Lasni Nishshanke
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Lasni Nishshanke
@lasnish.bsky.social
A PhD in the making. A Ravenclaw, a hiker and a thalassophile living in the wrong state.
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It's National Cat Day, which is as good a day as any to remind you that cats! are! perfect! Evolution says so! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
Cats have attained evolutionary perfection
www.scientificamerican.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Ever wonder how stress and the estrous cycle affects reward learning? Well we have answers for you in our paper led by @askaneuroscientist.bsky.social published in
@npp-journal.bsky.social

And huge thanks to the NIH and NSF who supported this research.
Estrous cycle stage gates the effect of stress on reward learning
Neuropsychopharmacology - Estrous cycle stage gates the effect of stress on reward learning
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July 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Same problem. On top of all that I have little to no time to read ☹️
So I generally read multiple books at once (they help me engage with current projects) and by coincidence they're all really good right now, which is rare. Surprisingly mood-enhancing.
May 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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The Norton Library edition of my translation of the Iliad, with stylish red cover, is now available. It has complete text, maps, notes, introduction and translator's note, and it's yours for under $10 (as are many other tempting Norton Library volumes). wwnorton.com/books/978132...
April 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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*watching a movie about the dystopian future to distract myself from the dystopian present*
January 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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We are now in an existential crisis for American science, 3 d into the new administration.

The proximal risk: without grant funding the biomedical economy collapses.

The lasting risk: American leadership in science falls. People leave science. Cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc… are compromised.
January 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looking for an iOS alternative to Moon+ reader.
Any suggestions?
November 24, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #831,576!
November 20, 2024 at 4:24 AM