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Like thorns, the spikes may protect their nests from predators.
Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra wrote an epic 🧵 about his research that's worth a read: https://twitter.com/AukeFlorian/status/1678703433900064773
Paper: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/organisatie/publicaties/deinsea/deinsea-21/
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Hey guys, I am sitting on the #PeerTube (#Federated #YouTube) domain peertube.science - I want to gauge how much of an interest in this for me to set up. Is there anyone interested in a non commercial video service like this for the sciences? Humanities are welcome too. 😀
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Women Hunt in Most Foraging Societies, Using Their Own Tools And Strategies
https://www.sciencealert.com/women-hunt-in-most-foraging-societies-using-their-own-tools-and-strategies
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World needs to offer trillions, not billions in overseas support
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/18/countries-are-drowning-climate-expert-calls-for-urgent-rethink-on-scale-of-aid-for-developing-world
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‘Countries are drowning’: climate expert calls for urgent rethink on scale of aid for developing world
World needs to offer trillions, not billions in overseas support, says leading climate economist Avinash PersaudFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
#science #WomenInSTEM
https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/12/26/mary-somerville-scientist/
Meet Mary Somerville: The Brilliant Woman for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
How a Scottish polymath forever changed the course of gender in science and made a high art of connecting the seemingly disconnected.The Marginalian
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https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria
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Extinct mega penguin was tallest and heaviest ever
A fossil foot bone found in Antarctica suggests that one extinct species of penguin was a true giant, clocking in at 115 kilogramsJeff Hecht (New Scientist)
We remember her husband, Albert Einstein, as one of the most celebrated physicists of the 20th century, but I suspect most folks haven’t heard of her.
However, Albert & Mileva’s letters & other accounts suggest they worked together on his groundbreaking scientific contributions. They collaborated from the time they met in 1896 until their separation in 1914.
This is her story: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-forgotten-life-of-einsteins-first-wife/?fbclid=IwAR2O8bwlDiEBgJLYbjKo-Kdy_3jhi7tvyCl2edzpzpI_pIcPv7iVOc1zC-E #science #history #HistoryRemix
The Forgotten Life of Einstein's First Wife
She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking scienceScientific American Blog Network
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Lamarr was brilliant. Among many fascinating inventions, she developed a new communication system with composer George Antheil that used “frequency hopping” among radio waves.
Once called the “most beautiful woman in the world," Lamarr is now remembered as "the mother of Wi-Fi."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/thank-world-war-ii-era-film-star-your-wi-fi-180971584/ #science #history #HistoryRemix
Thank This World War II-Era Film Star for Your Wi-Fi
As the National Portrait Gallery acquires a film poster of Hedy Lamarr, it’s worth reflecting on her double life as an actress and a pioneering inventorAlice George (Smithsonian Magazine)
"Across his distinguished 33-year career, Turner authored 71 papers and was the first African American to have his research published in the prestigious journal Science."
His simple but elegant experiments in public parks revolutionized understanding of bees.
https://theconversation.com/charles-henry-turner-the-little-known-black-high-school-science-teacher-who-revolutionized-the-study-of-insect-behavior-in-the-early-20th-century-184030
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Charles Henry Turner: The little-known Black high school science teacher who revolutionized the study of insect behavior in the early 20th century
The son of a formerly enslaved mother, Charles Henry Turner was the first to discover that bees and other insects have the ability to modify their behavior based on experience.The Conversation
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https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/01/pvc-plastics-now-recyclable-after-breakthrough-by-michigan-scientists.html
PVC plastics now recyclable after breakthrough by Michigan scientists
PVC is a heavy-duty type of plastic with a zero percent recycling rate in the United States, but that is expected to change after research by University of Michigan chemists found a way to re-use one of its most noxious components.Sheri McWhirter | smcwhirter@mlive.com (mlive)
The results didn't look good - for them. Studies revealed a high-sugar diet may increase risks associated with heart attacks, strokes & certain cancers.
But... rather than share emerging findings, the study was curiously halted & the industry successfully shifted blame onto fats.
It took decades to widely link sugary diets to disease. It didn't have to. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/11/21/565766988/what-the-industry-knew-about-sugars-health-effects-but-didnt-tell-us #food #science
What The Industry Knew About Sugar's Health Effects, But Didn't Tell Us
The sugar industry pulled the plug on an animal study it funded in the 1960s. Initial results pointed to a link between sugar consumption and elevated triglycerides, which raises heart disease risk.NPR
We've collected 8 of our most popular articles of the year in links, and in a downloadable PDF.
Among them:
🦟 The science of mosquito magnets
🔭 The search for super-earths
🌋 Why we can't just throw all our trash into volcanoes to get rid of it
All written by experts.
https://theconversation.com/a-sampler-of-our-most-popular-articles-of-2022-195535
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A sampler of our most popular articles of 2022
A selection of fact-based journalism from 2022, covering topics ranging from super-earths to mosquito magnets, and from why we need to file tax returns to why we can’t just throw all our trash into volcanoes.The Conversation
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Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w/o her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.
Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201502/physicshistory.cfm #women #history #science #energy
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Unknown to Franklin, the pair saw her unpublished data & X-ray diffraction images, inspiring their famous model. They never acknowledged her contribution until after her death.
How many discoveries & innovations of #women do we attribute to the men who took credit for their ideas?
https://theconversation.com/sexism-pushed-rosalind-franklin-toward-the-scientific-sidelines-during-her-short-life-but-her-work-still-shines-on-her-100th-birthday-139249 #history #science
Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday
Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure of DNA.The Conversation
Thomas Edison was an inventive genius but is also claimed to be a liar & thief. Woods' patents were unsuccessfully challenged by Thomas Edison twice.
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Granville Woods, Electrical Expert & Inventor - America Comes Alive
Granville Woods was an exceptional Black inventor. His specialty was finding new ways to use electricity to improve transportation.Kate Kelly (America Comes Alive)
Many of us didn’t set out trying to be “females in science” so much as simply “scientists” doing research we love.
Our contributions are frequently less about shattering glass ceilings, and more about succeeding at institutions that weren’t built by us or for us.
Hopefully, we'll see more themed servers and communities too!
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• https://fedisabled.social - for all disabled people
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• https://sciencemastodon.com - for #science journalists and scientists
• https://dju.social - German #journalists union
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'Dark Data' Is Leaving a Huge Carbon Footprint, And We Have to Do Something About It
https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-data-is-leaving-a-huge-carbon-footprint-and-we-have-to-do-something-about-it
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Timeline for homo sapiens in the Americas: at least 56,000 years.
Scientists Unveil 'Unified Genealogy of Modern and Ancient Humans' • https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxqzp/scientists-unveil-unified-genealogy-of-modern-and-ancient-humans
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Scientists Unveil 'Unified Genealogy of Modern and Ancient Humans'
With more than 3,600 individual genome sequences that date back more than 100,000 years, it is largest human family tree ever created.Becky Ferreira (VICE)
This is interesting science but also a moving story behind the personal experiences that led Bill Wilson to think as he did.
66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today • https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/alcoholics-anonymous-lsd-bill-wilson?utm_source=digg
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66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today
Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was ostracized for saying LSD could benefit alcoholics. Modern science is proving him right.Katie MacBride (Inverse)
I'm refreshing my knowledge of probability distributions. Every field of knowledge based on data uses them, but few stop to think about them.
Chapter 2 of Thom Baguley's Serious Stars
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