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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 6h

OpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected. Questions raised over AI growth as ChatGPT maker forecasts this year’s revenue at $50bn, way below the $70bn signalled before. 🧪🤖 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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OpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected

Questions raised over AI growth as ChatGPT maker forecasts this year’s revenue at $50bn, way below the $70bn signalled before

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 8h

A teenager has revealed how her life has been transformed by pioneering gene editing, which reversed symptoms of a crippling blood disorder. Vian was born with thalassemia, a condition that affects red blood cells. It left her short of breath & with no appetite. 🧪🧬🩸 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Teen’s life changed by gene editing that stopped blood disorder symptoms

Vian, 16, has thalassemia and had to have monthly blood transfusions throughout her childhood.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Jonathan the giant tortoise, 194, offers up insight into longevity. DNA analysis of oldest living land animal reveal patterns on genes that appear to protect functioning of mitochondria. Recently he was found mating with Emma, who shares his paddock. 🧪🐢🧬⏳ www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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Jonathan the giant tortoise, 194, offers up insight into secrets of longevity

DNA analysis of oldest living land animal reveal patterns on genes that appear to protect functioning of mitochondria

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 shows a devastating loss of biodiversity over a 52-year period. At the same time, evidence indicates that wildlife can recover, if we address the drivers of nature loss in the energy, food & finance systems. 🧪🐟🐘🐢 www.worldwildlife.org/publications...

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WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 full report

WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 shows an 73% average decline in wildlife populations since 1970. But there are also signs of hope.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bluefin tuna have returned in huge numbers off the British coast after almost disappearing from UK waters. The return of the giant fish is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF, which it says shows conservation can work. 🧪🐟 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF

The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don't think that's the right attitude...

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Heleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥 Deadline: October 15 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...

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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience

Join the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) as Assistant Professor in cognitive neuroscience.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Women report suffering more pain than men, a new global study shows. That was for all pain types measured, & comes amid continuing concern about the gender pain gap, which means women are less likely to be prescribed the pain relief they need. 🧪🧠 #neuroskyence www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds

Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize? 🧪🔬🧬⚛️ Since the Nobel prizes were first awarded in 1901, few women have been recognized in the categories of physics, chemistry & physiology or medicine. Take Nature’s quiz on female Nobel laureates here: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize?

Take Nature’s quiz on female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry or physiology or medicine.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hearts from young donors age rapidly in older recipients, & older hearts are rejuvenated inside young people, according to a new study. The findings (not yet peer reviewed) imply replacement organs could be sourced from older people than they are at present. 🧪❤️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Old hearts age backwards: transplanted organs adjust to host’s biological age

Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Robots dream of giant organelles, it seems.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's so much wrong with it. The vast majority of scientists in the field are hugely dismayed, by the original video but also Nikon's attempts to defend it.

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think we need to start explicitly making the real distinction of AI vs genAI when we talk about genAI. The problem with the whole thing is that the author admitted to using genAI to create parts of the video. That is completely different from using AI for post processing

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The winning entry of a prestigious scientific photography competition is being re-evaluated following criticism from other scientists that it was made with AI. Well done @christlet.bsky.social & others for pushing this. 🧪🔬🤖 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New study in Nature magazine: Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues. 🧪🦋 "Our results show that butterfly wing patterns & flight dynamics create powerful illusory motion effects... visual defence strategies in moving animals." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues - Nature

Butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics work in tandem to create powerful visual illusions that confuse predators, potentially representing one of the most successful visual defence strategies in ...

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch. Their whirring wings and bright patterns help keep them safe from birds, study finds. 🧪🦋 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch

Their whirring wings and bright patterns help keep them safe from birds, British study finds

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online. Researchers are using AI to create a vast digital museum of millions of specimens from collections across the UK that they say could "supercharge" our understanding of the natural world. 🧪🔬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online

More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

High screen time can hurt children’s learning & language skills, study suggests. Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour & premature birth. Higher screen time also linked to poorer language development. 🧪💻📱 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests

Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, report says

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kept Rangers away from trophies for years.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Elephants use medicinal plants to treat themselves, researchers find. Accounts from local wildlife scouts & community elders described elephants selecting particular plants when they seemed unwell & mothers reportedly giving medicinal plant material to their calves. 🧪🐘 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Elephants treat themselves with medicinal plants, witnesses say

African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Daniel Thomas, the far-right agitator & anti-migrant activist, has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life, two days after he filmed himself slashing the side of a dinghy in the middle of the Channel while a rescuer was on board. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel

Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New open access study in Nature magazine providing new insights into the evolutionary history & trait diversification of bats: Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny & biogeography 🧪🦇🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature

An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals. The earliest modern bat ancestors dispersed from Europe into Africa, then to Asia, the Americas & Australia. Echolocation, like flight, also evolved near the dawn of bat evolution. 🧪🦇🧬 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals

Biggest study of its kind provides insights into bats’ evolution – a potential gamechanger for research into human virus and cancer treatment

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That's also a definition of academia.

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Simon Cleary @simoncleary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

First preprint from the lab! We found that fluorescence imaging of fibrillar collagen with fast green FCF is useful for imaging pulmonary fibrosis: doi.org/10.64898/202...

Two images showing fast green FCF staining of fibrillar collagen in magenta. An image of a fibrotic sample on the right shows higher intensity and prevalence of staining compared to a healthy control sample on the left.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Is that Cilla on the door window panel?

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A spotted cat from the forests of Bolivia has been confirmed as a new species. It had been found in the forest by a local resident, who initially thought it was a domestic kitten. As it grew older it became clear that it did not behave like a house cat.... 🧪😾 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Spotted wildcat from Bolivian forest revealed as new species

A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.

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