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Petra van Cronenburg

"Microplastics are now a ubiquitous part of our daily physical reality. They suffuse our #air, our #soil, the #food we eat and the #water we drink. They’re being detected everywhere, from Antarctic sea ice to human brains. A new #study published reveals how #microplastics hinder #photosynthesis across a wide range of plant species—including crucial food #crops." scientificamerican.com/article

Oblique rows of young zucchini plants on black plastic on a farm with silos, trees and blue sky in the background
Scientific American · Microplastic Pollution Is Messing with Photosynthesis in PlantsBy Joanna Thompson
#plasticPollution#foodSecurity#plants
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Josh Universe :goldverify:

Home Care Cooperatives: Solving the Caregiver Crisis

Summary: Home care cooperatives are improving caregiver retention and job satisfaction by offering input, control, community support, respect, and better compensation, tackling the caregiver crisis for the elderly as shown in a JAMA Network Open study.

Read More: https://biohackers.media/home-care-cooperatives-solving-the-caregiver-crisis

#health #science #biology @science@lemmy.world @news@lemmy.world @health@lemmy.world

Biohackers Media · Home Care Cooperatives: Solving the Caregiver CrisisHome care cooperatives enhance caregiver retention by improving job satisfaction through empowerment, making them a solution to the caregiver crisis.
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Colin Purrington

iNaturalist just released a new iPhone app. In-camera IDs, offline IDs, bulk import, profile browser, etc. #inaturalist #nature #biology inaturalist.org/blog/108940-da

iNaturalistNew iNaturalist app for iPhone!iNaturalist has a completely redesigned app available for the iPhone! You can download it from the App Store. You can log in using your same username and password and see all of your existing iNaturalist observations in the new app. In-Camera and Offline IDs If you want to get quick, in-camera identification suggestions (like in Seek by iNaturalist), now you can see them in the in-app camera! Like in Seek, these also work offline. Match Screen If you want to see how confident the AI suggestions are, you can check the match screen, which shows your photo alongside photos from the best-match taxon. Bulk Import From your photo library, you can now bulk import up to 20 photos at a time and group them into observations. To access the photo library, long-press on the camera button to reveal additional ways to make an observation. Configure it like Classic If you prefer the classic flow where you can immediately edit your observation before saving or uploading, y...
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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

🔴 🧬 **Genetic data is an another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours**

John Naughton

“_When 23andMe’s data assets come up for sale the queue of likely buyers is going to be long, with health insurance and pharmaceutical giants at the front, followed by hedge-funds, private equity vultures and advertisers, with marketers bringing up the rear._”

🔗 theguardian.com/science/2025/a

#Science #DNA #Genetics #Data #Biology @science @biology

The Guardian · Genetic data is another asset to be exploited – beware who has yoursBy John Naughton
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Clare Xanthos

"In 2021, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., now serving as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, seemingly endorsed the idea of 'race as #biology ' when he stated:

'We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites because their immune system is better than ours.'

This statement demonstrates a long history of racial mythology that continues to influence #medicine today."

medium.com/@clarexanthos/race-

Medium · Race-Based Medicine: Rooted in Slavery, Yet Still Endorsed in 2025By Clare Xanthos, PhD
#healthequity#racism#hhs
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Licho

Most people think that #evolution is about dying, but it's not really the full story. It's also about not being born at all. What if people are actually evolving under the extreme pressure of the modern capitalism? The question remains - is humanity under active eugenics and they are selecting us to be their submissive cattle or are we evolving some immunity to the parasites?

Are the few people who do have children under those terrible conditions the ones who treasure their wholesome relationships over career or those who thrive as the slaves? I don't think it's actually being studied in this context. It feels creepy to even put those questions on the table.

Nevertheless, I think that humanity after the full societal collapse will be different from Homo Sapiens. We have reached the limit of that evolutionary plateau. 300k years was a good run. Good Game people! Cheers!

youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TS
#biology #human #eugenics #capitalism #anticapitalism #solarpunk

YouTubeSOUTH KOREA IS OVERBy Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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