"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?"
I love this framing about bias in hobbyist-collected data.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-025-01192-x
https://www.europesays.com/2432947/ 2,600-Year-Old Lost Temple Built of Green Tuff Stone Unearthed at Oluz Höyük, Northern Türkiye #AnatolianArchaeology #archaeology #ClassicalArchaeology #Culture #EgyptArchaeology #history #MesopotamiaArchaeology #mythology #News #science #travel #Turkey #turkiye
#RFKJr Said to Focus on Unproven Link Between Common Painkiller & #Autism
Federal *#health* officials are expected to link rising rates of autism to the use of #acetaminophen, the active ingredient in the common painkiller #Tylenol, in a report to be released on Monday. Scientists have studied a potential connection for years, but the research so far has yielded inconclusive results.
#science #medicine #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/health/kennedy-autism-tylenol-trump.html?smid=url-share
Common cinnamon metabolite shows potential for Alzheimer’s treatment by reducing amyloid in blood https://www.byteseu.com/1402871/ #Science
How modern life makes us sick – and what to do about it. The difficulties we encounter are frequently the result of self-sabotage, and managing them often requires wrestling with our own drives, doing our best not to give in to every impulse. https://www.byteseu.com/1402868/ #EverythingScience #Science
Heh, I see ‘Real Disaster Channel’ is showing the episode about the Comair flight that crashed going into Detroit.
What is so special about this crash?
If I remember correctly, the airplane had wings CURVED BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM.
Thus, according to BOTH the ‘Bernoulli principle’ AND the ‘Coanda effect’ nerds, THIS AIRPLANE COULD NOT HAVE FLOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
(The plane crashed because the pilots did not operate their deïcing boots.)
Michigan Science Center Debuts Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit https://www.byteseu.com/1402811/ #Science
Orca ‘dialects’ could solve the puzzle of why killer whales keep attacking boats https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/orcas-attack-boats-spain-portugal-dialects-sailors-b2830384.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Orca
Astronomers Say Earth Has a Newly Discovered 'Quasi-Moon,' a Companion That Shares Its Orbit Around the Sun https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-say-earth-has-a-newly-discovered-quasi-moon-a-companion-that-shares-its-orbit-around-the-sun-180987361/ #science
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 18: The truth about #FakeNews and #deception in nature: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/09/fake-news-in-nature.html #science #ecology #behaviour #communication #ultrasound #pheromones