on Biotech not supplements and why when you stop a clock you don’t stop time

Could we please have evidence, not just vibes, in innovation?
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Much more dangerous to passing motorists!

That’s a win!

on Flies and yellow lines

Why do flies suddenly appear?

on Flies
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is genetic modification safe? on regulating biology

is genetic modification safe?
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Survey shows significant decline in butterfly numbers A survey has found that New Zealand's butterflies are in decline, with a drop of around 50 percent across most species. Since 2009, a member of the...

Do you think we might want to take this seriously yet?

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I’ll work it out and get back to you.

on Rabbits and panic

Just because it is thr season of rabbits
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Larvae from exotic mosquito which could carry deadly diseases found in Auckland CBD The mosquito breed could carry diseases including dengue fever, yellow fever, zika virus and chikungunya virus.

Not now Aedes aegypti

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on not screwing our research system and vast carelessness.

Carelessness and our Research System. open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...

Pretty

on controlling pests and weeds and the problem with stoats.

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Hi Erin, I'd love to be added. I am here orcid.org/my-orcid?orc...

Want the genome of Darwin's ant? Of course you do....
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Wrote some stuff about pest control with Charles.

Updated expert perspective: Professors Peter Dearden and Charles Eason url:www.royalsociety.org.nz/expert-perspectives/pred...

on controlling pests and weeds and the problem with stoats.

on controlling pests and weeds
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on controlling pests and weeds and the problem with stoats.

Leave your stoats at home

on controlling pests and weeds
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on living above your eyes and environmental DNA

Want to know why your eyebrows are itchy?

on living above your eyes
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Bees, ants, grasshoppers: a global invasion is threatening insects - Futura-Sciences A threat hiding in plain sight Led by Grace Skinner, a data scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the analysis drew on 52 studies spanning six continents, the first attempt to quantify t...

Insects are the front line victims of invasive species. It's not just #habitat destruction, #climate change, and #pollution that are the issues.

52 studies in 6 continents show that the number of terrestrial #insect species is reduced by 31% on average.
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on Rabbits and panic

I was bitten by a Rabbit once...
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Tracing narratives of pestiness and weediness into the past | Bioprotection Aotearoa Throughout my life, I have always been interested in history. In my previous work researching public services in Aotearoa, I focused on interrogating the processes and practices that occurred in...

In earlier times, who decided what counted as a pest?

Dr Schloffel-Armstrong (Lincoln University) is digging into archival narratives from 1825 to 1925 on Horomaka Banks Peninsula to find out, and explore what those early decisions mean for bioprotection today: bioprotection.org.nz/tracing-narr...

on Pelicans and strange metaphors

Want to know what it's like being bitten by a pelican?
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I wrote a book review of the very hungry caterpillar a few years ago. Great literature is everywhere!

AN OPEN LETTER ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CRITIC TE ĀROHI.

on the products of horrible people can I like the thing but hate the person?

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on how bees count to two and why I care about hornet sex

Want to know how bees count to two, and why it matters?

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After three (tumultuous) years guiding the department, Professor Peter Dearden has stepped aside from his role as Head of Department to refocus on research and teaching. Professor Julian Eaton-Rye has taken over as HOD, having starting in December last year.
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Thanks! Best of luck

awesome! make it available!

Insect research has used Drosophila as a model organism for over a century. But today’s tools now open up a much wider spectrum of insects which deserve to be studied. See the recent commentary in @fly-journal.bsky.social by @peterkdearden.bsky.social, ‘Why just fly?’ doi.org/10.1080/1933...