Christians trying to make us look bad.
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Christians Struggle with Reasoning: Ten Examples Where They Think They Are Smart
#atheism #christianity #evolution #biology
https://medium.com/scientists-free-from-religious/christians-struggle-with-reasoning-ten-examples-where-they-think-they-are-smart-d69bfe1197c0
When Spanish colonizers established a town in the mountains of Bolivia in the 1500s, they might have expected to expand their communities by having babies, but they could not. While Indigenous folks raised families, not a single child of European descent was born for decades. It was all down to the lack of oxygen at altitude, which the settlers were not genetically adapted to deal with. @KnowableMag reports on how scientists are now studying this to see if they can help pregnant people whose bodies are struggling to provide enough oxygen to their fetuses, at any altitude.
#NewSpecies
New longhorn beetle from #ecuador just snuck in:
Antodice apicalis
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/892487AC-7609-FFEF-4FD1-DE5AF06BF837
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.1
#Zootaxa #AntodiceApicalis
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #longhorn
So happy to share good news! 
The first paper from Cristina Parada's thesis is finally out.
It is a big step towards her Ph.D. in #biology
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arch.70048
Yep, it is #paywalled but the #preprint out there in #biorxiv saves the day.
The cormorant is one of the most successful shallow-water predators, having the highest capture rates so far recorded in any diving bird.
Their secret of success? Dual-function feathers that absorb and repel water at the same time.
You can read more about this unique adaptation in the latest post of my newsletter Beaks & Bones:
50 years ago, Tim Bliss and Terje Lømo worked in the Oslo lab of the late neuroscientist Per Andersen, where they made a momentous discovery: the fact that when a neuron signals to another neuron frequently enough, the second one will later respond more strongly to new signals for hours afterwards. The phenomenon is called long-term potentiation (LTP) and it’s fundamental to how we learn and remember. @KnowableMag talked to Bliss and Lømo about their discovery, and to other neuroscientists about how they’re applying knowledge about LTP to their research about memory disorders, chronic pain and more.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2025/memory-formation-long-term-potentiation
A mes heures perdues, il m'arrive aussi parfois de faire du dessin plutôt "jeunesse" ... ^^ En ce moment je suis un peu débordée, je n'ai donc aucune heure perdue ! Celles-ci ont déjà quelques années... Mais j'ai récemment refait des tirages sur papier Fine Art. 
Si ça vous botte, vous pouvez les trouver ici :
https://clairemotzart.etsy.com/listing/664125111 Est ce que ce genre de "choses" moins naturalistes, vous parle ?? 
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#illustration #illustrationjeunesse #dessinenfant #enfants #jeunesse #nature #naturephotography #naturephoto #naturaliste #wildlife #wildlifephotography #renard #ornithology #ornithologie #mesange #loutre #biology #biodiversite
Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.
Credit: David Rogers
Source: https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria
Africa’s savanna #elephants declined by 70% and forest elephants by over 90% between 1964 and 2016. Though their decline was known, its full scale and regional impact were unclear until now. A #biology professor explains: https://buff.ly/CILyJpC
By George Wittemyer, Colorado State University #ivorytrade 
