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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 2d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 21h

… heh like 30 years ago?

a man is making a funny face in the dark and saying `` uh ... yeah '' .

ALT: a man is making a funny face in the dark and saying `` uh ... yeah '' .

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 3d

Myslef @sciencecharles.bsky.social, and Adam Vackar (adamvackar.com) together form #TransparentEyeball (transparenteyeball.net). #SensingChange by Art/Switch (www.artswitch.org, New York) and us, is happening right now in New York, USA www.eventbrite.com/cc/festival-... 🧪

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 4d

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Nature @nature.com · 9d

Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has passed away aged 91

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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 11d

Paleolithic painters had the blues | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Paleolithic painters had the blues

Two recent studies shine light on the earliest known artistic usages of blue pigment

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 14d

Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators

Mochizuki reports a plant that lures pollinating flies by imitating the scent of ants injured by predators. This study reveals the first known case of ant mimicry in flowers and uncovers previously un...

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 15d

4th and final day #MATBIOX #Mathematicalbiology workshop
@4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @mff.unikarlova.cuni.cz was dedicated to the panel discussion and goodbyes. 🧪 Many thanks to everyone who participated, even though some had to leave before we took the group picture.

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 15d

3rd day #MATBIOX #Mathematicalbiology workshop
@4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @mff.unikarlova.cuni.cz focusing on physiology and morphogenesis, we learned about current topics and challenges. 🧪 After intensive program we went for well deserved dinner in the evening.

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 17d

2nd day #MATBIOX #Mathematicalbiology workshop @4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @mff.unikarlova.cuni.cz was after short intro focusing on population biology and we even managed to get into field 🤗 @sorbonne-universite.fr @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social 🧪

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 17d

1st day of #MATBIOX #Mathematicalbiology workshop @4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @mff.unikarlova.cuni.cz we started with students' flashtalks , openair lecture by Vlastimil Krivan, and icebreaker. @sorbonne-universite.fr @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 18d

The room is set and we will begin soon with introduction and flashtalks #MATBIOX #Mathematicalbiology workshop @4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @mff.unikarlova.cuni.cz

Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 18d

But that is not valid statement. I can be 100% against inequality, even fighting actively against it, and still dont want to read post about US politics.

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 19d

Final preparations are made for our upcoming #MATBIO Xchange workshop Nižbor, Czech Republic within the @4euplusalliance.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Universities of Warsaw, and Milano. #MATBIOX #MathematicalBiology 🧪

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 20d

ah, what a pity, I would like to see the red one

Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 21d

Why dobt you show the fluorescence here?

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 22d

a man with his arms crossed is smiling and saying noice !

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 22d

So it is the scale. Because all the megafauna globaly went extinct we see effects that normally we ascribe to geological/climatic events, but we are naturally underestimating biotic effect cause we consider them too small?

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · 22d

Can you elaborate a bit more on how new this is? I mean ecology understands these effects for some time already no? So what is it that makes this special?

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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 25d

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#ornithology #evosky

Abstract. Nest architecture is central to avian life history evolution, and the degree to which visual acuity and sensitivity mediate nest construction, ne

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · Aug 7

What if—and this might sound crazy—we actually paid reviewers? I mean, properly. Since, you know, reviewing isn’t in their job description and they usually do it in their so-called free time? No? Still no? Cool cool cool. Just me being unreasonable again.

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · Jul 5

Ernst Mayr was born OTD in 1904.

“Most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.”

🌱🐋🦋🦫🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci

Caricature of Mayr by David Levine for the New York Review of Books.

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Kai Caspar @nomascus.bsky.social · Jun 28

Is there a cognitive hierachy between ecto- and endotherms driven by brain size/neuron counts? Probably not.

Very interesting opinion piece by @zegnitriki.bsky.social et al., shifting focus to sensory–motor integration to explain brain size differences.🧪

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The fish challenge to vertebrate cognitive evolution | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

There is tremendous taxonomic variation in the size, shape and structure of vertebrate brains. While many studies use cross-species comparisons to aim at identifying the ecological factors (social and...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jun 25

🦉 Nature-inspired noise control

Researchers have created owl-inspired nanofibre aerogels that absorb both high- & low-frequency noise – cutting engine noise by nearly 9 dB. Soft, stable and smart, these materials could help tackle noise pollution

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#SciComm #Owls 🧪

Owl-Inspired Coupled Structure Nanofiber-Based Aerogels for Broadband Noise Reduction

Noise pollution, as one of the three major pollutants, has brought serious harm to human life. Existing single-structured acoustic materials inevitably compromise between good low and high-frequency a...

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Jindra Brejcha @jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · Jun 25

Así que si mantienes un buen urbanismo, no pierdes ventajas como una vista hermosa desde la playa o el carácter de un lugar antiguo y exquisito. Pero si construyes torres allí, perderás cualidades que no se pueden volver a comprar.

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