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joeltripp.bsky.social
@joeltripp.bsky.social
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Brains. Behavior. Things of that nature.
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ethoges.bsky.social
🧪ETHOLOGY: Condition-dependent risk-taking in mice! 🐭💥🍔
Lopez-Hervas et al. show that diet quality and body mass shape mice’s reactions to risk — heavier or better-fed individuals play it safer, supporting the asset-protection hypothesis! Read here, it's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Condition‐Dependent Responses to Risk in a Small Mammal
Responses to a predation risk gradient vary as a function of the resource environment and individual condition in a small mammal.
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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carlzimmer.com
Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
White-necked jacobin, a hummingbird, perched on a branch
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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katietschida.bsky.social
The Tschida Lab is recruiting a new PhD student this cycle! We have ongoing projects related to (1) neural circuits that regulate vocal communication across behavioral contexts and/or development and (2) motor control of different vocalization types. Please RT! Strong neuro background a plus.
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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michaelhendricks.bsky.social
"The connectome is like a road map."
ATV catching big air, labelled "neuropeptides."
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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thetransmitter.bsky.social
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, systems and circuits, neuroscientists must embrace an evolutionary perspective, argue Karl Farrow and @katjareinhard.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary perspective
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Mechanisms and control of a novel vocalization: the singing mouse song is a whistle that depends on air sac inflation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.16.654575v1
May 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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rezekjoe.bsky.social
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
From NYT article about the increasing use of AI in the classroom: “Writing is one of the most challenging tasks for students, which is why it is so tempting for some to ask A.I. to do it for them. In turn, A.I. can be useful for teachers who would like to assign more writing, but are limited in their time to grade it.”
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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bengoldfarb.bsky.social
If I were an ostensibly conservation-minded biotech company whose work was being cynically weaponized by the world’s worst people to undermine a bedrock environmental law & sanction the obliteration of wildlife, I probably wouldn’t advertise it. Or continue down my current course. Or want to exist.
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Apr 8
Btw Colossal already has the Interior Secretary's comments about them up on their site
Photo of Doug Burgum on Colossal Biosciences website with heading "De-extinction is critical for conservation" and Burgum's quote reading: "Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation—not regulation—that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the dire wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation. The dire wolf revival is more than a scientific triumph, it carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage."
April 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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jonlambert.bsky.social
"I don't know what NSF is going to be now, but it's not more efficient. It's just a mess."

My story on today's firings and their impact.
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
This is how you do it.

Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Read their whole email to membership here
mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...
an email from the society for integrative and comparative biology that reads "Attn SICB Members: The past few weeks have been a stressful time in our scientific community, and we want to make our position clear: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology unequivocally condemns recent attacks on scientific integrity, funding for scientific research, and the importance of broadening participation in science."
February 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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thetransmitter.bsky.social
Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social, @avaskham.bsky.social, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @shaena.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived
Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 20, 2024 at 2:08 PM
joeltripp.bsky.social
Proud for this work to be out in the world!
December 2, 2024 at 11:59 PM