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Socially parasitic ant queens chemically induce queen-matricide in host workers Taku Shimada and colleagues show that socially parasitic queens of two ant species spray their respective host queens with chemical signals that trigger host workers to kill the resident queen.

Very cool study: matricide in ants as a maniputing behaviour favouring social parasitism! 🤯🤯

->Socially parasitic ant queens chemically induce queen-matricide in host workers. Current Biology. www.cell.com/current-biol...

From waffle gardens to terraces, Indigenous groups revive farming heritage in America’s deserts In 1985, with two young daughters and little money, Roxanne Swentzell, a Native American sculptor and ceramic artist, returned from her studies in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, to her Santa…

Native American farmers in the southwestern U.S. have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops in high-desert environments.

This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.

Free Sarah Kendzior.

Screen shot of Esri's Student Programs page under the site careers.esri.com showing a picture of a young woman with dark brown skin and long dark brown hair. Use the link in the actual posting to apply for the summer internship.

2026 Esri Global Operations Sustainability SUMMER INTERNSHIP available! This is an opportunity to join alongside the Esri team leading global operational efforts for a company committed to simply "doing the right thing" as an excellent global citizen!
Apply at:
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Yay! Congratulations!!!

Susan Straight’s First English Professor Turned Her On to ‘Badass’ Women

An interview with the gracious Susan Straight. Looking forward to finishing her last novel, MECCA, and diving into her new one, SACRAMENT. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

How a Sea Creature’s Fossils Show All the Colors of the Rainbow

Basic science reveals a mechanism of beauty: How a Sea Creature’s Fossils Show All the Colors of the Rainbow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...

How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.

#NSF funding is crucial for uncovering and developing new engineered solutions to our probleme based on plant and animal biology. #saveNSF www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Susan Straight’s First English Professor Turned Her On to ‘Badass’ Women

Susan Straight’s First English Professor Turned Her On to ‘Badass’ Women

Meeting traveling nurses during the pandemic led to “Sacrament,” her 10th novel. “Our memories will be indelible,” she says, “like my father’s stories of the Dust Bowl.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

California Attorney Captures the Absurdity of U.S. Immigration Policies in Play Turned Book "Pasatiempo" speaks to Daniel Olivas, the author of "Waiting for Godínez," a play about immigration the attorney and writer based on "Waiting for Godot."

California Attorney Captures the Absurdity of U.S. Immigration Policies in Play Turned Book.

#ICYMI Ania Hull of the Santa Fe New Mexican discusses the publication of my play, Waiting for Godínez (University of New Mexico Press).
www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/c... #playwriting #immigration

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Publishers Weekly Reviews with image of a stack of 19 books with "When Trees Testify" by Beronda L. Montgomery sitting on top

When Trees Testify coming from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social Jan. 20, 2026 sitting pretty with other forthcoming books & reviewed in @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Five Recommended Reads for Native American Heritage Month Every November, we mark Native American Heritage Month as a time to uplift the traditions, languages, and stories of Native American and Alaska Native communities, ensuring their contributions and …

Happy Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate, I recommend two recent books by @uwapress.uw.edu : Caitlin Keliiaa’s Resfusing Settler Domesticity and Olivia Chilcote’s Unrecognized in California

Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!

uwpressblog.com/2025/11/04/f...

Gustavo Arellano: OC federal election monitors are… | KCRW The Trump Administration's plans for monitors during the Nov. 4th special election reflect a long history of questioning election integrity in Orange County.

MY LATEST @kcrw.com ORANGE COUNTY LINE: OC federal election monitors are not new. Share, porfas!

You’re probably richer than you think because of the safety net – but you’d have more of that hidden wealth if you lived in Norway The typical worker on the verge of retirement is due roughly $412,000 in this under-the-radar wealth.

Read the story: buff.ly/KWRTD6H

💰💲Think you know your net worth? Most people add up cash, investments and home equity, then subtract debt.

@umich.edu sociology professor Robert Manduca says people leave out a huge piece: the future benefits they’ll get from Social Security.

Studies: Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is Adding to Bird Declines • The Revelator Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.

I've been pretty quiet here lately, trying to cut down on doomscrolling for the sake of my mental health... BUT I have a new story out at @therevelator.org, on how climate change is contributing to bird population declines in multiple biomes around the world. #birds 🪶🌏

And mind you, affirmative action has been illegal in California for *decades*

Higher ed and science journalists - this is the first report I've seen that the UC is thinking about cutting their internal postdoc program, which has been a roaring success. Something to look into?

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

Senate Committee on Indians Affairs Hear How Tribes Turn to Natural Resources as Federal Shutdown Deepens Food Insecurity An emergency authorization from the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council to slaughter 18 buffalo from the tribe’s herd will produce thousands of pounds of meat for community members facing uncertain food...

The Blackfeet Tribal Nation has to slaughter some of its buffalo herd to make up for halted SNAP benefits? The U.S. government isn't meeting its treaty obligations. nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...

This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch

"In April...ecologist Julia Earl received a distressing notice...the grant supporting her research...was being prematurely canceled...But Earl, whose NSF grant used the word diversity 152 times, wasn’t studying DEI; she was studying insect diversity" #saveNSF
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ecolo...

A flood of Chinese graduate students in STEM was a boon to U.S. students Study shows the influx allowed U.S. programs to expand enrollment and also benefited local businesses

Study finds China's higher education boom led to expansion of US STEM masters programs www.science.org/content/arti...

Very difficult and innovative work cut short for no good reason. Hope @jjinsing.bsky.social catches a break and can continue his work. #SaveNF #fundscience

From me: ‘Tribes prepare for loss of SNAP benefits, other programs in government shutdown’

Hi! I’m Avi. I’m a PhD candidate in History. My dissertation looks at the relationship between humans and marine environments in Roman Britain. I’m interested in things like oysters, fish sauce, and sea salt. I also write about marine environments in other periods, including in early America.

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction.

"By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction."

www.wired.com/story/new-re...

10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?

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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest theconversation.com/10-effective...

A news article about the paper by Jennifer Brisson:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...