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Roseanne Barr Returns To Twitter And Doubles Down On Her Racism
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/05/29/roseanne-barr-returns-to-twitter-and-doubles-down-on-her-racism.html

Japanese Whalers Killed 333 Minke Whales This Year, in The Name of 'Research'
122 of them were pregnant.
https://www.sciencealert.com/japan-killed-333-minke-whales-this-summer-apparently-in-the-name-of-research-2017-2018

Unpacking Heredity with Carl Zimmer: What Do We Pass Down?
http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/05/unpacking-heredity-carl-zimmer-pass/

Genetic Intelligence Tests Are Next to Worthless
And not just because one said I was below average.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/genetic-intelligence-tests-are-next-to-worthless/561392/

source:
http://alithographica.tumblr.com🐝 /post/174253443166/bees-theyre-great-as-long-as-you-dont-agitate

#worldturtleday
19 weird and wonderful turtle and tortoise species
These shelled reptiles take us by surprise with their wacky looks and surprisingly feisty behaviors.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/19-weird-and-wonderful-turtle-and-tortoise-species

An Incredible Fossil Just Changed What We Know About The Split of Pangaea
Earth's super-continent lasted longer than we thought.
https://www.sciencealert.com/130-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-pangaea-supercontinent-existed-longer

When Will the Media Stop Honoring Angry Men?
As the GOP and much of the mainstream media flail about looking for a "reason" for school shootings, the real problem goes largely unexplored. What are we going to do about America's angry misogynist problem?
https://www.damemagazine.com/2018/05/23/when-will-the-media-stop-honoring-angry-men/

#invasiveSpecies #HammerheadFlatworms
Giant Predatory Worms Quietly Invaded France, And Biologists Are Shocked
Hammerhead flatworms, which grow to a foot or more in length, do not belong in European vegetable gardens.
The predatory worms are native to Asia, where they happily gobble up earthworms under a warmer sun.
Nobody noticed for ages.
https://www.sciencealert.com/multiple-giant-predatory-worm-species-invaded-france-and-no-one-noticed

Common Ancestor of All Placental Mammals Was Insect-Eater
... According to a new analysis of mammalian genomes, nearly all placental mammals have one of five different chitinase genes, though not all are functioning and some fragmentary; this suggests that the common ancestor of all placental mammals, living with dinosaurs until 66 million years ago, was an insectivore (insect eater). The study was published in the journal Science Advances.
http://www.sci-news.com/biology/common-ancestor-placental-mammals-insect-eater-06023.html

two of my fave animals:
tardigrades + bdelloid rotifers
😍 💥 💖
tardigrades:
New species of near-indestructible tardigrades found in parking lot
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/tardigrade-new-species-teach-us
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bdelloid rotifers:
Who needs sex? – Rotifers import genes from fungi, bacteria and plants
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/01/who-needs-sex-rotifers-import-genes-from-fungi-bacteria-and-plants/
Rotifers find answer to parasites by blowing on the wind
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2010/01/28/rotifers-find-answer-to-parasites-by-blowing-on-the-wind/
Bdelloid rotifers – the world’s most radiation-resistant animals
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/24/bdelloid-rotifers-the-worlds-most-radiation-resistant-animals/

Female climate scientist is finally honored for her contributions 162 years later
A simple experiment by Eunice Foote in the mid-1800s discovered how CO2 could warm the atmosphere.
... Foote was the first scientist to make the connection between carbon dioxide and climate change. She discovered CO2’s warming properties in 1856, more than 160 years ago and three years before John Tyndall...
https://thinkprogress.org/female-climate-scientist-eunice-foote-finally-honored-for-her-contributions-162-years-later/

What Aardvark Milk Reveals about the Evolution of Lactation
Samples from the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Exotic Animal Milk Repository help scientists study the unifying trait of all mammals
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-aardvark-milk-reveals-about-evolution-lactation-180968523/

Solar powered sea slugs shed light on search for perpetual green energy
Near-shore animal becomes plant-like after pilfering tiny solar panels and storing them in its gut
Summary:
In an amazing achievement akin to adding solar panels to your body, a Northeast sea slug sucks raw materials from algae to provide its lifetime supply of solar-powered energy, according to a new study.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180503085550.htm

Homo naledi Had Small but Surprisingly Complex Brain
According to new research, despite its small brain size, Homo naledi shared several aspects of structure in common with other species of the genus Homo (H. habilis, H. rudolfensis, H. floresiensis, and H. erectus), not found in other hominins or great apes, suggesting that innovations in brain structure were ancestral within our genus.
http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/homo-naledi-brain-06010.html

A diet rich in fiber...
According to a new preclinical study by researchers from the University of Lausanne and Monash University, a diet rich in fiber blunts harmful immune responses in the lungs while boosting antiviral immunity by activating T cells; and these dual benefits are mediated by changes in the composition of gut bacteria, leading to an increase in the production of short-chain fatty acids through the microbial fermentation of dietary fiber.
http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/dietary-fiber-influenza-06009.html