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Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 3h

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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 3d

Naked mole-rat workers may have specific roles, such as cleaning the toilet chamber or transporting waste, rather than being generalist helpers. The findings suggest their colonies are even more complex than we thought. 🧪 #animals #zoology #nature

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Some naked mole rats are designated toilet cleaners, study suggests

Naked mole rats may have specific roles, such as cleaning the toilet chamber or transporting waste, rather than being generalist helpers. The findings suggest naked-mole-rat colonies are even more com...

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 6d

It's Nobel Prize week! If you've ever wondered how exactly people decide who wins one...here you go: www.sciencenews.org/article/nobe...

Longer more detailed version here: www.snexplores.org/article/nobe...

Thing I learned: Even when people try their hardest to avoid bias, the system gets you...

Nobel Prizes honor great discoveries — but leave much of science unseen

The Nobel Prize might be the most famous science prize but it celebrates just a narrow slice of science and very few scientists.

www.sciencenews.org

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 8d

I couldn't agree more. This is especially evident with the pressure to produce as many papers as possible to remain competitive while applying for grants. Time to sit back and reevaluate focus could go a long way.

Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · Jul 29

A call for time to think in research

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Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 9d

I like how this post got more likes than the absurd original post. Good to see critical thinking is still a thing.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Dec 15

7. How to write consistently boring scientific literature.

“Hell – is sitting on a hot stone reading your own scientific publications”
Erik Ursin, fish biologist

Thanks @fattebertj.bsky.social

Open Access
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Chris Mull @cgmull.bsky.social · 9d

New paper led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social looking at the threats deep sea mining poses for sharks, rays, and chimaeras. We found 30 species are threatened via various pathways including collector impact and plumes at depth and pelagic discharge plumes.

Figure 1: highlighting various pathways through which mining can impact sharks, rays, and chimaeras including collector impact and plumes, and discharge plumes.

Figure 2: The diversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras impacted by deep sea mining operations. Nearly 2/3 of these species are already at an elevated risk of extinction.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 9d

Inflammation is a vital part of the immune response, but it seems that the system can sometimes go awry, resulting in chronic inflammation that has been linked to conditions such as cancer

Good immune health may come at the expense of chronic inflammation

Inflammation is a vital part of the immune response, but it seems that the system can sometimes go awry, resulting in chronic inflammation that has been linked to conditions such as cancer

www.newscientist.com

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 9d

Auburn University’s Smith Bee Lab seeks a Postdoc in Social Insect Biology focusing on collective behavior and colony function. PhD required. Email applications to Michael Smith by Nov 1, 2025. More info: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p52hwoFYBWOS_EMmPnA87UNcmOdIS6nw/view?usp=sharing #postdoc

Smith Bee Lab recruiting postdoc grad students 2025.pdf

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 10d

Why is it so hard to detect fecundity-longevity #trade-offs in social insects? And what does this have to do with the Gospel of #Matthew??
Find out in our new paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social and Susanne Foitzik @mainzuniversity.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Luck can explain the positive link between fecundity and longevity: the Matthew effect in social insects and beyond

Abstract. The universality of the trade-off between fecundity and longevity in life-history theory is sometimes contested. Social insects present the argua

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Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 10d

This brings memories of my time working in the Kalahari, those fuckers are louder than crickets. But they are cutter too.

drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10d

sound on

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Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 10d

That's the look I got in my first year at university.

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The National @thenationalnews.com · 10d

Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist and conservationist, has died aged 91.

Her groundbreaking work in Tanzania in the 1960s transformed global understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the boundary between humans and animals.

Jane Goodall obituary: wildlife expert who tackled climate change | The National

Trailblazing scientist pioneered close study of chimpanzees in the wild

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Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 13d

In Spanish we have a saying: "better a short pencil than a long memory".

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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 15d

There’s a bill in the senate right now designed to revive the US shark longlining industry.

Today we’re launching a campaign to stop it and this film trailer to expose this American shark cull conspiracy.

Details and action items below:
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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 16d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 16d

Fancy working with killer whales?

We have two exciting opportunities to support the work of Professor @darrencroft.bsky.social and team.

👉 Graduate Research Assistant - lnkd.in/egy9Knka
👉 Postdoctoral Research Associate - lnkd.in/eXyP7fZ4

Deadlines 22nd/19th Oct.

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text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines the graduate research assistant position, which is part time (14 hours), fixed term until 0ct 2028, based at the university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york

text overlaying background of two killer whales swimming, taken by a drone. text outlines postdoctoral research associate position, which is full-time fixed term until 31st oct 2028, starting salary £34.6k, location is university of exeter. Logos are along the bottom of the image for: center for whale research, UKRI, university of Exeter and university of york

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Valentine Comin @valentine-comin.bsky.social · 18d

I am looking for an intern to work with captive crows this winter semester. Please feel free to share, or contact me if interested !

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 15d

The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and poorly understood condition

A deeper understanding of endometriosis is suggesting new treatments

The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and poorly understood condition

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 17d

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds

Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 23d

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OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 #FacultyHiring: OIST is hiring! We invite exceptional scientists to apply for faculty positions in:
- Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography
- Physics and Quantum Science (including related fields)
🔗: www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Laura K Hayward @lkhayward.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why do males and females often differ in traits?
The expected answer: selection.
But our new paper in GENETICS shows that genetic drift alone can generate sexual dimorphism — even when male & female optima are the same

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Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 22d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 23d

The Ig Nobel awards for science that makes you laugh then think are back. Highlights this year include the preferred pizza of rainbow lizards at a seaside resort, the physics of perfect pasta dish and a man who documented the growth of a fingernail for 35 years! 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research

The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.

www.nature.com

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