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'Trieste Harbour.' 1907 was an important year for Egon Schiele. He was still a student at the Vienna Academy and had outgrown its doctrines and its tutors. It was the year he first got to know Gustav Klimt, 'through' whom, as he later said, he was to reach his own unique style.
December 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
'Trieste Harbour.' 1907 was an important year for Egon Schiele. He was still a student at the Vienna Academy and had outgrown its doctrines and its tutors. It was the year he first got to know Gustav Klimt, 'through' whom, as he later said, he was to reach his own unique style.
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impact factor is the drug, and we scientists, our institutions, and funding bodies have become addicted
as federal funding becomes scarcer, it's important to prioritize available resources are directed to experimental discovery and trainee support above glamorization and exorbitant page charges
as federal funding becomes scarcer, it's important to prioritize available resources are directed to experimental discovery and trainee support above glamorization and exorbitant page charges
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
impact factor is the drug, and we scientists, our institutions, and funding bodies have become addicted
as federal funding becomes scarcer, it's important to prioritize available resources are directed to experimental discovery and trainee support above glamorization and exorbitant page charges
as federal funding becomes scarcer, it's important to prioritize available resources are directed to experimental discovery and trainee support above glamorization and exorbitant page charges
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Disinformation
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Disinformation
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Over the past decade, thousands of African gray parrots have been exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo despite a ban on their international trade.
The DRC government has finally taken action to prohibit the capture and sale of this iconic species.
The DRC government has finally taken action to prohibit the capture and sale of this iconic species.
DRC finally moves to protect African gray parrots from unsustainable trade
LUBUMBASHI, DRC — African gray parrot populations in the central and northern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo are declining. Data collected by patrols carried out by the Lukuru Foundation…
news.mongabay.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Over the past decade, thousands of African gray parrots have been exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo despite a ban on their international trade.
The DRC government has finally taken action to prohibit the capture and sale of this iconic species.
The DRC government has finally taken action to prohibit the capture and sale of this iconic species.
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Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F.
apnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
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Jim Holland (b. 1955). Outside, the shining sea.
September 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Jim Holland (b. 1955). Outside, the shining sea.
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Eligibility criteria for open positions
September 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Eligibility criteria for open positions
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Four entities reporting to South Africa’s science department pay their chief executives above Department of Public Service and Administration guidelines
Full story in link below
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
Full story in link below
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
Four science agencies pay chiefs above government guidelines - Research Professional News
CSIR leads quartet of bodies paying executives in excess of Department of Public Service recommendations
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Four entities reporting to South Africa’s science department pay their chief executives above Department of Public Service and Administration guidelines
Full story in link below
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
Full story in link below
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
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Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck is a meditative film that draws on Cole’s own notebooks and letters in a bold attempt to have him tell his own story.
theconversation.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
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DAILY MAVERICK: Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... @dailymaverick.co.za #photojournalism #journalism #photography #documentary
Ernest Cole at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck is a meditative film that draws on Cole’s own notebooks and letters in a bold attempt to have him tell his own story.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
April 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
DAILY MAVERICK: Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... @dailymaverick.co.za #photojournalism #journalism #photography #documentary
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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Sailing Ship with Dinghy, 1908
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24824
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24824
April 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sailing Ship with Dinghy, 1908
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24824
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24824
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Semi Nude with Colored skirt and Raised Arms, 1911
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25133
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25133
April 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Semi Nude with Colored skirt and Raised Arms, 1911
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25133
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25133
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“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
www.wsj.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Reclining Woman with Blonde Hair, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25287
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25287
March 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reclining Woman with Blonde Hair, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25287
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25287
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Female nude, 1910
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24893
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24893
March 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Female nude, 1910
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24893
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24893
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Another sneak peek! The Therocephalians of the Beaufort Group of Early Triassic Africa
This is one of the plates from my book about the Tetrapods of the Triassic, which I am still working on
#paleoart #sciart #therocephalians #art
This is one of the plates from my book about the Tetrapods of the Triassic, which I am still working on
#paleoart #sciart #therocephalians #art
March 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Another sneak peek! The Therocephalians of the Beaufort Group of Early Triassic Africa
This is one of the plates from my book about the Tetrapods of the Triassic, which I am still working on
#paleoart #sciart #therocephalians #art
This is one of the plates from my book about the Tetrapods of the Triassic, which I am still working on
#paleoart #sciart #therocephalians #art
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“Until we acknowledge that publish or perish is the natural consequence of the rankings obsession, we’re not going to fix anything.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Publish or perish’ culture blamed for reproducibility crisis
Survey of more than 1,600 biomedical researchers also flagged small sample sizes and cherry-picking of data as leading causes of reproducibility problems.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Until we acknowledge that publish or perish is the natural consequence of the rankings obsession, we’re not going to fix anything.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The more things change
He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.
January 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The more things change
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In 2023 at least 960 #birds died in one day due to window collisions at McCormick Place in #Chicago. After applying bird-friendly window treatments, there were just 18 deaths all last fall. Further proof these simple changes work, and work well! It's time communities start making this a requirement.
Bird deaths plummet at McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed
Crash fatalities down more than 90% this fall with 18 deaths compared to 1,280 deaths in the fall of 2023, Field Museum expert says.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
In 2023 at least 960 #birds died in one day due to window collisions at McCormick Place in #Chicago. After applying bird-friendly window treatments, there were just 18 deaths all last fall. Further proof these simple changes work, and work well! It's time communities start making this a requirement.