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A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year

Wild!!

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

Climate change may alter seed and seedling traits and shift germination and mortality patterns in alpine environments. Background image by Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez

🌿Check the newly published article “Climate change may alter seed and seedling traits and shift germination and mortality patterns in alpine environments” in @annbot by Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez @jeronimovazquez.bsky.social & Susanna Venn. 🧵 (1/9)

👉 doi.org/qs3t

#PlantScience #AoBpapers

Our legislators are listening! Senate Bill 240 will hit the floor for a vote this week. Let’s encourage them to support this simple solution to making our state flower a Georgian flower. Our advocacy webpage has resources to help you: vist.ly/4te66

Nice work, lady! 🛁

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

🫘 Entry level seed jobs in Georgia, USA
💸 FT + benefits eligible, $39k

Based @ USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center (Americus)
Funded for 2y, 60% field / 30% lab
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Based @ FS National Seed Lab (Dry Branch)
Funded for 3y, 80% lab
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More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 129 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel.

Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...

Median amount of time spent under review is 7.4–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles and the differences remain significant after controlling for several factors - analysis of >36.5 million articles in >36,000 journals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Do you: Have a strong interest in science? A passion for journalism and writing? Our paid 3-month internship might be for you! We are looking for talented candidates from all backgrounds, especially those traditionally underrepresented in publishing. Applications close 9 March 2026.

Calling all budding science writers!

Applications for our paid London-based internship, starting in June, are now open.

Deadline: 9 March 2026

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Hurricane Helene damage in a forest showing trees fallen down across a trail

Research biologist position at Clemson for work on forest wildlife/habitat recovery post-Hurricane Helene in western NC. Full time, multi-year position. Will be working with David Jachowski & myself, includes field work, analysis, writing.

**Apply by March 9**

Job posting bit.ly/cuhhftpos 🧪🌎

Climatic variability drives greater thermal tolerance breadth and enables larger range size in butterflies Abstract. Although climatic variability has been proposed to shape physiological tolerances, and in turn, species distributions, relatively few studies hav

We found support for the Rapoport effect in butterflies 🦋 species that live in more variable climates have broader thermal tolerances and larger range sizes. A collaboration with Aaron Yilmaz and @sarahdiamond.bsky.social 🔬

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In contrast, Bezos’s ex-wife gave away $7.2b in 2025, the most given by anyone in a single year since Fortune began tracking this in 2012 - and more than Bezos has given in his whole lifetime.

The National Science Foundation’s entire budget is $10 billion.

INCREDIBLE!!!

“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”

🚨Job Alert – Please RT!
We’re looking for bright minds to join our community!
We are looking for 12 postdocs and 7 PhD students!
Details on all projects and application: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...
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Our handbook on standardised measurements of regenerative plant functional traits is now published:
connectsci.au/bt/article/d...

It provides protocols for 58 traits across pollen, seeds, and seedlings aimed at improving consistency and comparability in regeneration trait research.

Cumulative restoration action leads to improved vegetative response in shrub‐encroached wet prairies of coastal Florida, U.S.A. This study shows effective restoration of shrub-encroached wet prairies may require more than conventional management tools. The cumulative effect of three treatment approaches, removal of woody shru...

📄🚨New paper from our Florida conservation team showing the positive impact of habitat restoration on biodiversity. And the coolest part- this work was done without herbicide! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you're an #EcoEvo #PhD candidate anywhere in the world looking for project funding, consider applying for the @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Award.

Ten proposals for $2k in research funds will be awarded. Due 13 March 2026.

Please share widely! 🧪 #grants #ecology #evolution #behavior

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️ 1url.cz/2ziQz
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Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Painting featuring a black cat behind a row of purple and pink flowers against a white background

Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder (1931-2021) #WomensArt

This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.

RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p

I'm just going to say a thing.

What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.

🌱 Can we predict which plant species are likely to establish and spread around the world – before they actually do?
Our new study shows that the answer lies in a very early life stage: seed germination.

Our state flower should be Georgian! Contact your state representative and senator to voice your support for Georgia House Bill 955 that will change the state flower to a native species and permanently designate April as Native Plant Month! #nativeplants