🚨 Not only #insects 🐝 but even #Taxonomists 👩‍🔬 are in danger!⚠️ According to the first-ever study that applies the IUCN Red List 🔴 methodology to #scientists, 40% of the insect's orders lack expertise! Full story ➡️ bit.ly/3UWHVCp Full report ➡️op.europa.eu/s/xinQ

In today's episode, Tom and Dominic discuss the most mysterious historical figure of all, Jesus Christ. They take a deep look at who he was, his teachings, and whether he actually existed. We’ll be back on Thursday for the second and final instalment. linktr.ee/restishistory

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‘Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why go.nature.com/3VIPv3Z

Today, rus seriously violated one of the core Int.Humanitarian Law principles,distinction,destroyed an apartment building in Dnipro,killed at least 5 people&injured min 39. "I was just following orders” will not excuse you,war criminals.Proved by Nuremberg. Art by Mariia Loniuk (art.malon)

The aggressor cannot be appeased. He will never lose his appetite. He can only be stopped by force. #ArmUkraineNow

Afghanistan is the ONLY country in the world where millions of girls are BANNED from going to school or university. This artwork had been sent to me by a young woman, who used to be an Art teacher at a secondary school. Today, she is locked up at home — alone and heartbroken.

Where did the dollar sign come from? And why is it called the dollar, anyway? It's a mystery which involves Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Twelve Labours of Hercules, some rushed accounting, and a silver mine in Bohemia...

Today marks 500 days since the Taliban BANNED girls from going to school. Afghanistan is the ONLY country on earth where women & girls are banned from recieving an education. 500 days of lost dreams 500 days of imprisonment 500 days of global silence

Many people seem to be worried to observe some maps depicting the southern part of Africa on flames 🔥🔥 Such worry arises from a deficient understanding of savannas in particular, or Open Ecosystems in general, and it's worth a thread of tweets about it. 🧵 (1/9)

Some highlights of the first day of the XVIII Eurasian Grassland Conference. Day 2 will bring the official opening ceremony, followed by a full day of conference presentations, before we head off for the mid-conference excursion on day 3.

No food in forests: Artificial greening of jungles equivalent to farming in wilderness for herbivores, says expert, reports Himanshu Nitnaware downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-…

Dung: a never-empty fridge for resident & migrant birds. Its landscape-wide loss is a major source for decline of biodiversity. I wished we put only 1/2 of energy spent on pesticide ban on re-installation of pastures. We would get back lots of species. journal.afonet.org/vol94/iss4/art…

Happy to see our new study out Science Magazine: Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian #herbivores on #plant communities science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…. Big thx to Erick Lundgren for leading! ECONOVO - DNRF Center of Excellence 🦬🌿🐐☘️🫏🐃🪻🦌 #megafauna #herbivory #alienspecies

Would an ecologist from outer space be able to tell a native from an introduced animal based on their effects on plant communities? Our new study in Science Magazine suggests no! Thanks to Erick Lundgren and Jens Svenning for leading this important work!

Delighted to see this paper finally published! Thank you to Jens Svenning, the fantastic coauthor team, and to Science Magazine. [1/14] 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…