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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Cats prefer to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sleep</a> on left side <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> article in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> Because a cat's left visual field is processed in the dominant right hemisphere of their brains, "sleeping on the left side can therefore be a survival strategy," the authors concluded.Lateralized <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sleeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sleeping</a> positions in domestic <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.043" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.043</a>

michaelthis week's feature in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> is about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceanAcidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oceanAcidification</a> - the 7th <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryBoundary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planetaryBoundary</a> we've crossed. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/oceans-acidified.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/oceans-acidified.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCatastrophe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marineBiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oceans</a>

michaelmy features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> this year, issue 15: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OceanAcidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OceanAcidification</a> exceeds <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryBoundaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlanetaryBoundaries</a> - a good opportunity to revisit both issues: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/oceans-acidified.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/oceans-acidified.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climateCatastrophe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coasts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marineBiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProseAndPassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProseAndPassion</a>

michaelthis week's feature in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> is on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coastalSqueeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coastalSqueeze</a> - how coastal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> are squeezed out of existence by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeaLevelRise</a> and encroaching <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a>. Blog entry contains magic link for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeAccess</a> <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/coastal-squeeze.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/coastal-squeeze.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coasts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a>

michaelmy features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> this year, issue 13: Ancient seafarers crossing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mediterranean</a>, from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Phoenicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Phoenicians</a> to the first arrivals on the islands such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mallorca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mallorca</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Malta</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sicily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sicily</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cyprus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cyprus</a>. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/crossing-mediterranean.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/crossing-mediterranean.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientDNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancientDNA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prehistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carthage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carthage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Punic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Punic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RomanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanHistory</a>

Uni GöttingenCommon mechanisms of cell communication in developing embryos and earsEvery complex organism originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions. Researchers <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/CIDBN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CIDBN</a> & <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/MPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MPI</a>-DS <a href="https://academiccloud.social/@thegoecampus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thegoecampus</a>, & <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/Marburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marburg</a> discovered a way that embryonic cells coordinate their behaviour using molecular mechanisms previously only known from the process of hearing: <a href="https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7848" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7848</a> Research in <a href="https://academiccloud.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a>: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.066" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.066</a>

michaelthis week's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> feature: how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tinyForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tinyForests</a> planted with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Miyawaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Miyawaki</a> method became a big thing <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-big-story-of-tiny-forests.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-big-story-of-tiny-forests.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystemServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosystemServices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthwatch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citizenScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tinyforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tinyforest</a>

michaelmy features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> this year, issue 12: how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tinyForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tinyForests</a> planted with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Miyawaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Miyawaki</a> method became a big thing <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-big-story-of-tiny-forests.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-big-story-of-tiny-forests.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystemServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosystemServices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthwatch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/citizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citizenScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tinyforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tinyforest</a>

michaelFor the late shift and the bluesky crowd: Today's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> feature is about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fungi</a> newly added to the IUCN <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedList</a>. Blog entry contains magic link for free access: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/save-fungi.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/save-fungi.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a>

michaellast year's feature about ancient <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> is now in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenArchives</a>: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/06/ancient-australia.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/06/ancient-australia.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceJournalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceWriter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientDNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancientDNA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a>

michaellatest feature in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> out now: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Butterflies</a> in decline means we should worry about less popular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a> too. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-trouble-with-butterflies.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-trouble-with-butterflies.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lepidoptera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moths</a>

michaellast year's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> feature on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plasticPollution</a> is now in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenArchives</a> <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/04/stop-plastic-pollution.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/04/stop-plastic-pollution.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microplastics</a>

michaelas a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tardigrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tardigrade</a> species has been voted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InvertebrateOfTheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InvertebrateOfTheYear</a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> have plugged my recent feature about them on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DIQmslDMwJT/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DIQmslDMwJT/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertebrates</a>

michaelmy features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a> this year, issue 7: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oases</a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desert</a> are not only curious hotspots of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> but also important stepping points on historic trade routes like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilkRoad</a>. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freshwater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterSecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a>

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