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"Health officials said there hadn’t been any documented cases of humans passing on the virus but they recommended people with skin lesions possibly caused by Alaskapox to cover the affected area with a bandage."

theguardian.com/science/2024/f

“Estamos desamparados”, qualifica uma bolseira de 41 anos ouvida pelo PÚBLICO. Pediu a prorrogação da bolsa em Setembro de 2023 e não recebe desde Novembro. Gastou boa parte das poupanças a colmatar as despesas que tem e já teve de renegociar o crédito à habitação para acomodar a ausência de salário. “Não tenho outra fonte de rendimento”, diz.'

publico.pt/2024/02/14/ciencia/

"What might come as a big surprise to those of us deeply embedded in academic culture is that what we have achieved doesn’t matter so much as what we are capable of doing. That tall stack of publications might have zero value outside academia, but all of the talents that we racked up in the process of producing those papers can be highly valuable."

scienceforeveryone.substack.co

Elon Musk agreed with Republican senators, claiming that “there is no way in hell” that #Russia Putin could lose the war on #Ukraine

The comment came as Musk agreed with Ron Johnson, one of five Republicans who opposed Ukraine's aid on the Monday's X Spaces forum.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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Yes, this brings the CDC guidelines for COVID into line with guidelines for RSV and influenza.

It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.

nytimes.com/2024/02/13/health/

Brazilian museums join the Fediverse II: "From a public policy standpoint, creating an online social environment for disseminating information that is independent of centralized platforms is crucial for the sustainable functioning of information and knowledge networks of public interest."

RE: cadastro.museus.gov.br/fediver

The 2024 #ESA YGT call opened last week!

There is a range of jobs, some of which may surprise you: from ISS operations support to sustainability data analysis in facility management, from system engineering to public law:

▶️ jobs.esa.int/search/?createNew

The one closest to my heart is inclusive science communication:

▶️ jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwijk-You

Spread the word! 🔄

#astrodon

"Active outbreaks of cholera, a waterborne bacterial disease, are now raging in five countries in central and southern Africa, ranging from as far north as the Democratic Republic of Congo, and down to Mozambique."

nytimes.com/2024/02/13/world/a

Heart disease hits South Asians earlier and harder. Blood vessel repairs offer clue as to why: study

#south

cbc.ca/news/health/heart-disea

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The UK has lost more than three-quarters of its great skuas on surveyed sites since bird flu struck, according to the first report quantifying the impact of H5N1 on seabird populations.

The deaths have happened over two years, since the outbreak of H5N1 in 2021. The UK is internationally important for seabirds, home to most of the world’s 16,000 pairs of nesting great skuas"

theguardian.com/environment/20

"I started working on ants in 2001 when I joined Bert Hölldobler’s department at the University of Würzburg as an undergrad, and I’ve never looked back. Initially, I wanted to become a tropical ecologist but then pivoted toward evolutionary biology and population genetics. Fast forward a few years and I’m giving an interview to Neuron, which I guess means I have now become a neurobiologist. Still studying ants of course."

cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896

"Google and Facebook have been unscathed by European privacy law. That’s not because they don’t violate the GDPR. It’s because they pretend they are headquartered in Ireland, one of the EU’s most notorious corporate crime havens. And Ireland competes with the EU’s other crime havens — Malta, Luxembourg, Cyprus and, sometimes, the Netherlands — to see which country can offer the most hospitable environment."

ft.com/content/6fb1602d-a08b-4

"One of the movie’s nice surprises is that Morricone turns out to be a total charmer, a low-key showman with a demure gaze that he works like a vamp and an impish smile that routinely punctuates one of his anecdotes."

nytimes.com/2024/02/08/movies/

'Imagine my surprise when I received reviews on a submitted paper declaring that it was the work of ChatGPT. One reviewer wrote that it was “obviously ChatGPT”, and the handling editor vaguely agreed, saying that they found “the writing style unusual”. Surprise was just one emotion I experienced; I also felt shock, dismay and a flood of confusion and alarm. Given how much work I put into writing, it was a blow to be accused of being a chatbot — especially without any evidence.'

nature.com/articles/d41586-024

FlyBase update.

"In this article, we describe the latest developments and updates to FlyBase. These include the introduction of single-cell RNA sequencing data, improved content and display of functional information, updated orthology pipelines, new chemical reports, and enhancements to our outreach resources."

academic.oup.com/genetics/adva

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