Glad to have shared! If you remember it, whenever you read it, share your thoughts on it :)

Biology Needs Philosophy, But What Philosophy? Abstract. Philosophy of biology has the potential to contribute to biology by improving scientific reasoning. However, this potential is largely unrealized

Agreed! We need philosophy to ground our conceptions of causation, emergence, and mechanism in biological contexts. A good starting point is to conceive life as a process, rather than as a substance, as we have been doing for centuries.

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Creation: Life and How to Make It Creation: Life and How to Make It [Grand, Steve] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Creation: Life and How to Make It

Thanks for this link as well!!

The first time that this concept of we are not machines, and life is not what we _really_ think it is, was more well established in my head with this book, which I can't recommend enough! It's a shame that it hasn't become a "classic"..

www.amazon.com/Creation-Lif...

We are definitely NOT machines... In _any_ way

I LOVE papers of this kind! It's about time we start to push towards leaving behind mechanistic and reductionist thinking... _Especially_ when it comes to biology!

Coconuts

I REALLY want to hang this as a poster outside of my room's door!

New ISAL Global Membership Program Pilot Overview ISAL has core values of being an inclusive and supportive community as well as making the field viable for junior and early career scholars to succeed and thrive in. We recognize that the cos...

The International Society for Artificial Life is offering 5$ memberships to a limited number of people located in low/middle income countries. If you have been interested in the membership benefits (alife.org/membership/) but cannot afford it, apply here: alife.org/2026/03/24/n...

#ALife

I haven't personally collaborated with the team, but from what little I know them, it will be a great great opportunity to have LOTS of fun and do some top tier science! Don't lose the opportunity ^^

Share and enjoy!

Brain Awareness Week - Right/Left Brain myth - illustration by Matteo Farinella

Have you heard people identify as left-brained or right-brained? It’s a common myth that people’s personalities are tied to a dominant side of their brain, but the truth isn’t that simple. #BrainAwarenessWeek #BrainWeek

Poster for this semester's reading group. We meet every first Wednesday at 4:15pm (CET) at Ruhr University Bochum (room NDEF04/346). If you need more information (abstract of the book, topics of the individual dates, information about the moodle course etc.), please e-mail me! vera.straetmanns[at]rub.de

This semester, we will be reading selected chapters from "Everything flows", edited by @djnicholson.bsky.social and John Dupré in our Reading Group. All interested are welcome to join us at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de (room NDEF04/346). If needed, we can also arrange hybrid meetings.
#HPBio #PhDSky

Hahahahaha! This is SO DOPE MAN!!! :D

Anyone who can recommend a good book in #eco-evo #ecoevo or #ecology and #evolution? Preferably theoretical :)

Thank you~

#science #sciencetalk

⏳ Two weeks left to apply to our Summer School, and benefit from the early-bird rate!

Don’t miss this opportunity to join us for a week of inspiring lectures and discussions with an exceptional community of researchers - all set in the beautiful Pyrenees ⛰️ ☀️
We look forward to welcoming you!
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In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨

Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!)

Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇

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What the actual....
Even if it was not a predatory journal, the way it's written, the only actual answer is no... This thing is pure cringe. Such big words and then the "thyself"... Just wow!

I'm extremely grateful to have received the Anne Keymer prize for my oral presentation at the BES annual meeting 2025! A big thank you to the @britishecologicalsociety.org and everyone who came along to the talk—it was an absolute honour to have the chance to share my research with you all!

The top one is "the Shadow"??

Jfc... That's horrible...

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/115736486593447009

#39c3

Please help make this workshop happen!

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All we need is one ticket for me, if someone has one to spare.... 🙏

Perfectly said!

AI is the easy way out of everything and the easy solution of everything... Maybe in a way it "differentiates" (for a lack of better word) people who are in it for the passion of learning, improving, etc, and those who are in it for the results and don't care how they reach them. Easy being better

Photo of a marine terminating glacier in Greenland with icebergs in front of it

🚨POSTDOC JOB ALERT🚨

We have an exciting opportunity for a 2 year postdoc on remote sensing of icebergs and marine terminating glaciers. See the link below for more info!

Please spread widely, and feel free to email me with any Q's :)

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I LOVE zines! I LOVE that people always find ways to share their ideas far and wide! Expression and worries and rising up should and can't be silenced :)

All of them were so so good! And I have to admit I learned a lot myself by reading them! :D
Sequential images (BD, comics, whatever) are such such a fun thing to do and I think all who make 'em support each other! We share the same passion :D That's the BEST part :D

A bunch of drawn stickers about comics stuck to sheets of paper on the floor

Closeup on a student drawn sticker - this one about space

Closeup on a student drawn sticker - this one about analysis

Closeup on a student drawn sticker - this one about making stuff

One of my favorite things in class - last day of term in my intro comics class, I do a whirlwind recap of every single thing we did over the term - then I have Ss each sketch out a main takeaway from the course & take turns explaining & sticking down to big sheet. It’s a blast! Some highlights 1/3

Hey fellow wizards, I'll be at the #BES Annual Meeting in #Edinburgh next week!

If you're interested in food web and metacommunity models, emergence of self-organised patterns and eco-evo feedbacks, please join the >> Theoretical/Computational Ecology << session on Tuesday afternoon 🦊

WTF is wrong with the world? o.O

1945 was not even a century ago, cold war ended in the 90s... Do they even get that they are destroying everything around them and they're playing with VERY VERY BAD stuff for everyone??

It won't be good for business cause there will be no business... JFC....

C&B has been dying a slow death for months, and it seems that no one cares.

Support articles like the one below; soon they won't be anywhere on the internet.

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I am on my first year of my PhD.... Knowing I'll go through it (again after trying to start a PhD), is sooooo comforting (not)...