Reposted by Irene García-RuizItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 10/10/20261. CRISPR came from basic research on bacteria. 2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae. 3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish. The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists following their curiosity, and this is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research! 10616217
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 10/10/2026So that they put all the blame on him or make him a martyr? He is terrible but he is not alone. The people that put him there are the ones with the real power. People need to throw him out of power, or the shitshow will continue. 010
Reposted by Irene García-RuizNature @nature.com · 07/10/2026The research community is in uproar after OpenAI released a trove of more than 700 mathematical preprints entirely generated by AI on 6 October go.nature.com/4jJuLITgo.nature.comOpenAI posts 700 maths preprints online: mathematicians are up in armsThe firm used unreleased models to tackle hundreds of high-profile problems. 1176
Reposted by Irene García-RuizMike Fainzilber @mfainzilber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 054
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 27/09/2026That he lies more than talks doesn't mean he's a good liar 000
Reposted by Irene García-RuizBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 52851353
Reposted by Irene García-RuizLouis Bliard @lbliard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New preprint out with Michael Griesser and @ryangermain.bsky.social, for some comparative analyses in which we find that population growth rates of cooperative breeders are less sensitive to annual variation in precipitation and temperature doi.org/10.32942/X26... 096
Reposted by Irene García-RuizDevi Satarkar @devisatarkar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Heavier great tit nestlings 🐥 usually end up as heavier adults 🐦. Is this always a strong correlation? Our new preprint shows that the strength of this 'silver-spoon' association shifts continuously with environmental context, and is stronger in harsh conditions! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 25023
Reposted by Irene García-RuizBehaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Spread the word! Behaviour 2027 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from August 23-27. 06553
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 16/09/2026I love your content but I can't support Meta, they zuck. 110
Reposted by Irene García-RuizFrontiers in Social Evolution Seminar FINE @fine-seminar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tomorrow, the next FINE season starts! 048
Reposted by Irene García-RuizBaddtraxx @baddtraxx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026this is seriously the funniest shit I saw today 3469132488
Reposted by Irene García-RuizThe Onion @theonion.com · 30/08/2026Cockroaches Feeling Very Optimistic About Future Of Planet theonion.com/cockroaches-feeling-ve… 222068287
Reposted by Irene García-RuizLizzylizumab @lizzylizumab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Be yourself. Unless you can be a bird with happy feet in a puddle. In that case, you should always be a bird with happy feet in a puddle. 🐧 33610
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 22/08/2026That doesn't sound as good as he wants it to look like... 000
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 20/08/2026Source: thecottonwoodpost.net/2019/12/10/m...thecottonwoodpost.netModern climate change is 10x faster than historic global warming mass extinction eventsThere have been several mass extinction events in the history of the earth, most of them caused by global warming due to “sudden” releases of carbon into the atmosphere, and it only too… 030
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 19/08/2026Ideally, in a real democracy this would not happen because people wouldn't allow it with their vote. We would not need to make such constraints explicitly. But... 110
Reposted by Irene García-RuizGregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I rarely copy memes from Reddit to post here but this one was too good to leave it there 👩💻 0205
Reposted by Irene García-RuizBehavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A model of subordinate helping decisions under varying levels of uncertainty #DynamicGameModel #CooperativeBreeding doi.org/10.1093/behe... 001
Reposted by Irene García-RuizSee Through Canoe @seethroughcanoe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The way the morning sun's rays lit up this pair of big, beautiful Spotted Eagle Rays yesterday at the beach near Clearwater, Florida. #nature #animals #wildlife #rays #florida 201016192
Reposted by Irene García-RuizCNN @cnn.com · 04/08/2026Researchers in Western Australia observed a dolphin mother carrying her dead calf through an estuary for days after it died. The calf was about two weeks old, and the mother has now lost her last four calves. 1115037
Reposted by Irene García-Ruizpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"Politicians discussing global warming" by Isaac Cordal 210140
Reposted by Irene García-Ruizchiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026This is ... horrific 311799951
Reposted by Irene García-RuizL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Sunday Taquitos #30: Flock This! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social 280185455013
Reposted by Irene García-RuizJohn M. Drake @jdrakephd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A cancer usually dies with its host. Four times it hasn't, spreading between animals: in dogs, Tasmanian devils, clams, and now a catfish. www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...forbes.comScientists Just Discovered A Contagious Cancer In A Catfish, The Fourth Known To Science. Meet The Other ThreeOnly four transmissible cancers are known, contagious cell lineages that spread between animals. Meet the dog, devil and shellfish cancers behind the catfish. 032
Reposted by Irene García-RuizAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974902712
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 26/07/2026Unfortunately the narrative seems fake but that would have been epic! 010
Reposted by Irene García-RuizTay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 23/07/20261/4 Orcas making sunfish explode One orca firmly holds the carcass of a sunfish (whose viscera have already been removed) while an adult male crashes into it at high speed, making it explode into countless pieces. (paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/eth... 58437
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 20/07/2026Yet again: are you gonna believe the whole scientific community and your own eyes before me???! 050
Reposted by Irene García-RuizBehaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share! 114485
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 05/07/2026Love the place! Lots of great memories. You should definitely consider this offer. 000
Reposted by Irene García-RuizScience News @scinews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Cost of Free Labor: Will Nature Ever Pay for Peer Review? 1124
Reposted by Irene García-RuizScience Magazine @science.org · 26/06/2026Max Planck, a legendary pioneer of quantum mechanics and the 1918 Nobel laureate in physics, had two papers retracted decades after his death for reasons that remain mysterious. Learn more: scim.ag/4exoz3T 24714
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 21/06/2026static.klipy.comJeremy Clarkson Oh No Anyway MemeALT: Jeremy Clarkson Oh No Anyway Meme 010
Reposted by Irene García-RuizNature @nature.com · 18/06/2026Embryonic ‘organizer cells’ can tell embryos of various phyla what kind of body to build go.nature.com/4vnO1iggo.nature.comCell transplant across the tree of life hints at how animals emergedEmbryonic ‘organizer cells’ can tell embryos of various phyla what kind of body to build. 08425
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 12/06/2026They eat a lot of house pests, they do us a great service. 000
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 10/06/2026static.klipy.comPeter Griffin's 'Okay Not Okay' Race CardAlt: Peter Griffin's 'Okay Not Okay' Race Card meme with light color skin as okey and dark color skin as not okey 020
Reposted by Irene García-Ruizc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Wayne Maddison (waynemaddison.bsky.social), professor emeritus at UBC, captured this video of a nearly transparent jumping spider (tribe Amycini) from Canandé Reserve, Ecuador. Look closely & you'll see the principal eyes moving as it scans the area visually. Let's talk about spider-vision! 🕷️🧪 939994
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 17/05/2026What did the poor monkey do for such comparison? 000
Irene García-Ruiz @irenegarciaruiz.com · 12/05/2026My cat definitely reacted to our other cat's death. He was much less active, stopped playing and barely left the house. 010
Reposted by Irene García-RuizRoss Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/takensinceyouarrived.worldtaken.A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you. 1553902982
Reposted by Irene García-RuizLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/05/2026How armadillos gather foliage for their nests 1755528771
Reposted by Irene García-RuizStu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026An ant that behaves like a cleaner fish? With awesome photos. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe First Cleaner Ant? A Novel Partnership in the Arizona DesertI give an account of an undescribed ant species from Arizona that licks and nips the much larger workers of a different ant species in manner remarkably parallel to the actions of cleaner fish that c... 0126