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Colin Purrington<p>iNaturalist just released a new iPhone app. In-camera IDs, offline IDs, bulk import, profile browser, etc. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/108940-dash" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/blog/108940-da</span><span class="invisible">sh</span></a></p>
D C Fitzgerald<p>Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus). Found across sub-Saharan Africa. It primarily inhabits savannas, woodlands &amp; gardens. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird. <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/birdsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdsofmastodon</span></a></p>
cluaran<p>Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins Breakthrough prize<br>Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>' </p><p>Liu was chosen for inventing two exceptionally precise gene editing tools, namely base editing and prime editing. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/05/david-liu-gene-editing-breakthrough-prize" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/05/david-liu-gene-editing-breakthrough-prize</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/142holdheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>142holdheap</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BreakthroughPrize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakthroughPrize</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeneEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneEditing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>

"In 2021, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., now serving as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, seemingly endorsed the idea of 'race as #biology ' when he stated:

'We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites because their immune system is better than ours.'

This statement demonstrates a long history of racial mythology that continues to influence #medicine today."

medium.com/@clarexanthos/race-

Medium · Race-Based Medicine: Rooted in Slavery, Yet Still Endorsed in 2025By Clare Xanthos, PhD

Tracing Chemical Knowledge Over Centuries with #LLMs 🧪

Diego Alves, Sergei Bagdasarov & Badr M. Abdullah prompted models to generate structured metadata for 47k+ texts from the #RoyalSociety Corpus (1665–1996), enabling large-scale comparison of #Chemistry and #Biology over time.

They tracked how chemical substances migrated between disciplines revealing a "chemicalization" of biology in the 19th century and a long-term trend toward standardization. #OpenScience #DiachronicAnalysis #NLP

Marital Status Linked to Dementia Risk in Older Adults

Summary: Researchers from Florida State University College of Medicine and University of Montpellier find that being divorced or never-married may lower dementia risk compared to married individuals, challenging traditional views of marriage's protective benefits against cognitive decline.

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https://biohackers.media/marital-status-linked-to-dementia-risk-in-older-adults

#health #science #biology @science@lemmy.world @news@lemmy.world @health@lemmy.world

Biohackers Media · Marital Status Linked to Dementia Risk in Older AdultsStudy finds marriage linked to higher dementia risk, challenging views on its cognitive benefits among older adults.