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proseandpassion

@proseandpassion@mastodon.social

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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learned something from BBC radio #oxford today:

COWS hate #CountryMusic, according to research involving a Scottish herd and an ice cream firm.

Country tunes were played to 45 cows at a farm in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, to see if the music would increase the amount of milk they produced.

https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/10/06/cows-hate-country-music/ #science (ish) #dairy #cows

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JUL-2023
#WastewaterMonitoring could act as pandemic early warning system
well, ahem, we already knew that in the first year of Covid. Many authorities didn't want early warning and preferred to wait and see if it really gets that bad.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994578 #science #COVID19 #wastewater #pandemic #PublicHealth

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6-JUL-2023
#Archaeology: The power of the Copper Age 'Ivory Lady' revealed

The highest status individual in ancient #CopperAge society in Iberia, was a woman and not a man as previously thought, according to peptide analysis reported in Scientific Reports. The individual, now re-dubbed the 'Ivory Lady', was buried in a tomb filled with the largest collection of rare and valuable items ...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994190 #science #humans #anthropology

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Funnily enough, when I last bought a ticket at #Oxford station in June, there were several ticket windows in operation, and people queuing for them, so I don't see the shift in user behaviour that would require closing them.

It also feels like a further step away from civilisation - we don't have electric trains here, and then we won't have a ticket office either.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23636773.oxford-station-gwr-list-planned-ticket-office-closures/
#railways

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29-Jun-2023
Cracking the tubulin code Scientists developed a chemical method to engineer fully functional tubulin carrying precise combinations of post-translational modifications
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993985
#science #CellBiology #nanoworld #tubulin

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29-Jun-2023
Virus-like transposons wage war on the species barrier
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993498
#science #evolution #species #transposons

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29-Jun-2023
How the cat nose knows what it’s smelling

Study reveals function behind complex nasal structure https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993900 Computer simulation, I hasten to add, so I assume no were harmed ...

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28-Jun-2023
: more than meets the eye

High resolution video coupled with artificial intelligence reveals that camouflaging in cuttlefish is more complex than previously thought
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993722

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28-Jun-2023
Skin disease in endangered killer whales concerns scientists

Lesions may reflect decreases in southern resident killer whales’ ability to fight disease
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993578

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28-Jun-2023
Dolphin ages, pod health revealed with drone photographs https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994111 #science #ecology #dolphins #MarineBiology

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29-Jun-2023
Combining maths with music leads to higher scores, suggests review of 50 years of research
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993369 slightly confusing title as "scores" has different meaning in music ... #education #maths #music

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21-Jun-2023
#ClimateChange could lead to "widespread chaos" for insect communities

Research explores how a warming world could impact ecosystems and derail the development of new species
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992838 #science #ecology #ClimateCatastrophe #insects

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21-Jun-2023
Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255B annually, including vast carbon storage, study shows
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993214 #science #ecology #EcosystemServices #seagrasses #environment

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22-Jun-2023
Global analysis on# pollinators in cities: Wild bees and butterflies are at particular risk
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992807
#science #ecology #insects

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22-Jun-2023
#MarineProtectedAreas improve health, wealth of nearby communities

New Smithsonian-led study shows protecting marine life can support multiple UN sustainable development goals in Mesoamerican reef
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992906
#science #ecology #sustainability #environment #MarineBiology

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21-Jun-2023
World's biggest study of wildfire smoke impact reveals alarming long-term health impacts

As North America experiences some of the worst air quality in decades due to wildfires, one of the largest and most comprehensive studies into the long-term health impact of smoke exposure raises significant concerns about the long-term health impact

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993346
#science #environment #wildfire #health

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16-JUN-2023
ASU study: Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992910 #science #astrobiology #europa #SolarSystem

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‘Mad and offensive’ texts shed light on the role played by minstrels in #medieval society

The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real #minstrel

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/31/mad-and-offensive-texts-shed-light-on-the-role-played-by-minstrels-in-medieval-society #history #MiddleAges

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#WNBR #London will be on 10th of June this year - and is also on Mastodon - show some love here: @WNBRLondon

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25-May-2023
Iron-rich rocks unlock new insights into Earth’s planetary history

Study suggests ancient microorganisms helped cause massive volcanic events

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990502 #science #geology #Earth #astrobiology

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26-May-2023
Termite mounds reveal secret to creating ‘living and breathing’ buildings that use less energy

Properties of ‘egress complex’ of termite mounds can be copied to optimize interior climate of buildings

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990377

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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 (10/24): , streams, and glaciers, often assumed to be pristine environments, are already suffering from anthropogenic change. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/05/changes-at-top.html

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2022's features in now in the (11/24): South American being on fire was a problem I didn't see coming, but it is a serious one, caused by in the . https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/06/fire-and-water.html For some reason, this is the most clicked science related entry on my blog ever (there are three older, culture-related ones above it in the all-time charts. Any clues?

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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 11: For the special issue on I mused about various arboreal lifestyles. Blog entry contains magic link for free access https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/06/arboreal-lifestyles.html

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my features published in this year, issue 12: Looking into the current wave of sweeping the globe and also affecting mammals. Blog entry contains magic link for free access
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/06/bird-flu-takes-off.html

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