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

by @grrlscientist

#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/

exquisite writing, fascinating story

Dr. Calhoun’s Mousery: The Strange Tale of a Celebrated Scientist, a Rodent Dystopia, and the Future of Humanity by Lee Alan Dugatkin

#behavior #science #history #biography #booklovers #mustread #amreading #books UChicagoPress https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo239362319.html

Frog ‘Saunas’ Help Endangered Frogs Survive A Deadly Fungal Pandemic, via Macquarie University + University of Melbourne, published by Nature

by @grrlscientist

#amphibians🐸 #chytrid #mycology #ecology🌏 #conservation💉 #epidemiology🛟 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/28/frog-saunas-help-endangered-frogs-survive-a-deadly-fungal-pandemic/

Wild Boar🐗 Has Five Times More Toxic PFAS Than Humans Allowed To Eat, by James Hutton Institute + University of Graz, published by Science of the Total Environment

by @grrlscientist

#ForeverChemicals #PFAS #toxins #pollution🏭 #environment⛰️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/26/wild-boar-has-five-times-more-toxic-pfas-than-humans-allowed-to-eat/

Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous To Humans, published by Nature Microbiology

by @grrlscientist

#mycology🔬 #microbiology🦠 #PathogenicFungus #PublicHealth🛟 #epidemiology😷💉 #EmergingDiseases #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/24/climate-change-could-make-fungi-more-dangerous-to-humans/

Genome Of The Last Living Wild Horse Species Has Now Been Mapped, from University of #Minnesota & #MinnesotaZoo, published by G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics

by @grrlscientist

#horses🐴 #genomics🖥️ 🧬 #conservation🌏 #bioinformatics #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/17/genome-of-the-last-living-wild-horse-species-has-now-been-mapped/

this paperback, The Shadow Docket by Stephen Vladeck, just arrived in the mail, thanks to Oriel the outstanding & BasicBooks📚

An acclaimed legal scholar’s exposé of how #SCOTUS uses unsigned & unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-vladeck/the-shadow-docket/9781541602632/

Does Size Matter? Penis Dissatisfaction And Gun Ownership In America | University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University, Florida State University, pub'd by American Journal of Men's Health

by @grrlscientist

#GunOwnership #PenisSize #Men #Sociology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/12/does-size-matter-penis-dissatisfaction-and-gun-ownership-in-america/

Simply Looking At The Natural World Can Improve Well-Being, a study out of Bangor University + Technion-Israel, published by People and Nature

by @grrlscientist

#UrbanPlanning🏙️ #CityLife #Trees🌲🌳 #Nature🌱 #environment⛰️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/09/simply-looking-at-the-natural-world-can-improve-well-being/

Shark Barfs Up A Spiky Echidna In Front Of Surprised Scientists, via James Cook University

by @grrlscientist

#sharks🦈 #echidna #MarineBiology🌊 #tagging #Australia🇦🇺 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/07/shark-barfs-up-a-spiky-echidna-in-front-of-surprised-scientists/

Frequent Mowing May Transform Poisonous Weeds Into ‘Superweeds’, from University of Arkansas + University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, published by Scientific Reports

by @grrlscientist

#weeds #superweeds #plants #evolution #ecology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/05/frequent-mowing-may-transform-poisonous-weeds-into-superweeds/

Watch: How A Frog Is Helping Scientists Understand A Deadly Amphibian Pandemic

by @grrlscientist with video by bioGraphic

#amphibian #frogs🐸 #pandemic #chytrid #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/31/watch-how-a-frog-is-helping-scientists-understand-a-deadly-amphibian-pandemic/

Personalized Phage Therapy Heals Cat With Deadly Bacterial Infection, via Hebrew University, published by #Veterinary🩺 Quarterly

by @grrlscientist

#Medicine⚕️ #PhageTherapy #Microbiology🔬 #MDRO #bacteria🧫 #bacteriophage🦠 #cats🐈‍⬛ #pets🐾 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/30/personalized-phage-therapy-heals-cat-with-deadly-bacterial-infection/

Humans Really Are The Most Terrifying Predator On The Planet, study out of Western University & University of Tasmania🇦🇺, published by Royal Society ProceedingsB #Biological #Sciences

by @grrlscientist

#wildlife🦘#hunting #human #SuperPredator #PTSD #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/28/humans-really-are-the-most-terrifying-predator-on-the-planet/

Diverse Headgear Of Hoofed Mammals Evolved From A Common Ancestor, study from Baruch College & CUNY Graduate Center, published by Communications Biology

by @grrlscientist

#evolution #GeneExpression🧬 #transcriptomes #cervidae🦌🦬🦒 #headgear #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/27/diverse-headgear-of-hoofed-mammals-evolved-from-a-common-ancestor/

Genetic Mutation Underlying Finland’s ‘Salty Liquorice’ Cats Identified, out of University of Helsinki🇫🇮 + Wisdom Panel, published by Animal Genetics

by @grrlscientist

#pets #cats🐈‍⬛ #caturday🐾 #genetics🧬 #color🎨 #salmiak #Finland🇫🇮 #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/24/genetic-mutation-underlying-finlands-salty-liquorice-cats-identified/

Genetics Reveals The Mysterious Origins Of The Cockroach via University of Western Australia + Harvard University, published by PNAS

by @grrlscientist

#cockroach🪳 #InsectDetective #insects #evolution #systematics #pesticides #genetics🧬 #BarcodeGene #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/22/genetics-reveals-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-cockroach/