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Honestly, I love reading Stephen Jay Gould's essays on #evolution, #biology and other topics. Some of them are almost 50 years old, many of them are outdated (sometimes corrected by later essays), many of them state things that are obvious to people living today.
Nevertheless, they're not only written in great style, but reading them is like witnessing history in the making. It's not like dry facts you learn a school, or historical accounts made by people with future perspective (though Gould often did such accounts as well, and tried to put ideas in context of their era) — it's about witnessing them as exciting new ideas.
The first collection is #book

⚗️ Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life
#biology

Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life
For the first time, scientists from the University of Cologne (UoC) have developed artificial nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, with several additional properties in the laboratory, which could be used as artificial nucleic acids for therapeutic applications.

This honeycreeper is half male, half female, and doesn't even GIVE a fuck
#science #biology…

Teens having normal adult sex hormones and sexual appetites is not a problem at all. It is just biological development.
The problem is the ignorance caused by fucked up societies trying to force them to stay in the role of children, and be asexual.
#nature #biology

🔌 Radio waves can tune up bacteria to become life-saving medicines
#biology

Radio waves can tune up bacteria to become life-saving medicines
Scientists from Australia and the United States have found a new way to alter the DNA of bacterial cells—a process used to make many vital medicines including insulin—much more efficiently than standard industry techniques.

How did #life start on Earth? 2/2
Having these ⬆️ compounds heavily diluted in some puddles billions of years ago does not create suddenly create life, even when we can wait for millenia.
But warm rocks with cracks could have increased such concentrations and transported them together, new research suggests. 😊
#chemistry #biology
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/rock-fissures-may-have-gathered-key-chemicals-for-early-life/

cant believe its alive!!! doesnt look much healthy tho: its yellowish and has a deffect on its leaf :(
#plant #botanics #biology

Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
#biology

People write "Oh My! An age gap! This could be abusive in some cases!"
ALL RELATIONSHIPS could be abusive.
That is NOT a function of age.
#nature #biology #BodilyAutonomy …

From the world of RNA: What's an Obelisk, anyway? "The list of things that we don’t know about these agents is lengthy." https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/what-s-obelisk-anyway

🐛 Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh
#biology

Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh
Findings could help forensic scientists better determine a body's precise time of death.

☀️ Surprising bacterium from Canadian lake shines new light on ancient photosynthesis
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-bacterium-canadian-lake-ancient-photosynthesis.html

Surprising bacterium from Canadian lake shines new light on ancient photosynthesis
Sometimes an experiment doesn't go as planned. That's science. But a "failed" experiment or unexpected results can be the avenue to a discovery you could never anticipate. University of Waterloo Ph.D. student Jackson Tsuji had a poorly growing bacterial sample he wasn't ready to give up on, which ultimately led to a once-in-a-lifetime finding that could change how scientists view photosynthesis and its origins.

How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background
#brain #neuroscience #research #biology