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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 5d

Macabre and disrespectful to the people who donated their body!

🧪 #science #STEM

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 6d

There is solid #science behind the benefits of reducing meat consumption 🥩 and the meat industry is behind the online backlash that undermines it. They want people to be misinformed and this costs lives. Choose your info sources wisely! 🧪👇

changingmarkets.org/report/meat-...

Meat vs EAT-Lancet: The dynamics of an industry-orchestrated online backlash • Changing Markets

The EAT-Lancet Commission publish EAT-Lancet 2.0: an update to the planetary health diet 2019. One of the most influential academic studies ever released, it also faced significant online backlash – o...

changingmarkets.org

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 10d

I love finding notes, receipts, etc from the past in secondhand books 📚, like this 1947 invite from a British lieutenant to an italian consul and missus in Palestine! It's a tiny bit of history, tangible proof it used to be #Palestine 🇵🇸!

#BookSky #books

The 1947 edition of the book "Thieves in the night" by Arthur Koestler, opened at its first page on a wooden table, with a note placed over it. The note reads, in english and italic style:
"Lieut. Col. Richard Norman requests the pleasure of the company of Sig et Signora Giacomo Silimbani in the garden of the King David Hotel on Wednesday, 28th May 1947.
Cocktails 6-8 p.m.
R. S. V. P.
G. S. I. H. Q. Palestine
Please bring this card with you."
The names of the invitees are hand written.

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 11d

Fungus-growing termites 🍄‍🟫 have evolved some contamination prevention responses with varying efficacy! Find out in the article! 👇

🧪 #science #nature

Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 11d

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Termite observations reveal their sophisticated technique to prevent contamination in fungal crop

Some species of termites are known to cultivate their own crops of fungus within their nests, similar to the way humans maintain farms to feed people. One such species is Odontotermes obesus, which cu...

phys.org

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 12d

Next time, they should all walk on stage and kick his ass! 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 18d

Natural disasters 🌪️ continue to kill years after they happen! Indirect effects of natural disasters could explain the observed higher mortality in south east US 🇺🇸! Data can save lives!

#science #data #climate 🧪 📊 🌍

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:

Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?

YouTube video by PBS Terra

youtu.be

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 26d

I don't even live in the UK anymore but this is enough to support #GreenParty! 🇬🇧

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26d

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The green party's woke new leader is even more deluded than we thought.

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Reposted by Dr Alessio Veneziano

Climate One @climateone.org · 28d

This chart from @safeclimate.bsky.social ate.bsky.social is a beautiful work of art — and a horrifying observation of our warming planet 🧪

Chart shows near vertical growth in average global temperature rise since the Industrial Revolution. Under current policies, a 2 degree rise is expected before 2050 and 4 degrees by 2100.

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Sep 2

The @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social reversed its decision to exclude israeli institutions. How can #EAA not take the right side while the entire Palestinian population and #heritage are being destroyed? Do they even care about humans or heritage?
🧪 #science #Archaeology #BioArch #EAA2025

The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · Sep 2

BTC Call for Action - EAA

EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.

Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Sep 1

Some very cool research from a former colleague! #Engineering and #Biology come together to study fluid dynamics, with a focus on salamanders! 🦎 Insigths into best practice for fluid simulation with organic geometries!

🧪 #science #herpetology #CFD

doi.org/10.1111/2041...

The crucial role of meshing in computational fluid dynamics simulations for organic geometries in paleobiology: Describing fluid dynamics performance through best practices

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become an essential tool for studying fluid interactions in biological systems. While widely used in engineering, its application in the natural sciences, pa...

doi.org

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's mesmerising the way this artist sees #nature. Share it and show it to others! #sciart #art #environment 🌍

Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · Aug 26

2021 vs 2025. Two illos based on the same motif. Which one do you like more? #sciart

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you work in #archaeology or related, consider signing this letter to demand @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to cut ties with Israel and take a position against ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their heritage! 🧪 #science 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #BoycottIsrael #eaa2025

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter to EAA calling for a boycott of Israel

Please fill out the form below and add your name to over 1200 others on this open letter*, calling on the European Association of Archaeologists to respond to ICOMOS Palestine's appeal for cultural h...

docs.google.com

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 25

While it is often believed early #primates dispersed and radiated in warm tropical forests, new evidence suggest they may have occupied arid, cold and temperate regions too!

🦧🦍🐒🧪 #science #primatology #BioAnth

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates | PNAS

One of the most influential hypotheses about primate evolution postulates that their origin, radiation, and major dispersals were associated with e...

doi.org

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 24

Political choices have direct effects on #science 🧪 and a cascading impact on society, health, economy, etc. Many are still convinced that science should be apolitical........

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 24

'Cancer Research UK told The Observer that several pieces of research had been affected by...immigration costs, which have risen by 126% since 2019 and are up to 17 times higher than the average of comparable countries including France, Australia, the US and South Korea.' Not only cancer research.

Cancer research ‘set back years’ as visa fees drive scien...

With vital studies being shelved and foreign experts turning down jobs, leading charity urges ministers to act

observer.co.uk

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 21

Job opportunities in #HumanOrigins in Tubingen, Germany 🇩🇪 👇

🧪 #science #HumanEvolution #PaleoAnth #BioAnth #BioArch #Archaeology

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨

The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:

- a scientific coordinator

- a science communication officer

🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨

See links for the full advertisements:

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in (m/w/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)

uni-tuebingen.de

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 18

On how to learn #stats 📊📈 and especially "learning how to learn"! A relatable piece for those who (like myself) have advanced in stats through self-learning! Also, it's a damn useful piece about learning in general!

🧪 #science #data

Dr. Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareemcarr.bsky.social · Aug 15

In today's article, learn how a chance discussion with the chair of Harvard’s statistics department changed everything about how I think about learning statistics.

Click here to read the full article: kareemcarr.substack.com/p/the-hardes...

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 14

thanks for the info!

Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 13

Is this for real?!?!?! 🐁🐁🐁 Apparently they turned live animal tissue transparent using a mixture of hydrogel and doritos' colouring agent (tartrazine)! Incredible potential for visualising internal tissues non-invasively!

🧪 #science #biology

www.discovermagazine.com/invisible-mi...

Invisible Mice Do Exist – Here’s How Dye Used in Doritos Made it Happen

Are invisible mice real? Doritos dye can make tissue temporarily see-through in the right conditions.

www.discovermagazine.com

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ChatGPT ante litteram

🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼👻🥦💥🏠♫ @vegetablegremlin.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stunning news about chatgpt 5

HOMEWORK MACHINE
The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen.
Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime, Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds' time, Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be.
Here it is "nine plus four?" and the answer is "three."
Three?
Oh me . . .
I guess it's not as perfect As I thought it would be.

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 12

An excellent (and fully-funded 💰) #PhD opportunity in the UK 🇬🇧 to work on #3Dprint and museum experience 🦕🦴

🧪 #science #SciComm #3D #museum

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ouch...🧪 #science

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Aug 11

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Panels one and two:
Two white mice make their way through a maze.

Panel three:
Having completed the maze, the two mice are rewarded with some fruit. Two scientists watch them. One says:
“Poor little things: all that thought and effort just to earn themselves a little treat.”

The second scientist looks at a clock and says: “Coffee time!”

Panels four and five:
The two scientists make their way through a maze of corridors to a door marked “Canteen”

Panel six:
The scientists look at the food on offer. One says: “Ooh, Donuts!”

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 8

Wholesome #science 🧪

#SciComm #STEM #kidsInSTEM #STEMeducation

Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social · Aug 8

This one gave us goosebumps.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/camp-may-well-have-changed-my-daughters-life-cassidy-ma-msc-u9cbe

#STEMeducation #ScienceForKids #Edutainment #ScienceCommunication #EducationFranchise #WomenInSTEM #JuniorEinsteinsScienceClub #STEMlearning #Womeninscience

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 5

Most people understand that research has immediate and non-immediate benefits, and that both are important! It's crucial to remember that people value #science regardless of prevalent political powers 🧪

Research!America @researchamerica.bsky.social · Aug 5

This curiosity-driven research is important.
And did you know? 85% of Americans support basic research, even if there is no immediate benefit.

Learn more insights from our national, commissioned public opinion survey.
www.researchamerica.org/sd_survey/20...

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Even if it brings no immediate benefits, basic scientific research that advances the frontiers of knowledge is necessary and should be supported ...

www.researchamerica.org

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 4

"Human Evolution at the Crossroads" 📚 available in pdf from the link in the original post! Congrats for this publication @harvatilab.bsky.social and for the beautiful cover art!

🧪 #science #HumanEvolution #PaleoAnth

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re excited to share that the #CROSSROADS VOLUME is published and also printed!🥳It features 28 contributions from the closing CROSSROADS symposium (Feb. 2022, Tübingen).
It took time, but was worth the wait!✨️Edited by K. Harvati & M. Ioannidou.
Congrats to all involved!🎉
Link: tinyurl.com/4s5mwdht

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Aug 4

Fantastic #fungi from Algonquin (ON 🇨🇦) and the places they chose as their home! Great diversity! If any expert wants to share curiosities on these guys, I'm all ears (I am not knowledgeable about fungi but mesmerised by them and secretly dreaming of living in a forest of fungi) 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

🧪 #science

A collage of seven pictures of fungi. Top row includes two tiny orange mushrooms surrounded by foliage, one that looks like a light brown/pinkish coral and a solitary yellow friend surrounded by moss. The central row shows layered green fungi growing on a rotting tree trunk and a grey mushroom between two rocks. The bottom row has pictures of one black fungus with a red band living on the cut surface of a tree trunk and one brownish white mushroom sitting on the broken trunk of a tree.

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