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🚨 New post - my review of Ned Newitt's excellent new book, 'Housing the People of Leicester – a History of Social Housing'.
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Book Review: Ned Newitt, Housing the People of Leicester – a History of Social Housing
Ned Newitt, Housing the People of Leicester: a History of Social Housing (Leicester Pioneer Press, 2025) When I started this blog almost twelve years ago, council housing was a strangely neglected …
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December 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨 New post - my review of Ned Newitt's excellent new book, 'Housing the People of Leicester – a History of Social Housing'.
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Glyphosate : l’une des plus influentes études garantes de la sûreté de l’herbicide rétractée, vingt-cinq ans après sa publication
Glyphosate : l’une des plus influentes études garantes de la sûreté de l’herbicide rétractée, vingt-cinq ans après sa publication
Une étude de 2000 qui concluait à la sûreté du célèbre herbicide, largement citée depuis lors, vient d’être officiellement désavouée par la revue qui l’avait publiée. Les scientifiques signataires sont suspectés d’avoir endossé un texte préparé par des cadres de Monsanto.
www.lemonde.fr
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Glyphosate : l’une des plus influentes études garantes de la sûreté de l’herbicide rétractée, vingt-cinq ans après sa publication
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December 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Congratulations to Yuhan for successful PhD defence: Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems www.helsinki.fi/en/news/anim...
Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems | University of Helsinki
A new study from the University of Helsinki reveals that artificial light at night significantly affects freshwater invertebrates and their ecosystems.
www.helsinki.fi
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Congratulations to Yuhan for successful PhD defence: Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems www.helsinki.fi/en/news/anim...
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Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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I joke with my sister that he would get no scoped as a warrior cat
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I joke with my sister that he would get no scoped as a warrior cat
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Today is the first of 25 days of #Crustmas! Post as many crustaceans as possible! (not just crabs) 🦑🧪
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
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This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution
Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today is the first of 25 days of #Crustmas! Post as many crustaceans as possible! (not just crabs) 🦑🧪
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I would like very much to buy a copy of this. But it is impossible to initiate a simple conversation with the creator unless one jumps through various tumblr hoops - log in/password/similar infuriations. I tried but failed. So if by chance indie the introvert sees this, perhaps they could help.
July 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I would like very much to buy a copy of this. But it is impossible to initiate a simple conversation with the creator unless one jumps through various tumblr hoops - log in/password/similar infuriations. I tried but failed. So if by chance indie the introvert sees this, perhaps they could help.
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Cells at Work (Code Black, 3, 13) never ceases to amaze me with its imaginative representations of the body. Here, red blood cells in the kidney enter a nephron to get hosed down by glomeruli. #GraphicScience #SciCom #Comics
November 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Cells at Work (Code Black, 3, 13) never ceases to amaze me with its imaginative representations of the body. Here, red blood cells in the kidney enter a nephron to get hosed down by glomeruli. #GraphicScience #SciCom #Comics
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A fun finale for the #nudivember festivities! Isn't it pretty? And it does look just like it has a leaf for a cape!
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A fun finale for the #nudivember festivities! Isn't it pretty? And it does look just like it has a leaf for a cape!
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
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OMG--read this thread. Remarkable clever use of a trick to visualize plasmid competition that reveals key insights into evolution!!!! 🧪
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OMG--read this thread. Remarkable clever use of a trick to visualize plasmid competition that reveals key insights into evolution!!!! 🧪
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Foods to avoid to avoid need for "Fart Walk" 💨
You are welcome for the information. 😂
You are welcome for the information. 😂
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Foods to avoid to avoid need for "Fart Walk" 💨
You are welcome for the information. 😂
You are welcome for the information. 😂
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Izzet Khanim Mirzaaga Orujova (1909-1983) was an Azerbaijani chemist and actress.
She was the first Azerbaijani film actress, starring in the film Sevil (1929).
A women's rights movement figure, she was also the first woman in her country to become an oil engineer.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
She was the first Azerbaijani film actress, starring in the film Sevil (1929).
A women's rights movement figure, she was also the first woman in her country to become an oil engineer.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Izzet Khanim Mirzaaga Orujova (1909-1983) was an Azerbaijani chemist and actress.
She was the first Azerbaijani film actress, starring in the film Sevil (1929).
A women's rights movement figure, she was also the first woman in her country to become an oil engineer.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
She was the first Azerbaijani film actress, starring in the film Sevil (1929).
A women's rights movement figure, she was also the first woman in her country to become an oil engineer.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM
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Antifungal 'Nystatin' is named for the NY State Department of Health.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
Chemist Rachel Fuller Brown was born #OTD in 1898. She co-discovered the antifungal nystatin while doing research for the New York State Department of Health, hence the name. (1/2) 🧪 👩🔬
Image: Smithsonian Institution
Image: Smithsonian Institution
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Antifungal 'Nystatin' is named for the NY State Department of Health.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
'Statins', on the other hand, are from Latin 'stare' meaning to "stay or hold still" for their ability to slow or stop cholesterol production via inhibition of liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase.
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
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every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
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Great "behind the paper with @royalsocietypublishing.org" seminar - lead author of "Evidence of active sound production by a shark" discusses how she came to discover that New Zealand rig sharks can make strange noises @cassyni.bsky.social cassyni.com/events/NRzSF...
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Great "behind the paper with @royalsocietypublishing.org" seminar - lead author of "Evidence of active sound production by a shark" discusses how she came to discover that New Zealand rig sharks can make strange noises @cassyni.bsky.social cassyni.com/events/NRzSF...
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🐟 Fish Fact of the Day 🧪
All Billfishes possess a distinctive oil gland at the base of their elongated rostrum that secretes oil through numerous pores. The exact function of the oil is not fully understood, but it is thought to improve the fish's hydrodynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224956
All Billfishes possess a distinctive oil gland at the base of their elongated rostrum that secretes oil through numerous pores. The exact function of the oil is not fully understood, but it is thought to improve the fish's hydrodynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224956
August 7, 2023 at 9:38 PM
🐟 Fish Fact of the Day 🧪
All Billfishes possess a distinctive oil gland at the base of their elongated rostrum that secretes oil through numerous pores. The exact function of the oil is not fully understood, but it is thought to improve the fish's hydrodynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224956
All Billfishes possess a distinctive oil gland at the base of their elongated rostrum that secretes oil through numerous pores. The exact function of the oil is not fully understood, but it is thought to improve the fish's hydrodynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.224956
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Lots of great chemsky content in @science.org this week, including a remarkable porphyrin nanobelt from the Saywell and Anderson groups 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lots of great chemsky content in @science.org this week, including a remarkable porphyrin nanobelt from the Saywell and Anderson groups 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Southern US county honouring its dark past www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The Southern US county honouring its dark past
While other places in the US are increasingly censuring how they tell their multicultural histories to travellers, one community is highlighting them.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Southern US county honouring its dark past www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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My good friend Cina kicks collective ass www.chemistryworld.com/news/collect...
Collective bonding continues to divide opinion
New research supports counterintuitive explanation, but debate is far from settled
www.chemistryworld.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My good friend Cina kicks collective ass www.chemistryworld.com/news/collect...