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Mercè Piqueras

@lectoracorrent.bsky.social
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Freelance science writer, science editor, translator from Barcelona

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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
😂😂😂
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Trobo molt interessant aquesta jornada de divulgació del treball de recerca que es fa actualment a la @ub.edu
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Juli Peretó @julipereto.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Altres falles són possibles.
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Per què agrada tant a la gent escriure "realitzar" en comptes de "fer"? Per realitzar, cal fer, però no sempre que es fan coses es realitzar res. ##Llengua
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Difícil escollir. Potser el 3r i el 4rt.
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
La cooperació entre espècies com a motor de 'evolució. #LynnMargulis #JamesLovelock #Gaia www.skeptic.com/article/evol...
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Evolution Thrives On Cooperation
Evolution is more than survival—it thrives on cooperation. Discover how cooperation, not just competition, shapes evolution at every level.
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ocean plastic debris is an environmental problem, but it is also the substrate for the so-called Plastisphere, a rich community of living species. Could some kind of collective system emerge from it, even a cognitive one? What are the constraints? Here's my drawing to think about it.
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
És un honor per a mi rebre aquest premi que duu el nom d'una botànica que va ser la primera dona membre de la Secció de Ciències de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans. I agraeixo molt que l' @comunicacioaccc.bsky.social m'hi proposés.
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
300 milions d'anys llum! No puc imaginar aquesta immensa distància. I que insignificant em sembla la nostra espècie dins de l'univers!
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Nature @nature.com · 06/03/2025
Women tend to live longer than men and are often more resilient to cognitive decline as they age. Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’ go.nature.com/3F40x10
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Why women’s brains are more resilient: it could be their ‘silent’ X chromosome
Study in mice and human cadavers hints that a brain-protective gene in the chromosome becomes more active with age.
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Nature @nature.com · 06/03/2025
At the top of the remains of a large pyramid in Central America, archaeologists discovered ancient puppets with faces that grin or scowl depending on the viewer’s perspective — a finding that offers a glimpse into rituals in Mesoamerica go.nature.com/3XxR20G
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Ancient puppets that smile or scowl hint at shared rituals
Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies.
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Mercè Piqueras @lectoracorrent.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
M'estreno en aquesta xarxa. X ha deixat d'interessar-me. Espero trobar aquí el que abans trobava a Twitter.
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