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michael<p>latest feature in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> out now: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Butterflies</span></a> in decline means we should worry about less popular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> too. <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-trouble-with-butterflies.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/05/the-trouble-with-butterflies.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lepidoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moths</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 9: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Butterflies</span></a> in decline means we should worry about less popular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> too. <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-trouble-with-butterflies.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/05/the-trouble-with-butterflies.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lepidoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moths</span></a></p>
michael<p>last year's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> feature on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plasticPollution</span></a> is now in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenArchives</span></a> <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/04/stop-plastic-pollution.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">024/04/stop-plastic-pollution.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastics</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 8: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amphibians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amphibians</span></a> feel the heat of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/amphibians-feel-heat.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/04/amphibians-feel-heat.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scienceJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scienceJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
michael<p>as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tardigrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tardigrade</span></a> species has been voted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InvertebrateOfTheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvertebrateOfTheYear</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> have plugged my recent feature about them on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DIQmslDMwJT/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DIQmslDMwJT/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a></p>
michael<p>this week's feature in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> is about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oases</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a> <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 7: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oases</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a> are not only curious hotspots of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> but also important stepping points on historic trade routes like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilkRoad</span></a>. <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
michael<p>my latest feature in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> issue 6: With 1.5 degrees <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warming</span></a> and counting, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> are doomed to disappear. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-global-meltdown.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/a-global-meltdown.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
michael<p>last year's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> feature on migratory species is now in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenArchives</span></a>: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-dangers-of-migrating.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">024/03/the-dangers-of-migrating.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 6: With 1.5 degrees warming and counting, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> are doomed to disappear. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-global-meltdown.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/a-global-meltdown.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tippingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
michael<p>repeat for the (non-existent) followers of the bluesky bridge: </p><p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 5: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpocalypse</span></a> 2 - how the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a> in the US will cost lives around the world and accelerate the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProseAndPassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProseAndPassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 5: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpocalypse</span></a> 2 - how the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a> in the US will cost lives around the world and accelerate the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProseAndPassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProseAndPassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a></p>
michael<p>new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> for the bsky bridge : I’m a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BioChemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioChemist</span></a> turned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceWriter</span></a>, write a feature for every issue of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a>, 2/month, mostly about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> things seen thru <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> prism. Plus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceBooks</span></a>, most recently: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intertwined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intertwined</span></a>: From insects to icebergs Also writing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoir</span></a> around <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biography</span></a> of our old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cello</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PirateLuthier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PirateLuthier</span></a> fixing unloved <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liveable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liveable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/townmouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>townmouse</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 4: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeverChemicals</span></a> are a major <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> problem <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/forever-fluorinated.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/02/forever-fluorinated.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProseAndPassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProseAndPassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersistentOrganicPollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentOrganicPollutants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryBoundaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryBoundaries</span></a> ((this is a repeat toot for the bluesky bridge, which doesn't appear to accept toots in threads))</p>
michael<p>last year's feature on green <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> (past, present, future) is now in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenArchives</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeAccess</span></a> for all: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/02/urbanism-now-and-then.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">024/02/urbanism-now-and-then.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 4: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeverChemicals</span></a> are a major <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> problem <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/forever-fluorinated.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/02/forever-fluorinated.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProseAndPassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProseAndPassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersistentOrganicPollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentOrganicPollutants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryBoundaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryBoundaries</span></a></p>
michael<p>21-Feb-2025<br>Hawaiian parasitic flies develop better hearing to locate host crickets</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1074604" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">074604</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 3: Humans have always migrated, it's in our genes. <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/homo-migrans.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/02/homo-migrans.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientDNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientDNA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleAges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MigrationPeriod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MigrationPeriod</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProseAndPassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProseAndPassion</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 2: Reconstructing ancient <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OlfactorySensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlfactorySensors</span></a> may help solve the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/structures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>structures</span></a> of the modern ones <br><a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-origins-of-smell.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/01/on-origins-of-smell.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/structuralBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>structuralBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proteins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proteins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanoworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanoworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alphaFold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alphaFold</span></a></p>
michael<p>my features published in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentBiology</span></a> this year, issue 1: As part of my informal new year series <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasticSpecies</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tardigrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tardigrades</span></a> get their place in the spotlight: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/01/tiny-survivors.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/01/tiny-survivors.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LifeOnTheEdge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOnTheEdge</span></a></p>