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When asked what was about the overall results from the Impacts on Science survey, Big Biology guest Katie Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social concluded: “We really need freedom for science to work.” 🔬 🧪 🧬
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Episode 141: Vulnerability in Science and in Genomes Cover Art! 🌟 Tune in to our newest episode to hear from Dr. katie Lotterhos as she talks federal funding cuts on science. Stay tuned to take a deeper dive into population structure, genomic adaptation, and vulnerability!
Ep. 139 “Evolution Across Scales” with Dr. Mike Lynch is out now!
In Original Sin, Dr. Harden explores the relationship between control, blame, and biology. Addressing the uneasy space where human biology meets behavior, Harden calls us to reexamine our views of accountability, punishment, and forgiveness. #scicomm #biology #science #bigbiology
Big Biology guest Brad Gemmell talks about a key feature of his research—the fact that many marine organisms are very small, at least at some point in their lives. 🔍 🔬
In our recent episode, guest Paige Harden describes how we might think about moral responsibility to one another as humans who live together in a community. This is a core element of her new book “Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness”.
Jaap de Roode is concerned that the biodiversity and climate crises might rob the world of the pharmacy and pharmacists in nature. He draws on the words of Jane Goodall to give some hope that we can all do something to make a change and help protect nature’s doctors. 🐻 🐵 🦋 🩺
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Film: A Family Affair (2024) [PG-13] Studio: Netflix Character: N/A Actor: Text-to-Speech (TTS) Director: Richard LaGravenese Screenwriter: Carrie Solomon Timestamp: 0:02:56 cinematicfbombs.com/2024/06/29/2...
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President Donald Trump said he instructed the Department of Defense on Monday to postpone strikes on Iran's power plants for five days after the United States had "constructive conversations" with the country that will continue through the week. Full update: https://youtu.be/4Z6EWlWBvtI
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в кар’єрі здобути найпрестижніший європейський трофей, але у стартовий склад своєї команди Забарний не потрапив, розпочавши гру на лаві запасних. До гри букмекери у своїх прогнозах віддавали перевагу французькому клубу. Коефіцієнт на перемогу парижан складав 2,33 проти 3,15 на перемогу «канонірів».
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