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proseandpassion

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Science writer covering nano to astro via bio. (Latest book: Astrobiology, 3rd ed. 2021) Known for cycling around Oxford with a cello on my back and/or half a dozen other instruments in my baskets. Writing musical family history memoir and digging up old photos. Mostly tooting in English, but might also use French, German, Spanish, Galician if and when required.

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22-SEP-2023
NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002465

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21-SEP-2023
Jewel of the forest: New electric blue #tarantula species discovered in Thailand

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002295
#science #ecology #newSpecies #spider

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UK's first #school set up in partnership with #orchestra opens
Published
2 days ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66799608 cc @getkidsintomusic

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7-Sep-2023
Phase I clinical trial shows treatment designed to clear senescent cells in #Alzheimers disease is safe https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000588
#science #medicine #brain

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6-Sep-2023
Chinese paleontologists find new fossil link in bird #evolution
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000320 #science #birds #paleontology #fossils

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Seven new ‘walking leaf’ insect species discovered
Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance alone

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/31/new-walking-leaf-insect-species-discovered-genetic-analysis

#science #insects

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loving the #london #waterside photos here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/aug/29/like-an-alien-world-the-banks-of-the-river-thames-and-beyond-in-pictures

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‘Endless possibilities’: the chemists changing molecules atom by atom

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/05/skeletal-editing-chemistry-molecule-atom-medicine-drug-development-sustainable #science #chemistry

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3-AUG-2023
Historical DNA study connects living people to enslaved and free African Americans at early ironworks
Genetic analysis offers new way to reveal relationships, help restore ancestral histories

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997226

#science #genealogy #familyhistory #genetics #slavery #BlackHistory

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save the newts!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/boris-johnson-swimming-pool-newts-oxfordshire #environement #conservation

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27-Jul-2023
Genome analysis of 46,000-year-old #roundworm from Siberian #permafrost reveals novel species

International research team shows that a newly discovered nematode species from the Pleistocene share a molecular toolkit for survival with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996789

The important and slightly scary bit is that these worms are actually alive. #science #LifeOnTheEdge #ExtremeConditions #ecology

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27-Jul-2023
A unified theory of the lexicon and the mind: Researchers find common cognitive foundation for child language development and language evolution

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996971

this looks interesting and might be important. Will have to poke some clever people who could explain it to me.
#science #language #LanguageEvolution #LanguageDevelopment

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26-Jul-2023
Fungi which normally degrade wood can effectively break down low density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic instead - and do so best in the absence of wood

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996051

corrected the title as I believe that to decay is an intransitive verb ... #science #ecology #environment #PlasticRecycling #fungi

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26-Jul-2023
DNA analysis offers new insights into diverse community at #MachuPicchu

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996825 #science #archaeology #humans #AncientDNA #SouthAmerica

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19-JUL-2023
Picturing where wildlands and people meet at a global scale
Led by a team at UW–Madison, researchers have created the first global map of wildland-human interfaces

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996139 #science #ecology #HumanWildlifeConflict #wildlife #conservation

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news https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23665648.oxford-swimming-spot-labelled-poor-environment-agency/

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very sensible from #Oxford shire county council: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23664028.hif1-road-scheme-rejected-oxfordshire-county-council/

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The (slow) thread collecting last year's features in as they move into the (one year after publication) starts here.

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2022's features in now in the (12/24): The energy balance of the life. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/06/why-we-waste-energy.html

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2022's features in now in the (13/24): A look at the evidence showing that we are experiencing (and causing) the beginning of the https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-sixth-mass-extinction.html

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2022's features in now in the (14/24): A look at new opportunities for research in the wake of the Covid-19 , which has produced a large number of new cases with a known cause and onset time. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/07/anosmia-gets-boost.html

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The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology this year starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology

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my features published in this year, issue 13: The has released a whole bunch of papers at once, so I had a look at what they tell us about our extended family: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/07/prime-time-for-primates.html

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my features published in this year, issue 14: We know that is bad for our health, but it is only beginning to dawn on us that the smoke from all those wildfires is also a public health issue as well as a danger to wildlife: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/07/where-theres-smoke.html EDIT: Blog entry contains magic link for free access.

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my features published in this year, issue 15: music on our (developing) minds. I focused specifically on research into music and language development, but the important wider point is that is an amazing tool to probe the human . Blog entry contains magic link for free access:

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/08/musical-minds.html

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my features published in this year, issue 16: marine heatwaves and how they come back to haunt terrestrial lifeforms like us. Blog entry contains magic link for free access:
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/08/our-planet-is-in-hot-water.html

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my features published in this year, issue 17: The impact of war on nature, from to . Blog entry contains magic link for free access: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-war-on-nature.html

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