duplicity, snake oil, fraud, swindle, con ....?
06.03.2026 20:11
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duplicity, snake oil, fraud, swindle, con ....?
Quick plug for our new resource, the Drosophila Species Stock Exchange. This is a database and mailing list that documents species currently in culture and the labs holding them. If you want to know more or sign up then please get in touch. See attached for more info and please share!
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Good morning with good news: Combined solar and battery plant's global average cost is 44% LOWER than the cost of combined-cycle gas turbine plant!
Solar & battery: $57/MWh
Gas plant: $102/MWh
Solar: $39/MWh
Land wind: $40/MWh
Offshore wind: $100/MWh
WOW!
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I had one like that. The reviewer was Very Upset that the grant wasn’t continuing a completely different area of research my lab had done in the past. Sigh.
Makes me think of that commercial where a kid says, earnestly, “I want to claw my way up to middle management”
There are students on campus that are giving complements to everyone the come into contact with on campus. So far I've gotten, "I like your mug" and "I like your sweater". I hope these students ace all of their exams all semester.
The secret ingredient for delicious quiche is mustard.
Consider canceling the talk, and tell them why.
Ooooh. Cool new paper on origins of life. A simple 45-nucleotide RNA molecule that can perfectly copy itself.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A reminder that EDI policies are enacted because *without* them there is bias in the system.
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It’s so good!
A slice of good news:
I *do* count submitted as an article on a CV (just slightly less than published). Others on hiring and grants committees I’ve been on do, too.
It means the work is final enough to be submitted, which is very different from “in preparation” (which could be “concepts of a plan“).
A great resource to help you pick responsible journals to publish in.
I think it’s cut off on the right and is supposed to say “we ❤️ our ice”
My photo shows the left side profile of a head of a cave lion skilfully carved from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago (Aurignacian culture). Carved details include muzzle, nose, eye, raised ears, and cross-hatching on the neck to indicate a mane. The ivory is a light creamy brown in colour with a surface sheen, and darker patches caused by time spent buried in the ground. It is displayed against a dark background. The head measures 2.95 cm in length x 2.11 cm in height. On display Landesmuseum Württemberg Stuttgart.
Wonderful Ice Age art!
Some 40,000 years ago, this tiny head of a cave lion was skilfully sculpted from mammoth ivory. It is one of the oldest known works of figurative art!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Boosting this! I got my titers checked when the TX measles outbreak happened, and it turned out I was no longer immune to measles so I got the vax again. (I originally got the MMR vax in 1989 and still had immunity to mumps and rubella.)
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Dr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face.
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
We had good interactions with WellGenetics (based out of Taiwan) a couple of years ago.
Oh no, this is sad news. I met her when I was at Science Meets Parliament when she was Minister of Science. She was gracious and joyful, and I so appreciated her work towards progressing equity in science. An incredible role model.
Unfortunately, I didn't bookmark it!
This made me laugh/cry because that's what my poorly cared for inbox looks like all the time. 🙃
An important study maps how nerves control the Drosophila male reproductive tract, revealing two types of glutamatergic neurons that also release serotonin or octopamine.
🔗 buff.ly/3PV2YQW
Cool new paper showing another case of ‘alternative meiosis’.
For those in Minnesota who need to see the love of those supporting you, this forum is the best of humanity.
I … did not know that was even a thing. Wow.
Maybe “This is not what America should be” ?
