This week on the @science.org podcast: A 3-decade partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people offers a model of collaboration—and documents the complexity of early Amazonian societies. LISTEN HERE 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...

Did lead exposure influence human evolution? We explore the idea w/ Alysson Muotri on the @science.org podcast. www.science.org/content/podc...

What does ocean acidification sound like? This week on the @science.org podcast @voosen.me talks about using acoustics to check the pH of our salty seas. www.science.org/content/podc...

What's your preferred end of the universe scenario? Take your pick from this segment featuring the last book of our series on science and death -- this week on the @science.org podcast w/ Angela Saini & @astrokatie.com www.science.org/content/podc...

This might be my favorite JWST image from the nearby Universe so far. You’re seeing the late stages of evolution of a star like the Sun, after it’s exhausted its nuclear fuel. This is a transient phase where it’s ejected its outer gas layers, which are then irradiated by the hot stellar remnant.

Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas? —researchers are on it on the latest on the @science.org podcast w/ Warren Cornwall www.science.org/content/podc...

The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity -- on the @science.org podcast w/ Elah Feder and Fei Peng www.science.org/content/podc...

RNA viruses (eg. flu and covid) evolve very quickly and we lack preserved samples >100 years. On the @science.org podcast, @kakape.bsky.social takes us to Svalbard where researchers are digging into permafrost to find the hidden history of these important viruses. www.science.org/content/podc...

How to protect your children by covering them in fungus (if you’re a stinkbug) www.science.org/content/arti...

Ants practice social distancing and alter their nest networks to avoid epidemics -- this week on the @science.org podcast with Elah Feder and @nstroeymeyt.bsky.social 🐜....🐜 Listen here 🎧 : www.science.org/content/podc...

🐻🔥🍇 You too can prevent smoke taint with these simple bacteria--this week on the @science.org podcast w/ @mcleanka.bsky.social @michaelgreshko.bsky.social www.science.org/content/podc...

🐻🔥🍇 You too can prevent smoke taint with these simple bacteria--this week on the @science.org podcast w/ @mcleanka.bsky.social @michaelgreshko.bsky.social www.science.org/content/podc...

Watching birds watch a total eclipse--this week on the @science.org podcast w/ @rosvall-lab.bsky.social Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

Just found this image of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland that I've never shared before. Being in the presence of this volcano and feeling the intense heat of the Earth on my skin was genuinely the best experience of my life and its not even close. #photography

New radiotherapies for cancer are so hot right now--on this week's @science.org podcast, with Bob Service www.science.org/content/podc...

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Ahhhh, just let is all out. Sighing FEELS good--but is it good for us? This week on the @science.org podcast, Maria Novaes-Silva talks about the science of sighs and how these big inhalations change the mix of molecules on the surface of the lungs. Listen here www.science.org/content/podc...

"I wasn't, I was, I'm not, I don't care." Our exploration of books on death continues with What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife w/ Robert Garland and Angela Saini this week on the @science.org podcast. Listen here 🎧 : www.science.org/content/podc...

So many blood tests are checking for specific proteins in the blood -- what if we could watch them all the time? This week on the @science.org podcast: A look at the potential of continuous protein monitoring w/ Zakiya Whatley and Jane Donnelly. Listen here 🎧 : www.science.org/content/podc...

Awkward as it might look, sideways locomotion might have fueled the diversification of crabs and allowed them to conquer new habitats. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

The best of fall science books on the @science.org podcast with books editor Valerie Thompson (definitely worth adding a few of these to your holiday shopping list!) www.science.org/content/podc...

On the latest @science.org podcast, food policy researcher Ben Belton discusses what appears to drive drone use in agriculture and how drones might make farming more productive and sustainable. Listen here 🎧 : www.science.org/content/podc...

Vaccinating against group B streptococcus (GBS) during pregnancy has been a long time coming, this week on the @science.org podcast w/ Leslie Roberts. Listen here 🎧: www.science.org/content/podc...

Here's an unlikely story that combines a fake neuroscientist, multiple lawsuits, Jeffrey Epstein, optical illusions, Nobel laureates, and the most famous picture of DNA. Another wild @science.org yarn with exclusive details from Jon Cohen www.science.org/content/arti...

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: Colourful #Celtic glass bracelets found in the surroundings of Bern, Switzerland. Dating around 200 BC. To produce the seamless bracelets hot glass was gradually enlarged with a metal rod and a cone. Bernisches Historisches Museum. 🏺 #archaeology

This week on the @science.org podcast, weird rings of DNA called extrachromosomal DNA may help hard-to-treat cancers like glioblastoma resist drugs w/ Elie Dolgin. Listen here 🎧: www.science.org/content/podc...

I made some short explanations of Ancient Greek Pottery shapes for my classes: ✨Part 1: common shapes✨

Great podcast by @rpocisv.bsky.social and colleagues from Science @science.org about our recent publication about recovery mitogenomes from Basin of Mexico Columbian mammoths. Its a not miss! 👇

This week on the @science.org podcast: Creating connections with strings and wings w/ Christine Elliott (or how music can bring people and bugs together) Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...

It turns out that the heavily polluted Tijuana River also pollutes air in the surrounding neighborhoods. In the latest @science.org podcast @kprather.bsky.social talks about ways to clean the air and water w/ Nazeefa Ahmed Listen here 🎧: www.science.org/content/podc...

a four-second emotional journey from "the heron looks so lovely in the peaceful morning light" to "I guess I knew on some level that their tongues must be very long and pointy. but I didn't, like, viscerally understand it until now." 🪶

Happy weekend! From c. 3,600 years ago, here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙 Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c... 📷 by me #Archaeology

From the @science.org podcast series on books about death and science, this month we hear about how animals understand death and grief w/ @susanamonso.com and #AngelaSaini Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...

Heads up: @science.org is looking for a new research #editor based in the US or UK to handle papers in #InfectiousDiseases (e.g., #virology, #microbiology, #parasitology) & #microbiome research! This is an amazing opportunity, so don't delay! Applications are due 22 SEP!

What we can learn from a mother lode of Mexican mammoths w/ @rpocisv.bsky.social this week on the @science.org podcast Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...

On the latest @science.org podcast: Complexities of mapping dengue in Latin America w/ Talia Quandelacy. Listen here: 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...

Our paper on the evolution of MUC19 in humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans is finally out today in Science! This has been a six-year effort by 13 authors to weave together 3 separate but related evolutionary stories around this one gene (more on thread 🧵). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This week on the @science.org podcast--the role of the immune system in endometriosis w/ @meredithwadman.bsky.social 🎧Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

Spent the start of my week learning all about spectral bats, huge, carnivorous creatures who are shockingly sweet. Read (and watch!) what 3 months of monitoring a family of four showed us about the home lives of the tropical bats: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org

The administration is pushing to reduce animals in experiments—what are the alternatives? w/ @meagancantwell.bsky.social @sarareardon.bsky.social on the @science.org podcast. LISTEN HERE: www.science.org/content/podc...

On this week's @science.org podcast: Why chatbots lie to us w/ Melanie Mitchell and can synthetic organs and AI replace animal testing? w/ @sarareardon.bsky.social & @meagancantwell.bsky.social Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

Anglo-Saxons with West African roots: DNA analysis of 7th century burials reported in @antiquity.ac.uk today reveals long-distance connections reached across continents and cultures. Read about it @science.org:

In the latest from the @science.org podcast series of books on science and death, we hear about the fate of virtual you after physical death w/ @tamigraph.bsky.social www.science.org/content/podc...

I traveled to Guinea to find out what U.S. budget cuts mean for the fight against malaria. Here's my story in @science.org - with powerful photography by Marta Moreiras. www.science.org/content/arti...

This week on the @science.org podcast: Why anteaters keep evolving w/ @david-grimm.bsky.social, and how giant whales get enough food to live w/ Ashley Blawas LISTEN HERE: www.science.org/content/podc...

There are 3 types of Celosia: plumed, wheat and cockscomb. Mine is plumed. The entire plant is edible and has many nutrients. It's used in soups, stews, side dishes, cake decorating and as pseudo-cereal. Preflowering leaves taste spinach-like.(1/3)🧵🌱 #Gardening #Bloomscrolling #Nature #Photography

#FindsFriday! Pottery vessel with five handles and remnants of a string, found in a Neolithic well in Altscherbitz, Saxony, dating 5100-5000 BC. Multiple intact vessels have been discovered within the well. They may have been intentionally placed there ...🧵 1/2 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

Were Neanderthals hypercarnivores or merely munching on maggots? This week on the @science.org podcast w/ Melanie Beasley www.science.org/content/podc...

This week on the @science.org podcast, @richardastone.bsky.social‬ talks about his latest visit to Ukraine and the scientists working there to give the country a technological edge www.science.org/content/arti...