Michael B. Habib, PhD

A soft, robotic device can autonomously navigate the trachea to support rapid and self-guided intubation outside of hospitals and could expand and democratize intubation for emergency responders and resource-limited environments. #ScienceTranslationalMedicine https://scim.ag/4n0bxxt

Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna Insect populations have declined worldwide, but the extent and drivers of these declines are debated. Most studies rely on field surveys performed in the past century, leaving gaps in our understandin...

A new Science study of ants in Fiji—involving genomic sequencing of over 4000 ant specimens from museum collections—shows that most native species have been in decline since humans first arrived in the archipelago 3000 years ago. https://scim.ag/489mI2o

Limb bone robusticity is coupled with mass distribution in terrestrial tetrapods | Royal Society Open Science The vertebrate body is a highly modular system within which evolutionary adaptation is expected to occur synchronously at a variety of hierarchical scales, from single tissue to whole organism. For example, the evolution of different body shapes, ...

M. Dempsey et al. (2025)
Limb bone robusticity is coupled with mass distribution in terrestrial tetrapods
Royal Society Open Science 12(9): 251103
doi: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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It hurts indeed. Mark was a mix of mentor, colleague, and friend. The time I spent with him at the AMNH had a huge impact on my graduate work. Working with Mark on the AMNH Pterosaurs exhibit was absolutely a highlight of my career.

Strength and Honor, Mark. Your legacy is immortal.

These Armed and Armored Plant Eaters Were the Most Metal Dinosaurs of All Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function

My Scientific American piece on dinosaur armor is out now in the April issue. This was great fun to write, and it features fantastic art from Owen Weber and Dr Mark Witton

www.scientificamerican.com/article/dino...

Why Feathers Are One of Evolution’s Cleverest Inventions Fossil and living birds reveal the dazzling biology of feathers

Figure I’ll start playing a bit more in the Bluesky space. To help kick things off, here’s my Scientific American article from last year on feathers. #feathers #flight #birds

www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Maybe this take is unpopular but I don't think people who are statistically more likely to sexually assault children should be allowed to use the same bathroom as the rest of us.

That's why need separate bathrooms for Donald Trump's advisors.

How to protect your pets from bird flu H5N1 continues to circulate in wild animals, cows, and poultry–cats and dogs aren’t immune.

"The AVMA never recommends raw diets for dogs or cats because of the risk of multiple pathogens..." and the spread of H5N1 makes raw feeding riskier than ever. "The strain that’s currently circulating has a near 90 percent case fatality rate in domestic cats” www.popsci.com/health/how-t...

Artificial Intelligence-Based Clinical Decision-Making in Erectile Dysfunction: a Narrative Review.

You all are hating on AI but you can't deny that it's solving the existential problems of our age.

Rethinking dinosaur origins: oldest known equatorial dinosaur-bearing assemblage (mid-late Carnian Popo Agie FM, Wyoming, USA) Abstract. The origin of Dinosauria is thought to be deeply rooted in the high-latitude southern hemisphere (Gondwana). Nearly 6–10 million years separates

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