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Rebecca Sear
about 22 hours ago
Interesting discussion of why fertility rates for men and women may differ here: "adjusting for demographic and socio-economic factors significantly reduces the fertility differential. Residual differences may stem from measurement errors, selection biases, or unmeasured variables"
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Cohort fertility differences between men and women in a developed population: Evidence from Spain
Despite its significance, men’s fertility has been largely overlooked in demographic research. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic comparative analysis of men’s and wome...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324728.2025.2573930?utm_source=researchgate.net&medium=article#d1e181
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄
about 16 hours ago
The normalization of (almost) everything: Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal 🏺🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The tendency to normalize is a phenomenon that undercuts our response to many large-scale problems, from health, to gun violence, to climate change.
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Barbara J. King
about 16 hours ago
Impressive journalism
@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
regarding closure of New England Primate Research Center, recounting traumatic death of monkeys, inadequate veterinary care, and more. We know today that
#animalfreescience
= better science. cc
@whenwejustify.bsky.social
#primates
#animalrights
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The Unraveling of the New England Primate Research Center | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson
For 50 years, the New England Primate Research Center pioneered research in HIV, Parkinson’s, and addiction. But as a series of animal misconduct allegations eroded the center’s legacy, Harvard, the M...
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/5/primate-research-scrutiny/
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Josh Richardson
about 16 hours ago
Revisiting this very interesting book.
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Princeton University Press
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Congratulations Mona Oraby and Toni Alimi, who are finalists for
@aarweb.bsky.social
Book Awards! Devotion to the Administrative State, Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies:
hubs.ly/Q03QP0030
Slaves of God, Best First Book in the History of Religions:
hubs.ly/Q03QP0j50
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄
about 11 hours ago
Evidence for symbolic use of ochre by Micoquian Neanderthals in Crimea 🏺🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Results highlight Neanderthal cognitive complexity and underscore the importance of regional, multiproxy approaches in evaluating the emergence of symbolic material culture.
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"The actual evidence shows not only that men and women are far more similar than his book suggests, but also that Baumeister’s own practices demonstrate a departure from scientific standards."
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Rebecca Sear
about 10 hours ago
Women are not ruining the workplace because women are not so very different from men: “In personality and evolutionary psychology, the consensus is clear: Men and women evolved under shared pressures for cooperation, mutual dependency and parental investment, not perpetual conflict or exploitation”
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The Ideology versus the Science of Evolved Sex Differences - Replicability-Index
1. Introduction: Competing Stories About Gender Debates about sex differences often swing between extremes. One narrative, familiar from strands of radical feminism, portrays masculinity as dangerous—...
https://replicationindex.com/2025/11/06/the-ideology-versus-the-science-of-evolved-sex-differences/
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Chloe Ahmann
about 7 hours ago
aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/s...
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Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
https://aaup-cornell.org/2025/11/07/statement-on-cornells-agreement-with-federal-government/
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excellent paper.
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John Benning
about 11 hours ago
Full OA paper here:
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Confounding fuels misinterpretation in human genetics | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The scientific literature has seen a resurgence of interest in genetic influences on human behaviour and socioeconomic outcomes. Such studies face the central difficulty of distinguishing possible cau...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.1615
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Kevin Bird
about 10 hours ago
Very glad to see this important paper published at last
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽
about 7 hours ago
conversations about Watson's death rn are a potent reminder that racism and/or misogyny have RARELY been professionally disqualifying, especially in this country
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As you read the homages remember that strong commitments to racist and misogynistic beliefs when one holds potions of power and prominence shape disciplines, knowledges, and practice. All the contributions, beneficial, ignorant, and harmful, should be on the table.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/science/james-watson-dead.html
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Nika B
about 7 hours ago
Amen - I saw a lecture by him back in the early 90s during grad school - I was unaware of all the issues he had with women (other than stealing data from Dr. Franklin!!) until his visit to our campus - his less than enlightened jokes just made it all even more cringe
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As you read the homages remember that strong commitments to racist and misogynistic beliefs when one holds potions of power and prominence shape disciplines, knowledges, and practice. All the contributions, beneficial, ignorant, and harmful, should be on the table.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/science/james-watson-dead.html
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Danya Glabau
about 9 hours ago
It says something about my feed that I'm reading more good riddance threads about James Watson today than I did about Dick Cheney on Monday lol
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Meade Krosby
about 10 hours ago
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
https://www.science.org/content/article/rosalind-franklin-and-damage-gender-harassment
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Democracy Now!
about 16 hours ago
In an unsigned order on Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to require U.S. passports to list travelers' assigned sex at birth. Actress and activist Laverne Cox responds to the blatantly anti-trans policy.
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John Hawks
about 15 hours ago
A nice story in
@science.org
this week about the collaboration between archaeologists and Kuikuro people in Brazil, which has been central to uncovering evidence of social complexity in the Amazon region more than 600 years ago.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’
A model partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people has helped rewrite the history of early Amazonian societies
https://www.science.org/content/article/unearth-their-past-amazonian-people-turn-language-white-men-understand
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Ida Bae Wells
1 day ago
As I wrote in my Charlie Kirk essay: “The period since Kirk’s death has revealed a deeply unsettling cultural shift…espousing open and explicit bigotry no longer relegates one to the fringe of political discourse, a phenomenon we have not witnessed since the civil rights era.”
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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/magazine/charlie-kirk-rhetoric.html
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Adolfo Neto
1 day ago
Do we need a Nature paper for that? Language models cannot reliably distinguish belief from knowledge and fact
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Language models cannot reliably distinguish belief from knowledge and fact - Nature Machine Intelligence
Suzgun et al. find that current large language models cannot reliably distinguish between belief, knowledge and fact, raising concerns for their use in healthcare, law and journalism, where such disti...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01113-8
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Mark Harris
1 day ago
Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.
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Veena Dubal
3 days ago
A whole new generation is going to be reading about Eugene Debs this morning. Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
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The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs, Vol. I
An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-the-selected-works-of-eugene-v-debs-vol-i
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Felix Riede
3 days ago
Deadline approaches for our open professorship here at
@au.dk
@auarcher.bsky.social
. Get in touch if you have q
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
https://international.au.dk/about/profile/vacant-positions/job/full-professorships-in-archaeology
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes
3 days ago
This is good context to my earlier post, but I'd still argue that we should change the name. If it's not just about religion, let's call it something more accurate and appropriate than RE.
bsky.app/profile/huma...
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YES! Anthropology.
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes
3 days ago
Young people don't need more "Religious Education" to live in modern world. If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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National curriculum review in England: 10 key recommendations
Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/04/national-curriculum-review-in-england-10-key-recommendations
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ustadh 🔒
3 days ago
Good. But it's time for canonical penalties for collaborationists. Vance is a Catholic. Homan is a Catholic. Rubio is a Catholic. Leavitt is a Catholic. They all have bishops and who have a responsibility they must exercise on pain of damnation if they shirk it. Or perhaps Leo has to do it himself.
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Dr. Aunchalee (ดร. อัญชลี)
3 days ago
Two
#Postdoc
opportunities in the Pontzer Lab at Duke -Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate -Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN Check it out and spread the word!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783
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Duke University, Evolutionary Anthropology
Job #AJO30783, Postdoctoral Associate, Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
3 days ago
thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-laidoff-teen-vogue-editors-recover
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
3 days ago
www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/...
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Charlie Chaplin : The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator-
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
3 days ago
If you haven't seen The Great Dictator, you should.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY...
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Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY1Xg6X20
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Alondra Nelson
3 days ago
The Biden administration worked hard to accomplish this new free IRS filing system. It’s astounding that one should have to pay fees in order to pay their taxes. But this rent seeking is entirely consistent with the economic policies of the current administration that benefit the most wealthy.
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The little known, musical, story of Dick Cheney.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ji...
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Martini Mom & Devil Spawn - Episode 4: "Don't Be a Dick"
YouTube video by deviantpix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99jiGeVDm-M
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
4 days ago
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife
@allegrak.bsky.social
— who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we-lost-when-conde-nast-unceremoniously-shuttered-teen-vogue
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Valerie Horsley
4 days ago
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great article! Thanks
@needhibhalla.bsky.social
@marymunson4.bsky.social
Joann Trejo!
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Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent - Nature Cell Biology
Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases creativity and success in tackl...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-025-01797-5
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
4 days ago
Exactly!!!
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George Takei
4 days ago
It’s Election Day with critical races in several states. This is the first general election where voters get to tell Donald Trump what they think of him so far. Don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard! Vote like your country depends on it. Because it does.
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Andy Radford
5 days ago
It's
#MongooseMonday
🎉 Dwarf mongooses are
#cooperativebreeders
, living in groups of 3-20 with a dominant breeding pair & helpers of both sexes.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
We study a South African population habituated to our close presence & trained to weigh themselves!
#fieldwork
#social
#behaviour
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Arianne H.
5 days ago
Too real! I spent years cautioning students to think critically about when and how to use Wikipedia, and now I'm like oh good you used Wikipedia. Sigh.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
8 days ago
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
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John Hawks
6 days ago
A new post covering some recent work on estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and pregnancy from ancient skeletons. A window has just opened a crack but it’s another fascinating area where the lives of ancient people may be encoded in their bones and teeth.
www.johnhawks.net/p/finding-ho...
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Finding hormone biomarkers in ancient skeletons
The widening horizon of molecular biomarkers from ancient bones and sediments may open new doors to the biology of ancient people.
https://www.johnhawks.net/p/finding-hormone-biomarkers-in-ancient
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Alondra Nelson
6 days ago
In which Palantir recruits high school students for fellowships by telling them to skip college because its holds little value and then puts them through a cherry-picked curriculum that oddly resembles… college
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Alondra Nelson
6 days ago
The WSJ piece notably omits that Palantir CEO Karp holds a PhD in philosophy/social theory from Goethe University—home of the Frankfurt School—mentioning only his Haverford BA and Stanford JD.
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Dr Francis Young
6 days ago
A very good point - the right to refuse to use genAI must be enshrined as a principle of academic ethics
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Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution Edition is awesome!!! from
@ncse.bsky.social
Check out the podcasts!
ncse.ngo/safeguarding...
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Safeguarding Sound Science | National Center for Science Education
Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution EditionThe second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on ...
https://ncse.ngo/safeguarding-sound-science
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