New research in #RESPhysEnt
#Traffic noise leads to cardiac stress reactions in two urban-tolerant #Trichonephila #spiders, but in different ways
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70042
#AnthropogenicDisturbance
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Starmer and Yvette Cooper are a disgrace
probably need this in the UK now some of our beaches are awash with sewage after Brexit deregulation
Artificial wetlands can treat wastewater using natural processes like plants, soil and water flow.
In Costa Rica, a constructed wetland is helping keep polluted water out of rivers and sea.
Backed by UNEP & @thegef.bsky.social, it shows how nature-based solutions can #BeatPollution: bit.ly/4qcZf6C
mindset matters
Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope
news.mongabay.com/2026/04/once...
Lecture on chemical pollution for @keeleuniversity.bsky.social biodiversity crisis module youtu.be/e7KDsAY2AXY?...
Scientists have long pulled DNA from water and soil, but they have only just started to see the air as a source of genetic information
go.nature.com/4tUdRcA
Exciting position open @aarhusuniint.bsky.social: Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for agricultural crop plants www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
“Plants are so unlike people that it’s difficult for us to appreciate fully their complexity and sophistication.” #NowReading The Botany of Desire & loving it!
3 years into conflict, Sudan faces the world’s largest food crisis.
Half the population is acutely hungry. Crop production is down 22%, livestock support is minimal and global attention is fading.
Sudan cannot wait. It needs real action now.
đź”— https://bit.ly/3QaJeB3
Starmer and Yvette Cooper are a disgrace
New #OpenAccess research in #RESPhysEnt
Effect of blood meals and mating on biodemographic characteristics of #Aedes albopictus
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70039
#Culicidae #InsectVectors
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In the US "Agricultural Health Study," control groups are essential for comparing the health outcomes of pesticide applicators and their spouses with those who are not exposed to pesticides, allowing researchers to identify potential health risks associated with pesticide use. aghealth.nih.gov
The US “Agricultural Health Study” has followed 52,000 pesticide applicators (mostly farmers) and 32,000 of their spouses for three decades. More than 80% of them use or used glyphosate. The study has found no glyphosate-cancer link.
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The US “Agricultural Health Study” has followed 52,000 pesticide applicators (mostly farmers) and 32,000 of their spouses for three decades. More than 80% of them use or used glyphosate. The study has found no glyphosate-cancer link.
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expert reaction to analysis of UK government pesticide usage data by the Pesticide Action Network
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
SEEDBALL from @royentsoc.bsky.social
The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash. If it goes it down, we’re looking, as complex societies, at a potential termination event.
This week's column. Please read it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years. Forecast by science-policy researchers raises questions about where the epicentre of global research will shift to in the coming decade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Specialization & adaptation in pollen sterol use by wild bees - our new paper in iScience. 56 bee species analyzed to determine which pollen sterols they use. The data suggest an ecological rather than phylogenetic driver of bee sterol composition @rbgkew.bsky.social www.cell.com/iscience/pdf...
STFC’s Executive Chair, Professor Michele Dougherty, was at the University of Bath where we held the next in a series of regional engagement events on UKRI's new strategy.
In this video, she shares key insights from the conversation with stakeholders from across the South West: youtu.be/WSMCONGipjM
🚨True: it’s fundamentally an issue of distributive justice, where marginalisation determines food security, through access to wealth.
🚨Also true: we can’t be complacent about science for food production as population &demand ⬆️⬆️. There’s enough to feed everyone now, but will there in next 20 years?
This image illustrates how combining perennial genes with prostrate growth genes allows cultivated rice to mimic wild rice.
Wild rice is a perennial, creeping plant. The secret to its perennial growth habit lies in a developmental reversal directed by small RNAs. This image illustrates how combining perennial genes with prostrate growth genes allows cultivated rice to mimic wild rice.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/40GOjDb
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