💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠📈 A #study of over 11,000 British #twins tracked cognitive test scores from age 4 to 21.

Only 1% of children scoring in the top tier at age 7 still scored high at 16, while just 8% of average-scoring #kids climbed into the top range. Genetic and family-education factors predicted stability most strongly, suggesting early gifted labels are an unreliable guide to #adult ability.

👉 psypost.org/early-giftedness-r…

#childdevelopment #science #psychology #intelligence #education #brain #development #learning #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠🗣️ A 2025 #MIT #study found that invented #languages like #Esperanto and #Klingon activate the same #brain networks as natural languages.

Scientists trace these from childhood Pig Latin to trade-born pidgins and lab-grown mini-languages in #psycholinguistics #research. Programming languages, despite their clear rules, do not trigger these networks because they express no meaning about the world.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-elvish-k…

#science #linguistics #neuroscience #MIT #tolkien #startrek

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐶🧠 Researchers at #Mexico’s National Autonomous University trained eight pet #dogs to lie awake in #fMRI scanners while viewing human faces.

#Brain scans showed anger, fear, and sadness activated different regions, though dogs did not distinguish anger from sadness. The #study suggests dogs process some expressions as distinct categories rather than simply positive or negative.

👉 popsci.com/environment/dogs-ca…

#animals #science #canines #neuroscience #pets #behavior #biology #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A recent #study surveyed 448 people across Chinese, Dutch, and Greek cultural groups to map where and why #humans feel ticklish.

More than 95% had experienced or performed tickling, and armpits, feet, abdomen, and sides of the torso were consistently cited as the most ticklish spots across all #cultures. Enjoyment declined with age, and the findings support #Darwin’s idea that less frequently touched areas are more ticklish.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-ticklish…

#science #body #nature #behaviour #research #kids #parents #psychology #neuroscience #biology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🔍🏛️ A #study from the University of #Exeter shows that as early as the 1830s, a #London #realestate firm called Brooks and Hedger used cosmoramas to sell high-end estates.

A #cosmorama was a gallery of #paintings viewed through a magnifying lens, giving the illusion of depth and depth of field. Artists hand-painted bird’s-eye views of each listing, offering buyers an early “virtual tour” more than a century before the #internet.

👉 popsci.com/technology/19th-cen…

#history #1800s #19thcentury #tech #technology #innovation #culture #victorianera #art #science #zillow

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦟🧪 Researchers in #Florida recruited 119 volunteers in #Miami and measured which #mosquitoes lingered near each person’s arm in a scent chamber.

Using gas #chromatography and skin-swab #DNA sequencing, they compared air #chemistry and the #microbes living on volunteers’ forearms. The finding is that each of three mosquito species favors its own blend of human scents, and that the most enticing people for one species are not necessarily appealing to another.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-people-m…

#science #bacteria #insects #biology #nature #study #health #wildlife #summer #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 💩🌊 Scientists at #Flinders University and #Germany’s #Karlsruhe Institute of #Technology argue fossilized feces, or #coprolites, helped fuel the #Cambrian Explosion 540 million years ago.

As early #animals evolved complex guts, their pellets carried nutrients through ancient #oceans, accelerating #ecosystem growth. The #study drew on deposits from more than 35 sites worldwide.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-fecal-re…

#paleontology #fossils #evolution #science #biology #nature #earth #history #research #marinebiology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪴💡 Researchers in #Germany tested how different types of artificial #light affect #nocturnal #insects at railway platforms.

They found that amber 1800K #LED lights, which lack blue light wavelengths, attracted far fewer insects than cool white LEDs or high-pressure sodium lamps. The #darksky reserve where the #study took place has already switched all its platform lights to the insect friendlier option.

👉 sciencealert.com/a-simple-ligh…

#lightpollution #biodiversity #conservation #science #nature #moths #ecology #wildlife #environment #biology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ✍️🧠 A new study challenges the idea that people are born with a skilled dominant hand, showing instead that hand dominance develops through repeated practice.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins and UCLA found that when tasks are novel both hands perform equally well, and that hand preference comes first and skill follows, not the reverse.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#brains #science #neuroscience #learning #childdevelopment #psychology #johnshopkins #UCLA #research #study

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐱🧠 A new #study from #Ghent University analyzed allogrooming #videos from 53 two-cat households.

Researchers found that when #cats lick each other, it can signal either social bonding or social tension. Cats sometimes use licking as a polite way to ask for space rather than starting a fight.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#animals #science #pets #felines #veterinary #communication #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐘🦻 #Elephants can hear messages sent through ground vibrations from more than 10 km away using bone conduction.

A #study found that elephants’ larger middle ear bones transmit low-frequency vibrations to the cochlea more effectively than human #ears. A special #muscle may also let elephants voluntarily close their ear canals, potentially boosting sensitivity to infrasonic #sounds by up to 30 times.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#hearing #infrasound #animals #communication #anatomy #science #biology #zoology #wildlife #harvard

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒👶 A new #study using #3D pelvic scans across 29 primate species overturns a decades-old assumption that #humans have the toughest births.

Researchers found that squirrel #monkeys and #tamarins give birth to #babies with heads roughly double the size of the maternal #birth canal. These species get around the problem with temporary pelvic bone dislocation or open pelvises held together by stretchable connective tissue.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-primates…

#primates #childbirth #evolution #biology #science #tamarins #obstetrics #adaptation #mammals #anthropology #nature #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦈👁️ #Greenland sharks can live for 400 years and scientists long thought they were functionally blind.

A new study shows these #sharks may retain useful vision thanks to a #DNA repair mechanism that protects their retinas from age-related damage. The work could inform #research on age-related vision loss in #humans.

👉 scitechdaily.com/this-400-year…

#greenlandshark #marinebiology #science #ucirvine #eyes #nature #arctic #deepsea #biology #study

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🎲🏛️ Archaeologist Walter Crist spotted an unusual carved limestone slab in a Dutch museum during a #COVID lockdown.

Using #AI simulations and microscopic wear analysis, researchers determined the stone was an ancient Roman blocking #game board, now called Ludus Coriovalli. The #study pushes back the known #history of such #games in #Europe by several hundred years.

👉 zmescience.com/science/archaeo…

#archaeology #ancientrome #boardgames #history #anthropology #science

What I saw VS what I drew 🪷

When I saw this baby moorhen standing on a sunny lily pad, I knew I had to draw them. This is a quick study drawn on a single layer and with a single brush!

#Art #ArtVsReference #Study #Bird #Illustration #DigitalArt #Artist #FirstFridayArtWalk #MastoArt #BirdsOfMastodon #FediArt

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 👤🤖 A new #study at Australian National University found that training people to look for broader markers of #AI faces nearly doubled accuracy.

AI faces tend to be more symmetrical and attractive but less expressive and memorable, whereas human imperfections are not flaws, they are signatures of authenticity.

👉 scientificamerican.com/article…

#deepfakes #media #news #artificialintelligence #science #psychology

Tengo el cerebro machacado... 😵‍💫

#study #oposicion

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐈🔄 For over a century, the “falling cat problem” had physicists building equations to explain how #cats land on their feet without violating the laws of motion.

A new #study out of #Japan took a different approach: looking at the cat’s spine itself. They found that the upper back twists freely while the lower back stays stiff, letting a cat rotate its front half into position and swing the rear into alignment mid-fall.

👉 zmescience.com/science/scienti…

#physics #biology #anatomy #research #biomechanics #animals #zoology #veterinary #robotics

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐈🔄 For over a century, the “falling cat problem” had physicists building equations to explain how #cats land on their feet without violating the laws of motion.

A new #study out of #Japan took a different approach: looking at the cat’s spine itself. They found that the upper back twists freely while the lower back stays stiff, letting a cat rotate its front half into position and swing the rear into alignment mid-fall.

👉 zmescience.com/science/scienti…

#physics #biology #anatomy #research #biomechanics #animals #zoology #veterinary #robotics

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧩🧠 Archaeologist Huw Groucutt reviewed evidence to challenge the “Human Revolution” #theory – the idea that a sudden cognitive breakthrough roughly 50,000 years ago turned #humans “modern.”

Instead, his #study argues that behaviors like toolmaking and using pigments appeared in different parts of #Africa at different times, then sometimes vanished before reappearing. Anatomical features also show this patchy pattern, and Groucutt says the real story isn’t a single eureka moment but a messy process that took hundreds of thousands of years.

👉 interestingengineering.com/cul…

#evolution #homosapiens #archaeology #science #anthropology #paleontology #fossils #genetics #history

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🍄🌍 Scientists mapped arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi – the #underground fungal threads that connect #plant roots.

Analyzing over 16,000 #soil cores from 322 studies, they found the network stretches 110 quadrillion(!) km in the topsoil, long enough to reach the #Sun nearly a billion times. #Grasslands and #prairies hold the densest networks, while #farming reduces fungal density by nearly half.

👉 sciencealert.com/hidden-web-of…

#science #ecology #plants #carbon #map #nature #biology #climate #microscopy #research #study

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐘💩 In a 15-year field #experiment at #Mpala, #Kenya, researchers built fences to keep #elephants out and watched what happened.

Without elephant dung to eat, dung #beetle populations collapsed, resulting in 23% fewer species and 67% fewer individuals. The #study, led by Finote Gijsman, is the first large-scale #demonstration that protecting elephants also protects everything that depends on them.

👉 news.mongabay.com/short-articl…

#dungbeetles #ecology #conservation #savanna #ecosystem #insects #biodiversity #science #africa

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐈🧬 A team at #Stanford identified the ancient genetic mutation that makes orange #cats orange – a tiny deletion on the X chromosome that flips a gene on in pigment #cells, blocking dark pigment and turning fur orange.

The mechanism is unlike anything seen in any other #mammal, which explains why about 80% of orange cats are male: the mutation is on the X chromosome. The #study traces the #mutation back to #medieval times, when calico cats appeared in 12th-century #paintings.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#genetics #science #biology #dna #animals #research #felines

Welcome to an interactive map of electronic sound evolution. From the first experiments with electricity to neural audio. Navigate the timeline, explore events, listen to music.

nodemusic.cc/

#music #fedimusic #fediverse #history #interactive #map #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #sound #evolution #electricity #neural #radio #synth #synthetizer #study #nodemusic

@electronicmusic
@ExperimentalMusic

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A #UMass #Amherst #study tracked 379 preschoolers and found that irregular bedtimes predicted lower #vocabulary and #memory scores, even after accounting for total sleep. 😴

#Children’s #sleep timing fluctuated by about 60 minutes on average. Surprisingly, attention was unaffected, suggesting irregular sleep hits specific #brain functions rather than everything at once. 🧠

👉 neurosciencenews.com/irregular…

#preschool #childdevelopment #neuroscience #parenting #education #pediatrics #health #actigraphy

I am very nearly done, about 100 words to go, so I am going to print it out and attack it on paper because I am old and on paper is easier to see things.

#study

Good Morning. Beige be with you

Today is a big day. It is the last full day of my degree. Hand in is midday tomorrow!

I have 500 words left to write, then this afternoon I am going to go over the essay I finished last week.

I am quite emotional about being so close to finishing. It has been over 5 years since I started this degree and in that time the worst times of my life have happened. I have also been diagnosed with ADHD and autism in this time.

This is the 3rd time I have attempted to get a degree and the fact I am now so close, at the age of 49, is huge for me!

So please, if you see this, cheer me on today and send me words of encouragement!

EDIT: I have finished the work. I will be hitting send first thing in the morning once I have slept on it.

#GoodMorning #BeigeBlessings #Study #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Today

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A #study by public safety group Alive Solutions tested swimsuit visibility in pools and #lakes, finding that bright neon #orange is the most visible #color across all conditions. 🏊‍♀️

Lisa Zarda, of the U.S. Swim School Association, explains that blues, blacks, whites, and grays blend into #water while #neon #colors stand out. Also covered is how fluorescent pigments absorb UV light and re-emit it as visible light, making neon colors practically glow – the same science behind traffic cones and #safety vests. 🦺

👉 popsci.com/science/safest-swim…

#science #summer #parenting #swimming #kids #children

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Researchers at the University of #Tours trained #mosquitoes to associate the smell of #DEET with a blood meal using classical conditioning. 🦟

After training, about half of the mosquitoes attempted to bite a DEET-coated hand — compared to zero percent of untrained mosquitoes. The #study suggests that under certain lab conditions, DEET’s reputation as a repellent might have limits. ✋

👉 sciencealert.com/your-insect-r…

#insects #animals #entomology #learning #science #france #australia #pests #biology #health #experiment #research

👁️🧬 A new #study proposes that #vertebrates’ unique #eyes evolved from a single median eye atop a #worm-like ancestor 600 million years ago.

That ancestor lost its side eyes while burrowing, then later repurposed its remaining third eye into our paired eyes. The pineal gland in your #brain is that original third eye, still regulating your #sleep from light signals.

👉 psypost.org/scientists-say-the…

#evolution #science #biology #neuroscience #ancient #humans

🐝⚔️ #UCL researchers studying #tropical paper #wasps in the #Caribbean found that removing a queen triggers violent fighting among females.

But, hidden helpers called “compensators” skip the power struggles entirely, instead gathering #food and caring for #larvae – saving the colony from collapse.

👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…

#polistes #panama #insects #animals #science #biology #nature #study #research

🧬🐟 The #Amazon #molly, an all-female #fish from #Texas and #Mexico rivers, has cloned itself for over 100,000 years – long past the predicted extinction deadline.

A 2026 #Nature #study by researchers at University of #Missouri and LMU #Munich shows the fish uses “gene conversion,” a #DNA repair trick, to erase bad #mutations and spread good ones without #sex.

👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-fi…

#genetics #evolution #cloning #parthenogenesis #genome #geneconversion #reproduction #biology #science

♟️⚡ An analysis of 215,000 moves from 3,600 professional #chess games and found that elite players made better moves when they moved quickly.

The reason isn’t that speed improves thinking – it’s that fast moves happen when players recognize familiar patterns. Longer pauses signal uncertainty or a hard position, not careful calculation. The #study suggests that a grandmaster’s intuition is really compressed experience built from thousands of games.

👉 zmescience.com/medicine/mind-a…

#psychology #neuroscience #education #science #learning #brain #research

🏛️🧬 Researchers at University College #London found that visiting #museums and attending #concerts may slow biological #aging by 4%.

Analyzing #data from 3,500 adults, the #study suggests weekly cultural engagement reduces #stress and inflammation. The #health benefits are comparable to regular exercise, potentially leading to future "arts prescriptions" for healthy #aging.

👉 sciencealert.com/visiting-muse…

#science #health #museum #biology #research #culture #wellness #art #lifestyle

Art is good for you! Go make some, go enjoy some!

"These results demonstrate the health impact of the arts at a biological level."

theguardian.com/science/2026/m…

#news #study #art #health

community audition...

#community #audition #study #henryrollins #adamscott

🐝⚽ #Research at #QueenMary University of #London shows that #bumblebees will choose to stop and play with wooden balls even when #food is available.

This #study from 2022 represents the first time #play behavior has been documented in #insects. Younger #bees participated in ball-rolling more often than older bees, which suggests that playtime helps them practice the motor skills needed to handle different #flowers.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/bumblebees-pla…

#animals #biology #blackandSTEM #cute #experiments #science #tv #womeninSTEM #nature #entomology #wildlife #learning #tksst #video

#dailydrawing No.6
7hrs - Ibis Paint free
He's such a snoot.
This art is a bit older, I did not want to post it, to maybe correct it someday. But I never will. I do not like that guy. And he already took way too much time for a #dailydoodle XD

Oh, and I really should start using references. Yeah.

#mastodonart #doodle #drawing #sketch
#mastoart #angel #snob #naked #study #anatomy #wings #IbisPaint

"In a new #study, #researchers introduce the dual threat model of #antisemitism, which highlights the central role of perceived #Jewish power in fueling antisemitism, and they discuss its implications for interventions aimed at curbing antisemitism.

The study, “The Perils of Perceived Power: The Dual Threat Model of Antisemitism,” was conducted by researchers at #CarnegieMellon #University, #Reichman University, #Stanford University, and #BostonUniversity and appears in #AmericanPsychologist.

“Antisemitism remains a significant issue, reflected in harmful #stereotypes, #prejudice, #discrimination, and #hatecrimes against #Jews in the #UnitedStates and worldwide,” explains #TayaRCohen, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics at Carnegie Mellon’s #TepperSchool of Business, who coauthored the study.

“Our model offers a framework for understanding the social, psychological and ideological roots of antisemitism."

healthmedicinet.com/antisemiti…

60,000 African #penguins starved to #death after #sardine numbers collapsed – #study
source: focusingonwildlife.com/news/60…

More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the #climate #crisis and #overfishing were driving declines.

#news #africa #penguine #animal #fish #hunger #problem #economy #fail #omg #wtf #ethics #extinction #nature #environment #sea #ocean #earth

Looking back at the advent
season. Our 3dprinting pattern generator running in snowflake mode

Generator was built with the awesome visual programming tool 'vvvv', snowflakes printed on an old Ultimaker Original+

#neuhier #3dprinting #programming #muthesius #design #diy #study #arts #hacking #vvvv #xmas #interfacedesign #industrialdesign #kiel

Study finds that seeing a bear in Yellowstone is worth the price of a movie ticket in terms of economic impact. The financial takeaway is clear: put bears in movie theaters

outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve…

#science #wildlife #bears #tourism #economics #study

ATENCIÓN a todos los MÚSICOS en la sala!. El equipo de Glaze / Nightshade / Hemlock necesitan voluntarios para participar en un breve cuestionario para evaluar su capacidad para distinguir entre música generada por IA y música compuesta por humanos. Es importante para ayudar en su investigación! 🙏

🔵 uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe…

📌 Study Title: Detecting AI Generated Music

#music #musica #AI #IA #genAI #survey #glaze #study #research

As a young #gorilla, #Titus 🦍 suffered more tragedy than most #humans do in their lifetimes. A #study found, just like a human #child, he thrived due to good social and economic supports. Learn more #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-8TQ?utm_source=ma…

wp.me/pcFhgU-8TQ?utm_source=ma…

It's pumpkin season!

Orange pumpkin watercolor study - karenkasparartprints.com/featu…

#pumpkin #fall #autum #season #halloween #art #artwork #watercolor #study #sketch #food #vegetable #vegan #homedecor #kitchen

#StudyStream

I am going live over on Twitch. I will be studying, so feel free to come and hang out. Hopefully will be graced with Kitty Cam 😀

Music will be Autumn vibes 😀

www.twitch.tv/serfinchalot

#Stream #Streamer #Twitch #Live #Study #Cat #KittyCam

At the University of Innsbruck, the quantum computer era has already begun in teaching: starting in the fall semester, students from all faculties can attend an introductory course on quantum computer programming.

For this a quantum computer from spin-off Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) was integrated into the university's high-performance computing infrastructure.

More details (in German): uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2025/fu…

📸 Dieter Kühl, AQT

#study #quantum #physics #computer #programming