Andrew Somerville

Fungal jailbreak! Golden oyster mushrooms came into people's homes via growing kits, busted out of their basements, and have started expanding into local forests in North America. buff.ly/4twcsiY

New Open Access resource: A Digital Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, by @idiom_project at @UniBonn, it combines epigraphic research with digital tools, correcting classifications, adding hundreds of signs, and enabling powerful search & filter functions. classicmayan.org/portal/signcat…

@Rainmaker1973 a monkey, not a lemur!

A fast lemur

Avoiding Ultraprocessed Foods Might Double Weight Loss nytimes.com/2025/08/04/wel…

@SurreyNanoSys @GrahamSatchell @BBCBreakfast @Hyundai_Global How much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

Great to have @GrahamSatchell and Darryl Fedeski from .@BBCBreakfast in to look at some #Vantablack VBx objects related to the @asif_can @Hyundai_Global Olympic Pavillion.

‘Scopes monkey trial’ turns 100 theguardian.com/culture/2025/j…

How do animals move in perfect sync without a leader? In the latest Science Sessions episode, we explore how individual decisions shape collective behavior in ants, birds, fish, and more. Listen now: ow.ly/EBj250VR6RY

A new variety of rice created by simple cross breeding could reduce the plant’s emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by nearly three quarters. #Echobox=1738600209" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/246660…

Scientists are listening to birds from around the world. trib.al/bzJsse2

Ancient human populations in Bolivia may have intentionally fed muscovy ducks and been largely reliant on maize agriculture, prior to the colonial invasion of the Amazon Basin, according to research published in @NatureHumBehav. go.nature.com/4h5twzu

Wally Wallington demonstrated how a single person can manipulate massive monoliths, or how they could have been moved in ancient times. He claims that a pyramid could be completed using primitive tools in 25-year with only 520 workers.

‘Grief is not just a human thing.’ trib.al/dgM6QoZ

This #NationalMarineSanctuaryDay, learn about the newest sanctuary designated just this month on California's Central Coast. The @CHNMSanctuary is the third largest in the U.S., protecting 4500+ square miles of ocean and coast. Learn more from @AudubonCA: bit.ly/3YAIGWQ

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"Then there is insurance"...

In @nytopinion “America’s problem isn’t that we’re a bunch of hedonists hooked on capitalism’s ‘dopamine hits’ — it’s that so many of us aren’t able to get our social, physical and emotional needs met in healthy ways,” writes Maia Szalavitz. nyti.ms/3XK6qaN

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @j_welkin and @CognitiveEcol join @mclean_ka to talk about their research on how memory helps mountain chickadees survive. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3Xgg8jr

Why do men eat so much meat? wsj.com/health/wellnes…

Miniscule monkeys called marmosets give one another individual “names.” scim.ag/8fl