Podcasts about Royal Society Open Science

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Auch Ziegen können selbstlos sein +++ Fast 3000 Jahre alte Maya-Stätte in Guatemala entdeckt +++ Warnung vor Gollumeffekt in der Wissenschaft +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Update ErdeDo goats exhibit prosocial motivation? Insights from a novel food-giving paradigm/ Royal Society Open Science, 21.05.2025Presentan hallazgos sobre nueva ciudad maya “Los Abuelos” y otros tesoros arqueológicos de Uaxactún/ Prensa Libre, 29.05.20205Sodium-air fuel cell for high energy density and low-cost electric power/ Joule, 27.05.2025Attenuation of virulence in Yersinia pestis across three plague pandemics/ Science, 29.05.2025Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Vor allem Jüngere zeigen Anzeichen einer Social-Media-Sucht +++ Der Moment, als das U-Boot Titan implodierte +++ Wie Kosmetik auf der Haut die Luft um uns verändert +++ **********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Suchtfaktor Social Media: 15 Prozent der Deutschen sind gefährdet, Informationsdienst WissenschaftShip footage captures sound of Titan sub imploding, BBC 23.5.25Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field, Science Advances 21.5.25The supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea may inhabit over half of the world's oceans, Royal Society Open Science, 21.5.25Determination of Jupiter's primordial physical state, Nature Astronomy 20.05.25Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

If you've ever had your lunch snatched by a seagull, you're not alone. However, new research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science suggests that your chips might be safer than you think - if there is only one gull hanging around. Scientists have discovered that lone seagulls are far more cautious than those in a group. This behaviour is driven by a trait called neophobia, which means fear of the unknown. In a recent study by researchers at Ghent University, herring gulls were put to the test to see how brave they were when unfamiliar objects were placed near their food. They found that when on their own, the gulls hesitated nearly three times longer to approach food than when they were in a group. Some lone gulls wouldn't go near the food at all. But once in a flock, their confidence soared. The birds not only approached the food faster, they also spent more time hanging around it, even with strange objects nearby. The researchers concluded that being in a group helps gulls feel safer, making them more willing to take risks - like swooping in for your lunch. So, next time you spot a gull eyeing up your snack, count how many friends it has to calculate your risks. A previous study found that gulls prefer food they've seen humans handle, so clutching your sandwich tightly might actually make it more appealing to a gull, and research from the University of Exeter found that gulls take much longer to approach food if they feel watched, so giving a seagull a good hard stare might protect your food for long enough for another bite. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Verschiedene Hirngröße bei Elefanten sorgt vielleicht für Verhaltensunterschiede +++ Weltweit erste Tripper-Impfung in England +++ Klimawandel lässt Kaspisches Meer stark schrumpfen +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Larger brains and relatively smaller cerebella in Asian elephants compared with African savanna elephants, PNAS Nexus, 20.05.2025World-first gonorrhoea vaccine launched by NHS England as infections soar, BBC, 21.05.2025Rapid decline of Caspian Sea level threatens ecosystem integrity, biodiversity protection, and human infrastructure; Communications Earth & Environment, 10.04.2025A wake-up call: the second Commission on adolescent health, The Lancet, 20.05.2025Early evolvability in arthropod tagmosis exemplified by a new radiodont from the Burgess Shale, Royal Society Open Science, 14.05.2025Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

Chimpanzees use medicinal plants for first aid and hygieneResearchers have observed wild chimpanzees seeking out particular plants, including ones known to have medicinal value, and using them to treat wounds on themselves and others. They also used plants to clean themselves after sex and defecation. Elodie Freymann from Oxford University lived with the chimpanzees in Uganda over eight months and published this research in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.Why this evolutionary dead end makes understanding extinction even more difficult540 million years ago, there was an explosion of animal diversity called the Cambrian explosion, when nature experimented with, and winnowed many animal forms into just a few. A new discovery of one of the unlucky ones that didn't make it has deepened the mystery of why some went extinct, because despite its strangeness, it shows adaptations common to many of the survivors. Joseph Moysiuk, curator of paleontology and geology at the Manitoba Museum helped identify the fossil, and published on it in Royal Society Open Science A quantum computer demonstrates its worth by solving an impossible puzzleImagine taking a sudoku puzzle, handing bits of it to several people, putting them in separate rooms, and asking them to solve the puzzle. A quantum computer using the weird phenomenon of “entanglement” was able to do something analogous to this, which serves as evidence that it really is exploiting quantum strangeness, and could be used for more practical purposes. David Stephen, a physicist at the quantum computing company Quantinuum, and colleagues from the University of Boulder published on this finding in Physical Review Letters.Roadkill shows that most mammals have fluorescent furA researcher who used a range of mammal and marsupial animals killed by vehicles, has demonstrated that the fur of many of these animals exhibit biofluorescence – the ability to absorb light and re-emit it in different wavelengths. They were able to identify some of the fluorescent chemicals, but don't know why these animals would glow like this. Zoologist Linda Reinhold observed bright colours such as yellow, blue, green and pink on Australian animals like the bandicoot, wallaby, tree-kangaroo, possums and quolls. Their research was published in the journal PLOS One.Science suggests humans are not built for the information ageWe are living in the age of information. In fact, we're drowning in it. Modern technology has put vast amounts of information at our fingertips, and it turns out that science is showing that humans just aren't that good at processing all that data, making us vulnerable to bias, misinformation and manipulation.Producer Amanda Buckiewicz spoke to:Friedrich Götz, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.Vasileia Karasavva, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.Timothy Caulfield, professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, and was the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy from 2002 - 2023.Eugina Leung, an assistant professor of marketing at the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.Jonathan Kimmelman, a medical ethicist based at McGill University.

Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait penser, les arbres ne sont pas des êtres solitaires enracinés dans un silence éternel. Bien au contraire. Des recherches récentes révèlent que les arbres, notamment les plus anciens, communiquent entre eux à travers un réseau subtil de signaux bioélectriques. Et ils ne parlent pas pour ne rien dire : ils transmettent des informations cruciales, notamment aux plus jeunes, pour leur survie.Une étude internationale fascinante, publiée en mai 2025 dans la revue Royal Society Open Science, a mis en lumière ce phénomène en étudiant une forêt de bouleaux dans les Dolomites. Conduite par des chercheurs de la Southern Cross University (Australie) et de l'Institut italien de technologie (IIT), cette étude montre que les arbres utilisent leur système électromagnétique pour se prévenir mutuellement en cas de danger environnemental, comme une éclipse solaire.Lorsqu'une éclipse se prépare, les arbres les plus âgés sont les premiers à détecter la perturbation lumineuse à venir. Avant même que l'événement ne survienne, ils envoient des signaux bioélectriques à travers la forêt. Grâce à un réseau de capteurs de faible puissance, les scientifiques ont pu observer que ces signaux déclenchent une réponse anticipée chez les arbres plus jeunes. La forêt agit alors comme un système coordonné, capable de se préparer collectivement à l'événement.Mais pourquoi une telle réaction face à une éclipse ? Parce que les arbres dépendent étroitement du cycle jour-nuit pour leurs fonctions vitales : régulation de l'eau, photosynthèse, transport des nutriments… Une baisse soudaine de lumière peut les désorienter et nuire à leur équilibre. En se mettant collectivement « en veille » au bon moment, les arbres minimisent le stress subi. C'est une stratégie adaptative invisible mais puissante.Pour les chercheurs, ce sont les vieux arbres qui jouent un rôle central dans cette communication forestière. Monica Gagliano, biologiste à l'Université de Californie du Sud, souligne que ces anciens arbres « servent de mémoire écologique », transmettant aux jeunes générations des signaux fondés sur leur expérience passée. Une forme d'intelligence végétale collective, ancrée dans l'âge et la mémoire.Cette découverte a des implications profondes : protéger les vieux arbres, c'est préserver la capacité des forêts à se défendre, à s'adapter et à enseigner. Car oui, dans le langage silencieux des forêts, les anciens murmurent à l'oreille des jeunes : « Prépare-toi. J'ai déjà vécu cela. Voici comment survivre. » Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten +++ Nicht nur Katzen, auch Hunde sind eine Belastung für die Natur +++ UK-Bürgerrechtsorganisation kritisiert Entwicklung von Mordvorhersage-Tool +++ Vor allem Frauen finden aufgepolsterte Lippen schön +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Bad dog? The environmental effects of owned dogs. Pacific Conservation Biology, 10.04.2025UK: Ministry of Justice secretly developing ‘murder prediction' system. Bericht der Bürgerrechtsorganisation Statewatch, 08.04.2025Distortions of lip size bias perceived facial attractiveness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 09.04.2025Raising the Bar. Briefing Paper von Oxfam, 10.04.2025Hiding in plain sight: the biomolecular identification of pinniped use in medieval manuscripts. Royal Society Open Science, 09.04.2025**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

Have you ever wondered whether people with big feet just have larger versions of the same foot structure as those with smaller feet? New research published in Royal Society Open Science took a deep dive into how human feet change shape with size, and the results were surprising. The researchers studied the two largest bones in the human foot, the talus (which connects the foot to the leg) and the calcaneus (better known as the heel bone). They gathered 3D computed tomography (CT) scans from 36 adults, covering a range of foot sizes. Then, they used advanced statistical modelling to examine how these bones' shapes and surfaces scaled with size. If big feet were just larger versions of small feet, their bones would scale isometrically, meaning that all dimensions would grow at the same rate. However, if the bones changed shape as they got bigger, they would be scaling allometrically, adapting their proportions to accommodate different stresses and forces. The results showed that while the talus scaled pretty much as expected (meaning it grew proportionally in all directions), the calcaneus did something different. Instead of just getting larger, it became more cube-like as foot size increased. The researchers found that as the heel bone got bigger, it became taller, wider, and shorter in length relative to its size. This means that big feet are not just enlarged copies of small feet, their bones actually shift in shape to better handle stress and pressure. Interestingly, the joint surfaces of the calcaneus, where it connects with other bones, grew at a faster rate than the rest of the bone. This suggests that larger feet need bigger contact areas at the joints to distribute pressure more effectively, reducing stress and potential injury. Understanding how foot bones scale can have major implications for medicine, biomechanics, and even footwear design. Next time you look at your feet, or someone else's, you can appreciate that they might be very different to your own. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Damian Blasi is a professor at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. We talk about his article 'Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science', linguistic diversity, how to study across the world's languages, his career path, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: Why Damian studied physics0:06:31: How to deal with small, sparse, incomplete, imbalanced, noisy, and non-independent observational data0:09:38: Evolutionary advantages of different languages0:14:01: How Damian started doing research on linguistics0:20:09: How to study a language you don't speak0:28:58: Start discussing Damian's paper 'Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science'0:48:25: What can experimental scientists do about the vast differences between cultures, especially of difficult to reach peoples? And how different are languages and cultures really?1:10:15: Why is New Guinea so (linguistically) diverse?1:17:34: Should I learn a common or a rare language? And where?1:29:09: A book or paper more people should read1:32:31: Something Damian wishes he'd learnt sooner1:33:56: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podBlueSky: https://geni.us/pod-bskyDamian's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/blasi-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/blasi-scholarBlueSky: https://geni.us/blasi-bskyBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarBlueSky: https://geni.us/bjks-bskyReferencesWorld Atlas of Languages: https://en.wal.unesco.org/world-atlas-languagesThe Andamanese group that's hostile to strangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese"the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito_surrender_broadcastBakker (2022). The sounds of life.Blasi ... Neubig (2021). Systematic inequalities in language technology performance across the world's languages. arXiv.Blasi ... Bickel (2019). Human sound systems are shaped by post-Neolithic changes in bite configuration. Science.Blasi ... Majid (2022). Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science. Trends in cognitive sciences.Everett (2023). A myriad of tongues.Floyd ... Enfield (2018). Universals and cultural diversity in the expression of gratitude. Royal Society Open Science.Gordon (2004). Numerical cognition without words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science.Hossenfelder (2018). Lost in math.Koyama & Rubin (2022). How the world became rich.Nettle (1998). Explaining global patterns of language diversity. Journal of anthropological archaeology.Pica ... Dehaene (2004). Exact and approximate arithmetic in an Amazonian indigene group. Science.Skirgård ... Gray (2023). Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss. Science Advances.

Something for the weekend? We don't just have sex to reproduce - new research suggests that using sex to manage social tension could be a trait that existed in the common ancestor of humans and apes six million years ago. Photo credit Bisengo 2, Adolescent male bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, DR Congo, Zanna Clay/ Lola ya Bonobo Humans share this behavioural strategy with our closest living ape relatives - bonobos and chimpanzees. Now researchers, led by Durham University, UK, have undertaken what is thought to be one of the first direct comparisons of sexual behaviour amongst bonobos and chimpanzees during periods of social stress. Their findings, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, could give us new insights into humans' own behavioural origins. Bonobos and chimps offer clues regarding sex for social purposes The least studied of the apes, the bonobos, are known to regularly use sex to resolve disputes and repair social bonds. By comparison, the role of sex in chimpanzee society has been less well understood. The team observed sexual contact within sanctuary-living bonobos and chimpanzees during two stressful periods; following naturally-occurring social conflicts and prior to feeding. By comparing both apes living in similar environments, the researchers could understand if using sex to ease social tension is a common behavioural trait between the two sister species. The findings showed that both bonobos and chimpanzees used sex in similar ways to ease tension and reaffirm social bonds prior to feeding, when competition and power differences can provoke disagreement. However, bonobos also often had sex more after fights to repair social relations, whilst in these circumstances, chimpanzees were more likely to use other social behaviours, with clearer signals, to provide comfort and restore relations. The researchers say the fact that both bonobos and chimpanzees have sex to ease social tension supports the idea that using sex for social purposes was already present in the last common ancestor they share with humans, dating back over six million years. Human sex is not only for reproduction, and the same seems to be the case for our relatives too, as well as other animals. While age did not influence the use of sex to reconcile after fights amongst either bonobos or chimpanzees, the researchers saw that prior to feeding it was the older apes in both species who were more likely to initiate sex, indicating that this could be a learned behaviour, passed down over time. Lead author Jake Brooker, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology, Durham University, said: "This is a first direct comparison of sexual behaviour in bonobos and chimpanzees, two of our closest cousins. "Whilst bonobos, who are famously hypersexual, were more likely to engage in so-called 'make up sex' after periods of conflict, we found that chimpanzees, who some view as our more aggressive cousin, also use sex to ease tensions in many circumstances. "Chimpanzees are known to have a wider repertoire of reassurance behaviours, including body kissing, but sex still constituted a sizeable portion of how they reconciled with each other and their stress-management behaviour. "The fact that both species use sex in this way provides a fascinating window back in time, further evidencing that for humans, bonobos and chimpanzees, our use of sex for social reasons is something we have inherited from our common ancestor." The study took place at two African great ape sanctuaries: Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia. In total over 1,400 hours of observations were taken involving 53 bonobos and 75 chimpanzees, across seven months in 2019. Amongst the observations made by the researchers it was noted that female bonobos and male chimpanzees were more likely to initiate sex prior to feeding, but in both species, sex occurred in both hetero and homosexual combin...

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ In europäischen Ländern gibt es mehr Geschlechtskrankheits-Fälle +++ Weltweiter Temperaturanstieg 2024 war ziemlich sicher keine Ausnahme +++ Mensch hat Schädelform von Hausschweinen verändert +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:STI cases continue to rise across Europe, ECDC, 10.02.2025A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit, Nature Climate Change, 10.02.2025Roma Eterna? Roman rule explains regional well-being divides in Germany, Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, Vol. 8, 2025Vergütung im deutschen Markt für Musikstreaming, Forschungsnetzwerk Digitale Kultur, 2025Evolution under intensive industrial breeding: skull size and shape comparison between historic and modern pig lineages, Royal Society Open Science, 05.02.2025Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok auf&ab , TikTok wie_geht und Instagram .

In this week's episode, we discuss the relationship between infectious and chronic disease, and between germ theory and terrain theory of disease. Pathogens are real, and exogenous treatments like antibiotics can kill them. The health of the body is affected by diet, exercise, stress, and the microbiome, all of which can affect how susceptible a person is to getting sick from pathogens. We discuss gastric ulcers, Covid-19, pneumococcal disease, and comorbidities. Also: how do traditional vs modern diets affect the health, dental and otherwise, of people? Why do pre-industrial people not get cavities, or need orthodontia? Why do squirrels fed by humans develop similarly malformed skulls as babies fed modern diets? Finally: do we have a responsibility to point out the carnage that will result as the Trump administration goes after decades of entrenched interests?*****Our sponsors:Caraway: Non-toxic, beautiful, light ceramic cookware. Save $150 on a cookware set over buying individual pieces, and get 10% off your order at http://carawayhome.com/DarkHorse.Manukora: the most flavorful, delicious, and nutritious honey you'll ever have. Get $25 off your starter kit at http://www.Manukora.com/DarkHorseARMRA Colostrum is an ancient bioactive whole food that can strengthen your immune system. Go to http://www.tryarmra.com/DARKHORSE to get 15% off your first order.Mentioned in this episode:*****Join us on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.comHeather's newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.comOur book, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3AGANGg (commission earned)Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org*****Mentioned in this episode:RFK Jr on chronic and infectious disease: https://x.com/ChildrensHD/status/1885018213701800387RFK Jr on The Real Anthony Fauci: https://amzn.to/40INnxF (commission earned)Marshall et al 1985. Attempt to fulfil Koch's postulates for pyloric Campylobacter. Med J Aust. 142:436–9:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113443.xEvolutionary Lens Livestream #88 – w discussion of Covid x comorbidities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWu6DUFFt4&t=337sHanada et al 2021. Multiple comorbidities increase the risk of death from invasive pneumococcal disease under the age of 65 years. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 27(9): 1311-1318: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1341321X21001252Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Weston Price (1939): https://amzn.to/4jXciXl (commission earned)Chandler et al 2025. Morphological change in an isolated population of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in Britain. Royal Society Open Science, 12(1): 240555.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240555Support the show

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Bei einsamen Menschen sind bestimmte Proteine erhöht +++ Buckelwalmännchen pflanzen sich sehr selten fort +++ Humanes Metapneumovirus weder unbekannt noch besonders gefährlich +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Plasma proteomic signatures of social isolation and loneliness associated with morbidity and mortality, Nature Human Behaviour, 03.01.2025Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales, Royal Society Open Science, 08.01.2025Trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus, in the Northern Hemisphere, World Health Organization, 07.01.2025Wasseratlas 2025: Daten und Fakten über die Grundlage allen Lebens, BUND, 08.01.2025Repetitive injury induces phenotypes associated with Alzheimer's disease by reactivating HSV-1 in a human brain tissue model, Science Signaling, 07.01.2025Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok auf&ab , TikTok wie_geht und Instagram .

Blood drinking bats can suck energy out of their protein-rich mealsVampire bats are famous for exclusively drinking blood, but they're also surprisingly good runners. And part of why that's surprising is that blood contains very little carbohydrates or fat, which most other mammals rely on for fuel. So Kenneth Welch and Giulia Rossi at University of Toronto Scarborough ran bats on a specially-designed treadmill to find out more. They discovered that the bats can almost instantly convert the amino acids in their blood meals into usable energy. The research was published in the journal Biology Letters.Canada's most prestigious science prize goes to garbage scienceDr. Kerry Rowe of Queen's University's Civil Engineering Department has been awarded this year's Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering for his critical work in designing landfills that have to contain our waste and pollutants for generations.UK sugar rationing in the 1950s led to lower risks of illness late in lifeSugar was rationed in the UK from 1940 to 1953 due to the war and postwar austerity, and so was consumed at about the level nutritionists now recommend. Dr. Claire Boone from McGill University was part of a new study published in the journal Science which found that the limited sugar intake by people in the UK during pregnancy and the first couple of years of life resulted in significant decreases in diabetes and hypertension.Reinventing the wheel to understand how the wheel was first inventedThe invention of the wheel is a milestone in human technological evolution, but it's not clear how it happened. A new study combines design science and computational mechanics to virtually re-invent the wheel and understand the developments that could have led to the creation of the first wheel-and-axle system. The research, led by Kai James from Georgia Institute of Technology, adds support to the theory that the wheel was likely first invented by Neolithic copper miners in around 3900 BC. The research was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.Can high tech fishing gear limit losses of endangered whales?The endangered North Atlantic Right Whale has had a long and rocky road to recovery after the depredations of commercial whaling. One of the major threats to the species today is fishing line entanglements. In a documentary, producer Sonya Buyting explores how researchers, like Sean Brillant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation, and fishers, like Greg Beckerton in New Brunswick, are trialing high-tech ropeless fishing gear to save the whales while still preserving the fishers' livelihoods. 

While it might seem really traditional, heading to the cinema to watch a movie for a first date could be a really great way to get to know a stranger, according to new research out this week. The study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science found that laughing during a comedy or crying together over a sad film was powerful in strengthening social bonds. The study took pairs of strangers and measured their emotional and physiological responses as they watched emotionally charged videos together. In addition to asking the participants to rate their emotional experiences they also measured their heart activity with an electrocardiogram, their respiratory activity and their skin conductance. They found: Positive Emotions Foster Connection Participants who watched positive videos felt a stronger sense of connection and social identification with each other, suggesting that positive emotions enhance feelings of mutual understanding and affiliation. Impact of Negative Emotions Even with negative emotional videos, an increase in positive feelings during the experience correlated with greater bonding. This suggests that while negative emotions capture attention, it's positive emotional responses that most reliably foster connection. Joint Attention Matters Watching the same video with a shared focus boosted prosocial attitudes and feelings of connection, especially in highly emotional contexts. This shared attention helped participants feel more connected, highlighting the power of collective emotional experiences. Physiological Synchrony Enhances Bonding The study also found that participants' physiological responses, such as heart rate and respiratory patterns, tended to synchronize during emotionally intense videos. This alignment was linked to a stronger sense of connection between individuals. The study illustrates that both positive and negative emotions can enhance social bonds, with positive emotions being particularly influential in creating a sense of connectedness. Shared attention and synchronised physiological responses amplify these effects, making emotionally charged experiences powerful catalysts for social bonding. So if you have a first date scheduled for this weekend - find a comedy and head to the movies to test how well you bond with your date. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Um macaco que habita as florestas e savanas da África Central. Separe trinta minutinhos do seu dia e descubra, com a Mila Massuda, quem são, o que sabem, o que comem e como vivem os chimpanzés. Apresentação: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) Roteiro: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) e Emilio Garcia (@emilioblablalogia) Revisão de Roteiro: Luisa Kahakura (@lukahakura) Técnico de Gravação: Caio de Santis (@caiodesantis) Editor: Angélica Peixoto (@angewlique) Mixagem e Masterização: Lívia Mello (@adiscolizard) Produção: Prof. Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares), Matheus Herédia (@Matheus_Heredia) e BláBláLogia (@blablalogia) Gravado e editado nos estúdios TocaCast, do grupo Tocalivros (@tocalivros) REFERÊNCIAS BENDER, R.; BENDER, N. Brief communication: Swimming and diving behavior in apes (Pan troglodytesandPongo pygmaeus): First documented report. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, v. 152, n. 1, p. 156–162, 30 jul. 2013. EKSTRÖM, A. G. et al. Chimpanzee utterances refute purported missing links for novel vocalizations and syllabic speech. Scientific Reports, v. 14, n. 1, 25 jul. 2024. GAL BADIHI et al. Chimpanzee gestural exchanges share temporal structure with human language. Current Biology, v. 34, n. 14, p. R673–R674, 1 jul. 2024. LEWIS, L. S. et al. Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 120, n. 52, 18 dez. 2023. MALHERBE, M. et al. Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees. PLoS biology, v. 22, n. 5, p. e3002609–e3002609, 7 maio 2024. PRUETZ, J. D. et al. New evidence on the tool-assisted hunting exhibited by chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus ) in a savannah habitat at Fongoli, Sénégal. Royal Society Open Science, v. 2, n. 4, p. 140507, abr. 2015.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Bisher größte Primzahl hat 41 Millionen Stellen +++ **********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:GIMPS Discovers Largest Known Prime Number: 2136,279,841-1/ Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, Oktober 2024The spatiotemporal dynamics of bottom-up and top-down processing during at-a-glance reading/ JNeurosci, 17.10.2024Language at a glance: How our brains grasp linguistic structure from parallel visual input/ Science Advances, 23.10.2024Reconstructing the invention of the wheel using computational structural analysis and design/ Royal Society Open Science, 23.10.2024Increased pathogen exposure of a marine apex predator over three decades/ Plos One, 23.10.2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok auf&ab , TikTok wie_geht und Instagram .

The next time you head to the zoo and see an elephant, look closely at its trunk, you might be able to tell if it's a "lefty" or a "righty" based on its whiskers and wrinkles. A study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science offers a clever way to identify an elephant's preferred "handedness" by examining the wrinkles and whiskers on its trunk. Just as humans tend to favour one hand, elephants often prefer to bend their trunks either to the left or right when grabbing objects like fruit. This preference, known as "trunkedness," leaves two tell-tale signs: 1 - Whiskers on the side opposite the curl become shorter and sparser from constant contact with the ground. 2 - The skin on the curled-in side develops more wrinkles over time. The study closely analysed the skin wrinkles formed on the trunks of both living and deceased zoo elephants. They found that trunk wrinkles start forming in utero and double about every 20 days during an early phase of rapid development. Like humans, elephants accumulate more wrinkles as they age. For example, new-born elephants have an average of 87 wrinkles, while older elephants sport around 109. Elephant trunks are extraordinary, and attract the attention of researchers in fields like soft robotics as trunks function as muscular hydrostats - meaning they have no bones, but are made up of an intricate network of 46,00 muscles. In comparison, the human body has just 600 to 700 muscles. While a trunk's flexibility is remarkable, its thick outer skin also plays a crucial role. Surprisingly, this skin on the trunk of an elephant is stretchier on the upper surface than on the underside, which allows for the delicate manoeuvres elephants are known for, like peeling a banana or picking up a tortilla chip without breaking it. But these wrinkles are more than just signs of aging - they are essential to an elephant's survival. They help protect the flexible trunk and aid in gripping heavy objects. The combination of flexibility, strength, and unique skin characteristics makes the elephant trunk highly unique in nature and a source of valuable insight for robotics and other fields. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Living Planet Report: Dramatischer Rückgang bei Wildtieren +++ EU lässt Einsamkeit erforschen +++ Auch bei Elefanten gibt es Rechts- und Linkshänder +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Living Planet Report 2024, WWF, 10.10. 2024Gemeinsam gegen die Einsamkeit, RUB, 09.10. 2024Elephants develop wrinkles through both form and function, Royal Society Open Science, 09.10.2024Vogel des Jahres 2025, Nabu, 10.10.2024Wissen der Vielen – Forschungspreis: Preisträger*innen 2024, mitforschen.org, 09.10. 2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

Hurricane Helene's killed hundreds, but the true death toll could end up in the thousandsHurricanes and tropical storms in the US kill about 24 people directly, but a new study looking at “excess deaths” suggests that in the affected areas the mortality rate is elevated for about 15 years. Rachel Young, a postdoctoral researcher from UC Berkeley, analyzed the long tail of these storms from 1930-2015. She found the true death toll ranges from 7,000 to 11,000 per storm. Her team suspects many factors feed into the excess deaths, including how rebuilding costs could impact funds for future medical care, damage to local health systems and exposure to pollution during the storm. Their study is in the journal Nature. A new NASA mission will search for signs of life on a Jovian ice moonNext week NASA hopes to launch a major mission to one of Jupiter's most fascinating moons. The Europa Clipper will visit the ice moon Europa, whose icy shell is thought to cover an ocean that could contain twice the water that's in all of Earth's oceans. The fascination with Europa is based on the idea that water is an essential ingredient for life. As a result, Europa could be one of the most promising places in our solar system for life to exist. We talk about the upcoming mission with Cynthia Phillips, the Project Staff Scientist and Planetary Geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Tarantulas' creepy hair is likely a defence against predatory army antsYou would think that a venomous spider the size of your fist wouldn't have too many natural enemies. But Dr. Alireza Zamani from the University of Turku, Finland says it's the arachnid's fuzz, rather than its bite, which discourages predatory army ants. A new study in the Journal of Natural History suggests the tarantula's barbed hairs keep the ants from being able to attack the spiders, and also protects their eggs, which the arachnids coat in a generous helping of hair.Whales use underwater bubble blowing in sophisticated ways to trap preyScientists have long known that humpback whales use bubbles to corral and concentrate krill and small fish to feed on. But new underwater cameras and airborne drones have provided an unprecedented view of how this is done, revealing how the whales use complex patterns of bubbles in different ways depending on the prey. Andy Szabo, a Canadian whale biologist and executive director of the Alaska Whale Foundation, said the humpbacks' bubble-nets result in a sevenfold increase in the amount of krill they gulp up per lunge. The study was published in Royal Society Open Science. The Bomb Doctor: after the explosion this investigator seeks out evidence in the rubbleExplosive attacks often leave behind tragedy, carnage and chaos. But in the rubble is evidence that could provide vital clues for bomb forensic investigators. Kirk Yeager, the FBI's chief explosives scientist, describes his work at crime scenes as “walking into hell blindfolded.” In his new book, called The Bomb Doctor: A Scientist's Story of Bombers, Beakers, and Bloodhounds, he explains how he and his colleagues tease out evidence from the scorched and smouldering aftermath of an attack.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Stellen Buckelwale ihr eigenes Jagdwerkzeug her? +++ Wippen und Hüpfen bringen uns in gemeinsamen Takt +++ Wendepunkte machen Geschichten erfolgreich +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Solitary humpback whales manufacture bubble-nets as tools to increase prey intake/ Royal Society Open Science, 21.08.2024The geometry of interpersonal synchrony in human dance/ Cell, 21.06.2024Narrative reversals and story success/ Science Advances, 21.08.2024Zahl der Pendlerinnen und Pendler gestiegen/ Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung, 22.08.2024Extreme erosion and bulking in a giant submarine gravity flow/ Science Advances, 21.08.2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

A classic topic in the study of innovation is the link between physical proximity and the exchange of ideas. But I've long been interested in a relatively new kind of serendipity engine, which isn't constrained by physical proximity: Twitter. Lots of academics use twitter to talk about new discoveries and research. Today I want to look at whether twitter serves as a novel kind of knowledge diffusion platform.This podcast is an audio read through of the (initial version of the) article Twitter and the Spread of Academic Knowledge, originally published on New Things Under the Sun.Articles mentionedde Winter, J.C.F. 2015. The relationship between tweets, citations, and article views for PLOS ONE articles. Scientometrics 102: 1773-1779. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1445-xJeong, J.W., M.J. Kim, H.-K. Oh, S. Jeong, M.H. Kim, J.R. Cho, D.-W. Kim and S.-B Kang. 2019. The impact of social media on citation rates in coloproctology. Colorectal Disease (10):1175-1182. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.14719Peoples, Brandon K., Stephen R. Midway, Dana Sackett, Abigail Lynch, and Patrick B. Cooney. 2016. Twitter predicts citation rates of ecological research. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166570Lamb, Clayton T., Sophie L. Gilbert, and Adam T. Ford. 2018. Tweet success? Scientific communication correlates with increased citations in Ecology and Conservation. PeerJ 6:e4564. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4564Chan, Ho Fai, Ali Sina Önder, Sascha Schweitzer, and Benno Torgler. 2023. Twitter and citations. Economics Letters 231: 111270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111270Finch, Tom, Nina O'Hanlon, and Steve P. Dudley. 2017. Tweeting birds: online mentions predict future citations in ornithology. Royal Society Open Science 4171371. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171371Tonia, Thomy, Herman Van Oyen, Anke Berger, Christian Schindler, and Nino Künzli. 2020. If I tweet will you cite later? Follow-up on the effect of social media exposure on article downloads and citations. International Journal of Public Health 65: 1797–1802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01519-8Branch, Trevor A., Isabelle M. Cȏté, Solomon R. David, Joshua A. Drew, Michelle LaRue, Melissa C. Márquez, E. C. M. Parsons, D. Rabaiotti, David Shiffman, David A. Steen, Alexander L. Wild. 2024. Controlled experiment finds no detectable citation bump from Twitter promotion. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0292201. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292201Qiu, Jingyi, Yan Chen, Alain Cohn, and Alvin E. Roth. 2024. Social Media and Job Market Success: A Field Experiment on Twitter. SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4778120

The gang discusses two papers that look at the shark fossil record. The first paper looks into the completeness of the record, and the second paper discusses the ecological implications of an exceptionally preserved specimen. Meanwhile, James has ideas of what is normal, Curt has a hard out, and Amanda shows her specific history interests.   Up-Goer Five (Curt Edition): The friends talk about two papers that look at animals with lots of soft parts that move through the water and have lots and lots of teeth. The first paper is looking at how well we know these animals in the past, since most of the time we may only know them by their teeth. They do a lot of things to see how much of the animals we have at any time. What they find is that, most of the time, we do not have many parts of these animals. However, there are some times in the past when we do see more parts that are not just teeth, so there might be times in the past that were better and making sure the soft parts were able to stick around and be found later. But most of the time, we really only have teeth or a few other parts, and that this makes these animals different from most other animals that are close to them and that makes sense because the rest of these animals have hard parts where these animals have soft parts. The second paper looks at one of these animals with soft parts where those soft parts were found today. This is the first time this type of animal has been found with its soft parts. Most of the time, we just find the teeth, which look like they were good at breaking hard things. With the soft parts, we can get an idea of how it would move through the water and if it was slow or fast. We can also find out what its brothers and sisters were. What they find is that the soft parts show that this animal looked like a lot of the animals in this group we see today that are not breaking hard things but are catching fast moving food in the water. This is not something we would think would happen, because today animals that have teeth like the ones this animal had don't need to move very fast to catch their food. This shows that this animal was doing something that we don't see today. This might be because there were lots of animals with hard parts on the outside that were moving in the water really fast at that time, which this one animal would have tried to catch for food.   References: Schnetz, Lisa, et al. "The skeletal completeness of the Palaeozoic chondrichthyan fossil record." Royal Society Open Science 11.1 (2024): 231451. Vullo, Romain, et al. "Exceptionally preserved shark fossils from Mexico elucidate the long-standing enigma of the Cretaceous elasmobranch Ptychodus." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291.2021 (2024): 20240262.

Heute in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Größere Unterschiede bei Werten +++ Mehr Methan aus deutschen Tagebauen +++ Fuchs als Haustier? +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Worldwide divergence of values, in: Nature Communications 9.4. 2024Unterschätzte Methan-Emissionen: Dringender Handlungsbedarf der Bundesregierung, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, 10.04.2024Patagonian partnerships: the extinct Dusicyon avus and its interaction with prehistoric human communities, Royal Society Open Science, 10.04.2024Unravelling the Mechanism of Pulse Current Charging for Enhancing the Stability of Commercial LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2/Graphite Lithium-Ion Batteries, In: ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS 14.03.2024High-resolution vision in pelagic polychaetes, Current Biology, 08.04.2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

As we get older, we might find it harder to remember things, including lists of information. So how can we help our brains to retain new information? One option is to continue to repeat the information over and over again to try and help our brains to remember it, the other option is to use a mnemonic. New research out this week in the journal Royal Society Open Science compared the two methods and found that tailoring mnemonics to suit your own needs was by far the best way to remember things more quickly and accurately. So, what is a mnemonic and how can we use them to help us? A mnemonic is a pattern of words, letters, or ideas that helps us remember something unrelated. There are several types of mnemonic: Musical mnemonics The alphabet song: The “A-B-C-D…” helps us learn the English alphabet, which is essentially a string of 26 random letters. Rhyme mnemonics Rhymes tend to be catchy making it easier to remember information like the rule I before E, except after C. Acronyms This uses the first letter of each item in a list to form an acronym, like ROYGBIV for the colours of the rainbow. Keyword mnemonics Sometimes creating visual cues can help to create associations like how to differentiate between stalactites and stalagmites. Stalactites hold on ‘tight' to the ceiling. Previous research found that mnemonic devices work because they take creative routes to learning, either by linking to some knowledge you already know, or by appealing to your humour or your emotions. So the next time you are trying to remember something, think about it creatively and help your brain to learn the fun way. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlantic ocean circulation edging closer to potentially catastrophic climate tipping pointThe stability of much of the world's climate depends on ocean currents in the Atlantic that bring warm water from the tropics north and send cool water south. New research in the journal Science Advances confirms what scientists have long feared: that we are on course to this tipping point that could cut off this important circulation pattern, with severe consequences. René van Westen from Utrecht University, said if we reach this critical threshold, it could plunge Europe into a deep freeze, disrupt rains in India, South America and Africa, and lead to even more sea level rise along the eastern North American coast — all within 100 years.Humpback whales look for quiet corners to broadcast their breeding songsScientists wanted to know why the thousands of humpback whales in Hawaii for breeding season move closer to shore to sing their choruses at night. Anke Kuegler, a marine biologist at Syracuse University, tracked whales to get a better understanding of their daily movement patterns. She found that during the day, they take their songs offshore, likely to ensure potential mates or other male competitors can hear their songs in the crowded underwater environment. Their research was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.A tiny marsupial sacrifices everything — including sleep and life itself — for loveThe Antechinus, a small mouse-like marsupial that is native to Australia, has a short, frenzied, three week-long annual breeding season, after which the males drop dead. A new study, led by Erika Zaid at La Trobe University, shows the males will sacrifice a significant amount of sleep to ensure they don't miss out on their one shot at reproductive success. The researchers don't believe the sleep loss leads to their demise—in fact, they show very little signs of exhaustion despite losing out on so many zzz's.How to encourage climate action without bumming people outIn a global study involving almost 60,000 participants in 63 countries, behavioural psychologists compared 11 different ways of talking about climate change to see which one encouraged the most action. Madalina Vlasceanu and her team at New York University found that, unsurprisingly, the results varied widely depending on demographics. Some of the more successful interventions tested include writing a letter to future generations, showing examples of past effective collective action, and emphasizing scientific consensus on the causes of climate change.Saturn's ‘death star' moon could have the water of lifeLiquid water has been found in what astronomers say is the solar system's most unlikely place Saturn's moon Mimas is a small body with an irregular orbit, best known for its resemblance to the Death Star in the Star Wars movies. A new study in the journal Nature, led by astronomer Valery Lainey, suggests it has a liquid layer of water beneath its frozen surface, which may mean life-sustaining water is far more common in the solar system than we thought. Moths aren't drawn to the flame - they're just really confused by themA new study suggests that insects flit around artificial light at night because they are confused, not because of a fatal attraction. Sam Fabian and Yash Sondhi used motion capture and high speed imagery to understand insects' flight patterns, and found that they always turned their backs to the light, which leaves them trapped in a spiral around the source. This suggests the insects are mistaking the lights for the sky, which normally helps tell them which way is up.

In today's episode, we continue our conversation about preregistration. How flexible can we be when we preregister, without increasing flexibility in our analysis? How well do people preregister, and what does a good preregistration look like? And how do we deal with deviations from preregistrations?   Shownotes   Dubin, R. (1969). Theory building. Free Press. His full quote is: "There is no more devastating commendation that the self-designated theorist makes of the researcher than to label his work purely descriptive".  Claesen, A., Gomes, S., Tuerlinckx, F., & Vanpaemel, W. (2021). Comparing dream to reality: An assessment of adherence of the first generation of preregistered studies. Royal Society Open Science, 8(10), 211037. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211037 Akker, O. van den, Bakker, M., Assen, M. A. L. M. van, Pennington, C. R., Verweij, L., Elsherif, M., Claesen, A., Gaillard, S. D. M., Yeung, S. K., Frankenberger, J.-L., Krautter, K., Cockcroft, J. P., Kreuer, K. S., Evans, T. R., Heppel, F., Schoch, S. F., Korbmacher, M., Yamada, Y., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., … Wicherts, J. (2023). The effectiveness of preregistration in psychology: Assessing preregistration strictness and preregistration-study consistency. MetaArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/h8xjw Sequential analysis and alpha spending functions https://lakens.github.io/statistical_inferences/10-sequential.html  Bishop, D. V. M. (2018). Fallibility in Science: Responding to Errors in the Work of Oneself and Others. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2515245918776632. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918776632 FDAAA Trial Tracker https://fdaaa.trialstracker.net  Ensinck, E., & Lakens, D. (2023). An Inception Cohort Study Quantifying How Many Registered Studies are Published. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5hkjz Quantitude episode on preregistration https://quantitudepod.org/s3e07-in-defense-of-researcher-degrees-of-freedom/  Lakens, D. (2023). When and How to Deviate from a Preregistration. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ha29k   

In this two part episode we discuss the fine art of preregistration. We go back into the history of preregistration, its evolution, and current use. Do we preregister to control the Type 1 error rate, or to show that we derived our prediction from theory a priori? Can and should we preregister exploratory or secondary data analysis? And how severe is the issue of severe testing?   Shownotes ClinicalTrials.gov You can preregister on AsPredicted and the OSF Johnson, M. (1975). Models of Control and Control of Bias. European Journal of Parapsychology, 36–44. SPIRIT Checklist Bishop, D. V. M. (2018). Fallibility in Science: Responding to Errors in the Work of Oneself and Others. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(3), 432–438. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918776632 FDA trials tracker: https://fdaaa.trialstracker.net  Ensinck, E., & Lakens, D. (2023). An Inception Cohort Study Quantifying How Many Registered Studies are Published. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5hkjz van den Akker, O. R., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Enting, M., de Jonge, M., Ong, H. H., Rüffer, F., Schoenmakers, M., Stoevenbelt, A. H., Wicherts, J. M., & Bakker, M. (2023). Selective Hypothesis Reporting in Psychology: Comparing Preregistrations and Corresponding Publications. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(3), 25152459231187988. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231187988 Claesen, A., Gomes, S., Tuerlinckx, F., & Vanpaemel, W. (2021). Comparing dream to reality: An assessment of adherence of the first generation of preregistered studies. Royal Society Open Science, 8(10), 211037. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211037 Bakan, D. (1966). The test of significance in psychological research. Psychological Bulletin, 66(6), 423–437. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0020412 Rosenthal, R. (1966). Experimenter effects in behavioral research. Appleton-Century-Crofts. Johnson, M. (1975). Models of Control and Control of Bias. European Journal of Parapsychology, 36–44. de Groot, A. D. (1969). Methodology. Mouton & Co. Claesen, A., Lakens, D., Vanpaemel, W., & Dongen, N. van. (2022). Severity and Crises in Science: Are We Getting It Right When We're Right and Wrong When We're Wrong? PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ekhc8  

Are men better at navigating than women? It's a common stereotype that men are better at directions than women, but is this actually true? New research published this week in the journal Royal Society Open Science found that the answer was yes and no! Previous studies have found that human men slightly outperform women when it comes to spatial navigation tasks and the theory was that it might be evolutionary, as our cavemen ancestors covered large distances to hunt while the cavewomen stayed closer to home. To look deeper into this and to see if the theory carried across other species, researchers collected data from humans and 20 other species that looked at their spatial navigation skills and how far they travelled away from home. The expectation was that the sex of animal that travelled furthest from home should have the better navigation skills, however this was not the case. While some of the species studied like the meadow vole and chimpanzee had males that were the main traveller, other species including the devil poison frog and the rusty crayfish had females who were the ones that left home the most. Overall, the difference between navigational ability was negligible no matter which sex of animal left home. They found that navigational differences are less to do with evolution and more to do with culture. When they looked into adult humans who had been brought up with similar upbringings, they found no difference in navigation skills. The difference came about when they looked into people's childhoods and found examples of where men had been encouraged to do more outside activities as boys than women as girls. In these examples, the men showed better navigation skills than the women overall, but this was due to lifetime experience rather than anything genetic or evolutionary. So yes, men might be better at navigating than women, but only because their childhood involved more practice – not because there is a biological reason behind it. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Tresor mit Kotproben +++ Micky Maus Copyright +++ Defekter Kanal macht Spermien schwach +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:The Microbiota Vault, Mitteilung Website, Zugriff 03.01.2024Human fertilization in vivo and in vitro requires the CatSper channel to initiate sperm hyperactivation, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 02.01.2024NASA's Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake, Mitteilung Nasa Website, Zugriff 03.01.2024Human and animal skin identified by palaeoproteomics in Scythian leather objects from Ukraine, Plos One 13.12.2023Humans can identify reward-related call types of chickens, Royal Society Open Science, 03.01.2024**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Wie sich Familienstrukturen in Zukunft verändern +++ Warum Hunde dunklere Augen haben als Wölfe +++ Welche Bakterien der Star des nächstens Jahres sind +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Projections of human kinship for all countries/ PNAS, 19.12.2023Are dark-eyed dogs favoured by humans? Domestication as a potential driver of iris colour difference between dogs and wolves/ The Royal Society Open Science, 20.12.2023Exploring geomagnetic variations in ancient mesopotamia: Archaeomagnetic study of inscribed bricks from the 3rd–1st millennia BCE/ PNAS, 18.12.2023Binding and sequestration of poison frog alkaloids by a plasma globulin/ eLife, 19.12.2023Blue Origin Successfully Completes 24th Mission to Space/ Blue Origin, 19.12.2023MIKROBE DES JAHRES 2024 Kabelbakterium Electronema: Lebender Stromleiter/ Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Dezember 2023**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Chemie-Nobelpreis für Entdeckung und Herstellung von Quantenpunkten +++ Warum kleine Mengen schneller erfasst sind als große +++ Katzen schnurren dank gepolsterten Stimmlippen +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:They planted an important seed for nanotechnology/ Nobelprize.org, 04.10.2023Distinct neuronal representation of small and large numbers in the human medial temporal lobe/ Nature Human Behaviour, 02.10.2023Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input/ Current Biology, 03.10.2023Interplay between male quality and male-female compatibility across episodes of sexual selection/ Science Advances, 29.09.2023A multi-study examination of intra-individual feedback loops between competence and value beliefs, procrastination, and goal achievement/ Contemporary Educational Psychology, 20.07.2023Evidence for vocal signatures and voice-prints in a wild parrot/ The Royal Society Open Science, 04.10.2023**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

In her own words: “Hi! I'm Kalyani, a freelance photographer, biologist and wildlife filmmaker, born and raised in the city of Leicester, what felt like miles away from the countryside and the outdoors.  With no role-models or influences in my life to steer me to the natural world, it's a mystery to my whole family how I ended up loving the outdoors and everything in it, but somehow I did.  My love for nature fuelled me to pursue a BSc at the Royal Veterinary College where I studied a whole range of aspects of animal biology; from anatomy and physiology to behaviour and evolution. My research into kangaroo biomechanics and limb bone scaling was part of a paper published in the Royal Society Open Science in 2018. I then completed my MSc at Imperial College London, where I fell in love with science communication and story telling. I first picked up a camera at 19 years old when my parents sent me to live in an ashram for 6 months (of course, as a teenager, I wasn't too thrilled at the prospect initially) and that's how I accidentally got into, and got hooked on, photography. I am self-taught and now specialise in travel and wildlife photography. I love exploring the world, often travelling solo, and learning about different cultures beyond stereotypes. Having Indian heritage, I have a deep understanding of the need to look beyond imperialist and colonialist generalisations and I am able to truly connect with people around the world. As a biologist, there's something so incredibly special about seeing the most breathtaking animals in their natural habitat and experiencing the sheer magnitude and magic of the world around us. I have been fortunate enough to have been to the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of people on Earth, the forests of Finland to photograph brown bears and the depths of the South African ocean, surrounded by thousands of hammerhead sharks. My photography work has been featured by UNICEF and the BBC and I have had the opportunity to have worked for Parmarth Niketan Ashram and Light for the World. I have also had footage featured on BBC AutumnWatch and one of my photographs was selected for the long list of the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. I work full time as a freelancer on science and wildlife documentaries, where I am currently working as a researcher for the BBC's Natural History Unit on a landmark natural history series for National Geographic.” *** New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out.  You can support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast Thank you. *** Show notes Who is Kalyani Her love for the outdoors and nature Wanting to be a vet when she was younger Being sent to India by her parents Accidentally getting into photography What did her daily life look like in the Ashram The moment when it all came together for her and started to enjoy taking photos Going back home and doing a 3-year science degree Still unsure what she wanted to do Getting her Master's at Imperial Science Media Production Working in a restaurant How did she get her first job in The Great British Bake Off Starting out as a runner and what she does Taking every opportunity that is given to her How does she cope with the stress Her trips to other countries and what was it like for her Her main job as a wildlife filmmaker Working on a big series for National Geographic Interesting place in Africa called Mauritania Doing a shoot for three and a half weeks with a small crew Why she's less tired than many others and her exhaustion-coping advice Biggest challenges she's faced and had to deal with Kalyani's trip to Iceland and why it was one of the best wildlife moments for her Taking a trip to Finland for her birthday Diving in the South African ocean with the hammerhead sharks Climate change and figuring out shoot dates The reality of nature Where to find more information about Kalyani Top tips and advice   Social Media Website: www.kalyanilodhia.com Instagram: @kalyanilodhia  Twitter: @kalyanilodhia  

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Umfrage: Politik sollte mehr gegen Falschmeldungen tun +++ Isometrische Übungen am besten gegen Bluthochdruck +++ Wasserqualität unserer Flüsse wird nicht besser**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Neue Studie: Einstellungen und Wahrnehmungen zu Desinformationen in Europa, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 10.08.2023Exercise training and resting blood pressure: a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, British Journal od Sports Medicine, 25.07.2023The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt, Nature, 09.08.2023Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society, British Ecological Society, 01.08.2023The numerical stroop effect on consumer preference to order healthy food, International Journal of Hospitality Management, August 2023Stay close, but not too close: aerial image analysis reveals patterns of social distancing in seal colonies, Royal Society Open Science 9.8.2023**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.**********Weitere Wissensnachrichten zum Nachlesen: https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/nachrichten

In this 183rd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. In this episode we discuss the predictable descent of the West into a tribal battle over resources, following from the corrupt rent-seeking elites' destruction of the system of competence and merit which fueled the boom of the 20th century. More specifically, we discuss FreedomFest, libertarians and liberty, RFK Jr. and his free market solution to pollution; also: race, sex, genocide, and rape. And: a man cheats two ways to take home a medal in a race for disabled women. Finally: saber-toothed anchovies. ***** Our sponsors: Sole: Carefully designed, personally moldable footbeds for healthy feet. Go to https://yoursole.com/darkhorse to receive 50% off any pair of Sole footbeds.  Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order. Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. ***** Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org Heather's newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com Locals: https://darkhorse.locals.com/ Find more from us on Bret's website (https://bretweinstein.net) or Heather's website (http://heatherheying.com). Become a member of the DarkHorse LiveStreams, and get access to an additional Q&A livestream every month. Join at Heather's Patreon. Like this content? Subscribe to the channel, like this video, follow us on twitter (@BretWeinstein, @HeatherEHeying), and consider helping us out by contributing to either of our Patreons or Bret's Paypal. Looking for clips from #DarkHorseLivestreams? Check out our other channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWCKUrmvK5F_ynBY_CMlIA Theme Music: Thank you to Martin Molin of Wintergatan for providing us the rights to use their excellent music. ***** Mentioned in this episode: https://www.freedomfest.com Trans-Identified Male Wins Bronze In Women's 400m At 2023 World Para Athletics Championships: https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-wins-bronze-in-womens-400m-at-2023-world-para-athletics-championships/ Saber-toothed anchovies make the news at Science in 2020: https://www.science.org/content/article/saber-toothed-anchovies-roamed-oceans-45-million-years-ago Original research: Capobianco et al 2020. Large-bodied sabre-toothed anchovies reveal unanticipated ecological diversity in early Palaeogene teleosts. Royal Society Open Science, 7(5): 192260.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.192260Support the show

Die Themen der Wissensnachrichten: +++ Studierenden in Deutschland geht es gesundheitlich schlechter als noch vor ein paar Jahren +++ Wirkung des Morgen-Kaffees ist zum Teil wohl Placebo-Effekt +++ Kolibris mögen Nektar mit Schuss +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:TK-Gesund­heits­re­port 2023 - Wie geht‘s Deutsch­lands Studie­ren­den? Techniker Krankenkasse, 28.06.2023Water in the city: visitation of animal wildlife to garden water sources and urban lakes. Urban Ecosystems, 19.05.2023Coffee consumption decreases the connectivity of the posterior Default Mode Network (DMN) at rest. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 28.06.2023Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure: associations with better cognitive performance, mental well-being and brain structure in young adolescence. Psychological Medicine, 28.06.2023Hummingbird ingestion of low-concentration ethanol within artificial nectar, Royal Society Open Science, 21.06.2023Intel Inside: The Linguistic Properties of Effective Slogans. Journal of Consumer Research, 15.05.2023**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.**********Weitere Wissensnachrichten zum Nachlesen: https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/nachrichten

This week our guest is your favorite psychological scientist, Dr. Maryanne Garry of the University of Waikato in New Zealand and garrylab.com Dr. Garry and four of her colleagues published a paper recently in the Royal Society Open Science called "Trivially informative semantic context inflates people's confidence they can perform a highly complex skill". The experiments built on previous studies which demonstrated that people have highly inflated beliefs of their capabilities doing highly complex tasks for which they are entirely unqualified. In particular, a high percentage of people have high confidence that they could land a commercial plane with no help from the tower. In this study, they tested whether watching a short, trivially informative video of two pilots landing a plane would influence that confidence level. As always with Dr. Garry, you'll learn a lot, you'll laugh along with us, and your dreams will be crushed as only she can. If you want to listen to more interviews with Dr. Garry, check out these episodes of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite: * CCATP #727 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on How Everything You Remember is Wrong * CCATP #629 - Dr. Garry on Study of Language Skills vs Numeracy In Learning to Program * CCATP #576 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Grammar Pet Peeves * CCATP #554 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Persuasion with Facts and Data * CCATP #510 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions * CCATP #452 Dr. Garry Asks "Compared to What?" * CCATP #441 Dr. Maryanne Garry on Cognitive Biases, Learning and Aging

This week our guest is your favorite psychological scientist, Dr. Maryanne Garry of the University of Waikato in New Zealand and garrylab.com Dr. Garry and four of her colleagues published a paper recently in the Royal Society Open Science called "Trivially informative semantic context inflates people's confidence they can perform a highly complex skill". The experiments built on previous studies which demonstrated that people have highly inflated beliefs of their capabilities doing highly complex tasks for which they are entirely unqualified. In particular, a high percentage of people have high confidence that they could land a commercial plane with no help from the tower. In this study, they tested whether watching a short, trivially informative video of two pilots landing a plane would influence that confidence level. As always with Dr. Garry, you'll learn a lot, you'll laugh along with us, and your dreams will be crushed as only she can. If you want to listen to more interviews with Dr. Garry, check out these episodes of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite: * CCATP #727 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on How Everything You Remember is Wrong * CCATP #629 - Dr. Garry on Study of Language Skills vs Numeracy In Learning to Program * CCATP #576 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Grammar Pet Peeves * CCATP #554 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Persuasion with Facts and Data * CCATP #510 - Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions * CCATP #452 Dr. Garry Asks "Compared to What?" * CCATP #441 Dr. Maryanne Garry on Cognitive Biases, Learning and Aging

New techniques allow unprecedented insight into the underwater behaviour of Australia's flatback sea turtles. Then we chat about some newly described spiny lizards from Peru. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Hounslow JL, Fossette S, Byrnes EE, Whiting SD, Lambourne RN, Armstrong NJ, Tucker AD, Richardson AR, Gleiss AC. 2022. Multivariate analysis of biologging data reveals the environmental determinants of diving behaviour in a marine reptile. Royal Society Open Science 9:211860. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211860. Species of the Bi-Week: Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Chávez-Arribasplata JC, García-Bravo A. 2022. Four new species of polychromatic spiny-tailed iguanian lizards, genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae), from Peru. Zootaxa 5115:1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.1. Editing and Music: Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10  Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com

This week Erica chatted with Fin Whale Researcher Sacha Viquerat about his recent publication Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods. References: Branch, T. A., & Butterworth, D. S. (2001). Estimates of abundance south of 60°S for cetacean species sighted frequently on the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IWC/IDCR-SOWER sighting surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 3(3), 251-270. Viquerat, S., & Herr, H. (2017). Mid-summer abundance estimates of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus around the South Orkney Islands and Elephant Island. Endangered Species Research, 32, 515-524. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00832 Burkhardt, E., Van Opzeeland, I., Cisewski, B., Mattmüller, R., Meister, M., Schall, E., Spiesecke, S., Thomisch, K., Zwicker, S., & Boebel, O. (2021). Seasonal and diel cycles of fin whale acoustic occurrence near Elephant Island, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 8(5), 201142-201142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201142 Herr, H., Hickmott, L., Viquerat, S., & Panigada, S. (2022). First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island. Royal Society Open Science, 9(9), 0-7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220721

The Jezero Crater on Mars was targeted by Nasa's Perseverence rover because from orbit, there was strong evidence it had at some point contained a lake. When the Mars 2020 mission landed, it didn't take long to spot rocks protruding from the bottom that looked for all the world like sedimentary rocks – implying they were laid down from the liquid water and maybe perhaps even contain signs of past life. This week, the science team have published some of their analysis from the first 9 months of the mission. And, as Principal Scientist Kenneth Farley of Caltech tells Science In Action, the geology is clearly more complex, as it turns out they are igneous, perhaps resulting from subsequent volcanic activity. Back on earth, Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland has been digging into the legend of the Kuwea volcano in Vanuatu. Folk tales have long talked of an inhabited island that once disappeared beneath the sea. Over the years some have linked these and the submarine caldera with an eruption that occurred in 1452, yet the evidence has been debated. But the Hunga-Tonga eruption earlier this year has shifted Shane's perception of the evidence. As he describes, he now suspects the 1452 eruption was as much as 5-7 times bigger in magnitude, and likely preceded by smaller eruptions that could fit with some of the legends surrounding the story. This type of evidence, interpreted from the testimony of those who live there, is increasingly being employed in conservation studies. Heidi Ma of ZSL in London and colleagues this week declared in Royal Society Open Science, the Dugong – a relative of the manatee - is now functionally extinct in Chinese waters, but they reached this conclusion from interviewing hundreds of individuals in fishing communities along that coast. And very few of them had ever seen one. When CrowdScience listener Eric spotted a few gnats flying around on a milder day in mid-winter, he was really surprised - as surely insects die off in the cold? It got him wondering where the gnats had come from and how they'd survived the previous cold snap. So he asked CrowdScience to do some bug investigation. Presenter Marnie Chesterton takes up the challenge and heads out into the British countryside – currently teeming with buzzes and tiny beasties - to learn about the quite amazing array of tactics these small creatures use to survive the arduous days of cold. She hears how some insects change their chemical structure to enhance their frost resistance whist others hunker down in warmer microclimates or rely on their community and food stocks to keep them warm. Marnie also asks how climate change might be affecting insect over-wintering behaviour - and its implications for the lives of these crucially important organisms. (Image: Jezero Crater. Credit: Getty Images)

According to a paper published on August 24th, 2022 in the journal https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211994 (Royal Society Open Science), the Dugong is now “functionally extinct” in China. These gentle marine mammals, sometimes referred to as sea cows, are one of four species of the order Sirenia. They are the cousins of the Amazonian manatee, West Indian manatee, West African manatee, and the now extinct Steller's sea cow. These peaceful creatures invoked myths of mermaids and fantasy, existing in Chinese waters for thousands of years. Now, because of habitat loss, food loss, hunting, and collisions with watercraft, the Dugong is now one step closer to meeting the fate of their Steller cousin, and only other member of the Dugongidae family. https://thewildlife.blog/2022/08/26/new-study-suggests-the-dugong-is-functionally-extinct-in-china/ (Transcript) Support

The Jezero Crater on Mars was targeted by Nasa's Perseverence rover because from orbit, there was strong evidence it had at some point contained a lake. When the Mars 2020 mission landed, it didn't take long to spot rocks protruding from the bottom that looked for all the world like sedimentary rocks – implying they were laid down from the liquid water and maybe perhaps even contain signs of past life. This week, the science team have published some of their analysis from the first 9 months of the mission. And, as Principal Scientist Kenneth Farley of Caltech tells Science In Action, the geology is clearly more complex, as it turns out they are igneous, perhaps resulting from subsequent volcanic activity. Back on earth, Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland has been digging into the legend of the Kuwea volcano in Vanuatu. Folk tales have long talked of an inhabited island that once disappeared beneath the sea. Over the years some have linked these and the submarine caldera with an eruption that occurred in 1452, yet the evidence has been debated. But the Hunga-Tonga eruption earlier this year has shifted Shane's perception of the evidence. As he describes, he now suspects the 1452 eruption was as much as 5-7 times bigger in magnitude, and likely preceded by smaller eruptions that could fit with some of the legends surrounding the story. This type of evidence, interpreted from the testimony of those who live there, is increasingly being employed in conservation studies. Heidi Ma of ZSL in London and colleagues this week declared in Royal Society Open Science, the Dugong – a relative of the manatee - is now functionally extinct in Chinese waters, but they reached this conclusion from interviewing hundreds of individuals in fishing communities along that coast. And very few of them had ever seen one. (Image: Jezero Crater. Credit: Getty Images) Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield

(ORIGINAL AIRDATE: September 9, 2021)Summary by Peyton SmithHour 1, segment 1:(AUDIO) The hour begins with Mike analyzing how 630 CHED FM in Edmonton is reporting on the "pandemic" in Canada, as well as in the U.S.An interesting inside look into mainstream media on the radio in Canada.Mike also rolls some audio from a phone call he made to Shaye Ganam of 630 CHED FM.It is an absolute excoriation of the lie that is being fed to people regarding overflowing hospitals due to the unvaccinated, which has led to the reported cancellation of elective surgery.The healthcare system in Canada has been teetering on the brink of collapse for decades.Now, there's a convenient excuse to blame it all on.Shaye dances around and gives a very complicated non response to Mike.Good stuff.---------------------Hour 1, segment 2: (AUDIO) Leana Wen gives her wishlist for Biden's big speech today.Nauseating and sickly sweet.She's starving for further tyranny.-------------------(AUDIO) Dr. Kerry Chant, the Chief Health Officer of New South Wales, sent social media into a frenzy on Thursday, after she referred to a post-lockdown “new world order” during a Covid-19 press conference.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/australians-shocked-after-nsw-health-officer-says-post-lockdown-sydney-will-be-a-new-world-order/-------------------(AUDIO) A past clip of demon George Soros where he says Obama had to convince China to join a NEW WORLD ORDER.-----------------------(AUDIO) According to a report by NCA NewsWire, Australians in lock down are being monitored by the government with particular regards to their alcohol intake, which is now subject to restrictions by the state.--------------------https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/report-locked-down-australians-alcohol-intake-monitored-and-restricted-by-the-state/----------------------Enjoy all this, and more, in a powerful hour 1 from Mike.Hour 2, segment 1: Americanuck Radio welcomes Kari Simpson of the Canadian Voters Association back to the program.The BC CDC is pushing vaccines for school children without parental consent.Are children 12 and younger capable of giving "mature minor consent" to a medical procedure?The goalposts keep moving, and Kari discusses this. The state is now trying to take ownership of our children, in black and white.The Infants Act of British Columbia is also discussed. This act is what allowed a 14 year old girl to transition into a boy without her father's consent.A similar situation happened in Texas.Such a disgusting, diabolical plot to eliminate all parental authority.The "authorities" who are advancing this evil seem as though they embrace this abject child abuse as a religion.It's as if they get off on penetrating children.Parents MUST NOT trust the school system!What will it take to jolt parents into action against such violations of their own flesh and blood?Listen to this amazing conversation IN FULL!Keep up with Kari's work by clicking the link below:https://www.mycva.ca/-------------------Hour 2, segment 2: (AUDIO) A rare moment of honesty from Biden?Past and present, he lives for doing dumb things.-----------------------A fossil found in the Canadian Rockies revealed an unusual marine animal that was much larger in scale than any other ocean creatures at its time more than 500 million years ago.According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the fossil is named Titanokorys gainesi and was 1.6 feet in length – quadruple the size of its fellow ancient ocean dwellers.How did an aquatic ocean dweller get into the Canadian Rockies?Could there have been a flood?----------------------(AUDIO)Some Canadian election news.Rebel Media won their court case to be accredited to ask questions at the debates.Upon being questioned by a Rebel News reporter, Trudeau took the opportunity to attack the outlet.Erin O'Toole was also questioned by the Rebel as to whether natural immunity is an exemption to being vaccinated, to which O'Toole responded that it would be a matter of choice.---------------------A terrible story out of Toronto.A story of a father named Floriano Lopez.He was shot and killed last Friday allegedly by a man Toronto Police say was driving a stolen pickup truck before crashing into the job site where Lopes was working.Mike analyzes and brings perspective to this story.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/lilley-meet-the-family-ripped-apart-by-a-recent-senseless-shooting-in-toronto/#-----------------------Enjoy all of this, and more, in a wonderful hour 2 from Mike.

Tout d'abord, nous commenterons des moments forts du sommet du G-7 qui s'est déroulé du 26 au 28 juin à Schloss Elmau, en Allemagne. Ensuite, dans le contexte de l'abrogation de l'arrêt « Roe contre Wade », nous examinerons la position d'une église du Texas sur l'avortement. Nous discuterons également d'un nouveau rapport publié le 22 juin par la revue Royal Society Open Science, qui compare l'élevage industriel et l'élevage à faible rendement. Enfin, nous apprendrons quelles sont les villes où il est le plus agréable de vivre au monde, selon le Global Liveability Index de 2022.    Poursuivons maintenant avec l'annonce de la deuxième partie de notre émission, « Trending in France ». Nous parlerons de la plaidoirie des avocats de Salah Abdeslam à la fin du procès des attentats du 13 novembre 2015. Et pour finir, nous discuterons de l'ouverture prévue pour l'automne d'un restaurant à la prison des Baumettes de Marseille, le premier du genre en France. - Le G7 réaffirme son soutien à l'Ukraine et annonce des plans économiques mondiaux - L'église texane au cœur de l'affaire de 1970 sur l'avortement aide toujours les femmes à se faire avorter - Une nouvelle étude affirme que l'élevage industriel réduit les risques de pandémies - Les villes européennes reviennent dans le top 10 de l'indice mondial qui évalue la qualité de vie - Procès des attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : la plaidoirie des avocats de Salah Abdeslam - Le premier restaurant en prison de France ouvrira bientôt à Marseille

Inizieremo il nostro programma approfondendo alcuni argomenti che hanno fatto notizia questa settimana. In primo luogo, rivivremo i momenti salienti del vertice del G7 che si è svolto a Schloss Elmau, in Germania, dal 26 al 28 giugno. Quindi, alla luce del recente rovesciamento della sentenza Roe contro Wade, daremo uno sguardo alla posizione di una chiesa del Texas riguardo all'aborto. Proseguiremo, commentando i risultati di un nuovo studio pubblicato il 22 giugno dalla rivista Royal Society Open Science che mette a confronto gli allevamenti industriali e quelli a basso rendimento. Infine, scopriremo quali sono le città più vivibili al mondo secondo il Global Liveability Index 2022.    Andiamo avanti con l'annuncio della seconda parte del nostro programma, "Trending in Italy". Parleremo di una scoperta importante avvenuta sulla cima pakistana del Nanga Parbat che mette la parola fine alla polemica che ha coinvolto per oltre 50 anni, Reinhold Messner, leggenda vivente dell'alpinismo italiano e mondiale. Infine, discuteremo dei divieti imposti dal comune di Napoli per migliorare la sicurezza e il decoro urbano della città. - Il vertice del G7 ribadisce il pieno sostegno all'Ucraina e annuncia piani economici globali - C'è una chiesa in Texas che aiuta le donne che vogliono abortire. - Un nuovo studio sostiene che l'allevamento industriale di animali espone ad un rischio minore di pandemie - Le città europee tornano tra le prime 10 città più vivibili al mondo nel 2022 - Alpinismo, la verità di Reinhold Messner sulla tragedia del Nanga Parbat - A Napoli si potrà ancora stendere la biancheria da balconi e finestre

Empezamos nuestro programa repasando algunas noticias que han ocurrido esta semana. En primer lugar, comentaremos algunos de los aspectos más destacados de la cumbre del G-7 que tuvo lugar del 26 al 28 de junio en Schloss Elmau, Alemania. A continuación, en vista de la reciente revocación de la sentencia Roe vs Wade, analizaremos la posición de una iglesia de Texas respecto al aborto. También hablaremos de un nuevo informe publicado el 22 de junio por la revista Royal Society Open Science que compara la ganadería industrial con la de bajo rendimiento. Por último, conoceremos cuáles son las ciudades más habitables del mundo según el Índice Global de Habitabilidad 2022. En la segunda parte de nuestro programa, "Trending in Spain", hablaremos de algunos cambios que nos pueden dejar un poco perplejos. En la primera noticia, comentaremos la inauguración del nuevo centro cultural CaixaForum en Valencia, un proyecto pensado como espacio público convertido ahora en un espacio privado. En la segunda noticia, bailaremos a ritmo de samba en el Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, este año celebrado durante el solsticio de verano. La cumbre del G-7 reafirma su apoyo a Ucrania y anuncia planes económicos globales La iglesia de Texas involucrada en el caso del aborto de 1970 sigue ayudando a las mujeres a abortar Un nuevo estudio sostiene que la cría industrial de animales ofrece menor riesgo de pandemias Las ciudades europeas vuelven a estar entre las 10 primeras en el Índice Global de Habitabilidad de 2022 El Ágora de Valencia renace como CaixaForum Carnaval en el mes de junio

Can the smell of predators put lizards off their lunch?  Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper Reference: Webster C, Massaro M, Michael DR, Bambrick D, Riley JL, Nimmo DG. 2018. Native reptiles alter their foraging in the presence of the olfactory cues of invasive mammalian predators. Royal Society Open Science 5:180136. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180136. Species of the Bi-Week: Oliver PM, Rittmeyer EN, Torkkola J, Donnellan SC, Dahl C, Richards SJ. 2020. Multiple trans-Torres Strait colonisations by tree frogs in the Litoria caerulea group, with the description of a new species from New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 68:15. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Apfelbach R, Parsons MH, Soini HA, Novotny MV. (2015) Are single odorous components of a predator sufficient to elicit defensive behaviors in prey species? Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9, 263. (doi:10. 3389/fnins.2015.00263) Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney

We've talked about ants being the victims of herpetofauna depredation, but what about snakes that are friends to ants? This episode we chat about a paper detailing the antics of an “ant-mother”. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Jono T, Kojima Y, Mizuno T. 2019. Novel cooperative antipredator tactics of an ant specialized against a snake. Royal Society Open Science 6:190283. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190283. Species of the Bi-Week: de Oca AN-M, Castresana-Villanueva N, Canseco-Márquez L, Campbell JA. 2022. A New Species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra de Juárez of Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 78. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00041.1. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Hodges, CW, Marshall, BM, Hill, JG, Strine, CT. 2022. Malayan kraits (Bungarus candidus) show affinity to anthropogenic structures in a human dominated landscape. Scientific reports, 12(1), pp.1-16. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11255-z Knolle, F, Goncalves, RP, Morton, AJ. 2017. Sheep recognize familiar and unfamiliar human faces from two-dimensional images. Royal Society Open Science, 4(11), 171228. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171228 Other Links/Mentions: Wolves and raven playing: https://www.yellowstone.org/naturalist-notes-wolves-and-ravens/ Ant video from Jono et al., - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731735/bin/rsos190283supp2.avi Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com

High control religious groups often discourage games, warning about the 'dangers' of being influenced by Satan or the world. But what about the benefits of playing games and their role in finding community, experiencing a sense of competence and potential benefits around memory and thinking? Germ joins Celine and Stephen this week to talk all things gaming and games. There's also a bit of reminiscing about some of the team's favourite games, with a dash of psychology thrown in and the link between video games and a sense of well-being.  Become a patron for just £1 per month ($1:50) https://www.patreon.com/whatshouldithinkabout Paper Johannes, N., Vuorre, M., & Przybylski, A. K. (2021). Video game play is positively correlated with well-being. Royal Society Open Science, 8(2), 202049. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.202049