Scientists Say ‘Lost Birds List’ Will Help Protect Rare Species, study out of Macaulay Library & Cornell Lab of Ornithology, published by Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

by @grrlscientist

#ornithology #birds #CitizenScience #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/06/scientists-say-lost-birds-list-will-help-protect-species/

Extinct Guam Kingfisher Readying For Release On Remote Pacific Island, an effort by USFWSPacific & The Nature Conservancy

by @grrlscientist

#extinct #birds🪶 #ornithology🦉 #conservation #translocation #Guam #PalmyraAtoll #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/09/05/extinct-guam-kingfisher-readying-for-release-on-remote-pacific-island/

What Makes Some Cat Foods Irresistible To Our Finicky Felines? study out of Northeast Agricultural University & Shanghai Institute of Technology, published by Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry

by @grrlscientist

#cats #CatsofCoSo #pets #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/26/what-makes-some-cat-foods-irresistible-to-our-finicky-felines/

New Species Of Lovebird Discovered In The Cradle Of Humankind, published by the journal, Geobios

by @grrlscientist

#parrots #ornithology #fossils #paleontology #ecology #lovebirds #SouthAfrica #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/23/new-species-of-lovebird-discovered-in-the-cradle-of-humankind/

Athletic Success Of Racehorses Improves With Greater Gut Microbiome Diversity, study out of University Of Surrey published by Scientific Reports

by @grrlscientist

#horses #athletics #sports #HorseRacing #microbiome #microbiology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/22/success-of-racehorses-improves-with-greater-gut-microbiome-diversity/

the last of the #book #bonanza sent by my good friend katie, her most excellent assistant, david, & the very good peeps #MITpress

The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics, from Our Bodies to Our Beliefs by Sabrina Sholts

#pandemics #microbiology #virus https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048859/the-human-disease/

my #book bonanza continues: this time, so many thanks to my good friend katie, her most excellent assistant, david, & the good peeps MITpress for this new #SciFiBooks in the Radium Age series

Man's World by Charlotte Haldane

#AmReading #books https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547635/mans-world/

Gun Violence In Rural America Rises When Deer Hunting Season Begins--why? study out of Princeton published by JAMA Network Open

by @grrlscientist

#guns #GunViolence #homicide #ruralAmerica #deer #DeerHunting #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/20/gun-violence-in-rural-america-rises-when-deer-hunting-season-begins/

Would You Eat Ice Cream Made From Mare’s Milk? study by West Pomeranian University of Technology & published by PLoSONE

by @grrlscientist

#food #milk #IceCream #horses #Foodies #HealthyFood #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/16/would-you-eat-ice-cream-made-from-mares-milk/

THANK YOU SO MUCH #UCPress! i've eagerly awaited this book for months

Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History by William T. Taylor

#MustRead #books #horses #history https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520380677/hoof-beats#:~:text=About%20the%20Book,-Journey%20to%20the&text=From%20the%20Rockies%20to%20the,world%20we%20live%20in%20today

woot! look what just arrived: The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity by Karen Bloom Gevirtz

thank you, #UCPress!

#MustRead #books #history #medicine https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520409910/the-apothecarys-wife

An Eight-Week Vegan Diet May Slow Biological Aging, study out of Stanford University, published by BMC Medicine

by @grrlscientist

#GoVegan🥕 #HealthyEating🌶️ #foods🫘 #Twins #Aging #EpigeneticClock #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/30/an-eight-week-vegan-diet-may-slow-biological-aging/

COVID-19 Is Widespread In ‘Common Backyard Wildlife’ In US, study out of Virginia Tech & Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, published by Nature Communications

by @grrlscientist

#Covid_19🦠 #epidemiology #PublicHealth🛟 #wildlife #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/29/covid-19-is-widespread-in-common-backyard-wildlife-in-us/

Shingrix, The Shingles Vaccine, Could Reduce Your Risk Of Dementia, study out of University of Oxford, published by Nature Medicine

by @grrlscientist

#Vaccines💉 #shingles🦠 #virus #Shingrix #dementia #PublicHealth🩺 #Healthcare⚕️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/28/shingrix-the-shingles-vaccine-could-reduce-your-risk-of-dementia/

Cancer Risk From Pesticides Comparable To Smoking For Some Cancers, study out of Rocky Vista University, published by Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society

by @grrlscientist

#Cancer #pesticides #smoking🚬 #agriculture🚜 #FoodSecurity #health🩺⚕️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/25/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-for-some-cancers/

Sharks On Cocaine: Recreational Narcotics Are Contaminating Ecosystems | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, published by Science of the Total Environment

#sharks🦈 #narcotics #ecosystems #environment⛰️ #pollution #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/23/sharks-on-cocaine-recreational-narcotics-are-contaminating-ecosystems/

Domesticating The Ground Cherry Using CRISPR Gene Editing, out of Cornell University / Physalis Improvement Project, Boyce Thompson Institute / published by #Plants, People, #Planet

by @grrlscientist

#food #crop #botany #groundcherry #CRISPR #domestication #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/22/domesticating-the-ground-cherry-using-crispr-gene-editing/

Rare Genetic Mutation Turns Green Frog Blue💙, Surprising Scientists, via Australian🇦🇺 Wildlife Conservancy

by @grrlscientist

#frogs🐸 #amphibians #colors #Mutation #Australia #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/18/rare-genetic-mutation-turns-green-frog-blue-surprising-scientists/

Ancient Genomes Reveal Dingoes Are Not Related To Modern Domesticated Dogs | out of Queensland University of Technology + University of Adelaide, published by PNAS

by @grrlscientist

#dingo🐾 #genetics🧬 #conservation🌏 #Australia🇦🇺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/15/ancient-genomes-reveal-dingoes-are-not-related-to-modern-domesticated-dogs/

When Hippos🦛 Fly: Hippopotamuses Can Move So Fast They Become Airborne, out of #RoyalVeterinaryCollege published by the PeerJ

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#hippos🦛 #biomechanics #Movement #veterinary #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/05/when-hippos-fly-hippopotamuses-can-run-so-fast-they-become-airborne/