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Gen Z's 'conscious unbossing' should be a wake-up call for businesses Gen Z employees are avoiding management roles to preserve their wellness; workplace experts say inflexible corporate leaders risk being left behind.

Gen Z employees are avoiding management roles to preserve their wellness; workplace experts say inflexible corporate leaders risk being left behind.

Why we need to measure people’s well-being — lessons from a global survey Greater insights into what makes people happy, secure and hopeful will make for a better world.

A Comment article in Nature highlights the early results from a large multinational survey to gain insights into what makes people happy, secure and hopeful and calls on governments around the world to step up and do more. 🧪

Midwife performing prenatal check-up in a clinic.

Today is the International #DayOfTheMidwife

#Midwives provide vital care for mums & babies around 🌎. Let’s ensure they have the right support, incl.:

🎓 the education they need
🙌🏾 the recognition they deserve
💖 decent working conditions & salaries
🏥 supportive policies & systems

🔗 bit.ly/4djYHWE

"There is too much wasteful expenditure, and trying to do too many things, we want to try and change that," says Farage. "If you work from home, forget it. If you're a DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] officer, I suggest you look for another job." DEI is a set of principles designed to make people of various backgrounds – including socio-economic class, race, gender and physical ability – feel supported, welcomed and safe.

Translation: Farage says 'fuck disabled people in particular'

Working from home is a essential adaptation for a lot of disabled people, and EDI (because we're not in Trumpland and don't use DEI) includes accessibility services.

And they want councils to provide fewer services. Of course.

UK among lowest-ranked countries for ‘human flourishing’ in wellbeing study Findings of survey on happiness, health, finances, meaning in life and relationships raise concerns for young people Britain ranks among the poorest countries for “human flourishing”, according to a major study that raises questions about the nation’s wellbeing and younger people in particular. The survey, which spanned 22 countries on six continents, rated the UK 20th based on a combined score that considered a range of factors from happiness, health and financial security to relationships and meaning in life. Continue reading...

UK among lowest-ranked countries for ‘human flourishing’ in wellbeing study

Kid's shows are all woke propaganda now, not like in the 90s when Captain Planet, The Animals of Farthing Wood and Maid Marion & Her Merry Men ruled supreme.

Ooo this is a good one ☺️

How one language family took over the world: ancient DNA traces its spread Millennia-old genomes suggest Indo–European tongues originated from the Caucasus mountain region.

Nearly half the world’s population speaks at least one of the roughly 400 Indo–European languages. Now ancient genomes tell us how it came to pass
@nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Labour’s letting water companies take the pee with rising bills ANDREW FISHER on the contradictions, ironies and utter inadequacy of the government’s approach to the water company polluters; plus even more Council Tax rip-offs coming our way At the end of…

Labour's letting water companies take the pee with rising bills insidecroydon.com/2025/02/06/l... #Water #ThamesWater @fisherandrew79.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social

Studies show that cats can understand commands; they just choose not to follow them.

Happy Purrsday from the Queen of Selective Hearing. 💚😹

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Me: **reads the news**

Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says Search engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI might do.

TIL a new term: ‘cognitive offloading’, the idea of using lists, phones, etc to lessen the demands on your brain.

I do this all the time - I basically let google be my memory! But is this damaging my *actual* memory?

@helenpearson.bsky.social has the full story:

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

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that is widely performed in around 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East & Asia.
It is often considered a cultural rite of passage for girls.

Evidence shows FGM can be prevented, incl. by advancing health, rights & gender equality.

#EndFGM

This months @nature.com Reviews Microbiology cover story is an APC review on The interplay between #diet and the gut #microbiome: implications for health and disease. Congratulations to first author Fiona Ross et al.
@researchireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie

Engineering better sleep Jr-Shin Li plans to develop advanced mathematical models to decode circadian rhythms and tackle chronic sleep disorders

Using math to decode circadian rhythms, pretty cool research, and right up your alley, @quantamagazine.bsky.social 🧪 🧠https://engineering.washu.edu/news/2025/Engineering-better-sleep.html

Epigenetic ageing clocks: statistical methods and emerging computational challenges Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-024-00807-wEpigenetic clocks based on DNA methylation data are machine learning tools used to estimate chronological and biological age. The authors review computational and…

ICYMI: New online! Epigenetic ageing clocks: statistical methods and emerging computational challenges

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules Optical imaging plays a central role in biology and medicine but is hindered by light scattering in live tissue. We report the counterintuitive observation that strongly absorbing molecules can achiev...

Oldish news, but news to me - a @science.org paper from a few months ago that showed that putting tartazine (which makes Cheetos and Doritos orange) on mice and chicken makes them transparent
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
(Funded, like so much else, by the NIH and NSF)

Asteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed Samples from Bennu contain the chemical building blocks of life - but with a twist.

Not only does Bennu contain all 5 of the nucleobases that form DNA and RNA on Earth and 14 of the 20 amino acids found in known proteins, the asteroid’s amino acids hold a surprise

https://go.nature.com/4hDtGhL

Whenever you are struggling, remember the times you have succeeded and survived, and know that you can make it through.

#DogsOfBlueSky
#Yorkie

B&W photograph of Gregor Mendel viewed through Progress Pride flag filter.

My 2023 article 'Mendel's Closet: Genetics, Eugenics and the Exceptions of Sex in Edwardian Britain,' published in Notes and Records, has now been made free to access! @royalsocietypublishing.org. 🧬🏳️‍🌈🐦

#histsci #histbio #STS #LGBTQ #queerhistory 🗃️

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Release schedule for #Invincible S3

• 3 episodes premiere February 6
• Season won't be split up

There’s a wine bar in the Whitgift centre?

Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got Seldom in recent history has class war been waged so blatantly. Generally, billionaires and hectomillionaires employ concierges to attack the…

Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot

It's completely safe to take the HPV vaccine.

4 facts about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine:

➡️ It protects against HPV - the virus that causes more than 95% of #CervicalCancer cases
➡️ It has been in use for over 18 years
➡️ It is constantly monitored & safe
➡️ It is highly effective, even after a single doss

More info 👉bit.ly/4g0PF0D

AI-designed antivenoms could help treat lethal snakebites Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 15 January 2025

Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 AI-designed antivenoms could help treat lethal snakebites

https://go.nature.com/4ahy8Qy

How to trick the immune system into attacking tumours Lab-grown viruses make cancer cells resemble pig tissue, provoking an organ-rejection response.

Scientists have disguised tumours to ‘look’ similar to pig organs ― tricking the immune system into attacking the cancerous cells.

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