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0.000008% of the federal budget.
And utterly, irreplaceably, priceless.
And utterly, irreplaceably, priceless.
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
0.000008% of the federal budget.
And utterly, irreplaceably, priceless.
And utterly, irreplaceably, priceless.
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At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
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The very basics behind modern genetic analysis started by people asking how bacteria can reproduce in thermal hot springs.
The basics behind diseases of kidneys, eyes, liver, muscles, fingers, and toes started by people studying microorganisms with little cilia the twist and turn.
The basics behind diseases of kidneys, eyes, liver, muscles, fingers, and toes started by people studying microorganisms with little cilia the twist and turn.
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
February 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The very basics behind modern genetic analysis started by people asking how bacteria can reproduce in thermal hot springs.
The basics behind diseases of kidneys, eyes, liver, muscles, fingers, and toes started by people studying microorganisms with little cilia the twist and turn.
The basics behind diseases of kidneys, eyes, liver, muscles, fingers, and toes started by people studying microorganisms with little cilia the twist and turn.
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🚨Important paper alert (a bit late, but see below)
Guo et al show that while place cells may not initially form a manifold reflecting the environment's topology, the topology is learned across days, during sleep.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Another story to tell about this paper 👇
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Guo et al show that while place cells may not initially form a manifold reflecting the environment's topology, the topology is learned across days, during sleep.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Another story to tell about this paper 👇
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Latent learning drives sleep-dependent plasticity in distinct CA1 subpopulations
Guo et al. find that when mice repeatedly explore a novel environment, a distinct
subset of neurons in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, which initially exhibits weak
spatial selectivity, gradually d...
www.cell.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚨Important paper alert (a bit late, but see below)
Guo et al show that while place cells may not initially form a manifold reflecting the environment's topology, the topology is learned across days, during sleep.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Another story to tell about this paper 👇
1/5
Guo et al show that while place cells may not initially form a manifold reflecting the environment's topology, the topology is learned across days, during sleep.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Another story to tell about this paper 👇
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Leonard Rome’s lab discovered an odd, abundant component of cells in the 1980s—and he’s still trying to figure out what it does.
Learn more in this #NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/424Hi0G
Learn more in this #NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/424Hi0G
This biologist aims to solve the cell’s biggest mystery. Could it help cancer patients, too?
Four decades after his lab found odd, massive particles inside cells, Leonard Rome is still determined to figure out what “vaults” do
scim.ag
January 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Leonard Rome’s lab discovered an odd, abundant component of cells in the 1980s—and he’s still trying to figure out what it does.
Learn more in this #NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/424Hi0G
Learn more in this #NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/424Hi0G
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Music helps attentional focus. I hope so. I'm not going to stop listening to music when I work.
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties - Communications Biology
Rapid temporal modulation added to music affects attentional performance and brain activity; parametric manipulation of this added modulation reveals rates that differentially affect individuals with ...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Music helps attentional focus. I hope so. I'm not going to stop listening to music when I work.
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
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Despite harboring nearly a quarter of all species on Earth, soils and the diverse life within them are almost always overlooked in conservation policies.
A #SciencePolicyForum argues that they require explicit consideration and protections. https://scim.ag/3ZlKKRK #WorldSoilDay
A #SciencePolicyForum argues that they require explicit consideration and protections. https://scim.ag/3ZlKKRK #WorldSoilDay
December 5, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Despite harboring nearly a quarter of all species on Earth, soils and the diverse life within them are almost always overlooked in conservation policies.
A #SciencePolicyForum argues that they require explicit consideration and protections. https://scim.ag/3ZlKKRK #WorldSoilDay
A #SciencePolicyForum argues that they require explicit consideration and protections. https://scim.ag/3ZlKKRK #WorldSoilDay
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Our paper on convergent evolution of land crabs is out in its final final form. The journal didn't pick my image as the cover, so I'm sharing it here because it must be seen!
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
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August 1, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Our paper on convergent evolution of land crabs is out in its final final form. The journal didn't pick my image as the cover, so I'm sharing it here because it must be seen!
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
🦀🦑🧪
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
🦀🦑🧪
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The helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) is a luminescent, red-colored jellyfish of the deep sea, belonging to the order Coronatae of the phylum Cnidaria. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Periphylla and is one of the rare examples in Scyphozoa which life-cycle lacks a polyp stage.
November 25, 2024 at 1:41 PM
The helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) is a luminescent, red-colored jellyfish of the deep sea, belonging to the order Coronatae of the phylum Cnidaria. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Periphylla and is one of the rare examples in Scyphozoa which life-cycle lacks a polyp stage.