Luis Leloir discovered a completely new class of biological compounds – sugar nucleotides – and showed that they are fundamental to the metabolism of carbohydrates. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The early mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs upwards of 150 million years ago were likely covered in dark and dusky greyish-brown fur, according to a quantitative reconstruction of Mesozoic mammal coloration in Science, hinting at their shrouded and nocturnal nature. https://t.co/FVQ6FNkHqN
Critical role of fossils:
"notion that insect pollination began with the origin of angiosperms is still widespread. Herein we highlight how all the known insect orders with extant and/or extinct pol-linator representatives radiated long before the evolution of flowering plants."
Great quote.
Carl Sagan, in one of my favorite books, The Demon-Haunted World, says the mismatch between a society build on a foundation of high technology and public misunderstanding or ignorance of that foundation "is a prescription for disaster."
It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
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Stand Up for Science is asking people to share why they stand up for science. OK, here is what I stand for:
1. Science is the engine of long term prosperity. 200 years ago most people lived on less than the equivalent of $2 per day. Not anymore.
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