Human skin cells can be used to produce fertilizable eggs, according to research in Nature Communications. The study provides evidence that cell reprogramming could be a viable route in humans for addressing infertility, although further research is needed. go.nature.com/4nEbkAv 🧪

📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

New research finds that 12,000-year-old camel art in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert once marked ancient water sources. Hunter-gatherers may have used the ephemeral water bodies to penetrate deeper into the barren landscape. #RockArt #Archaeology New for @science.org 🧪🏺

En mitad del infierno de Gaza y de la violencia silenciosa en Cisjordania, el trabajo de UNRWA es un salvavidas, ahora más que nunca. A pesar de los retos, miles de trabajadores y trabajadores de la Agencia siguen siendo un rayo de esperanza:

The claim by Israeli MK Nissim Vaturi that it is in Israel’s interest to have no Palestinians on this land is completely horrific. (1/2) www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Is he going to sign? Is there going to be a real ceasefire to #stopthewar and #bringthemhome? What's going to be the price (economical and non) of peace? Haven't it already taken a too-large price? What can Gazans and Palestinians in general expect now? How do you reconstruct life on flattened land?

Youth-led demonstrators have clashed with police in Morocco's largest anti-government protests in years.

🚨 BREAKING: The pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) is firmly in the lead of Moldova’s election, with around half of votes counted so far and PAS-sympathetic constituencies still to tally. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/poll...

El Nobel de Economía Stiglitz habla de “claro genocidio” en Gaza y alaba el liderazgo de Pedro Sánchez. El economista, de ascendencia judía, ha alabado la intervención de Sánchez en la Universidad de Columbia la semana pasada y ha acusado a Trump de instrumentalizar el antisemitismo

Are we trying to fit shapes into predefined small boxes, or are implying that we can't do that? Maybe, it was not so crazy to say that so many of those Middle Pleistocene remains look like Kabwe (to me) -even NRQ maybe? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ESHE2025 Tamar Rosenberg-Yefet ‘Recombination of technological modules… Tabun Cave’ When recombination evolved? Tranchet blow in Acheulean h/xs Tabun: comparing diff strike patterns, and tranchet waste Tranchet: invented for h/x reshaping, then applied to other tool types – MODULAR THINKING 🥰!

Wonderful.

#ESHE2025 Giulia Gallo ‘ Estimating fire duration through bioapatite crystallite growth in Middle Palaeolithic contexts’ Bioapatite crystals: XRD/point of calcination. Nice experiment! Roc de Marsa (~90Ka) & Le Moustier (~55Ka): 10-20 hrs fire duration, at Le Moustier assoc w burning megafauna

‼️Pacientes con la enfermedad de Huntington son tratados por primera vez con éxito mediante terapia génica

As Cpt. Blackadder tells Baldric about the origins of WWI, there was too much effort in not avoiding a war. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEv... For decades we've worked to enhance the Sheffield Zooarch Lab & to see years of dedication destroyed by corporate executives who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing is heart breaking @watchingbrief.bsky.social #savesheffieldarchaeology

🐚 🔬Microscopic analyses by @solangerigaud.bsky.social revealed that perforated shells show no wear, and pigment staining comes from nearby hematite. With 14 intact shells, little/no wear, and high fragmentation, the evidence supports a shell ornament workshop (8/20)

‼️📣Extremely proud to see this great collaborative work out! Oldest Shell Ornament Workshop in Western Europe at Saint-Césaire: www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1... #Prehistory #Archaeology #Chatelperronian #Shells #Beads #Homosapiens #Neandertal #Ornament Details of discovery & implications ⏬ 🧵 1/20

Online disinformation aimed at discrediting Moldova's pro-European government is ramping up ahead of the crunch parliamentary elections on 28 September.

Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"“If I were a university head, I would definitely very carefully reassess all of these programmes” to make sure they are used purely defensively, rather than in Gaza, Harel, Israel's academy president, told Science|Business" sciencebusiness.net/news/interna...

🙂‍↕️ www.ynetnews.com/article/u65w...

Every single day, our extremist government chooses more death and destruction. After almost two years of bombing and displacement, Palestinians, including children, the elderly and disabled, are facing new horrors every day. The hostages are still suffering in captivity. (1/2)

An anti-immigration protest in The Hague, attended by hundreds, turned violent on Saturday as rioters clashed with police, set a car on fire and vandalised a political party's office.

BREAKING: President Trump signs a proclamation to overhaul the H-1B visa program for high-skilled workers, including a new $100,000 annual fee.

Morrissey cancels two US shows over ‘credible threat on his life’

“Nothing changed. These weren’t bad people. That’s the hardest part. They were playing by the rules of a system that rewards extractive collaboration — especially when it’s wrapped in the language of equity.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Who knows, one day they may de-extinct Homo sapiens. Or dignity.

‘A perfectly calibrated Swiss watch of cringe’: why Fawlty Towers remains the greatest ever sitcom, 50 years on

!!! www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Los años en que los mineros amenazaban con cortar la Vuelta a España y acabaron subiendo sus reivindicaciones al podio

📣 Researchers in 🇬🇷 #Greece - don’t miss this ERC grant webinar! ✅ ERC funding explained ✅ Step-by-step application tips ✅ NCP support throughout your journey ✅ Insider ERC panel member advice ✅ Grantees success stories Info 👉 t.co/1AxM0pFMyy

Local politicians have strongly condemned the incident, while the anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein called it "antisemitism in its purest form."

I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st) The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations). Please share! www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

El genocidi israelià de Gaza busca aniquilar també els paledtins del futur. Testimonis recopilats per ⁦‪Sílvia Heras Els infants a Gaza, una generació perduda www.3cat.cat/324/els-infa... via @324cat.

El genocidi és “el crim dels crims” i com a tal no prescriu mai. #Gaza marca per sempre l’estat d’Israel. Anàlisi meu @3catinfo.bsky.social www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/isr...

He who proclaims his Laconophilia as he truly believes he can convince you that's a good thing. Up to you to look for their contradictory history with the Persians, their decline, and their fall.

He (...) proclaims his Laconophilia as he truly believes he can convince you that's a good thing. Up to you to look for their contradictory history with the Persians, their decline, and their fall.

"I realized I would need to figure out my postdoc personality on my own." During #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek, check out this #ScienceWorkingLife story on how one researcher found their way as a postdoc. https://scim.ag/4pqszGX

We must tackle rising tide of racism and homophobia claiming to be free speech, says Streeting

Nuestra escuela de Taibeh, en Jordania, está lista para el nuevo año escolar. Gracias a una restauración, 2.300 estudiantes refugiados de Palestina acudirán a un entorno seguro, saludable e inspirador para aprender y aspirar a un futuro mejor.

Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, held talks at the White House this week, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO.

A “completely surprising” discovery based on ancient pollutants suggests mining and smelting continued apace for centuries. https://scim.ag/3I3ipet

“No hay nada más antisemita que tomar el nombre de Dios en vano, usando la tradición y el sufrimiento del pueblo judío para justificar la aniquilación del palestino” ✍️ Por Javier Baeza, párroco de Vallecas

Congolese military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians in South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. All governments in the region should prioritize safe passage for civilians to escape fighting.

PhD Studentship alert! I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia. Details in the link below! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

"Not only are we stupid, but we are proud of it" www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

End the normalisation of horror. #stopthewarNow #resist

Fascists doing fascist stuff. #resist

Familias afectadas por el suicidio, supervivientes y organizaciones ciudadanas denuncian la falta de acompañamiento 💬 “El silencio a tu alrededor es horroroso” Coinciden en que invisibilizar el suicidio solo aumenta el sufrimiento y piden recuros más eficientes