Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

Thanks to Miguel Godinho Ferreira & Karina Xavier for the invitation to teach in the "From Cells to Organisms" module in the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia PhD program.

Here's a classic reading recommendation for anyone interested in the topic who's looking for a starting point.

"It is unpopular with the general public and seen as un-American to admit someone based on who their parents are rather than on merit. But there was never any real political appetite to change it.”

https://www.ft.com/content/24c0e2c4-dd36-4264-ac85-9f5f8fb1dc4d

The Beautifully Illustrated Atlas of Mushrooms: Edible, Suspect and Poisonous (1827)

https://www.openculture.com/2021/10/the-beautifully-illustrated-atlas-of-mushrooms-edible-suspect-and-poisonous-1827.html

Assistant Professor

University of Iowa Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-iowa-biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-27778-assistant-professor/?feed_id=63656

#ScienceJobs #h...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-iowa-biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-27778-assistant-professor/?feed_id=63656

"Elon is garbage, and this place is now a white supremacist Nazi haven." So said, correctly, @badastro when he completed his exit from X, where he had 600K followers.

Phil is an amazing science explainer and nonsense debunker. Do consider giving him a follow here :-)

Discrimination is alive and growing in the Sunshine State.
https://www.comicsands.com/gay-man-fired-florida-restaurant-2666063406.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

How do citizens across Europe view and evaluate democracy?

With Mónica Ferrín and Enrique Hernández, I have written up some results from ESS 6 and 10.

ESS 10 includes 31 countries, and new questions on populism!🎉

Overall, we find views and evaluations to be relatively stable over time. However, there are interesting country differences and changes in how citizens view and evaluate social and direct democracy.

View report: https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/sites/default/files/2023-10/TL013_Democracy-English.pdf

@ess_survey
#Democracy

What does the #OAWeek theme "Community over Commercialization" mean to you? We asked more than a dozen leaders working to make research open by default & equitable by design. Read profiles of their organizations, including @_CLACSO, here: https://www.openaccessweek.org/theme-profiles #OpenAccess

Today's comic. On Hancock's Half Hour of potentially self-incrimination evidence...

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2308511120

The immune cell census in the human body! These ~2 trillion cells collectively weigh ~1.2 kg, 40% are lymphocytes, 10% macrophages

"The maximum level considered safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a long-term average of no more than 5 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre).

Milan’s levels are almost four times the safe amount, at 19.7 μg/m3."

So the mayor is banning cars.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/23/one-of-europes-most-polluted-cities-wants-to-ban-cars-from-its-centre