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Professor.
#Zoology
, Theoretical
#Ecology
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, Trinity College Dublin.
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Rosemary Mosco
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Few are brave enough to acknowledge the truth.
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This is the great WWF / WWE cop-out clause that lets you get away with steroids and lies. Exactly the same.
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Daniel Padfield
7 days ago
PLEASE SHARE. PhD Opportunity with me, Ben Raymond and Jan Engelstaedter and Andrew Letten at University of Queensland. Experimentally testing mechanisms of how temperature may change selection and spread of AMR in E. coli. Coupled with some advanced modelling and sequencing. 🧪🦠
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Donald Clarke
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This is interesting (if confusing).
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Some amazing wildlife photos in the mix
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Week in wildlife: a flying rodent, a duty-free possum and an emerald viper
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/mar/27/week-in-wildlife-a-flying-rodent-a-duty-free-possum-and-an-emerald-viper
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Natalie Cooper
12 days ago
Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here:
nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/
. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us
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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
https://nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/
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Magdalen College
17 days ago
what if I told you that if you went blind, a doctor could pull out your tooth, drill a hole in it, and stick it in your eye to help you see again? Yes your actual tooth. In your actual eye. Don't believe me?
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HappyToast
28 days ago
It's impossible to explain how something so daft was so enjoyable.
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LSE Impact Blog
about 1 month ago
💥New post | The majority of UK academic institutions now no longer post on X ✍️
@andytattersall.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
#X
#AcademicSocialMedia
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The majority of UK academic institutions now no longer post on X - LSE Impact
For the first time, more UK universities and associated organisations are inactive on X than active.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/03/03/the-majority-of-uk-academic-institutions-now-no-longer-post-on-x/
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History
about 1 month ago
HIRING: CMS Manager You will provide systems management and user support for the Collections Management System (EMu) used by the Museum of Natural History and the History of Science Museum. Learn more:
https://oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/cms-manager-0
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
about 1 month ago
It's no exaggeration to say that this, the news that stinkbug eggs look exactly like a hape of creamy pints, is one of the most impactful things that's ever happened in the history of Irish posting. A dazzling event. A nuclear level revelation.
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Li Chen
about 1 month ago
a portrait
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Kevin Healy
about 1 month ago
Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pace of ecology drives the tempo of visual perception across the animal kingdom
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Using phylogenetic comparative methods across 237 species from disparate phyla, the authors show that species with fast-paced ecologies have higher temporal...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-02994-7.epdf?sharing_token=WQorYEEgt2ZSBC6NwP6GvNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NXOIlRSxxGWVMG91Cn4v2Ji2hN92vALoCkq78MxxLtiAK0XKknSvZZ28-EyEONUR8HEu7RxgXPoUlEtIMvBBsoQeVNmVSDxaNOoJJh_OlGuBXimIuLjbf1eq2m0ocXyuU%3D
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John Burn-Murdoch
about 2 months ago
Great piece from
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social
, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️
about 2 months ago
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy
about 2 months ago
“Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed”
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Government bodies need to get off X, now
Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed, writes Clare O'Donoghue Velikic
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41787647.html
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Freya Harrison
2 months ago
Remember the medieval remedy we reconstructed years ago? We've now dissected the various ways it attacks and kills bacteria! Preprinted & submitted, led by
@tosinorababa.bsky.social
& Jess Furner-Pardoe w/ many collaborators
#MicroSky
#Ancientbiotics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Garvan Walshe
2 months ago
13/ If Europe wants to build systems that are independent of US big tech it should promote interoperable open source infrastructure rather than specific companies. This open source infra can then also be used by the rest of the world and Americans who don’t like big tech either
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
2 months ago
“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.” “What does it do?” “We were hoping you could tell us.”
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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦
3 months ago
To recap: If you don't buy the thing which I've created but you don't want, then our whole business model which was predicated on your gullibility will fail! ...has pleaded every soon to be broke entrepreneur ever...
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Conor Matthews
3 months ago
They paywalled surviving poverty.
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www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
amazing headline 👏
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Elon Musk and the issue with his Grok-blocking tweaks
The Grok undressing controversy led to outrage and a renewed debate about how governments here and around the world can regulate a rapidly evolving technology.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0117/1553534-grok-twitter-musk/
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Veronika Meduna
3 months ago
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
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CEEFAUX
3 months ago
Happy Monday you lot
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TJ McIntyre
3 months ago
This is how you write headlines.
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Conor O'Mahony
3 months ago
I write in today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41772308.html
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Merriam-Webster
3 months ago
Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable, but VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable. "Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.” 🧵⬇️
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Maximilian Ganser
3 months ago
Finally, we’ve solved a long-standing mystery: what tintinnid shells are actually made of: A new class of biomaterial formed by remarkable structural proteins unique to tintinnids. A major milestone after 3 years of work! Read about it in our preprint:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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What precisely are these “Christian values” they so vigorously defend that other religions and non—religions do not hold?… eating bacon is one them.
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Natural History Museum, London
4 months ago
Robins became the iconic bird of Christmas in the Victorian era, when postmen were nicknamed robins due to their red waistcoats! Over time, robins began to appear on Christmas cards to represent the postmen who delivered them. 📮 Learn more about this feathered festive favourite:
brnw.ch/21wYfin
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jenna newman phd
4 months ago
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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Richard Butler
4 months ago
Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
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Curator of Natural Sciences - Warwick,Warwickshire job with Warwickshire County Council | 250490
About Heritage and Culture Warwickshire Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) provide a wide range of services that help local communities and ...
https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/curator-of-natural-sciences?LinkSource=EmployerHub
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AJ Jefferies
4 months ago
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI. I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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shoot me now: "We came across your paper [...] and applied custom AI models on it, which generated 5 new extensions. Our pilot study indicates that up to 60% of scientists found the proposed extensions both thought-provoking and actionable."
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agree. This is very well put.
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John Nyakatura
4 months ago
More info on our recent paper in this interview in Science... Why does biology keep building things out of tiles? | Science | AAAS
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Why does biology keep building things out of tiles?
Science talks with two scientists about finding the beauty in nature’s mosaics
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-does-biology-keep-building-things-out-tiles
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Well now.. thats quite the offer of a Monday morning.
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Charles Mullon
4 months ago
Great opportunity for those interested in fundamental questions in evolutionary biology and mathematical models: postdoc opening in Laurent Lehmann’s group
@unil.bsky.social
. We have a lively community of theorists here in Lausanne with good interactions across groups. Join us ! Please RP
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Strong vibes
i.redd.it/tgsxs3711i18...
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Nessa O'Connor
4 months ago
It’s Trinity Open Day and one of the most common questions I get asked is ‘what kind of jobs do zoologists do?’ - so we asked our alumni…
youtu.be/lJr4AsZ_rLc?...
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Zoology Alumni
YouTube video by Trinity College Dublin
https://youtu.be/lJr4AsZ_rLc?si=BGTSGlBS07MGPAoK
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Amidst all the deep thinking of all things science, it is still the childlike wonder of new discoveries that makes my day
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I cannot think of a single ethical or moral argument for Generative AI and this isn’t helping
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Quite the thread!
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Eldar Rakhimberdiev
5 months ago
Want your modelling to save birds? PhD with me at UvA (Amsterdam): build spatial integrated population model for black-tailed godwits with world-class dataset and strong team here &
@birdeyes-gfn.bsky.social
/RUG).
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Apply by 1 Dec 2025:
#Ecology
#Bayesian
#Conservation
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This whole project is grotesque and a classic case of just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Prof King’s justification of: well someone was going to do it eventually it might as well be me is lame in the extreme
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Should Hitler's DNA have been studied?
Ground-breaking research has made some fascinating discoveries on the dictator, from his ancestry to possible neurological disorders.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ylw4pz83do
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Darren Dahly
5 months ago
Valuable reporting here from
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social
for
@science.org
, adding context and other important voices to our perspective piece (linked further below, with
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social
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@deevybee.bsky.social
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www.science.org/content/arti...
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And our paper is out! One curve to rule them all: a simple universal thermal performance curve for ectotherms that explains at least 2700 datasets across 39 phyla and myriad measures of performance.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Science Magazine
6 months ago
Static electricity may be key to helping a tiny roundworm latch onto its insect hosts. Like a heat-seeking missile, the parasite zooms up to 10 millimeters in the air before getting yanked toward its target by nothing more than the electrostatic charge of its host.
https://scim.ag/3WKFVjZ
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Greg Albery
6 months ago
I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details:
www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...
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