The film destroys the “victim” myth of Israel and the “saviour” myth of a US that funds ongoing barbarism. It is an unflinching comment on the cruelty being inflicted by the rich and powerful of the world upon the poor and the defenseless. scroll.in/article/1093... By Anand Patwardhan

Towns and villages across south Lebanon have been hit by Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks since dawn.

“Some people would force us to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ merely because we had beards. They would say that we would no longer be allowed to earn our livelihood as hawkers here. Since the BJP government came to power, an atmosphere of fear had been created. We lived and worked in constant fear"

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

Clacking wing bones together to woo mates Male scissor-tailed nightjars create abrupt sounds by hitting the bones in their wings together High-speed infrared video analysis of sonations in the scissor-tailed nightjar Hydropsalis torquata🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

In his ECR Spotlight, Sudeep R tells us about his recent JEB paper with Hema Somanathan & Sachin Bhaskar showing that Asian giant honeybees are faithful to bluish flowers & how he enjoys designing and engineering equipment for experiments doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

You know why women are the ones who don’t use gAI/on the frontlines of resisting and critiquing gAI? Because of shit like this. This feels like such a violation.

In their recent Perspective in our Field Stations in Experimental Biology Research series, Somanathan & co call for a network of field stations throughout India to better understand the biology of the organisms that inhabit the country's diverse ecosystems doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

1. Caste. Most people in the west don’t understand that the waves of engineers and doctors who immigrated out of India in the 70s and onwards were ‘high’ caste folks, who resented the Indian equivalent of affirmative action for caste. Caste solidarity is very powerful…/

Out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Congratulations to all our CSZ 2026 Ottawa Award winners! Félicitations à tous les lauréats du Prix SCZ 2026 d'Ottawa ! Presidents' Award/Prix des présidents - Sajesh Vijayan, Western University/ Université Western (Sponsored by/parrainé par @canjzoology.bsky.social)

Jake Smith who is a Master's student in the lab also gave a great presentation on his undergrad thesis!

@csz-sczofficial.bsky.social It was an incredible experience to be around so many talented scientists. And huge shoutout to CSZ and @jexpbiol.bsky.social for supporting me with the travel award and @canjzoology.bsky.social for the OA waiver!!!

Last day to apply for the Empowerment Award of the @neuroethology.org. If you're a disadvantaged researcher investigating the mechanisms of animal behaviour, this award is to help you overcome barriers. Deadline: May 15th 2026 Info here: www.neuroethology.org/empowerment-... Please share

Faculty everywhere should be incredibly concerned that our employers will steal our teaching materials just as Arizona State has. Absolutely shameless.

Meet “ASU Atomic,” a subscription platform that claims to offer customized learning modules for fee-paying users. None of the ASU faculty whose course materials were harvested for the module I generated were aware that their image, lectures, lessons, or other teaching materials are being used.

Our government wants to send many more oil tankers to these fragile waters. As if we haven't tormented these creatures enough. Grey whales are washing up emaciated all of the PNW.

Letters to a Pre-scientist is recruiting teachers for the 2026-2027 academic year! 📨 Please share with any 5-8th grade STEM teachers in your life! 👩🏽‍🏫 This is my 3rd year participating as a pen pal, and it's a fun way to connect with & support students. #EduSky prescientist.org/for-teachers/

This is just a lie? Public health researchers have been raising the alarm over rising vaccine resistance and hesitancy for decades now. Why make things up for likes? You want someone to be angry at: blame the wellness industry, social media giants, and politicians for being weak and evil?

New paper out on the decision strategies of bumblebees. When using visual cues to make flower choices, they switch strategy with sensory context, learning as much as necessary, but as little as possible. Based on their training time, we propose a mechanism for this switch. tinyurl.com/2r9d4jrs 🌸🐝🧠

what even is the fucking point

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I'm kind of depressed to see countries like Canada frame this as an opportunity. No one benefits from the collapse of US science. And you certainly don't benefit anyone by poaching a few big names while doing no other meaningful increased investment in your own research ecosystem.

Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza's displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the entry of medicines are increasing the deadly risk.

Does anyone here use or have used EthoVision XT and/or ANY-Maze, and could possibly share some sample data with me? I'm making functions for importing movement data into R, and these are tools that I have yet to cover, but I need some data to help me on! #animalbehaviour #neuroskyence

#RSOS in @sciam.bsky.social | Trace fossils within mammal remains reveal novel bee nesting behaviour: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

I know the proliferation of references to non-existent papers, powered by genAI, is getting less surprising and shocking but it doesn't make it any less potentially corrosive to the scholarly knowledge environment.

Really excited to be starting as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Grand Valley State University! Looking forward to get back to teaching and starting an undergrad-focused research program asking questions about how spiders move and communicate! Watch this space for updates!

Hi blue void. I have no idea what I am doing here. But hello nevertheless :)