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Early warning sign of extinction?

"Using a high-resolution global dataset of planktonic foraminifera fossils that’s among the richest biological archives available to science, researchers have found that environmental events leading to mass extinctions are reliably preceded by subtle changes in how a biological community is composed, acting as an early warning signal."

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/early-warning-sign-of-extinction/

#News #Science #Tech #Technology #STEM #Harvard @science

America's Drunkest Counties

"The map is based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which defines excessive drinking as either binge drinking (men 5 drinks in a single session, women 4 drinks in a single session) or heavy drinking (men drinking more than 15 drinks in a week, women drinking 8 drinks in a week)."

https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2024/04/americas-drunkest-counties.html

#Map #Maps #Cartography #Alcohol #USA #US #UnitedtStates #America

"We present a set of large pedigrees, reconstructed using ancient DNA, spanning nine generations and comprising around 300 individuals. We uncover a strict patrilineal kinship system, in which patrilocality and female exogamy were the norm and multiple reproductive partnering and levirate unions were common. The absence of consanguinity indicates that this society maintained a detailed memory of ancestry over generations."

Gnecchi-Ruscone, G.A., Rácz, Z., Samu, L. et al. Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07312-4

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Archaeology #History #Histodon #Histodons #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #Science #Avars #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @histodon @histodons

The virtues of the historical mind

"Being historically minded is about having a certain orientation to history, being alive and alert to the fact that almost everything we take for granted in culture today, especially values, has its own roots and its own complex journey, a history of how it came to be."

https://biblonia.com/2024/04/24/the-virtues-of-the-historical-mind/

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Culture @histodon @histodons

Unscheduled gleanings and a few idioms

"Loiter, a fourteenth-century verb, sounds quite unlike the monosyllables mentioned above. It appeared in Middle English in the form lotere and then in a 1440 English-Latin dictionary as loytre. Still later, the spelling leutere ~ leutre turned up. It is not improbable that “loiterers” (vagabonds) from the Low Countries were the originators of the verb (another case of self-characterization?)."

https://blog.oup.com/2024/04/unscheduled-gleanings-and-a-few-idioms/

#Word #Words #Idiom #Idioms #English #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Etymology @linguistics

"Our study has practical implications. We show that narcissistic executives are attracted to each other and the consequences that this may have. Given the limited malleability of a personality trait such as narcissism, the primary practical implication is thus related to executive selection. This means that our research holds advice for boards that are tasked with hiring CEOs, as well as appointing TMT members."

Junge, S., Graf-Vlachy, L., Hagen, M., & Schlichte, F. (2024). Narcissism at the CEO–TMT Interface: Measuring Executive Narcissism and Testing Its Effects on TMT Composition. Journal of Management, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241226904

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Business #Corporations #CEO #Management #Narcissism #Narcissistic #Personality #Academia #Academic #Academics

On the trail of deepfakes, Drexel researchers identify ‘fingerprints’ of AI-generated video

"The lab’s tools use a sophisticated machine learning program called a constrained neural network. This algorithm can learn, in ways similar to the human brain, what is “normal” and what is “unusual” at the sub-pixel level of images and videos, rather than searching for specific predetermined identifiers of manipulation from the outset."

https://scienmag.com/on-the-trail-of-deepfakes-drexel-researchers-identify-fingerprints-of-ai-generated-video/

#News #Deepfake #Video #Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Analysis #Algorithms #NeuralNetworks #Engineering #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @engineering

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Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for April 23

"The study room inside Abbotsford House (Melrose, Scotland). Today is World Book Day."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/potd/20240423000000/en

#Image #Picture

Decoding Ulysses: How Joyce Published The Novel of the Century + How To Read It

"A brief history of the mess James Joyce had to put up with to publish Ulysses and how to read the text without losing your mind ft. Prof. Rónán McDonald, The Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies."

https://youtu.be/eHxDpwx9XBE

#Video #History #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #JamesJoyce #Novel #Fiction @bookstodon

Seeing Dante’s Commedia in Print from the Renaissance to Today

"An intensely envisioned journey through the three realms of the Christian afterlife (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise), Dante’s poem, written in the early 1300s, was the subject of vivid illustrations from its earliest circulation and, when book making transitioned into the new medium of print in the late 1400s, Dante’s poem became the source of inspiration for new visual traditions."

https://historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/seeing-dantes-commedia-in-print-from-the-renaissance-to-today/

#Dante #Poetry #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon #History #BookHistory #Renaissance @bookstodon

How 100-Year-Old Books Are Professionally Restored | Restoration

"The delicate and intricate restoration process of a very old book."

https://youtu.be/cQj2VZJlBn4

#ASMR #Video #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Renovation #Restoration #Craft @bookstodon

Climate crisis - How oil companies hushed up research results | DW Documentary

"In the 1970s, oil conglomerates commissioned research into climate change. It predicted the global warming that we’re facing today. But US oil companies hushed up these findings rather than accepting responsibility."

https://youtu.be/QYYxEvP4jBM

#Video #DW #Documentary #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Research #Oil #Corporations @climatechange

The Etymology of “Dude”

"In fact, the word “dude” is thought to have originally been a shortening of “Yankee Doodle.” In the original, British-penned lyrics of the song, which were written to poke fun at Americaan troops during the French and Indian War, you’ll note that Yankee Doodle is described as a dandy who is a fabulous dancer and wears a dashing feather in his cap."

https://uselessetymology.com/2024/04/22/the-etymology-of-dude/

#Word #Words #Etymology #English #Language