Rick Miller (he/him)
@rickeltonmiller.bsky.social
Penstemon yampaensis
Spiritual use: ?
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Spiritual use: ?
There are various hypotheses about the origin of sweetpotato and while some authors write with a definitive tone there is still a lot more that we need to consider. This is a good essay to reflect on: Gerbault et al. 2014. Storytelling and story testing in domestication. PNAS 111:6159-6164.
October 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
There are various hypotheses about the origin of sweetpotato and while some authors write with a definitive tone there is still a lot more that we need to consider. This is a good essay to reflect on: Gerbault et al. 2014. Storytelling and story testing in domestication. PNAS 111:6159-6164.
Great study. Very thoughtful
August 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great study. Very thoughtful
“The potato lineage is of ancient homoploid hybrid origin” — Zhang et al. 2025. Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage. Cell 188: 1–17.
Fun to read and discuss.
Fun to read and discuss.
August 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“The potato lineage is of ancient homoploid hybrid origin” — Zhang et al. 2025. Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage. Cell 188: 1–17.
Fun to read and discuss.
Fun to read and discuss.
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the go-to in my lab for introducing Bayesian statistics, by the way onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#vaquita #porpoise #whale
#vaquita #porpoise #whale
Inference without significance: measuring support for hypotheses rather than rejecting them
Despite more than half a century of criticism, significance testing continues to be used commonly by ecologists. Significance tests are widely misused and misunderstood, and even when properly used, ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
the go-to in my lab for introducing Bayesian statistics, by the way onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#vaquita #porpoise #whale
#vaquita #porpoise #whale
I hope it gets published in Nature. Wishing y’all the best on the next step.
June 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I hope it gets published in Nature. Wishing y’all the best on the next step.
Reposted by Rick Miller (he/him)
I just recently got my copy & can't wait to read!
March 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I just recently got my copy & can't wait to read!
When I was 17 (over 50 years ago) I worked as a research assistant at Gonarezhou for the research officer. Helped with data collection during a lot of impala and elephant culling operations.
March 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
When I was 17 (over 50 years ago) I worked as a research assistant at Gonarezhou for the research officer. Helped with data collection during a lot of impala and elephant culling operations.
I was lucky to sit in on a course on primate behavior with Alison Richard. We discussed this with her. Do you know her?
anthropology.yale.edu/profile/alis...
anthropology.yale.edu/profile/alis...
Alison Richard
anthropology.yale.edu
March 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I was lucky to sit in on a course on primate behavior with Alison Richard. We discussed this with her. Do you know her?
anthropology.yale.edu/profile/alis...
anthropology.yale.edu/profile/alis...
The personate flowers folks will probably be more likely to recognize are snapdragons — because they are so fun! My kids loved them.
February 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The personate flowers folks will probably be more likely to recognize are snapdragons — because they are so fun! My kids loved them.
Michael Cain welcomes feedback and new ideas.
February 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Michael Cain welcomes feedback and new ideas.