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@science.org PinnedPaleogenomics research is revealing the complex history of bison, overturning assumptions about the ubiquity of cattle ancestry and showing that their decline did not markedly affect genetic diversity, although it has increased population fragmentation.
Read more in Science: https://scim.ag/4wekKWJ
@science.orgHealth officials are raising alarms about loneliness and isolation. Can researchers identify what helps?
Learn more on #WorldMentalHealthDay: https://scim.ag/4dsaPXb
@science.orgWooden artifacts and imprints show a substantial role for Neanderthal woodworking in the Middle Paleolithic.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3VWU801
@science.orgResearchers report the first genome sequence of the 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise Jonathan, the oldest known living land animal.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4y3aq4U
@martinenserink.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgSixty-six years ago, a paper in @science.org predicted the world would come to an end on 13 November, 2026 - about a month from now. @kakape.bsky.social explains why it was wrong. www.science.org/content/arti...
@tmitchellbrown.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgOur more in-depth story on the sudden shut down of Chronicle Heritage. I talk to a handful of employees who recount their experience and concerns following the company’s dissolution.
Many worry about the thousands of artifacts still in Chronicle’s care.
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@science.orgBirds lay eggs in a diverse array of colors, patterns, sizes, and shapes.
After looking at nearly 50,000 eggs from more than 1400 bird species, researchers in Science found that egg shape is related to flight ability.
Learn more on #WorldEggDay: https://scim.ag/3YUZkQc
@science.orgMajor discoveries—including the role of DNA, the biological basis of psychology, and the human genome—missed out on the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine.
Learn more: scim.ag/4hSjoMq
@science.orgA small village in Sardinia could become a new “blue zone” of longevity, after researchers found that women there live remarkably long lives.
But critics say the blue zone concept rests on shaky science. https://scim.ag/3TwCz6q
@boron110.bsky.socialReposted by @science.org"Epigenetic insights into extreme longevity in the world’s oldest terrestrial animal, Jonathan" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org #ScienceAdvances
Any guesses on the oldest terrestrial animal?
@prudentlab.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgDelighted to share our lab’s latest paper, published in @science.org , uncovering a new role for Golgi-derived vesicles and phosphoinositides regulating mitochondrial fusion!
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@oliveruberti.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgMy latest cover for @science.org 🌋
@smhsci.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgJust out in @science.org
Golgi-derived vesicles containing PI(3,4)P2 drive mitochondrial fusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@boron110.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgThis week on the @science.org podcast, Japan's mission to a martian moon w/ @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social
@science.orgScientists show that a protein named RGS4 plays a central role in chronic neuropathic pain by maintaining hypersensitivity after nerve damage—a finding that could lay the road for precision drugs that target this protein. #ScienceSignaling https://scim.ag/4zj9pqt
@science.orgIt’s hard to mess up a scrambled or fried egg. But boiling one takes a bit more finesse.
Last year, researchers may have cracked the code for the ideal boiled egg.
Learn more on #WorldEggDay: https://scim.ag/4efGQlx
@science.orgThis octopus grew a ninth arm—which soon developed a mind of its own.
Learn more on #WorldOctopusDay: https://scim.ag/4ywwoyi
@science.orgThe Chen Institute & Science Prize for AI Accelerated Research is open for entries, recognizing researchers using AI to make breakthroughs in the physical or life sciences.
Apply by 13 December 2026 for a chance to win up to $30,000: https://bit.ly/3VkAjiV
@david-grimm.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgThe world will end on November 13. At least, that's what a 1960 Science paper predicted. Here's what that study got right--and wrong. Fun story by @kakape.bsky.social for @science.org
@david-grimm.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgThe mission could shed light on the evolution of Mars--and perhaps the past presence of life. Cool story by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social for @science.org
@kakape.bsky.socialReposted by @science.orgDoomsday is little more than a month away. At least according to a paper @science.org published in 1960. (No, really).
So of course I spent the last few days delving into the paper and its history 🧪
