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Baby Sulwe is one of our grandcalves, born in 2024 to ex-orphan Sonje. Since her birth, we've met a further 18 wild-born babies, who were all born in 2025. Meet 18 reasons that gave us hope this year: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...
December 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Baby Sulwe is one of our grandcalves, born in 2024 to ex-orphan Sonje. Since her birth, we've met a further 18 wild-born babies, who were all born in 2025. Meet 18 reasons that gave us hope this year: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...
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🧪🦣🏺 This is v cool and also not v surprising to me, since we have apparent interest in green colour in #Neanderthals, and also green malachite beads in Late Upper Palaeolithic (around the same time as this azurite) at Shanidar Cave.
Origins material & colour aesthetics are deep and shared!
Origins material & colour aesthetics are deep and shared!
Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🧪🦣🏺 This is v cool and also not v surprising to me, since we have apparent interest in green colour in #Neanderthals, and also green malachite beads in Late Upper Palaeolithic (around the same time as this azurite) at Shanidar Cave.
Origins material & colour aesthetics are deep and shared!
Origins material & colour aesthetics are deep and shared!
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I am in awe of the beautiful and weird genomics of chaetognaths. Extreme levels of genetic innovation, trans-splicing, and much more. So much to learn!
Extraordinary work @ferdix.bsky.social, Laura Piovani, @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and @chemamd.bsky.social!
Extraordinary work @ferdix.bsky.social, Laura Piovani, @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and @chemamd.bsky.social!
After nearly twenty years in the making, our attempt at understanding what makes the chaetognath phylum so unique has finally been published! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
with #LauraPiovani @dariagavr.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social and others /1
with #LauraPiovani @dariagavr.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social and others /1
The genomic origin of the unique chaetognath body plan - Nature
Genomic, single-cell transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses show that chaetognaths, following extensive gene loss in the gnathiferan lineage, relied on newly evolved genes and lineage-specific tandem ...
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I am in awe of the beautiful and weird genomics of chaetognaths. Extreme levels of genetic innovation, trans-splicing, and much more. So much to learn!
Extraordinary work @ferdix.bsky.social, Laura Piovani, @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and @chemamd.bsky.social!
Extraordinary work @ferdix.bsky.social, Laura Piovani, @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and @chemamd.bsky.social!
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ok ok I've read the paper and as expected it is really freaking cool
the queens are effectively hijacking androgenesis! so they store the sperm of the second species, and then clone that into their eggs so that the clonal males have a nuclear DNA from their og species but mito DNA from their mother
the queens are effectively hijacking androgenesis! so they store the sperm of the second species, and then clone that into their eggs so that the clonal males have a nuclear DNA from their og species but mito DNA from their mother
woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
ok ok I've read the paper and as expected it is really freaking cool
the queens are effectively hijacking androgenesis! so they store the sperm of the second species, and then clone that into their eggs so that the clonal males have a nuclear DNA from their og species but mito DNA from their mother
the queens are effectively hijacking androgenesis! so they store the sperm of the second species, and then clone that into their eggs so that the clonal males have a nuclear DNA from their og species but mito DNA from their mother
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Founded 180 years ago today, @sciam.bsky.social is the oldest continually published mag in the US. A fun history dive here to celebrate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/report/celeb...
If you think it’s cool a science mag holds the record, please consider subscribing to kick off our next 180 years.
If you think it’s cool a science mag holds the record, please consider subscribing to kick off our next 180 years.
Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American
Since 1845, SciAm has chronicled the science shaping our world. Explore our legacy in this special anniversary package.
www.scientificamerican.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Founded 180 years ago today, @sciam.bsky.social is the oldest continually published mag in the US. A fun history dive here to celebrate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/report/celeb...
If you think it’s cool a science mag holds the record, please consider subscribing to kick off our next 180 years.
If you think it’s cool a science mag holds the record, please consider subscribing to kick off our next 180 years.
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Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺
World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find
The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.
www.livescience.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
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If an elected standing MP decides to switch political party there should surely be a by-election, yes? If you voted for a cabbage that switches into a lettuce or turnip, the electorate must surely ratify (or deny)? Ethical. Don't call me Shirley.
September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If an elected standing MP decides to switch political party there should surely be a by-election, yes? If you voted for a cabbage that switches into a lettuce or turnip, the electorate must surely ratify (or deny)? Ethical. Don't call me Shirley.
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This French Jewish boy was gassed to death as soon as he arrived in Auschwith. He was 6 years old. If he'd lived, he's be 88 today.
13 September 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Michel Beniacar, was born in Paris.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 4 July 1944 in a transport of 1,100 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 479 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 4 July 1944 in a transport of 1,100 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 479 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
September 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This French Jewish boy was gassed to death as soon as he arrived in Auschwith. He was 6 years old. If he'd lived, he's be 88 today.
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We are delighted to announce that our 2025 Winter Meeting will be hosted at the National Museum in Cardiff, Wales (27th & 28th Nov).
Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...
Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...
September 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We are delighted to announce that our 2025 Winter Meeting will be hosted at the National Museum in Cardiff, Wales (27th & 28th Nov).
Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...
Proposals for workshops are now open! Submit a workshop proposal in any area of primate research, conservation or captive care. www.psgb.org/pages/104-ps...
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In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
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Any Senators here?
I’m a biomedical scientist with immunology, cancer, infectious disease expertise.
RFK Jr lied to you in his confirmation hearings. Repeatedly. Provably.
He’s lied to EVERYONE for 30+ years. Repeatedly. Provably.
He WILL lie today. Repeatedly. Provably.
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I’m a biomedical scientist with immunology, cancer, infectious disease expertise.
RFK Jr lied to you in his confirmation hearings. Repeatedly. Provably.
He’s lied to EVERYONE for 30+ years. Repeatedly. Provably.
He WILL lie today. Repeatedly. Provably.
1/
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Any Senators here?
I’m a biomedical scientist with immunology, cancer, infectious disease expertise.
RFK Jr lied to you in his confirmation hearings. Repeatedly. Provably.
He’s lied to EVERYONE for 30+ years. Repeatedly. Provably.
He WILL lie today. Repeatedly. Provably.
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I’m a biomedical scientist with immunology, cancer, infectious disease expertise.
RFK Jr lied to you in his confirmation hearings. Repeatedly. Provably.
He’s lied to EVERYONE for 30+ years. Repeatedly. Provably.
He WILL lie today. Repeatedly. Provably.
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RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
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It's Maria Montessori's birthday so do whatever you want, there are no gods, no kings, no rules, you are imprisoned only by your lack of imagination.
August 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's Maria Montessori's birthday so do whatever you want, there are no gods, no kings, no rules, you are imprisoned only by your lack of imagination.
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Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC : Shots - Health News : NPR | It is the official position of the US government that more Americans should drown.
Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC
A few years in, a CDC drowning prevention program was ready to share its findings on how to mitigate the leading cause of death among young children. Then the administration terminated that staff.
www.npr.org
August 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC : Shots - Health News : NPR | It is the official position of the US government that more Americans should drown.
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The Royal Institution Demonstration Team is awarded the Royal Society Hauksbee Award 2025 for being global leaders in spectacular science demonstrations, which are vital for effective education and communication of scientific concepts. https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/hauksbee-award/
August 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Royal Institution Demonstration Team is awarded the Royal Society Hauksbee Award 2025 for being global leaders in spectacular science demonstrations, which are vital for effective education and communication of scientific concepts. https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/hauksbee-award/
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Much nicer kinds of cranes than the ghastly yellow metals symbolic of bigotry in employment. From Wild Ireland, I love this picture by Julian Friers. There's the mountain of my home, and the cranes all in the marshes of what would now be the reclaimed land beyond Duncrue St. @everyheron.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Much nicer kinds of cranes than the ghastly yellow metals symbolic of bigotry in employment. From Wild Ireland, I love this picture by Julian Friers. There's the mountain of my home, and the cranes all in the marshes of what would now be the reclaimed land beyond Duncrue St. @everyheron.bsky.social
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If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
August 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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Only a handful of fossils of human relatives from the period before 2 million years ago come from outside of two narrow parts of Africa that cover less than one percent of the continent. But these few outlier sites represent great diversity, suggesting more.
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
Expanding the “Cradle of Humankind”
Developing a broader idea of the habitats and capacities of early hominins
www.johnhawks.net
August 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Only a handful of fossils of human relatives from the period before 2 million years ago come from outside of two narrow parts of Africa that cover less than one percent of the continent. But these few outlier sites represent great diversity, suggesting more.
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...