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Kids with funny faces drawn on their hands Image by Lora Moore-Kakaletris via Unsplash

Varieties of childhood 🏺🧪
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Dr. Dorsa Amir & Dr. @sheinalew.bsky.social discuss different ways childhood differs, in terms of parents’ attitudes toward risk, in terms of social structures and activities in which kids are embedded, and in terms of freedom children are granted.

A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”

Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.

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The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

Two scatter plots compare the time to first decision with reviews (in working days) for "Fast & Fair" and "Conventional" peer review methods. The left plot, titled "July-Dec 2024 peer reviewed only," and the right plot, titled "Jan-Jun 2025 peer reviewed only," both show that "Fast & Fair" has significantly lower decision times than "Conventional." Each plot has a Y-axis ranging from 0 to 100 working days and X-axis categories for the two review methods. Data points cluster lower for "Fast & Fair" and higher for "Conventional," with blue lines indicating lower mean times for "Fast & Fair." Asterisks (****) above both plots indicate statistical significance. A caption notes that the blue line represents the mean.

Phase II of our Fast & Fair peer review experiment is testing scalability. Results so far are promising. Read more at bit.ly/41N31tO.

#FastandFairPeerReview #PeerReview #ScientificPublishing

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

The image shows the Logo of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the left upper corner. Beneath it there is a green box with the quote “The Lynen Fellowship supports individuals with ambitions ideas and potential, rather than rigid project plans.” Additionally there is a picture of a woman with glasses next to the quote with the title “Friederike Hillemann, Feodor Lynen fellow at Durham University”.

Science and society thrive through collaboration!

Meet our Feodor Lynen Research fellow @fhillemann.bsky.social ‬ and her host @sheinalew.bsky.social, as they reflect on the importance of shared learning in both indigenous communities and academia.

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This looks brilliant topic wise-
Though it's a pity that only 2 of the 10 speakers are women. There are so many great women scientists who could have provided excellent contributions for a more balanced programme - @asab.org

Congrats Elisa and Sofia on the first (of many) papers that derived from their @einsteinberlin.bsky.social price-winning project (paper available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)

Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use Long-term standardized data collection on wild western chimpanzees reveals late-life changes in stone tool use, and the extent of these changes varies between individuals.

New paper out in eLife! 🎉 Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use elifesciences.org/articles/105... (including videos of wild elderly chimpanzees using tools! 🪨 🌰)

The meritocracy trap: Early childhood education policies promote individual achievement far more than social cohesion Governments worldwide have reformed early childhood education (ECE) to equip young people with competitive skills for an increasingly specialized workforce. These reforms have coincided with a widespr...

“Early childhood education reforms have globally reinforced the pitfalls of meritocracy by promoting competition over cooperation, individualism over solidarity & the idea that talent & effort rather than uncontrollable factors such as luck or social context, determine individuals’ lifetime success”

Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified

💥New postdoc position! 💥

Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.

Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
📍 Stockholm
More info: shorturl.at/CY4wk

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database - Scientific Data Scientific Data - Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database

Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The aim of this proposal is to place population genomic insights into a comparative framework to gain fundamental insights into the determinants of evolutionary outcomes. The project will work within LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium (https://lepeu.github.io/). LepEU provides access to field samples from European populations of diverse species. Chromosome-scale reference genomes are provided by Project Psyche (https://www.projectpsyche.org/). Networking during the postdoc will be facilitated by participation in the 10kLepGenomes COST Action (https://10klepgenomes.eu/). Existing datasets await analysis, while additional samples need DNA extraction and submission for sequencing. Functional validation capability (CRISPR/Cas9 gene manipulations) is also available to test emergent hypotheses of allele-to-phenotype impacts. Personal research interests of the postdoc will be important to determine the exact project, as the project has a generous sequencing budget.

The successful applicant should have a PhD (obtained within 6 years of the application deadline) in a suitable subject area, such as evolutionary biology or population genomics. A strong interest in population genomics, local adaptation, comparative analyses, and experience working with genomic-scale data is essential. The candidate must have a documented publication record demonstrating relevant skills. Experience working with bioinformatic pipelines (e.g., Snakemake), or working with butterflies is welcome but not essential. The net salary is 28,000 SEK/month (~2,430 Euro, not subject to Swedish income tax) and comes directly from the Carl-Trygger Foundation stipend, which is paid out directly to the postdoc. Only PhD candidates acquired outside of the host department can apply. Currently, the lab of Prof. Wheat consists of 3 postdoctoral researchers, while the Dept. of Zoology provides a vibrant and excellent research environment of active, dynamic researchers. Applications should include: i) a succinct description of research interests and experience, detailing your contribution to any relevant publications (max 1 page), ii) why you are the ideal candidate for this position in the lab (max 1 page); iii) a CV including a list of publications, and iv) the name and contact information of two personal references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of 23 August 2025. The project is planned to start on 1 October, but flexibility in the starting date can be provided for a suitable candidate. Please contact Prof. Wheat for additional information.

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies

2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.

Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.

Details:
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Don’t take your eyes off what’s going on in Gaza. Every single day the news there gets more and more terrifying.

“What really motivated me to put it out now before waiting for a full peer review is that I am afraid in 6-8 months, there will be some policymaker who decides, ‘let’s do GPT kindergarten.’ I think that would be absolutely bad and detrimental,” she says. “Developing brains are at the highest risk.”

Environment dependent benefits of sociality in Soay sheep An individual’s social connections have strong effects on fitness. Despite this, there is pronounced among-individual variation in social behaviour. This variation may be maintained if different types...

🖨️🐑 Sneak Peak! A new sheepie pre-print is up on BioRXiv on the Environment dependent benefits of sociality in Soay Sheep. Check it out here doi.org/10.1101/2025... (1/2)

Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship | Royal Society The five-year Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships enables UK universities and not-for-profit research institutions to attract and recruit talented internationally leading researchers to their organisati...

The second is a FIVE YEAR fellowship! DEADLINE SEPT 4, details here: royalsociety.org/grants/royal... come hang out with us @brunelcce.bsky.social !!!

#HBES2026 will be a joint meeting with the Cultural Evolution Society in Rabat, Morocco: CES is May 11-13, HBES is May 13-16, with one day of planned overlap. It’ll be a great chance for cross-pollination between the two evolutionary societies. Come for one conference, stay for both!

been a long time coming, there's now a preprint along with Will Hoppitt describing our new R package for creating, fitting and interpreting bayesian NBDA models (STBayes). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Documentation is here michaelchimento.github.io/STbayes/inde...

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2025 📣
Our next seminar is coming up!

📆 Tuesday 24th June 2025 at 10am GMT:
Dr. TNC Vidya, accompanied by Athira TK and Ankana Sanyal, will present “Understanding Asian elephant socioecology from long-term monitoring in southern India” 🐘

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdD...

An image of the crew from Madleen Freedom Flotilla wishing everyone Eid Mubarak.

This Eid, our hearts are with the Palestinians of Gaza. You deserve life, justice, peace, and the right to celebrate Eid without mourning.
#EidMubarak #FreedomForGaza #Madleen #Solidarity #Palestine #EndTheOccupation #JusticeForGaza

Gaza Aid Ship Bombed, Echoing 2010 Flotilla Attack "Today’s attack on our flotilla off the coast of Malta is not just an act of piracy—it’s a consequence of global complicity," a Freedom Flotilla Coalition organizer said.

In 2010, Israeli forces attacked a Gaza aid flotilla, killing 10 people. In the aftermath, the Obama administration blocked UN efforts for an investigation, Biden defended the attack, and Chuck Schumer condemned the United Nations and defended Israel.

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

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The Madleen, now less than 150 nautical miles from Gaza, carries baby formula, food, and medical supplies.

#AllEyesOnMadleen #BreaktheSiege #EndTheSiege #EndtheBlockage

Finished version of the hyenas, a new illustration of the series on behavior and movement of animals in their environment. See more below. #SciArt
For @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Our new paper is out!

We found #orangutans develop #nest-building skills through observational #sociallearning, #selectiveattention
to“know-how” and transmission of“know-what” information.
🦧🦧🦧🦧
#academicsky
#primates
#science
#biologicalscience
#warwickpsych

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Only two weeks left to apply!

Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!

And spread the word to whoever might be interested!

@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social

Systemic territoriality in academia: The Gollum effect’s impact on scientific research and careers Addressing environmental challenges requires scientific collaboration, access to resources, and open knowledge exchange. However, possessive behaviors…

Here's and interesting Friday read:
Scientific progress thrives on collaboration & knowledge sharing, yet territorial behaviors in academia, which the authors call the Gollum Effect, threaten this foundation

Open access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A graphic describing the details related to applying for the Pilot awards of the Animal Models Social Aging network. Visit animalsocialaging-network.org for details.

📢Applications are OPEN for our Pilot awards!

Individual or mentored projects available with up to $20,000 in total costs! Read the full RFA and apply at the link below!

www.animalsocialaging-network.org/funding/pilo...

@smacklab.bsky.social @bartolomuccilab.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social