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#BiologyLetters in @cnn.com | Duration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#BiologyLetters in @cnn.com | Duration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
Collagen fingerprinting and sequence analysis provides a molecular phylogeny of extinct Australian megafauna #ProcB #OpenAccess #Palaeobiology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Collagen fingerprinting and sequence analysis provides a molecular phylogeny of extinct Australian megafauna #ProcB #OpenAccess #Palaeobiology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Join us live 26 Nov 11:00 AM (GMT) to hear #JRSocInterface author Abbi Abdel-Rehim talk about research that experimentally tested the application of #LLMs as a source of scientific hypotheses using the domain of breast cancer treatment. Reserve your free place: cassyni.com/events/XCUHh...
New from #JRSocInterface: Scientific hypothesis generation by large language models: laboratory validation in #BreastCancer treatment. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #LLMs
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Join us live 26 Nov 11:00 AM (GMT) to hear #JRSocInterface author Abbi Abdel-Rehim talk about research that experimentally tested the application of #LLMs as a source of scientific hypotheses using the domain of breast cancer treatment. Reserve your free place: cassyni.com/events/XCUHh...
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
#PhilTransB in @theconversation.com | Theme issue ‘Evolutionary functions of consciousness’: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Are animals and AI conscious? We’ve devised new theories for how to test this
What matters for consciousness is not what you do, but how you do it.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#PhilTransB in @theconversation.com | Theme issue ‘Evolutionary functions of consciousness’: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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New paper published by our PhD student Jun Oh: using AI and UAS to study plastic accumulations on beaches
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Flash-flood-driven litter accumulation on beaches studied with aerial imagery and machine learning on Sicily’s northeastern coast, southern Italy | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
This study examines the distributions and dynamics of litter accumulation in a part of the northeastern coast of Sicily, southern Italy, using a multidisciplinary approach with manned and unmanned aerial systems imagery, a machine-learning algorithm and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New paper published by our PhD student Jun Oh: using AI and UAS to study plastic accumulations on beaches
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This new #JRSocInterface study uses an advanced imaging method called ToF-SIMS to explore how children's bones develop at the microscopic level: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This new #JRSocInterface study uses an advanced imaging method called ToF-SIMS to explore how children's bones develop at the microscopic level: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
When science remembers what is neglected: addressing the risks of rodent-borne diseases in urban Latin America #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When science remembers what is neglected: addressing the risks of rodent-borne diseases in urban Latin America #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#AI-generated faces can be difficult to detect. This new #RSOS study measured whether participants could accurately judge faces as 'real' or 'not real'. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @drkatiegray.bsky.social @kayritchie.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#AI-generated faces can be difficult to detect. This new #RSOS study measured whether participants could accurately judge faces as 'real' or 'not real'. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @drkatiegray.bsky.social @kayritchie.bsky.social
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"We envision a new research direction at the intersection of systems and #SyntheticBiology, advancing our understanding of the inherent computational capacities of signalling pathways and gene regulatory networks." Join the authors live 24 Nov 3:00 PM (GMT) to hear more: cassyni.com/events/Liyqj...
Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural #OpenQuestions competition! The winning article 'Pattern recognition in living cells through the lens of machine learning' impressed judges with its clarity, originality and fresh insight into biological pattern recognition buff.ly/tIyDqCY #OpenBiology
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"We envision a new research direction at the intersection of systems and #SyntheticBiology, advancing our understanding of the inherent computational capacities of signalling pathways and gene regulatory networks." Join the authors live 24 Nov 3:00 PM (GMT) to hear more: cassyni.com/events/Liyqj...
Preserved #reptile scales retain microscopic features, revealing a new instance of convergent evolution. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @jenniferrieser.bsky.social #JRSocInterface
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Preserved #reptile scales retain microscopic features, revealing a new instance of convergent evolution. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @jenniferrieser.bsky.social #JRSocInterface
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Our Registered Report on metacognition and the "richness of perception" debate is now online at Royal Society Open Science!
*Iconic versus working memory metacognition to evaluate the richness of perception: a registered report* doi.org/10.1098/rsos... by Comay, Solovey & Barttfeld.
*Iconic versus working memory metacognition to evaluate the richness of perception: a registered report* doi.org/10.1098/rsos... by Comay, Solovey & Barttfeld.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our Registered Report on metacognition and the "richness of perception" debate is now online at Royal Society Open Science!
*Iconic versus working memory metacognition to evaluate the richness of perception: a registered report* doi.org/10.1098/rsos... by Comay, Solovey & Barttfeld.
*Iconic versus working memory metacognition to evaluate the richness of perception: a registered report* doi.org/10.1098/rsos... by Comay, Solovey & Barttfeld.
This new #RSOS study describes an experiment designed to understand the potential role of unpredictable food deprivation on weight gain in birds: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This new #RSOS study describes an experiment designed to understand the potential role of unpredictable food deprivation on weight gain in birds: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New #JRSocInterface paper: Power asymmetry reverses bot effects on cooperation in hybrid populations. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New #JRSocInterface paper: Power asymmetry reverses bot effects on cooperation in hybrid populations. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New #JRSocInterface paper: Maintaining tandem movement cohesion through antennal movements in #termites. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @nobuakimzmt.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New #JRSocInterface paper: Maintaining tandem movement cohesion through antennal movements in #termites. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @nobuakimzmt.bsky.social
By studying #primates and closely related species, this new #RSOS study examines the evolution of the #cochlea, the mammalian hearing organ: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
By studying #primates and closely related species, this new #RSOS study examines the evolution of the #cochlea, the mammalian hearing organ: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Great "behind the paper with @royalsocietypublishing.org" seminar - lead author of "Evidence of active sound production by a shark" discusses how she came to discover that New Zealand rig sharks can make strange noises @cassyni.bsky.social cassyni.com/events/NRzSF...
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Great "behind the paper with @royalsocietypublishing.org" seminar - lead author of "Evidence of active sound production by a shark" discusses how she came to discover that New Zealand rig sharks can make strange noises @cassyni.bsky.social cassyni.com/events/NRzSF...
Collagen fingerprinting and sequence analysis provides a molecular phylogeny of extinct Australian megafauna #ProcB #Taxonomy #Evolution #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Collagen fingerprinting and sequence analysis provides a molecular phylogeny of extinct Australian megafauna #ProcB #Taxonomy #Evolution #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The parasitoid #wasp Nasonia lays its eggs inside fly pupa. This #RSOS study shows that N. vitripennis males can identify which fly pupa has wasps from their own species, when given a choice between fly hosts containing conspecific and heterospecific wasps: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The parasitoid #wasp Nasonia lays its eggs inside fly pupa. This #RSOS study shows that N. vitripennis males can identify which fly pupa has wasps from their own species, when given a choice between fly hosts containing conspecific and heterospecific wasps: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Excited that our new paper is featured on the cover of J. R. Soc. Interface! (Rare to see termites there, right?)
We show how termites use their antennae and palps to stay in contact while tandem running.
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We show how termites use their antennae and palps to stay in contact while tandem running.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Excited that our new paper is featured on the cover of J. R. Soc. Interface! (Rare to see termites there, right?)
We show how termites use their antennae and palps to stay in contact while tandem running.
doi.org/10.1098/rsif...
We show how termites use their antennae and palps to stay in contact while tandem running.
doi.org/10.1098/rsif...
New #JRSocInterface paper: Cell jamming transitions can affect regulatory protein gradients and prime #evolutionary divergence. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New #JRSocInterface paper: Cell jamming transitions can affect regulatory protein gradients and prime #evolutionary divergence. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Beyond criterion: cognitive flexibility in wild striated caracaras: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Cognition #Ecology
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Beyond criterion: cognitive flexibility in wild striated caracaras: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Cognition #Ecology
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Looking forward to joining the @royalsociety.org Proceedings B editorial board in 2026 – send us your papers!
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Looking forward to joining the @royalsociety.org Proceedings B editorial board in 2026 – send us your papers!
Why do eagle #rays and manta rays have such long, whip-like tails? This new #RSOS study shows these tails help keep their bodies stable while gliding through the water: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Why do eagle #rays and manta rays have such long, whip-like tails? This new #RSOS study shows these tails help keep their bodies stable while gliding through the water: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host–parasite: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #OpenBiology #Microbiology
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host–parasite: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #OpenBiology #Microbiology