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Msc Marine Microbiology @ MPI Bremen. Love the ocean, molecular biology, microbial ecology and natural history, also an avid ant fan :) 🏔️🦕🦠🌿🌊🐜🦣

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below.
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This Is What 20 Years of Science Looks Like | Kamoun Lab Tribute Twenty years. More than a hundred people. One long-running obsession: how plants and their pathogens fight it out. #KamounLab #PlantPathology #PlantScience #OpenScience #TSL #Norwich #LabLife youtu.be/ZJtN6OBqA6Y?...
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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today doi.org/10.1038/s415... @grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Maria Pachiadaki @microbiaki.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌊 Interested in C/N/S/O cycling in low-oxygen marine systems (microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, data science)? Text or email before Oct 15 deadline. 18mo, $73k+/yr stipend + research budget. whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/postdoctoral/postdocs-scholar-fellowship-appointments/apo-postdoctoral-scholar/
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Postdoctoral Scholar Program | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eighteen-month Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and bi...
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're recruiting a postdoc in #protist #genomics! This is an exciting opportunity to work on a highly collaborative technical project overcoming barriers in protist sequencing. 🗓️ Apply by: 01 October 2026
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) - Protist Genomics
The Earlham Institute has been awarded funding by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop Protist Omics at Scale, a three-year international methods-development programme run in partnership with the Scottish Association for Marine Science, home of the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, and Aalborg University.
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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Paid Masters M2 internship: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere 🦠❄️🌡️ @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA @lassezj.bsky.social 📢 PLEASE RT 🧬 Microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, ecological interpretation ☀️ Marseille, France @mioceanologie.bsky.social ‼️ Apply via email ASAP & before 15 Oct
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...
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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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Andy Posbe @adnroide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited to share Fold on Tight! 🎉 We distil recent advances in plant immunity into 10 lessons for using AI structure prediction critically and effectively, in plants and beyond. 📝 zenodo.org/records/2210...
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#SymbioSky #ProtistsOnSky
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's hard to interpret OpenAI burning through $24 million of compute just to make sure the other guys don't get there first as anything other than a giant middle finger to the mathematical community
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Vampyrella caught live...
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PaulGM @paulgmock.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Amazing community! Was good fun seeing old friends again too 😆
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵
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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This may be the prettiest ant I've seen in ages. Diacamma viridipurpureum, photographed in Germany from a captive colony collected in the Philippines. This species does not have distinct queens; egg-laying is done by mated workers.
Side view macro photograph of rather elongate huntress ant isolated on a white background, its surface textured in deep corduroy-like parallel grooves, reflecting a metallic purple/blue color.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As a component of aseptic technique, Bunsen burners do not universally decrease deposition of microbe-containing particles journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
DAY 391 SPECIES 391 - Pseudoblepharisma tenue MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. tenue is a ciliate that was rediscovered from a 1926 description that sat forgotten for 95 years #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
While it’s been discomforting in south of England in France the summer has been on another level, it still goes on fiercely. This afternoon in mid August #Paris touched 40C the summer is beyond all comprehension. (1/2)
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Frank Melzner @frankmelzner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We are looking for a TT professor in Rapid Marine Adaptation to study marine eukaryotic evolution to climate change. Join our growing & vibrant department! Please spread the ad: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... Contact me if you need more information! @univie.ac.at
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Will Shoemaker @shoestrapped.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Can anyone point to syllabi for Master’s/PhD courses on AI (in the broadest possible sense) in biology? I’ll be teaching the subject in the future.
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're hiring 🔬🌱🦠 We're looking for someone with confocal microscopy expertise to join our work on plant–microbe interactions @thesainsburylab.bsky.social . A whole new suite of genetically encoded reporters + 3D spatial gene expression tools like PHYTOMap and more. Please share!
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 24/07/2026
Do you know a scientist who has published outstanding research on marine or freshwater algae? Nominate them for the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal, named for the renowned botanist, #NASmember, and first Phycological Society of America president. Learn more: www.nasonline.org/award/gilber... #NASaward
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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Open position in the Department of Ecology and Evolution here in Lausanne! Come be our colleague! Topic: behavioral ecology, cultural evolution, or evolutionary psychology
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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 09/08/2026
❗ French agriculture is experiencing one of the worst nationwide agricultural disasters since 1945 due to drought. 🔻 corn -41% 🔻 sorghum - 61% (promoted as drought tolerant! 🤔 ) 🔻 wheat -31% 🔻 potato -42% 🔻 legumes -30 to -70% A huge challenge for all. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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La situation agricole française n’est plus au bord du gouffre, comme elle pouvait l’être en 2022 : cette fois-ci, elle est dans le gouffre. Il n’est désormais plus inconcevable que nous soyons en… | S...
La situation agricole française n’est plus au bord du gouffre, comme elle pouvait l’être en 2022 : cette fois-ci, elle est dans le gouffre. Il n’est désormais plus inconcevable que nous soyons en trai...
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/05/2026
This month we launch a Focus issue on the impacts of extreme events on biodiversity, highlighting research and opinion pieces on their variable impacts, short- and long-term consequences, and conservation measures to mitigate their effects: www.nature.com/collections/... Read more 👇
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Impacts of extreme events on biodiversity
Climate warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme events globally, including heatwaves, cold snaps, droughts, floods and wildfires.
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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Freaking finally! A massive compilation of data that sat on various desks for almost a decade is finally out. On the positive side, gave me time to learn expansion microscopy and make Fig 1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Emergent metabolic parasitism driven by organelle sequestration
Chloroplast-stealing ciliates evolve, increasing reliance on their prey for all aspects of metabolism, including photosynthesis.
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Josh Bennett @joshwbennett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I am really excited to share the first chapter of my PhD, where we characterise a genetically linked NLR/MLKL pair underpinning the Rwt3 resistance locus in wheat! With yet another KFP involved in monocot immunity 🌾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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SeppeKuehnLab @seppekuehnlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New preprint! A monumental four year effort by Vaibhhav Sinha: when a bacterium eats organic carbon, how much becomes biomass and how much comes back out as CO₂? The answer is structured hierarchically by substrate and taxonomy. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Hierarchical control of bacterial growth efficiency by substrate and taxonomy
Heterotrophic bacteria utilize organic carbon as a source of energy and material for growth. The balanced allocation of carbon between these two processes, termed growth efficiency, is a key physiolog...
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Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Come join us at ETH!
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
PSA: we’re fucked.
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I just published: The lab meeting, explained Open mic, one slide, and why Joe chairs instead of me. And do check the FAQ. kamounlab.medium.com/the-lab-meet...
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The lab meeting, explained
Open mic, one slide, and why Joe chairs instead of me.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 01/08/2026
Japan has now joined Horizon Europe. Japan’s researchers can now partner with teams across the EU. Together, we will advance global research in health, digital technologies, and climate neutrality ↓ link.europa.eu/YP7MtB
Visual featuring Mount Fuji framed by pink cherry blossoms. At the centre are the overlapping flags of the European Union and Japan, with the text "EU-JAPAN HORIZON EUROPE" overlaid below.
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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Please share! 🌱🤖 Permanent W2 Professorship in crop & plant sciences @ PhenoRob, University of Bonn. Especially encouraged: crop genome engineering, sustainable pest control, or sustainable disease control. Expertise in one area is enough. Apply by Sept. 30, 2026. www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Excited to preprint this collaborative study led by @adamrbentham.bsky.social in which computationally-designed protein binders were generated that recognise pathogen effectors leading to a plant immune response when deployed within NLR immune receptors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Computational design of de novo integrated domains enables rational control of pathogen effector recognition in plant NLR immune receptors.
The rapid evolution of plant pathogens poses a persistent threat to global agricultural sustainability, often outpacing the discovery and deployment of natural disease resistance genes. While bioengin...
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Hanna Herbst @hhumorlos.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Ich bin wütend, ich bin traurig, ICH BIN SO WÜTEND. Union und SPD planen eine Reform der psychotherapeutischen Versorgung, die für viele Psychotherapeut:innen existenzbedrohend ist und die Versorgung von Millionen Menschen gefährdet. (1/13)
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Zach Harvey @zhharvey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Congrats to @chc-evobio.bsky.social on this incredible work! Our Asgard archaeal relatives already had the molecular toolkit for epigenetics, clarifying the evolutionary origin of this hallmark eukaryotic trait. Thrilled to have been part of this!
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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
‼️Job alert📢🚨 We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."
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Pedro Leão @pedroleao.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'm happy to share the first pre-print of out Lab! 🎉 Introducing ArchaeaHQ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We curated 21,644 genomes across all 4 archaeal kingdoms to bridge the gap in public datasets for computational biology What is inside ArchaeaHQ... (1/2)
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
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Jiorgos Kourelis @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📢 PDRA Position - Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London 🌱 Start: Aug 2026 (flexible) 🧪 Wet lab + bioinformatics 📅 Up to 3 years (ERC-funded) 📍 South Kensington, on site ℹ️ shorturl.at/VIITk 🔗 kourelislab.com #PlantImmunity #PlantPathology 🙏 Share with interested candidates!
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Today I'm posting a new blog about an astonishing scientific own goal. Hundreds of papers have reported using a totally wrong antibody to investigate the tumor suppressor p16. This mistake has happened because scientists have muddled the names of two proteins. forbetterscience.com/2026/06/02/m...
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Kiabugboy @kiabugboy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
3D Behind the scenes #SciArt #paleoart #3dAnimation #coral #reef #horncoral
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 28/05/2026
This is very cool: a simple statistical test of dysbiosis, or really any microbiome composition data relative to a reference. Outperforms Bray-Curtis and every other metric, while simultaneously being very simple to compute. Probably would work on RNAseq data too.
Three ROC curves showing RPD outperforming BCD for each dataset
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data. @sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
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How much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated?
We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026
Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
Spaghetti chart showing Oxford Radcliffe Observatory daily maximum temperatures for every day of the year from 1815 to 2026. 211 years of historical data are shown as very faint grey lines tracing a seasonal cycle from around 5°C in winter to a summer peak of roughly 25–30°C in July and August. A blue smoothed 30-day mean line highlights the average annual temperature cycle. The 2026 line is shown in bold red, running from January through to late May before spiking sharply upward to reach 33.7°C on 26 May, well above the entire historical grey envelope for that time of year. A single dashed red reference line marks the previous May record of 30.6°C set on 29 May 1944. The 2026 reading exceeds this by 3.1°C and, in statistical terms, is the 6th most anomalous maximum temperature in Oxford's 211-year record, ranking as the most anomalous May maximum ever observed and coming within 0.6°C of the all-time June record of 34.3°C set in 1976.
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Liz Cooney @protistwtmostest.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We are looking for candidates to fill a PhD position in Grenoble, France. Please share with anyone interested in microbial symbioses! #dinoflagellate #symbiosis www.linkedin.com/posts/johan-...
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PhD position available in the team (Cell and Plant Physiology Lab) in Grenoble, in close collaboration with Prof Patrick Keeling from Univ. of British Columbia (Canada), Liz Cooney (Photosymbiosis… | ...
PhD position available in the team (Cell and Plant Physiology Lab) in Grenoble, in close collaboration with Prof Patrick Keeling from Univ. of British Columbia (Canada), Liz Cooney (Photosymbiosis tea...
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What if the key to ecological assembly is not equilibrium, but feasibility? A beautiful paper by @sfiscience.bsky.social Serguei Saavedra reviews the Feasibility principle as a unified predictive framework across scales. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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