#preprint

In Religious Studies: Analytic #Atheism & Analytic Apostasy...

Steve Stich, Justin Sytsma, and I studied >70k people across the globe.

Apostates were more reflective thinkers.

That explained links between reflection and #religion.

#Preprint + audio: https://byrdnick.com/archives/28471/upon-reflection-ep-14-analytic-atheism-analytic-apostasy-across-cultures

Replication of the link between perceived threat of a #pandemic and compliance with #publicHealth recommendations in 18 country, longitudinal study and U.S. follow-ups.

The #preprint also reports correlations with *political trust*.
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d3jtn_v1

(I didn't see our philosophy measures.)

One month left to provide feedback on our preprint "Rainfall recharge thresholds decrease after an intense fire over a near-surface cave at Wombeyan, Australia."

We are keen for some constructive feedback to improve the paper :)

https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-84/

#hydrology #KarstHydrology #Groundwater #preprint

@Andbaker

Whilst there I worked with @preLights on a series of interviews with ECRs to highlight the preprints they presented and I’m excited for these to be shared in the coming months along with the preList (2/2).

https://prelights.biologists.com/prelists/biologists-100-conference-prelist/

#preprint #ECR

The preList for the @Co_Biologists conference #biologists100 is out! With @preLights we compiled the cutting-edge research and exciting preprints that were presented last week Check it out here:
https://prelights.biologists.com/prelists/biologists-100-conference-prelist/

If I missed a #preprint you presented then you can still let me know here: https://forms.gle/X5qYDFiyuW246gBm7

Relaxed DNA substrate specificity of transposases involved in programmed genome rearrangement.

#Transposons #Tc1Mariner #TelomereBearingElements #Oxytricha_trifallax #Transposase #Genomics #Preprint

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.17.643836v1.full

Can cells break the laws of thermodynamics?
Our preprint investigates the current scientific controversy. Using our nanosensor, we addressed unexpected artifacts and measured temperature with record accuracy inside cells.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6074308/v1
The remarkable work from P. Maurer's lab also independently reports similar artifacts.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20816
#quantumsensing #nanodiamond #NVcentre #arxiv #thermodynamics #nanothermometry #nanotechnology #research #quantum #science #preprint

Interested in knowing more about data-sharing, code-sharing, and software reporting quality in ecology?

Do you want to know if journal policies even matter?

We have now updated our #preprint after a wonderful round of reviews at @PeerCommunityIn

We thank our recommender and reviewers for helping us improve our contribution.

For a summary of our results, check out this thread: https://ecoevo.social/@ASanchez_Tojar/113627442332447299

https://doi.org/10.32942/X21S7H

https://github.com/ASanchez-Tojar/code-sharing_policies_matter

#OpenScience #OpenSource #opendata

Naturally occurring variation in gene-associated transposable elements impacts gene expression and phenotypic diversity in woodland strawberry.
#Transposons #MITEs #WoodlandStrawberry #Fragariavesca #PlantScience #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.20.644342v1

i have a google scholar alert for a couple of my favorite authors, and when they publish a new paper, i get a link in my email about it... well, somehow they figured out who this author is and sent it to me, even though the PDF says "anonymous authors - paper under double blink review"!

https://openreview.net/pdf?id=I9dPSFULLI

#crazy #academia #googleScholar #google #wtf #huh #weird #science #preprint #ML #statistics #math

Heads or… Heads?

The Layden & Rentzsch labs identify a possible role for the nervous system as a source of positional information during regeneration in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. #preprint

Another great #preLight from Isabella Cisneros

https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/ectopic-head-regeneration-after-nervous-system-ablation-in-a-sea-anemone/

#biology #DevBio #development #genetics

**Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation**

“_While we show that integrating CoT monitors into the reinforcement learning reward can indeed produce more capable and more aligned agents in the low optimization regime, we find that with too much optimization, agents learn obfuscated reward hacking, hiding their intent within the CoT while still exhibiting a significant rate of reward hacking._”

Baker, B. et al. (2025) Monitoring reasoning models for misbehavior and the risks of promoting obfuscation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11926.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMS #ComputerScience #Obfuscation #Preprint #Academia #Academics @ai @computerscience

**Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed**

“_Our analysis reveals that risks to people increase with the autonomy of a system: The more control a user cedes to an AI agent, the more risks to people arise. Particularly concerning are safety risks, which affect human life and impact further values._”

Mitchell, M. et al. (2025) 'Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed,' arXiv (Cornell University) [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2502.02649.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Preprint #Academia #Academics @ai

Arrived in Liverpool for #biologists100. I’m looking forward to the ECR sessions today and presenting my organelle dynamics poster later in the week!

I’m also curating a preList with @preLights, so if you’re coming along to present a #preprint then please send it in here: https://forms.gle/JYiTFj8iSUcTo5o69

My next @preLights post is out. I saw this first preprint from the Storer lab a while back (thanks to a toot from @CellySally) and took some time over writing it but I think it was worth it!

I really enjoyed going back to some developmental biology with this study on how the ECM and mechanical environment influence limb regeneration. Also, nice that my PhD department, PDN, was heavily involved!

https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/hyaluronic-acid-and-emergent-tissue-mechanics-orchestrate-digit-tip-regeneration/

#preprint #regeneration #mechanosensing #ECM

Hyaluronic acid deposition & a soft ECM promote digit regeneration in mice.

@JontyTownson covers the first #preprint from the Storer lab.

Jonathan: "I really appreciated the combination of many different techniques to build a compelling narrative about the role of different cell types regulating HA networks in regenerative wounds and the influence stiffness has on this process."

#preLight

https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/hyaluronic-acid-and-emergent-tissue-mechanics-orchestrate-digit-tip-regeneration/

#biology #biophysics #DevBio #physiology #ECM #regeneration

Double-stranded DNA viruses may serve as vectors for horizontal transfer of intron-generating transposons.
#Transposons #Introners #Introns #dsDNAviruses #HorizontalGeneTransfer #Dinoflagellates #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.643946v1

I did a thing!

Here is my new preprint on a non-invasive, high-resolution method to map spinal cord activity!

What you can find:

Cool figures!
attention modulation of spinal activity (yes, spinal!)
Cool videos in the suppmat

Read it here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.17.643665v1

#Neuroscience #SpinalCord #EEG #Preprint #OpenScience #biology #science

Detection of human unannotated microproteins by mass spectrometry-based proteomics: a community assessment.
#Microproteins #sORFs #MassSpectrometry #Proteomics #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.19.639069v2

A biological phenomenon triggers faster evolution rates in woodland salamanders

Stefan Friedrich Wirth posted a #preLight covering work from Brian Waldron & team. #preprint

Stefan: “The authors were able to use a (…) suitable model to address a topic that researchers in zoology are often confronted with: polymorphisms.”

#preLight
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/loss-of-a-morph-is-associated-with-asymmetric-character-release-in-a-radiation-of-woodland-salamanders/

#biology #evolution #genomics #zoology #salamanders