Just 600 days - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_MkchWsfao
Mind-blowing Experiment Evolved Multicellular Life In Just 600 days - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_MkchWsfao
Locusts are terrifying, particularly when they are swarming. Their ability to decimate the agricultural output of a region has been shown time and again.
One aspect of their "gregarious" swarming phase is their competitive cannibalism of each other.
Now, scientists have genetically identified the pheromone compound used to prevent this, possibly opening new control methods.
#Locust #Agriculture #Pheromone #Genetics #Biology #Biotechnology #Science #Scicomm
Tales of the tongue: Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-tongue-shaped-life-on-earth
"A tongue turns out to be a slippery thing to define." 😏
Science is aware of a bit more than 5400 mammalian species. More than one fifth of them are #bats.
I'm reading Eugenie Clark's memoir The Lady and the Sharks about starting her marine laboratory in Florida in the 1950s.
My favorite story is that they accidentally sent (for IDing) a box of snails to an plant expert and a box of plants to a malacologist.
They both identified them correctly, but the plant guy asked why he had to scrape plant matter from snails, and the malacologist asked why they included so much plant matter with that one little snail 😄
I just found out that Crash Course is releasing both an updated Biology series *and* a new Botany class, and both lecturers seem great!
The Botany playlist, with host Alexis Nikole Nelson: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOhFQOVdutRTxvUI1UeCcax
The Biology playlist, with host Dr. Sammy Ramsey: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPW_ofbxdHNciuLoTRLPMgB
It looks like both will be introductory middle-high school level, but given how... limited both classes are at those levels, especially botany, you can't go wrong with a refresher course, or share it with kids.
The perfect Father's Day gift for a (micro)biologist: a T4 bacteriophage plushie
#fathersday #vatertag #giftideas #present #plushie #toys #saturday #samstag #holiday #funny #humor #justforfun #entertainment #joke #jokes #biology
How many antibiotics and useful chemical products have been lost to the eons of time? Bacteria are the fundamental base of life and have been from the beginning, what sort of protein products did they make in ages past?
An international team has now successfully reconstructed some of these products called paleofurans from the Paleolithic era in the tooth decay bacteria of Neandertals.
#Science #Biology #Microbiology #Paleolithic #Neandertal #Bacteria #Proteins #Scicomm
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"While this is a small overview, the science is clear and conclusive: sex is not binary, transgender people are real. It is time that we acknowledge this. Defining a person’s sex identity using decontextualized “facts” is unscientific and dehumanizing."
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/stop-using-phony-science-to-justify-transphobia/
#trans #biology #science
Population Genomics Provide Insights into the Evolution and Adaptation of the Asia Corn Borer https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad112 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/05/26/ants-vs-ant-lions-what-comes-around-goes-around/
Just a little nature nostalgia about my 5th grade teacher's science demonstration and a really cool insect we used to take for granted. I miss the little critters I used to find as a kid growing up in the country.
#Nature, #Science,#antlion, #biology, #doodlebug, #Sarlacc
Reduction of Paraoxonase Expression Followed by Inactivation across Independent Semiaquatic Mammals Suggests Stepwise Path to Pseudogenization https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad104 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Institute for Future Materials and Systems (IMaSS), Nagoya University in Japan, has developed a new technology to fabricate nanosheets, thin films of two-dimensional materials a couple of nanometers thick, in about one minute. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/989832 #biotech #biotechnology #science #biology #microbiology
No A/C? No problem, if buildings copy networked tunnels of termite mounds - Enlarge / Part of the system of reticulated tunnels (egress complex) of... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1942139 #materialsscience #metamaterials #termitemounds #architecture #biomimicry #entomology #science #biology
Ars Technica: No A/C? No problem, if buildings copy networked tunnels of termite mounds https://arstechnica.com/?p=1942139 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #materialsscience #Metamaterials #termitemounds #architecture #biomimicry #entomology #Science #Biology #science
Transcriptional Misexpression in Hybrids between Species Linked by Gene Flow Is Associated With Patterns of Sequence Divergence https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad071 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Genome-Wide Identification of Gene Loss Events Suggests Loss Relics as a Potential Source of Functional lncRNAs in Humans https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad103 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
A Long-Standing Hybrid Population Between Pacific and Atlantic Herring in a Subarctic Fjord of Norway https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad069 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
#NewPaper on ultrafast #visualCategorisation in #biology and #NeuralNetworks 🚀
We used transfer learning to learn to detect if an image contains or not an animal. This a priori simple task is in fact not trivial as the animal can be of any species or in any configuration or pose. This showed as a simple perturbation of the image such as a rotation dropped the accuracy from 99% to a catastrophic 72% at an angle of 45° 😱
However, we found out that data augmentation allowed to get a robust response relative to rotation angle, similarly to what is observed in humans recognition abilities.
All the code is available #openSource at https://laurentperrinet.github.io/publication/jeremie-23-ultra-fast-cat/ (with extensive, reproducible supplementary material).
Check out more of the excellent work from PhD candidate Jean-Nicolas Jérémie !
Our latest Wilson's #stormpetrel study is out now in #Polar #Biology! Two colonies on King George Island, #Antarctica appear to have crashed in the last 40 years, showing a 90% (!!) decrease in adult numbers and nests. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03154-4
deep red nautilus
home with a spiral staircase
Room for only one!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/deep-red-nautilus-seashell-shell-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #nature #science #fractal #biology #marinebiology #marine #coastal #red
Antibiotics are one of the most important finds in human history & the first new instance of a powerful new antibiotic was discovered... using artificial intelligence.
"The researchers in Canada and the US say AI has the power to massively accelerate the discovery of new drugs."
"New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI" - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65709834
#ai #biology #discoveries #ArtificialIntelligence
An early step toward being able to grow human organs in non-human animals.
Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab | National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/human-pig-hybrid-created-in-the-lab
Ars Technica: Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials https://arstechnica.com/?p=1942466 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #brainimplants #neuralink #ElonMusk #medicine #Science #Biology #Health
Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto)
In December 2022, founder Elon Musk gave a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1942466 #brainimplants #neuralink #elonmusk #medicine #science #biology #health
Redefining Possible: Combining Phylogenomic and Supersparse Data in Frogs https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad109 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Hibernation artificially triggered in potential space travel breakthrough
If discovery is feasible in humans it could be used to send astronauts into suspended animation, say scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/25/hibernation-artificially-triggered-in-potential-space-travel-breakthrough
#science #biology #neurology #hibernation #medicine #spaceexploration
Dynamics of Gene Loss following Ancient Whole-Genome Duplication in the Cryptic Paramecium Complex https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad107 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Amputees could feel warmth of human touch with new bionic technology
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/amputees-could-feel-warmth-human-touch-with-new-bionic-technology-2023-05-18/ #biotech #biotechnology #science #biology #microbiology
Filtration of Gene Trees From 9,000 Exons, Introns, and UCEs Disentangles Conflicting Phylogenomic Relationships in Tree Frogs (Hylidae) https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad070 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Entomologists, assemble!
I've got a mystery insect that I and my AP Biology students cannot identify. Perhaps you can help?
Image was taken at 30x magnification with a low-budget stereo microscope. Caught on the north shore of Massachusetts two days ago. Body is ~1-1.5mm in length.
#entomology #teachers #insects #teaching #biology #APBiology
Developing an Evolutionary Baseline Model for Humans: Jointly Inferring Purifying Selection with Population History https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad100 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Tackling the Pangenome Dilemma Requires the Concerted Analysis of Multiple Population Genetic Processes https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad067 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65709834
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-023-01349-8
Reading about a lot of wins lately in the medical/science fields where #AI has been applied to work through complex problems after being trained on sample training data.
The speed at which AI can solve these problems can surely only result in more breakthroughs like this as it evolves further. We live in exciting times!
#Science #Antibiotics #Medicine #Abaucin #News #Biology #NatureJournal
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Lately I've been reading about autocatalytic sets. Wait! Don't go away. Trust me, you want to read this!
One of they key requirements for life as we know it is metabolism. Debates about life often point to fire as "metabolizing," but that's too simplistic.
Metabolism for life can be broken down as anabolism and catabolism, or "constructive metabolism" and "destructive metabolism."
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People sometimes use the eye as a counter-example to evolution, arguing it's too complex to have spontaneously appeared. This, despite the fact that eyes have evolved independently many times.
To put it in simpler terms: infrared radiation is electromagnetic waves that are longer than "visible" (for humans) light. However, our skin often detects infrared as heat.
Your skin is therefore a primitive eye.
Duplication and Losses of Opsin Genes in Lophotrochozoan Evolution https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad066 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
The Evolution of the Discrete Multirenculate Kidney in Mammals from Ecological and Molecular Perspectives https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad075 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
Phenotypic and Genotypic Adaptation of Escherichia coli to Thermal Stress is Contingent on Genetic Background https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad108 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
This month's cover shows flower-breeding Drosophila interacting in a Brugmansia suaveolens flower. Check out the full article -- Horizontal transposon transfer and their ecological drivers: the case of flower-breeding Drosophila https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad068 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper
The two genders are Those-Who-Thrived-During-Adolescence and Normal People
Yeah I'm here constantly classifying you all in my head this way, and you can't stop me
If "intersex" is not really a familiar term for you, please consider reading this background information why in the #USA hundreds of babies(!) still get unnecessary surgery only to fullfil the expectations of parents and doctors who never heard of the normal and healthy existence of intersex people.
https://interactadvocates.org/faq/#whatissurgery
#inter #intersex #biology #queer #lgb #lgbt+ #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia+ #children #childcare #protection #safetyforall #healthcare #humanity #babies #surgery #ProtectOurChildren
scuttling around
to and fro from sand to sea
A crabby tango!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-crab-on-blue-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #nature #science #fractal #biology #marinebiology #marine #coastal
@queerscifi @youseeatortoise
may I ask you if you would mind including the "I" in the LGBTQIA+?
it's so sad to see how even the queer community in the US doesn't seem to know about intersex people.
The existence of intersex people as a biological fact is probably the most ignored human fact in the USA which leads to hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on babies(!). All just because the parents and doctors never heard of the normality of intersexual existence...
Would you help a little bit by including the I ?
Thank you very much for your consideration and best wishes for you! :propride:
#lgb => #lgba => #lgbt => #lgbati => #lgbtq => #lgbtiqa+ => #queer
#intersex #biology
in many writings & talks by #indigenous people, you'll hear language like "the law of the land" or "nature's law."
i understand this to refer to what might be called ecosystem & population dynamics.
it's what happens when you kill the wolves & now there's too many deer. that population of deer will be subject to the heavy arm of the law of the land.
you don't have to know any math to understand the idea.
what do you all think?
#ecology #systems #environment #ClimateChange #plants #biology
Took my AP Bio students outside for the first day of a three week long entomology project that involves creating an insect collection.
They were reluctant until we got out there w/ the nets & collecting jars. Then, the thrill of discovery (and the hunt) took over. By the end of the period, they were openly excited.
Mission accomplished.
#teacher #teacherlife #scienceteacher #biologyteacher #teaching #biology #entomology #insects #nature #science #discoveryscience #experientiallearning
Happy #BiodiversityDay! From our archives, Mrunali Sundar speaks to Bangalureans who are passionate about opening their children's eyes to the blossoming biodiversity in the city and beyond:
India #biodiversity #biology #ecology #journalism
https://www.thexylom.com/post/these-bengalureans-are-not-here-to-make-your-children-conservationists
Fascinating stuff about the Basilisk, other than the fact that they can run on water.
"[Darren Naish] I’m very fond of these large, attractive lizards and hope to see them in the wild some day. As should be clear, there’s a lot to say about basilisks beyond the water-running behaviour, and even that turns out to be more complex and nuanced than usually explained."
Chemical engineer by training and profession. Spent my last working decade in the network and transport layers, plus security architecture. Retired now.
Never used the bird, ran from the faceplant and tightly constrain other social. Watched #Explore here for a bit and found interesting and welcoming positivity. Hoping to find a community to exchange and discuss ideas.
Fan of science fiction and original research in mammalian biology, microbiology and systems/network biology.
#biology #microbiology #systemsbiology #networkmedicine #ecoevo #pleiotropy #mechanisms #hiking #olympicweightlifting
On the surface, this looks like #cladistic nitpicking, but in reality it is a revolution in the tree of life. Because they lack neuromuscular cells, sponges were classically presented as the sister group to all metazoans. But the sister group could well be the ctenophores, which leads to two scenarios: either several independent evolutions of neuromuscular cells, or a deletion in the sponges.
#Biology #Evolution #Phylogeny #Ctenophore
📄 Schultz et al (2023) Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05936-6
blue is the color
the ocean so fair and bright
A bird's paradise!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-pelican-on-blue-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #nature #science #fractal #biology #marinebiology #marine #coastal #bird #birds #pelicans
metamorphosis
from hiding in a shell to
Ocean butterfly!
#DailyHaikuPrompt - May 19th - butterfly
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/deep-blue-nautilus-shell-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html
*Mixed Media photography, watercolor and hand place circles to create the pattern using PS. Yup, each circle was eyed and placed by me.
#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #nature #science #fractal #biology #marinebiology #marine #coastal
Our Sam Lacey, Helen Foster and Gaia Pigino from the Structural #Biology Research Centre conquer the cover of #Nature Structural & Molecular Biology!
Using a combination of #cryoET and structure prediction approaches, they reveal the molecular structure of IFT-A and IFT-B trains, providing insights into anterograde transport of cargo into the cilia tip.
Read more about the research 👉 https://humantechnopole.it/en/publications/the-molecular-structure-of-ift-a-and-ift-b-in-anterograde-intraflagellar-transport-trains/
#sciencemastodon #science #humantechnopole @Nature@mstdn.social @nature@sciencemastodon.com @Nature@press.coop
Now, the problem is that if the beetle population grows too large, the colony dies. In fact, biologists assume this ant would long have been drawn to extinction by the beetle, if not for one thing:
The ants, in caring for the beetle larvae like their own young, put them in the same place. A pretty dry place that works great for ants, but not the beetle larvae which need higher humidity. So a lot of them die. [2/2]
Dynamic Evolution of Retroviral Envelope Genes in Egg-Laying Mammalian Genomes https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad090 Photo: Takashi Hayakawa #science #evolution #biology #genome #SciComm #evolgen_paper #monotreme #echidna
Human sex is not a simple binary of male and female, but a complex spectrum of biological variation. Many factors, such as chromosomes, hormones, genes and anatomy, can influence a person’s sex characteristics. This means that sex is not fixed at birth, but can change over time and across cultures.
#SexSpectrum #Biology #Diversity
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-why-human-sex-is-not-binary/
From 17 May: New animal family tree raises questions about the origin of nervous systems - Enlarge / These complex creatures seem to be the earliest branch of the animal tree. We’re... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/new-animal-family-tree-places-us-closer-to-weird-disk-shaped-organisms/ #animals #biology #evolution #genetics #genomics #muscles #nerve-cells #science
Genomics, Population Divergence, and Historical Demography of the World's Largest and Endangered Butterfly, The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad040 #science #evolution #biology #genome #evolgen_paper #butterfly
This is fascinating basic research with amazing implications (if it works out down the road, which is a big if):
Quantum physicists are bringing their atomic tools to cellular #biology, raising the prospect that precise application of magnetic fields could manipulate processes inside individual living cells
In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the puzzle of #breast #cancer, Harvard Medical School researchers have identified the molecular sparkplug that ignites cases of the #disease currently unexplained by the classical model of breast-cancer development.
#Medical #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/med05172302.html
"Latin names are mere markers, the Dewey decimal system of biology. A number would suffice, and indeed, this is essentially how the system works. For every single species and subspecies, there is somewhere in the world an individual specimen that marks what it means to be, say, an Italian red fox. The definitive individual of Vulpes vulpes toschii is ZFMK 66-487, housed in the Alexander König Museum in Bonn."
— Otherlands, Thomas Halliday
#theLibrary #biology #reading
Carrying #pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of #bumble #bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about how these species will be impacted by a #warmer world due to #climate change.
#Environmental #ClimateChange #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/en05172301.html
#Diuretic #drugs from the #thiazide group have been used for 60 years to treat high #blood #pressure. But they also increase the risk of developing #diabetes. Researchers at the University of Bern and Inselspital have now pinpointed the cause of this side effect and in the process also gained new insights into the development of diabetes.
#Medical #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/med05172301.html
Dandelions are edible, and have a deep tap root. How many generations of selective cultivation would it take to make this a bigger and tasty root, closer to parsnips or carrots in size?
https://foragerchef.com/guide-to-dandelions-harvesting-and-cooking/
#Science #Biology #Antibiotics an old discarded compound is reviewed and looks really promising
https://www.sciencealert.com/forgotten-antibiotic-from-decades-ago-could-be-a-superbug-killer
How plastic is the epigenome? Study finds that the environmental contribution to variation in DNA methylation is much smaller than the genetic contribution in great tit nestlings https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad086 #science #evolution #biology #genome #SciComm #evolgen_paper
Several studies, including one from Harvard & MIT, have discovered that going into a nap with a problem in #mind helps the #brain find solutions. Extending that, use of a prompting device called Dormio during hypnagogia (the transitional stage between wakefulness & #sleep) increases #creativity & may show a way to prevent nightmares (and maybe finish a long-stuck novel). Shades of Inception!
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/sleep-creativity/overview/
"Many organisms use motion to elicit stimuli from the environment that would not otherwise arise. A bacterial example would be the way in which Escherichia coli and other bacteria use motility to assess the presence of a chemical gradient".
:transgender_symbol: 🐌 "We are not taught that nature can be ‘trans’ or that there are ‘multi-sex’ species. If we were, what might happen to our collective consciousness and our political landscape?"
https://niche-canada.org/2023/05/12/another-mother-a-database-of-all-trans-organisms-on-earth/
This #throwbackthursday is spores. My buddy Michael Spaw loved making cg images that looked like microscope imagery, stuff like radiolaria. They were very inspiring, and so these images were my contribution to the genre, made in #3dsmax. Lots of fun to make #science #biology #cgi
Fingers crossed that the big promise of mRNA comes true. Biontech apparently en route to a cancer vaccine.
#medicine #technology #biology
https://news.yahoo.com/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-shows-promise-181909301.html
Fungus clothes is today's topic.
You can already turn mycelium into a form of leather, though the normal process of doing so outright kills the fungal cells in the material. Not so much living clothing that could heal itself.
Now, Newcastle University scientists have developed a new leathering process that keeps the chlamydospores alive.
Tada, living fungus clothing with self-healing
#Fungus #Mycelium #Clothing #Fungal #Newcastle #Science #Biology #Fashion #Scicomm
A new #drug delivery system delivers an #antioxidant directly to #mitochondria in the #liver, mitigating the effects of #oxidative stress. Mitochondria are microscopic #organelles found within #cells, and are well-known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
#Biology #Chemistry #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/med05102301.html
I can't recommend this short #film enough.
The Great Simplification - Film on energy, environment, and our future.
"We're all alive during the #carbon pulse" 🛢️ ⛽
We are draining Earth's "energy battery" 🔋 millions of times faster than it was trickle charged by photosynthesis ☀️ 🌳. https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/animations
#history #future #FossilFuels #EnergyBlind #GDP #power
#wisdom #sustainability #degrowth #EnergyEfficency
Specialized neurons in some insect brains, related to highly evolved behaviors, may have developed from a multifunctional ancestor Researchers have proposed a new model for the evolution of higher brain functions and behaviors in the Hymenoptera order of insects.
#BehavioralScience #Biology #Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/bs05082301.html
"Did you know whales are born tail first? They enter their water world being able to swim from day dot. From the moment they’re born, their first instinct is to swim to the surface for air.
While most enjoy the comforts of hanging out in mum’s tummy until she reaches warm northern Australian waters, some just can’t wait to enter the big blue.
May marks the official start to the whale watching season and we’ve already had an exciting teaser with the recent sighting of a pygmy blue whale mother and calf in Western Australian waters." #whales #cetaceans #Australia #animals #mammals #nature #WhaleWatching #biology #MarineLife
Tail first and making an early splash, some whales just can't wait to be born https://theconversation.com/tail-first-and-making-an-early-splash-some-whales-just-cant-wait-to-be-born-204620
I am blown away by how nice and helpful everyone is on here! Thank you for the very warm welcome.
I'm still figuring everything out, but here's a cluster of red eye tree #frog eggs hanging off a leaf in Belize.
If under threat from a predator, fungus, or drying out, the developing tadpoles will drop into the water below to continue their development.
I now know #hashtags are important!
#herpetology #amphibians #conservation #biology #biodiversity #scicomm
Come work with us in Trondheim! 3-year #postdoc position on #computervision for #biodiversity in our #museum collections. Deadline May 25. Check https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/244542/postdoctoral-fellow-in-natural-history-and-machine-learning
#food #psychology #AgroEcology
Explaining to people that if they enjoy food - then they better help to sustain #ecology, is the way to motivate #climate adaptation.
https://empiricalperspective.home.blog/2023/05/02/how-to-reverse-industrial-scale-ecocide/
#ecology #climate #technology #biology #sustainability #cooperation #cooperative #community
Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in the effort to slow the aging process with a novel technique that increased the lifespans of yeast cells by a whopping 82 percent, reports a new study
Today, learn how dormant bacteria come back to life.
https://astrobiology.com/2023/04/how-dormant-bacteria-come-back-to-life.html
Scientists revive 48,500 year old virus in a lab
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-revive-48500-year-old-virus-setting-world-record-180981208/
#STEM #science #education #lifesciences #biology #microbiology #academic #academics #lifelonglearning
I did a double take when I read the title of the paper: "Ultrafast reversible self-assembly of living tangled matter"
Then I did another (a triple take?) when I saw the video. https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.03384
#Biology #LifeFindsAWay
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#biochemistry #bioinformatics #biology #biophysics #chemistry #CompChem #metabolomics #NMR #NMRChat #physics #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #StructuralBiology #WebDev
#vss365 prompt: #bumblebee
I sing a song of single tone,
A constant, mesmerizing drone,
And displace pollen as I fumble.
Industrious, alert and humble,
I see you have sufficient clover.
But if my days are almost over,
I fear you’re short on revery
To make a prairie without me.
#poetry #smallpoems #riddlepoems #science #biology #emilydickinson #environment #bees #agriculture #climatechange #poetrycommunity
If you have ever watched a movie, you have probably heard this haunting birdcall in the background.
This video explains how Hollywood misuses this birdcall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVFBUIGfcJk
#scicomm #birds #biology
"US study got owners to train their pets to contact other birds using a touchscreen tablet." #science #birds #parrots #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #biology #animals #nature
Parrots taught to video call each other become less lonely, finds research | Animal behaviour | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/parrots-taught-to-video-call-each-other-become-less-lonely-finds-research
#Seeds and fat balls do more than just fill small #birds’ #stomachs. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding during the wintertime causes #birds to be healthier, since they do not have to expend as much energy fighting #infections.
#Biology #Environmental
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/04/bio04182301.html
The Gendered Brain reveals, hypotheses about sex-linked brain differences have not been proven.
Other than the “missing 5 oz” of female brain — known since the nineteenth century — modern neuroscientists have identified no decisive, category-defining differences between the brains of men and women.
In women’s brains, language-processing is not spread any more evenly across the hemispheres than it is in men’s, as a small 1995 Nature study claimed (A large 2008 analysis disproved this)
Brain size increases with body size, and certain features, such as the ratio of grey to white matter or the cross-sectional area of a nerve tract called the corpus callosum, scale slightly non-linearly with brain size. But these are differences in degree, not kind.
As Rippon notes, the correlation breaks down when small-headed men are compared to large-headed women, and have no relationship to differences in hobbies or take-home pay.
Haha! This is too funny! I asked #ChatGPT
Give me a 100 word summary of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in human biology terms
And this is it’s reply: