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Carolina Benvegnú 🐬 🧠 💤 @carolinabenvegnu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

From Lisbon to Maastricht for Sleep Europe 2026 😴🌲 The EU aims to make cross-border rail travel faster and more efficient through the Trans-European Transport Network. Its plans include new and improved connections that could link Lisbon with the rest of Europe by 2035! 🚞🇪🇺

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 14/04/2025

"a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism" of all the breakthroughs humanity is desperate to realise, this is what they are spending an obscene amount of money & carbon on (75 tonnes per passenger is as much carbon as an individual from the bottom billion will emit in entire lifetime.

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Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2025

"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now" 75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: go.nature.com/3QS4TLC

A graphic entitled "so long, farewell". It reads: "Many of the 1608 respondents who answered the question below in a Nature survey said that the election of Donald Trump as president had affected their future plans."
It then shows the question: "Are you a US researcher who is considering leaving the country following disruptions to science prompted by the Trump administration?"
An orange bar shows 75.3% respondents said yes. A blue bar shows 24.7% respondents said no.

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Parrots automatically mimic gestures that are not serving any goal – a phenomenon previously only known in humans! This is shown in a new study led by Auguste von Bayern, which suggests parrots could also have mirror neurons. Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2024-12... @loroparque.bsky.social

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Blue-throated macaws have advanced motor imitation capabilities

Blue-throated macaws, a critically endangered parrot species, have demonstrated automatic imitation of intransitive (goal-less) actions—a phenomenon previously documented only in humans. In a study co...

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Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Reminder that a study on lizard saliva eventually led to the development of Ozempic so be real wary of the criticism of studies and funding that sounds non-sensical when presented with no context.

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