@johnrhutchinson
Evolutionary biomechanist. Awesome animals, dinosaurs, anatomy, locomotion, computer modeling, http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com, #DisabledInSTEM. #DAWNDINOS. He/him. Fellow of the Royal Society.
"Troll2" (Netflix)- it's the sequel and it's 2 trolls, so it's Troll2, you see?!
That's about the level of sophistication to expect. It's super dumberer. The adult characters talk to each other like 10 year olds.
But I love the troll designs and this film adds much more fun lore (Norse & Christian).
He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive βto his personal computer so that he could βsanitizeβ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This will be useful because this has already happened to me!
A few months ago I ran into a YouTube video with AI generated version of me. It was not malicious - the climate content was okay tho not great - but it certainly wasnβt by me or endorsed by me.
The first in situ sighting of the Ramβs Horn Squid (Spirula spirula) was collected during our 2020-2021 time in Australian waters, led by Dr. Robin Beaman of James Cook University. www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12...
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)
My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):
This video is imparting genuinely amazing news about the shingles vaccine, but also contains a description of vaccines that made me laugh so hard I had to sit down. βWe inject the dead version so that when the live one shows up it knows weβve killed beforeβ is both accurate and SO FUCKING FUNNY
We'd rather be floating γ°οΈβ
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This bobtail snipe eel (Cyema atrum) was spotted at 1,941 meters (6,369 feet) in Monterey Bay. Snipe eels in the family Nemichthyidae have thin, tweezer-like jaws that bend outwards. Their tiny, backward-facing teeth work almost like velcro to capture small prey.
this is your brain on imperialist ideology. be careful or this might happen to you
A photo of a crab by hydrothermal vent at the bottom of the ocean. "This creature has adapted to the crushing pressure and oppressive darkness."
I'm trying. I'm really trying.
New on Dryad: "Is the human chin a spandrel? Insights from an evolutionary analysis of ape craniomandibular form" π§ͺ
π Dataset: bit.ly/46VL7Hs
π Article in @plosone.org: bit.ly/4lkHsZz
#biology #humanevolution #evolutionarybiology #opendata #research #researchintegrity
As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent:
πΉοΈ$6.9 million worth of lobster tailsπ¦
πΉοΈ$15.1 million for ribeye steak π₯©
πΉοΈ$2 million for Alaskan king crab π¦
πΉοΈ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano
βοΈ by @newrepublic.com
ICYMI: in our new paper, we contend there is "no current consensus on a definition of sex that is free of assumptions and limitations... and most importantly,...no biological definition of sex should be used to dictate human rights" #evolsky #LGBTQSTEM #ecology #evolution #biologicalsex
Almost 500 have been killed in Lebanon by the enemy, including a priest yesterday. Our fossil heritage is special in that it is connected to our Christian community. In this photo a fossil guitarfish is being gifted to the Vatican.
You can help those affected by the war here: gofund.me/f6fd46bfa
Glad to see published a new #GRAVIBONE paper, which is the first paper from @clementine-tetaert.bsky.social, co-1st with @camillebader.bsky.social, and with Charlene Verbeke, on ankle bone adaptation to heavy weight in proboscideans. Congrats!! Well done!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The Ouroboros serpent consumes itself.
It really is quite grimly hilarious how the drive for "Open Access" in academic publication was almost immediately captured by publishers who declared that, if readers weren't going to pay, then authors and their employers would have to.
And we bought it, schmucks.
No, but it's a good story! π
The internet, on scientists: They're secretive gatekeepers, they hoard esoterica/the truth, they don't want anyone in their ivory tower little clubs
Actual scientists: LOOK, WE FOUND A 300 MILLION YEAR OLD FOSSILIZED CLOACCAL IMPRESSION AND THE VENT IS HORIZONTAL! PLZ READ MY 67-PAGE PAPER ABOUT IT
"Russian flu," the pandemic that hit in 1977, bears an evolutionary signature of having emerged from a lab, perhaps as part of a failed vaccine effort. Covid, mpox, Ebola, and other influenza pandemics don't. Here's my story on a new way to trace the origins of pandemics. Gift link: nyti.ms/46N0W33
I'm really very proud of this piece, and I hope you guys -- even, or especially, the snake-suspicious among you -- read and enjoy it π
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
Cirripedia cyprid larva. Barnacles (Cirripedia) are surprisingly crustaceans, and have 2 larval stages in the plankton: the nauplius and the cyprid.
Video by Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
As an author, reviewer, JEB Editorial Board member & Director of The Company of Biologists, Alanβs presence, energy and vision will be profoundly missed π§΅3/3
Alan was a longstanding member of the JEB community & world-leading biomechanist whose work transformed our understanding of human and animal locomotion π§΅2/3
Alan Wilson speaking at the Biologists @ 100 conference organised by The Company of Biologists in Liverpool in March 2025. Alan is holding a microphone and speaking into it.
We are deeply saddened by the death of Alan Wilson. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, collaborators & colleagues π§΅1/3
www.biologists.com/stories/a-tr...
Keeps getting better from first few word things.
Our PhD opportunity is still open. A match-funded project with @chesterzoo.bsky.social, where the student will also be a Conservation Scholar. An exciting interdisciplinary project that can be tailored to the student. Even the pigeons are interested in our LiDAR scanner!
We are advertising a Sensory Ecology, Zoo Biology funded PhD opportunity, led by @cbrassey.bsky.social in partnership with Chester Zoo. Using some super-cool 3D scanning techniques and thinking about visual fields and enclosure design. Send round all your friends!
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
analysis of the limb proportions of various specimens suggests that - similar to bipedal sauropodomorphs, and possibly other bipedal pseudosuchians - sonselasuchus began life as a quadruped, switching to bipedal locomotion as it matured
the #openaccess paper can be found here!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
