Healthy Science

At the Coalface is here!

Age is a number | Frog islands | How brains become brains

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#science #research #naturewriting

At the Coalface Protect the cheese | Longevity genes | Iron Age violence

At the Coalface is here!

I cover protecting cheese, longevity genes, and prehistoric violence 🧪

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At the Coalface Protect the cheese | Longevity genes | Iron Age violence

At the Coalface is here!

I cover protecting cheese, longevity genes, and prehistoric violence 🧪

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New symptom of nobelitis just dropped

How Rainfall Sustains Multi-Year La Niña This study shows that rainfall reinforces multiyear La Niña events via ocean salinity effects, highlighting a key mechanism with critical implications for ENSO prediction and the global hydrological c...

Read the blog post behind the recently published paper on how #rainfall reinforces multiyear #LaNiña events via #ocean #salinity effects. communities.springernature.com/posts/how-ra...

At the Coalface Predicting elite cycling potential | Do plants follow the island rule | How schizophrenia affects emotional acuity

This weeks At the Coalface is here!

See below 👀

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At the Coalface Predicting elite cycling potential | Do plants follow the island rule | How schizophrenia affects emotional acuity

This weeks At the Coalface is here!

See below 👀

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The New Humanist slaps

At the Coalface Hothouse climate change | Mayan trade | Invasive flatworms

This weeks at the coalface is here!

#science #research #sciencewriting

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At the Coalface Hothouse climate change | Mayan trade | Invasive flatworms

This weeks at the coalface is here!

#science #research #sciencewriting

See below:

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This is how they foraged chutney back in the day

Now who's go is it to try it using the WHAM! machine

At the coalface: isotopes reveal false killer whale diets, vape smoke contains free radicals, and AI versus scientific fraud Contrary to a popular and seductive misconception — science rarely moves in great leaps, with eureka moments bursting from subversive mavericks.

This week's at the coalface is here!

False killer whale diets, vape smoke free radicals, and AI versus scientific fraud

#science #research #sciencewriting

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At the coalface: isotopes reveal false killer whale diets, vape smoke contains free radicals, and AI versus scientific fraud Contrary to a popular and seductive misconception — science rarely moves in great leaps, with eureka moments bursting from subversive mavericks.

This week's at the coalface is here!

False killer whale diets, vape smoke free radicals, and AI versus scientific fraud

#science #research #sciencewriting

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This from @adamrutherford.bsky.social is a wellspring of fair judgement regarding the Nobel Prize

Hegemonies love a cheeky bit of hegemonying

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Love this👇 I remember be astonished when I first learnt that RNA was capable of catalysing things

At the vanguard: ancient paintings, conditional europhiles, and evolving gene regulation Contrary to a popular and seductive consensus — science rarely moves in great leaps, with eureka moments bursting from subversive mavericks.

New blog post!!

At the vanguard: ancient paintings, conditional europhiles, and evolving gene regulation

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At the vanguard: ancient paintings, conditional europhiles, and evolving gene regulation Contrary to a popular and seductive consensus — science rarely moves in great leaps, with eureka moments bursting from subversive mavericks.

New blog post!!

At the vanguard: ancient paintings, conditional europhiles, and evolving gene regulation

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The new conservation: are we on the cusp of a radical rethink? Tobias et al., 2025 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

New blog post!!

The new conservation: are we on the cusp of a radical rethink?

#naturewriting #biology #conservation

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At the vanguard: whale culture, clever cows, and how virtue signalling might help save the world Contrary to a popular and seductive consensus — science rarely moves in great leaps, with eureka moments bursting from subversive mavericks.

At the vanguard: whale culture, clever cows, and how virtue signalling might help save the world

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At the vanguard: whale culture, clever cows, and how virtue signalling might help save the world Contrary to a popular and seductive consensus — science rarely moves in great leaps, with eureka moments bursting from subversive mavericks.

At the vanguard: whale culture, clever cows, and how virtue signalling might help save the world

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At the vanguard: exercise potency, cannabis brain, and social media versus atrocity Some papers from the past week

At the vanguard: exercise potency, cannabis brain, and social media versus atrocity

Some papers from the past week 😎

🧪 #science #sciencewriting

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Environmental DNA: The method that is helping transform conservation Environmental DNA use is becoming more common, but there are dilemmas about how it should be harnessed for the future

New blog post!! First of 2026 😎😎😎

Environmental DNA: The method that is helping transform conservation

#naturewriting #ecology #biology #conservation 🧪

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Fabulous stuff this ⬇️

It’s for people who worship the anti-Claus

How hard should exercise feel? Zone 2? I don't live in London, pal

New article - how hard should exercise actually feel?

#sportsskyence

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New article - some thoughts on the extent to which we sport coaches can trust our judgement to know what works: open.substack.com/pub/jacoblea...

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