I'm reading Eugenie Clark's memoir The Lady and the Sharks about starting her marine laboratory in Florida in the 1950s.
My favorite story is that they accidentally sent (for IDing) a box of snails to an plant expert and a box of plants to a malacologist.
They both identified them correctly, but the plant guy asked why he had to scrape plant matter from snails, and the malacologist asked why they included so much plant matter with that one little snail 😄
Reading about a lot of wins lately in the medical/science fields where #AI has been applied to work through complex problems after being trained on sample training data.
The speed at which AI can solve these problems can surely only result in more breakthroughs like this as it evolves further. We live in exciting times!
may I ask you if you would mind including the "I" in the #LGBTQIA+?
it's so sad to see how even the queer community in the US doesn't seem to know about intersex people.
The existence of intersex people as a biological fact is probably the most ignored human fact in the USA which leads to hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on babies(!). All just because the parents and doctors never heard of the normality of intersexual existence...
Would you help a little bit by including the I ?
Thank you very much for your consideration and best wishes! :propride: #lgb => #lgba => #lgbt => #lgbati => #lgbtq => #lgbtiqa+ => #queer #intersex#biology
Happy #BiodiversityDay! From our archives, Mrunali Sundar speaks to Bangalureans who are passionate about opening their children's eyes to the blossoming biodiversity in the city and beyond:
If you're looking to commission someone to do scientific illustrations, i want to recommend my friend, Pai! She has her portfolio and CV here: https://yunjinpai.net/portfolio
"Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved
Scientists have revealed a surprisingly complex origin of our species, rejecting the long-held argument that modern humans arose from one place in Africa during one period in time.
By analyzing the genomes of 290 living people, researchers concluded that modern humans descended from at least two populations that coexisted in Africa for a million years before merging in several independent events across the continent. The findings were published on Wednesday in Nature."
Octopuses are like aliens living among us. Their tentacles can taste. Their skin detects light. They are masters of disguise. And they can edit their genetic instructions with astounding abandon.
They can modify RNA while leaving their DNA intact.
Researchers have figured out the bizarre math behind ‘ultrafast’ worm blobs, a phenomenon where thousands of worms form a single mass that can move and change shape. They used computer simulations and mathematical models to understand how the worms coordinate their movements and switch between solid and fluid states. They also found that the worm blobs can make collective decisions based on environmental cues.