Andrew Somerville

Archaeologist, biological anthropologist, //Studies environmental change, human ecology, domestication, diet, food @IowaStateU in @WLC_ISU

[Science Friday @scifri]

Fungal jailbreak! Golden oyster mushrooms came into people's homes via growing kits, busted out of their basements, and have started expanding into local forests in North America.

https://t.co/ZDbrhPIi7I

[Christian Prager @CHPrager]

New Open Access resource: A Digital Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, by @idiom_project at @UniBonn, it combines epigraphic research with digital tools, correcting classifications, adding hundreds of signs, and enabling powerful search & filter functions.
https://t.co/JEtMfhsKLG

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

@Rainmaker1973 a monkey, not a lemur!

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

Avoiding Ultraprocessed Foods Might Double Weight Loss https://t.co/rgTSKMIBYv

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

@SurreyNanoSys @GrahamSatchell @BBCBreakfast @Hyundai_Global How much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

‘Scopes monkey trial’ turns 100 https://t.co/d6E9Oyseis

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

How do animals move in perfect sync without a leader? In the latest Science Sessions episode, we explore how individual decisions shape collective behavior in ants, birds, fish, and more. Listen now: https://t.co/m2I5qKSZzx

[New Scientist @newscientist]

A new variety of rice created by simple cross breeding could reduce the plant’s emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by nearly three quarters. https://t.co/9tkml4x0Ma

[Popular Science @PopSci]

Scientists are listening to birds from around the world. https://t.co/vCCnzj6x8Z

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Ancient human populations in Bolivia may have intentionally fed muscovy ducks and been largely reliant on maize agriculture, prior to the colonial invasion of the Amazon Basin, according to research published in @NatureHumBehav. https://t.co/qWaWxCvJiW

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Wally Wallington demonstrated how a single person can manipulate massive monoliths, or how they could have been moved in ancient times.

He claims that a pyramid could be completed using primitive tools in 25-year with only 520 workers.

[Popular Science @PopSci]

‘Grief is not just a human thing.’ https://t.co/yvPnaklyJm

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

This #NationalMarineSanctuaryDay, learn about the newest sanctuary designated just this month on California's Central Coast. The @CHNMSanctuary is the third largest in the U.S., protecting 4500+ square miles of ocean and coast. Learn more from @AudubonCA: https://t.co/IkemUprCkB

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

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[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

By recommending that children avoid exposure to peanuts until age 3, doctors inadvertently turned a rare issue into a major health problem, writes Dr. Marty Makary

🔗: https://t.co/hfPOtbp7aW

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

"Then there is insurance"...

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Kendric Cromer, 12, is among the first patients to be treated with gene therapy just approved by the F.D.A. that many other patients face obstacles to receiving. https://t.co/l1WefL5eFw

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In @nytopinion

“America’s problem isn’t that we’re a bunch of hedonists hooked on capitalism’s ‘dopamine hits’ — it’s that so many of us aren’t able to get our social, physical and emotional needs met in healthy ways,” writes Maia Szalavitz. https://t.co/ZkOoDagi5n

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @j_welkin and @CognitiveEcol join @mclean_ka to talk about their research on how memory helps mountain chickadees survive.

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/SpwNpbCjYu

[Andrew Somerville @SomervilleAD]

Why do men eat so much meat? https://t.co/Q8r1zEYaUg

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

Miniscule monkeys called marmosets give one another individual “names.” https://t.co/YC2eNbw8rA