By combining mark-recapture and genetic parentage data from wild #lizards, we show that the offspring of older parents do not have lower survival or reproductive success than the offspring of younger parents: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... Crain et al. 2025

Broadcasting for Democracy: Reimagining Official-Citizen Communication. Preprint. My take on strengthening the connection between representatives and the represented: individual, verified information channels for every elected official. osf.io/preprints/so... via @socarxiv.bsky.social on OSF

What is Git/Github, and how do I use it with R? A Git/GitHub Desktop/GitHub/RStudio Open Research tutorial: zajitschek.github.io/git_workshop... Part of the LJMU R Community's LJMU Bag of tRicks ljmutricks.github.io/bag-of-tricks

Crazy: Microbes can consume hydrogen from air to synthesize ATP www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I ❤️ inventions like that: bladeless wind power. ‘Instead of blades, these turbines use a tall, mast-like structure that oscillates or vibrates due to the aerodynamic phenomenon of vortex shedding. This oscillation is then converted into electricity.’ vortexbladeless.com

Why does eating less extend lifespan? 🧬 Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction We often think about saving energy or recycling waste - but we show how evolution acting on mutation load can generate longer life on low food 🧵 🔗 tinyurl.com/jn5ryhxv

This is wild! Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Instead of only reacting when local special places are at risk, let's remind ourselves what we love about our community: localglow.uk ⭐️ To protect and improve, we can mobilize for action: act.localglow.uk ⭐️ 🏡🌳🍔🤼‍♀️🏀👍 #Community #MakingADifference #SupportLocal

Maths gender gap emerging in first school year. Data of children who started first year of school in France 2018-2021 (almost 3 million 5-7 year olds). Gap showed in all cohorts, socioeconomic groups, regions of France & school types. Martinot, P. et al. Nature 2025. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great paper👍👍

A review of balancing selection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Models of pest impact predict that climate warming will alter growth rates and distributions of insect pests. 🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱🐞🌱 How do trait-specific evolutionary responses affect predictions? Have a look at our new paper rdcu.be/d6G2u in @naturecomms.bsky.social to find out. Short summary below.

Cacio e Pepe for everyone: “…a scientifically optimized recipe based on our findings, enabling a consistently flawless execution of this classic dish.” Will try it this week 🥰 ‘Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce’ arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

from the editor’s summary: “Thus, consumption of meat in these early hominins did not pave the way to humanizing traits such as larger brains.“ Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Isn't this great: description of new species, especially of 'common' organisms, such as Sydney funnelwebs and, just recently, a new earthworm endemic to Bavaria: zenodo.org/records/1451...

Nothing against cat videos (I'm more of a dog person, but hey), but this makes me much much happier!!

"Fruit flies dosed with lithocholic acid survived about 7% to 10% longer [...], and it extended nematodes’ life span by more than 20%. But the benefits for mice were less clear, producing a slight but statistically insignificant boost to longevity." www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08329-5

Awww... why not start 2025 with getting mesmerised by some Rtistry 😎