Santi Ron
@jambato.bsky.social
PhD Biología Evolutiva, Miembro World Academy of Sciences, Investigador en Museo Historia Natural Berlín, Profesor PUCE Ecuador
Alumni @utaustin.bsky.social
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Alumni @utaustin.bsky.social
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Trump condemns the United States to scientific and technological underdevelopment
NSF stops funding for new and ongoing projects
NSF budget will be reduced by 55% next year
Long-term cuts could reduce GDP by 7.6%
NSF stops funding for new and ongoing projects
NSF budget will be reduced by 55% next year
Long-term cuts could reduce GDP by 7.6%
May 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trump condemns the United States to scientific and technological underdevelopment
NSF stops funding for new and ongoing projects
NSF budget will be reduced by 55% next year
Long-term cuts could reduce GDP by 7.6%
NSF stops funding for new and ongoing projects
NSF budget will be reduced by 55% next year
Long-term cuts could reduce GDP by 7.6%
Reposted by Santi Ron
Colossal Bioscience did not revive dire wolves, despite a sensationalist Time Magazine cover story.
Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.
Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.
Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution
www.scientificamerican.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Colossal Bioscience did not revive dire wolves, despite a sensationalist Time Magazine cover story.
Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.
Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.
Number of species threatened worldwide
🌳🍄🐘🐍🐸🐟🐌🦆
1. Madagascar 🇲🇬
2. Ecuador 🇪🇨
3. Indonesia 🇮🇩
4. Mexico 🇲🇽
5. Brazil 🇧🇷
6. Malaysia 🇲🇾
7. United States 🇺🇸
8. Australia 🇦🇺
9. Philippines 🇵🇭
10. Colombia 🇨🇴
Source: IUCN
🌳🍄🐘🐍🐸🐟🐌🦆
1. Madagascar 🇲🇬
2. Ecuador 🇪🇨
3. Indonesia 🇮🇩
4. Mexico 🇲🇽
5. Brazil 🇧🇷
6. Malaysia 🇲🇾
7. United States 🇺🇸
8. Australia 🇦🇺
9. Philippines 🇵🇭
10. Colombia 🇨🇴
Source: IUCN
January 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Number of species threatened worldwide
🌳🍄🐘🐍🐸🐟🐌🦆
1. Madagascar 🇲🇬
2. Ecuador 🇪🇨
3. Indonesia 🇮🇩
4. Mexico 🇲🇽
5. Brazil 🇧🇷
6. Malaysia 🇲🇾
7. United States 🇺🇸
8. Australia 🇦🇺
9. Philippines 🇵🇭
10. Colombia 🇨🇴
Source: IUCN
🌳🍄🐘🐍🐸🐟🐌🦆
1. Madagascar 🇲🇬
2. Ecuador 🇪🇨
3. Indonesia 🇮🇩
4. Mexico 🇲🇽
5. Brazil 🇧🇷
6. Malaysia 🇲🇾
7. United States 🇺🇸
8. Australia 🇦🇺
9. Philippines 🇵🇭
10. Colombia 🇨🇴
Source: IUCN
Reposted by Santi Ron
Ben Mueller on the worrying new mutations in bird flu viruses from a patient in Louisiana. Influenza keeps tapping at the window.. .[Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/h...
Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations (Gift Article)
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Ben Mueller on the worrying new mutations in bird flu viruses from a patient in Louisiana. Influenza keeps tapping at the window.. .[Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/h...
Los traventinos son formaciones geológicas formadas por acumulación de carbonato de calcio en un proceso milenario
Esta montaña está hecha de traventinos
No es sal, ni de hielo, sino piedra caliza
Turquía, Pamukkale
Esta montaña está hecha de traventinos
No es sal, ni de hielo, sino piedra caliza
Turquía, Pamukkale
December 25, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Los traventinos son formaciones geológicas formadas por acumulación de carbonato de calcio en un proceso milenario
Esta montaña está hecha de traventinos
No es sal, ni de hielo, sino piedra caliza
Turquía, Pamukkale
Esta montaña está hecha de traventinos
No es sal, ni de hielo, sino piedra caliza
Turquía, Pamukkale
This poison frog from the Amazon basin reproduces in bromeliads and other plants that accumulate rainwater
Their tadpoles are cannibals. They feed on eggs or tadpoles deposited on the plant where they live.
#Ranitomeya variabilis
More information: bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amp...
Their tadpoles are cannibals. They feed on eggs or tadpoles deposited on the plant where they live.
#Ranitomeya variabilis
More information: bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amp...
November 28, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This poison frog from the Amazon basin reproduces in bromeliads and other plants that accumulate rainwater
Their tadpoles are cannibals. They feed on eggs or tadpoles deposited on the plant where they live.
#Ranitomeya variabilis
More information: bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amp...
Their tadpoles are cannibals. They feed on eggs or tadpoles deposited on the plant where they live.
#Ranitomeya variabilis
More information: bioweb.bio/faunaweb/amp...
La apertura carreteras tiene efecto devastador en las áreas protegidas
Miren lo que pasó en el Parque Sangay (celeste) con la vía Guamote-Macas
Quieren abrir una en los Llanganates, uno de los parques con mayor diversidad y endemismo del Ecuador ✋⛔🚫
Miren lo que pasó en el Parque Sangay (celeste) con la vía Guamote-Macas
Quieren abrir una en los Llanganates, uno de los parques con mayor diversidad y endemismo del Ecuador ✋⛔🚫
November 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM
La apertura carreteras tiene efecto devastador en las áreas protegidas
Miren lo que pasó en el Parque Sangay (celeste) con la vía Guamote-Macas
Quieren abrir una en los Llanganates, uno de los parques con mayor diversidad y endemismo del Ecuador ✋⛔🚫
Miren lo que pasó en el Parque Sangay (celeste) con la vía Guamote-Macas
Quieren abrir una en los Llanganates, uno de los parques con mayor diversidad y endemismo del Ecuador ✋⛔🚫
1/7 🌿 Exciting news from the Ecuadorian Chocó! For the first time in 50 years, we describe two new species of caecilias from Ecuador (gen. Caecilia) The new species have extraordinary characteristics, as can be seen in this video
November 17, 2024 at 11:27 AM
1/7 🌿 Exciting news from the Ecuadorian Chocó! For the first time in 50 years, we describe two new species of caecilias from Ecuador (gen. Caecilia) The new species have extraordinary characteristics, as can be seen in this video