"the future of geriatric practice is not in the fee-for-service system that has failed our specialty." #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70413

Image of woman petting a capybara.

New study: The longer a wild mammal is traded, the greater the risk is to public health.

Wild mammals that are traded are 50% more likely to share pathogens with humans when compared with mammals that are not traded.

Read more: ow.ly/uMXM50YKzli

Hybrids On The Horizon - bioGraphic Chance encounters and novel conditions have led to different species cross-breeding more often. Is it a good thing?

Scientists once held that the boundary between species was their ability to mate and make viable offspring. But hybrids, it turns out, are everywhere. Now, as geneticists gain insight into animals’ inner workings, they’re learning that the boundaries between species have always been porous.

Close up image of an infant umbilical cord.

According to a recent review, antiseptic umbilical cord care reduces infection risk in low-income settings.

Using chlorhexidine, a simple antiseptic, cut umbilical cord infection rates by 29% in low- and middle-income countries.

Read more: ow.ly/CExy50YJZ9g

Midlife exposure to neighborhood greenness and later-life cognitive decline: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - We investigated whether living in greener neighborhoods in midlife is associated with slower cognitive decline in later life. We used data on 2,881...

One more time for the people in the back:

Urban #greenspace is a fantastic use of urban space.

People exposed to more urban greenspace had slower cognitive decline #openaccess

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Natural ecosystems spread risk across genes, species, space, time and strategy. Many human systems have optimised away such slack.
Here are some lessons from ecosystems for a world obsessed with efficiency.
predirections.substack.com/p/how-nature...

Mapping the Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service Every regional office, every research station, what they protect, and what you can do to stop it.

Absolutely, utterly, no-holds-barred horrified by the gutting of the US Forest Service.

morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/mapping-th...

I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

Becoming a parent is much worse for women in academia vs men, because women do 5 times (!!!) the amount of childcare than men www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Registration is now open!
Early-bird deadline: April 9

We’re also planning a special issue in Ecological Research!

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#Special_Issue
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Purdue AeroEco Lab Opportunities

🚨 Hiring a postdoc (2 years)!
We’re looking for someone with skills in data science, remote sensing, or computer science:
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A team involving the same scientists has gone further since the study below in identifying risks of AMOC collapse (incl. many uncertainties). It considers that the IPCC should review its position that the "AMOC decline will not involve an abrupt collapse before 2100." bsky.app/profile/rahm...

Plantation glass frog from Costa Rica.

Whenever I hear about the leaky pipeline, I recall an interview I saw when I was an undergrad with a woman in STEM who said "I'm all for getting more women into the pipeline but people don't realize that the pipeline is full of acid."

NIH and other grant terminations exacerbate this situation.

Photo of lake in drought conditions. Photo: ACES/Bruce Dupree/Flickr cc

Study suggests that drought may promote antibiotic resistance in soil. Researchers say the findings reveal an “underrecognized link between climate factors and antibiotic resistance.”

Read more: ow.ly/e65f50Yy7F2

Photo: ACES/Bruce Dupree/Flickr cc

“Libraries are one of the best creations in all human history”—my daughter just now but also anyone who reads.

✅📄Now Free Access: Population decline of the saguaro cactus throughout its distribution is associated with climate change
Get the Paper: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

#PlantScience

Are you an early career biologist looking for a position (Masters up to Faculty) and looking for community? I started a Discord server to help us find opportunities, build a network, and support one another! We're 40 strong as of posting this, come join us! discord.gg/nmktHJhUPH

Closeup portrait photo of an adult California condor with the background blurred.

The House of Representatives is set to pass H.R. 556, the so-called “Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act".

This would prohibit the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from protecting human health, wildlife, and our environment from toxic #lead in ammunition and fishing tackle.

A photo of an elongated, matte-brown, prehistoric-looking Australian lungfish named Methuselah, resting on the sandy bottom of her tank at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. She has yellow patches near her small eyes. Several other much smaller Australian rainbow fish are also in the tank. She is probably in her 90s and has been at the aquarium since 1938.

This is Methuselah, an Australian lungfish whom I first met at the Steinhart Aquarium in 1976. She is probably in her 90s, and has been at the Steinhart since 1938. I love her.
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A block of text that says "Scientists at the University of Miami are carrying out a research study on trends in the field of science communication. For this survey we are defining science communication as work that is done: • by a technical subject area expert in some field related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, • outside of classroom settings • aimed at the public If you are 18 years of age or older and work or recently worked in this field (full-time, part-time, or as a side project), please click the link below to complete a short survey. If you are interested in learning more about this research study, please e-mail us at Julia.wester@miami.edu. In the body of your email please provide your full name, and if you would prefer to be contacted by phone, your phone number and the best time to reach you. Contacting us for more information does not commit you to participating, and should you decide to participate you may terminate your participation at any time."

Attention Science Communicators!

We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences.

Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can.

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New paper out from @rosetazetta.bsky.social

Evidence of emperor penguins’ sensitivity to sea ice fluctuations

We used very-high res satellite imagery to study the Ross Sea emperor penguin population over 20+ y, revealing potential sensitivity to sea ice fluctuations

@drmichellelarue.bsky.social

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“This underreporting that we found wasn’t random,” Kiang says. “Pretty systematically, what we found was that communities in areas that were most impacted by the pandemic were also the ones with the most unrecognized COVID-19 mortality.”

New study examines gender differences in inpatient secure messaging among internal medicine residents. Findings highlight communication patterns and implications for workflow, equity, and resident wellness. #MedEd #ResidentWellness #GenderEquity @SaeyStephanie
Read in #JGIM: rdcu.be/eYnBe

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Interested in being a #journal #reviewer? The Entomological Society of America journals have a new reviewer application site---if you are interested, this allows you to volunteer! New reviewers will be searchable in the portal by editors, who would love your input! app.smartsheet.com/b/form/8aa2e...

ICE training was slashed, records show, corroborating whistleblower claims Previously unreported records also offer new details about what was cut from ICE’s basic training program. Concerns about the quality of ICE agents’ training have mounted for months.

ICE dramatically cut its basic training amid a hiring spree meant to speed up the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, records obtained by The Post show, corroborating a whistleblower’s claim.

Rally to Stand up for Science - Saturday in DC and Richmond.

The fundamental premise behind AI-enabled cheating is that coursework is merely busy work, because your'e just doing it for professors.

We would never say that showing up for football practice is merely busy work because you're just doing it for your coaches.