Nikos Chelmis

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD

Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!

This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

03.09.2025 22:09 — 👍 894    🔁 341    💬 20    📌 83

Πώς το πελατειακό κράτος «κατάπιε» 300 εκατ. ευρώ για την έρευνα - ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ Καταγγελίες καθηγητών για ατεκμηρίωτες αξιολογήσεις-εξπρές και απορρίψεις γραμμένες από τεχνητή νοημοσύνη σε προτάσεις που αφορούσαν ευρωπαϊκούς πόρους για την καινοτομία – Πενήντα καθηγητές ετοιμάζον...

Όλα μια αλφαδιά..

www.tovima.gr/print/politi...

20.08.2025 06:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am cracking up... doing a literature search on eDNA and this came up:

"The platypus: evolutionary history, biology, and an uncertain future."

I’m sure it’s a great paper—but how it snuck into my search results without having any of the keywords is an evolutionary mystery of its own. 🦆🦫🔍

16.07.2025 19:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Aquatic eDNA-based technologies offer the potential for universal and standardized biodiversity monitoring. In this Perspective, Altermatt et al. discuss how these technologies can help to achiev...

🌊🧬Revolutionizing Biodiversity Monitoring?🧪

Could aquatic #eDNA be a game-changer for tracking biodiversity loss? From detecting invasive species to restoring ecosystems...🌍

Study by Altermatt, F., Couton, M., Carraro, L. et al.: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

08.05.2025 08:30 — 👍 51    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 1

Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

Grateful to Nature editors and scientists and others around the world for their support.

They understand that despite the ongoing nationalist rhetoric around this, scientific progress is not a zero-sum game.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

26.02.2025 13:47 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Silencing Science Tracker | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

It is disturbing how the Trump regime is silencing and crippling science. We had a paleontology online seminar scheduled next week on Permian fossils and environments in Grand Canyon - but the US colleague planning to present has suddenly been sacked.
climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...

19.02.2025 11:08 — 👍 363    🔁 152    💬 14    📌 6

Disappointing to see such nearsightedness, especially from professor level scientists

10.02.2025 18:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why Do Species Get a Thin Slice of π? Revisiting Lewontin's Paradox of Variation An overview of Buffalo (2021).

I just came across this post about Lewontin's Paradox from @vsbuffalo.bsky.social and I think is one of the most concise and up-to-date explanations of models of genetic diversity.

vincebuffalo.com/blog/2021/09...

16.01.2025 09:46 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

#BlackBirdDay

29.11.2024 18:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An updated list for the new followers

#Academia dies when it ceases to fight against oppression, bigotry, authoritarianism and imperialism.

Academia has the duty to advance civil societies.
We have a #platform: we must choose to sing the right song.

28.11.2024 18:51 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

From the recent field survey for the TWINKLE project, eDNA sampling along Ionian and Cretan Seas. We aim to discover the mesopelagic biodiversity.

28.11.2024 18:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here's mine from back then, on eDNA papers

20.11.2024 21:13 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 5

#COP29 fails to make anything substantial.
Government officials are continuing to brake any trust that might have been left, leaving great gaps in policy and finance.

We shall keep working towards a better future.

24.11.2024 08:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

eDNA scientist: Was the cup decontaminated with ethanol prior to rising with the water first? Is the water inside the cup a real representative sample of the lake? How did you filter the water? That species isn’t even found there! 🧪🧬

23.11.2024 21:51 — 👍 88    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 5