• Paper: Filling data gaps in the natural history of tetrapods

    Updated: 2024-07-12 13:25:07
    We investigated how shared data gaps reveal research preferences and practical challenges in collect

  • Our well being influences our mitochondrial biology.

    Updated: 2024-07-08 05:00:00
    : . Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Monday , July 08, 2024 Our well being influences our mitochondrial biology . I pass on the abstract from Trumoff et al open source below . The bottom line is that our experienced well being correlates with with higher levels of energy transformation machinery in our mitochondria . Significance Psychosocial experiences predict health trajectories , but the underlying mechanism remains unclear . We report that positive psychosocial experiences are linked to greater abundance of the mitochondrial energy transformation machinery , whereas negative experiences are linked to lower abundance . Overall ,

  • Richard Owen Poses With Dinornis Maximus Skeleton (1879)

    Updated: 2024-07-01 01:08:23
    Richard Owen was a notable paleontologist and biologist who coined the term Dinosauria. Dinosaurs ha

  • New book about Peter Artedi: Reformer of 18th Century Zoology

    Updated: 2024-06-20 10:37:20
    Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi (1705–1735) has been recognized as the father of the modern science

  • Exploring Animal Diversity: Zoology Book Guide

    Updated: 2024-06-14 18:55:36
    Writing a book on zoology offers a rich opportunity to explore the fascinating world of animals in d

  • Impact of our built environment on our microbiome and health

    Updated: 2024-06-05 05:00:00
    : Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Wednesday , June 05, 2024 Impact of our built environment on our microbiome and health Bosch et . al do a perspective in PNAS open source pointing out that : contemporary built environments are steadily reducing the microbial diversity essential for human health , well-being , and resilience while accelerating the symptoms of human chronic diseases including environmental allergies , and other more life-altering diseases . Here is their abstract : There is increasing evidence that interactions between microbes and their hosts not only play a role in determining health and disease but also in emotions

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