marcusstensmyr - Network

Stoopid cat prodly brought home a bird yesterday (a wren) and proudly showed it off. First time this has happened. Why do cats bring home...

Stoopid cat prodly brought home a bird yesterday (a wren) and proudly showed it off. First time this has happened. Why do cats bring home prey? Is this a behavior that evolved with domestication ("look how useful I am, give me food and shelter"), or is it a remnant of a wild behavior?

@meraord får du också det?

@meraord får du också det?

Mastodon has clearly matured as social network. Im now getting bot followers!

Mastodon has clearly matured as social network. Im now getting bot followers!

In 1936, Karl Ritter von Frisch made a curious observation: injured Eurasian minnows induced fear reactions in conspecifics. The identity...

In 1936, Karl Ritter von Frisch made a curious observation: injured Eurasian minnows induced fear reactions in conspecifics. The identity of this alarm signal has remained a mystery since. A new paper in @CurrentBiology now reports novel Schreckstoff components. Below a link to my commentary about the paper!

https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1iuYM3QW8S6DtH

Generative #AI in #photoshop.My command: match backgrounds. AI: Here you go!

Generative #AI in #photoshop.
My command: match backgrounds.
AI: Here you go!

Jag=Grinchen...

Jag=Grinchen...

Vad följer med i...

Vad följer med i granen?
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/gavleborg/julgranen-blir-lyxhotell-for-smadjuren-kvalster-i-tusental-foljer-med-in

What are farm animals thinking? A lot it seems. Dont eat meat basically....

What are farm animals thinking? A lot it seems. Dont eat meat basically. https://www.science.org/content/article/not-dumb-creatures-livestock-surprise-scientists-their-complex-emotional-minds?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=9d6f82828f-briefing-wk-20231215&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-9d6f82828f-49634788

The university email has not worked since yesterday! Best two days in a long time! 🙏

The university email has not worked since yesterday! Best two days in a long time! 🙏

He not only looks like Prof Dumbledore, he also sounds like him! Science is also magical and whimsical!

He not only looks like Prof Dumbledore, he also sounds like him! Science is also magical and whimsical!

We had Lars Chittka over for a seminar today. Full house, and a superfun talk about the mental workings of #bees, and #cognition in small...

We had Lars Chittka over for a seminar today. Full house, and a superfun talk about the mental workings of #bees, and #cognition in small critters in general!

On the issue of #chatgpt. ChatGPT Replicates Gender Bias in Recommendation...

On the issue of #chatgpt. ChatGPT Replicates Gender Bias in Recommendation Letters.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chatgpt-replicates-gender-bias-in-recommendation-letters/

Any of my American colleagues that have tried #Claude 2.1? No access in EU, but supposedly it outperforms #ChatGPT when it comes to...

Any of my American colleagues that have tried #Claude 2.1? No access in EU, but supposedly it outperforms #ChatGPT when it comes to academic writing. @debivort @Pool_Lab @schoppik

Happy Daily Global Surface Air Temperature 2°C Anomaly day to those who celebrate...

Happy Daily Global Surface Air Temperature 2°C Anomaly day to those who celebrate...

🦟🐸 New fun paper uncover the unique hearing mechanisms in a frog-biting mosquito! Uranotaenia lowii (a mosquito) females use frog...

🦟🐸 New fun paper uncover the unique hearing mechanisms in a frog-biting mosquito! Uranotaenia lowii (a mosquito) females use frog calls to locate hosts for blood meals. 🎶🔍 #Mosquitoes #FrogCommunication

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-abstract/doi/10.1242/jeb.245359/334692/Tiny-spies-mosquito-antennae-are-sensitive-sensors?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Where we will publish all future papers from my lab.

Where we will publish all future papers from my lab.

But! There are amphoras with wine remains in Europe and US, so all hope is not lost!

But! There are amphoras with wine remains in Europe and US, so all hope is not lost!

...Egypt doesnt allow any export of any material (fair enough I guess). So unfortuantely for the time being this cannot be done. 😞

...Egypt doesnt allow any export of any material (fair enough I guess). So unfortuantely for the time being this cannot be done. 😞

Had a fun meeting yesterday with an egyptologist! Recently a large cache of wine amphoras, some still sealed were discovered in Egypt. These...

Had a fun meeting yesterday with an egyptologist! Recently a large cache of wine amphoras, some still sealed were discovered in Egypt. These date to early Dynasty period, 3000BC. I reached out and said I wanted to sequence the dregs to look for Drosophila DNA, a continuation of historical DNA analysis of D. melanogaster. Alas...

Took up the boat today. The experiment with skipping the anti-fouling coat seems to have failed. Counted at least four phyla...

Took up the boat today. The experiment with skipping the anti-fouling coat seems to have failed. Counted at least four phyla...