Andreas Zeller<p>What do you get if you combine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grammars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammars</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/constraints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constraints</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> algorithms, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> in one? A mighty fuzzer! Check out our latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FANDANGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FANDANGO</span></a> work, to appear at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISSTA2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISSTA2025</span></a>: <br><a href="https://publications.cispa.de/articles/standard/FANDANGO_Evolving_Language-Based_Testing/28769252?file=53591066" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publications.cispa.de/articles</span><span class="invisible">/standard/FANDANGO_Evolving_Language-Based_Testing/28769252?file=53591066</span></a><br>To try out Fandango yourself, check out its home page: <a href="https://fandango-fuzzer.github.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fandango-fuzzer.github.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>The Definitive Guide to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Creationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Creationists</span></a> </p><p>Part 1: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cosmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmology</span></a>/#Planetary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br>Part 2: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Abiogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abiogenesis</span></a> <br>Part 3: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolutionary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a>/#Paleontology<br>Part 4: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a>/#Molecular Biology<br>Part 5: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a>/#Theology </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7_HOZHOi1w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=r7_HOZHOi1</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2JjHDZDdRE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=s2JjHDZDdR</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQOCybcSnug" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=pQOCybcSnu</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfm9q4UoQBI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tfm9q4UoQB</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU8H_Fh-TAE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=xU8H_Fh-TA</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/creationism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creationism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/origins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origins</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a></p>
Carl Setzer<p>A blogger by the name <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AdamMastroianni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamMastroianni</span></a> wrote a very interesting post "By myself? I'd rather die" that looks at the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> elements of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/conformity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conformity</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.carlsetzer.com/2025/03/18/be-myself-id-rather-die/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carlsetzer.com/2025/03/18/be-m</span><span class="invisible">yself-id-rather-die/</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Take home message for me, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> is making you dumb, go read a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> book instead (or listen to a science audio book. Recording or using a text to speech app)</p><p>All In The Mind: The ick: dating, disgust and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a></p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/allinthemind/the-ick-dating-disgust-evolutionary-psychology/104948536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/listen/programs/all</span><span class="invisible">inthemind/the-ick-dating-disgust-evolutionary-psychology/104948536</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/79/Z/vh.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediacore-live-production.akam</span><span class="invisible">aized.net/audio/02/79/Z/vh.mp3</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Take home message for me, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> is making you dumb, go read a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> book instead</p><p>All In The Mind: The ick: dating, disgust and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a></p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/allinthemind/the-ick-dating-disgust-evolutionary-psychology/104948536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/listen/programs/all</span><span class="invisible">inthemind/the-ick-dating-disgust-evolutionary-psychology/104948536</span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/79/Z/vh.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediacore-live-production.akam</span><span class="invisible">aized.net/audio/02/79/Z/vh.mp3</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a><br>When <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seawater</span></a> gets cold, it gets viscous. This fact could explain how single-celled <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> creatures became multicellular when the planet was frozen during “<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SnowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowballEarth</span></a>,” according to experiments.<br>The prevailing scientific view is that such frigid temperatures would slow rather than speed evolution. But fossil records from 720 to 635MYA show an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> spurt preceding the development of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physics-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/the-physics</span><span class="invisible">-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/</span></a></p>
Charrvein<p>Variation of tooth traits in ecologically specialized and sympatric morphs</p><p>2024-12-21 | Preprint biorxiv </p><p>DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.18.629189</p><p>Guđbjörg Ósk Jónsdóttir et al</p><p>We examined variation in dental traits in four sympatric morphs of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) which differ in feeding specialisations, head and jaw bone morphology. </p><p>Submitted to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Salmonid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salmonid</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/maxilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maxilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/premaxilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>premaxilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/palatine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palatine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bones</span></a> w <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teeth</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Carbenes in Space? New Discovery Could Explain Life’s Cosmic Origins<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/carbenes-in-space-new-discovery-could-explain-lifes-cosmic-origins/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/carbenes-in-s</span><span class="invisible">pace-new-discovery-could-explain-lifes-cosmic-origins/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrochemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biochemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolutionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrganicChemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicChemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UVRadiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UVRadiation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a></p>
mj<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>witchescauldron</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hamishcampbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hamishcampbell</span></a></span> </p><p>Well, I think I understand what you're implying there, and would definitely agree that information is not enough (fluffy?).</p><p>Lifestyles, habits, and world-views have to change too, and for those, more info is not what is generally needed. Pain & loss are unfortunate requirements, aka "learning the hard way" through experience instead of a lecture.</p><p>Given that we will do more to avoid pain, standing on the mainstream sidelines is what the comfy majority do. That area is constantly shrinking though, so that's one thing in favor of motivating serious change.</p><p>I think that short term mentality also is impeding the solutions we're talking about, which are by nature quite long term, generational aspects. We will have to modify religious world-views, <a href="https://c.im/tags/nationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalist</span></a> /economic, and scientific ones as well, all notoriously slow to change & adapt, even though inevitable in the long run.</p><p>These institutions suffer from the lack of <a href="https://c.im/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> properties in duplicitous manners. They are top-down, closed <a href="https://c.im/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchy</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/reductionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reductionist</span></a>, as well as exclusionary & rivalrous.</p><p>Linear thinking & toy models rule the day because they are faster & easier to implement, and very often do no noticeable harm, or if they do, it's only to a small, powerless minority (or take lifetimes to accumulate into a problem).</p><p>This has an <a href="https://c.im/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> basis, so solutions will have to have special characteristics of 'over-ride' (power) while remaining constrained in both scope and time ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> & periodic). It will require the kind of <a href="https://c.im/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a> that <a href="https://c.im/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> won't allow.</p><p>We'll need to be <a href="https://c.im/tags/interconnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interconnected</span></a>, co-dependent, and often vulnerable. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> forms must replace <a href="https://c.im/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> organizational framing (note that even NGOs & NPOs take the post-agrarian revolution, city-state + Ptolemaic/ <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropocentric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropocentric</span></a> hierarchy).</p><p>So a re-write of the narrative is in order. This is quite natural and repeats regularly throughout history. There are software updates & patches, and then there are entirely new apps & devices (driven by hardware advances, or tech in general). </p><p>Kuhn has clear ideas about how <a href="https://c.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> navigates these changes. Puzzle-solving ~/= bug patches. We are well beyond a saturation of patches; it's time for a paradigm shifting philosophy & protocol. My hack at this is called the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Information_Paradigm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Information_Paradigm</span></a>.</p><p>We are, in essence, needing something that can easily appear contradictive-- the early adopters of new paradigms are a very different crowd than the mass crowds that will follow them, based on emotional or fast-brain processes. Getting them onboard takes a different set of enticements than the post-pivot criticality will for the rest of civilization. </p><p>IOW, the 'fluffy' stuff comes back as partly but critically necessary, which is why we can't eliminate it completely. Leaders emerge across all scales, and need to be able to find common ground with their distant cohorts, rather than competitive isolation or aggression for individual benefit.</p><p>These leaders, and the groups/networks they represent, are very diverse. A default to "Open" principles means, among other things, looking for shared desires & interests to build <a href="https://c.im/tags/cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperation</span></a> on, rather than immediately dividing along lines of difference.</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Geological evidence reveals a staircase pattern in Earth’s rotational deceleration evolution: <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317051121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317</span><span class="invisible">051121</span></a> -> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>’s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>days</span></a> were once 2 hours longer — and that may have triggered one of the biggest <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> explosions in history, study suggests: <a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/earth-s-days-were-once-2-hours-longer-and-that-may-have-triggered-one-of-the-biggest-evolutionary-explosions-in-history-study-suggests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/space/the-moon</span><span class="invisible">/earth-s-days-were-once-2-hours-longer-and-that-may-have-triggered-one-of-the-biggest-evolutionary-explosions-in-history-study-suggests</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event <a href="https://newatlas.com/biology/life-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newatlas.com/biology/life-merg</span><span class="invisible">er-evolution-symbiosis-organelle/</span></a> 1 “Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>”</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> event<br>Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got plants. The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> Braarudosphaera bigelowii has been found to have absorbed a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cyanobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyanobacteria</span></a> called UCYN-A, which may be a huge step forward for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a>.<br><a href="https://newatlas.com/biology/life-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newatlas.com/biology/life-merg</span><span class="invisible">er-evolution-symbiosis-organelle/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Why Do <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> Go Through <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Menopause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Menopause</span></a>?<br>New study argues that the change brought these <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/females" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>females</span></a> an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> advantage — and perhaps did the same for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a>. Loking at the biology of the five <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a> species, researchers argue menopause gave animals an evolutionary advantage. For example, it could have prevented older females from being pregnant at same time as their daughters, avoiding resource conflicts that would hurt both of their offspring. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/science/whale-menopause.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/03/13/science</span><span class="invisible">/whale-menopause.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/dVCrS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/dVCrS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
juli g pausas<p>Evolutionary Ecology of Fire - a review of the current state of the art just published in Ann Rev Ecol Evol Syst <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@AnnualReviews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AnnualReviews</span></a></span></p><p>How <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> shaped our <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> in temperate and boreal forests, shrublands, savannas & grasslands across the globe?</p><p><a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102320-095612" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/</span><span class="invisible">annurev-ecolsys-102320-095612</span></a> | <a href="https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2022/11/04/evolutionary-ecology-of-fire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2022/11/0</span><span class="invisible">4/evolutionary-ecology-of-fire/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionary</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FireEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireEcology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PlantEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlantEcology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PlantStrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlantStrategies</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/resprouting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resprouting</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/seeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seeding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/wildfirescience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildfirescience</span></a></span></p>
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