What’s better than observing fungal cells on a Friday? The @KleinCollins Pre-AP Biology KOL and KOC Ss are labeling visible cell structures by screen sharing using the Ken-a-vision PupilCam with KOL Ss @kimdmoore1@KleinISDscience#technologyiscool#Every
Wolf’s Milk Slime Mold (Lycogala epidendrum) is not a fungus, but rather a cosmopolitan species of myxogastrid amoeba. These fruiting bodies can be found on damp rotten wood from June to November.
#FungusFriday 🍄 by @woodlandcravin1
You may be familiar with animal hybrids like the mule or a liger. Now, @nytimes reports that scientists have created a new animal hybrid when sperm from the American paddlefish and eggs from the Russian sturgeon were inadvertently mixed in the lab. https://t.co/mqIR7h76Uq
SARS-CoV2 generally attacks the lungs, but Neurologists are also stressing its effects on the brain in a fraction of patients: They noted an uptick this spring in cases of a potentially fatal condition called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) https://t.co/y7HPq9FfLB
Moderna's most advanced mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 results are out (n=45). They show that the vaccine produced a robust immune response in ALL patients, and no trial-limiting safety concerns were identified. https://t.co/IDn82G2U0Y
After universal masking was implemented at Mass General & Brigham hospitals, the rate of COVID19 infection among health care workers dropped significantly. "For those who have been waiting for data before adopting, this paper makes it clear: Masks work" https://t.co/RnOl8S8FfH
New research shows that an RNA molecule involved in preventing tumor formation can change its structure and thereby control protein production in the cell. The finding can open new strategies to treat different types of cancer. https://t.co/47scweJyxP
When Jane Goodall first witnessed chimpanzees using sticks to “fish” for termites, she toppled the notion that only humans use tools. Now, new research has shown groups of chimps fish using their own cultural techniques, which they pass down to generations https://t.co/DsvSsg5uMp
When red foxes in the U.K. moved from the forest to city habitats, they began to evolve doglike traits, new research reveals, potentially setting themselves on the path to domestication. https://t.co/gqYQ4eR28k
A deadly virus is spreading quickly among wild rabbits in southwestern North America, threatening populations and possibly endangered species. https://t.co/1RK8A3vfSe
Though economic inequality plummeted in much of Europe during and after the Black Death, the very rich learned how to maintain their wealth during future pandemics. In most pandemics since the 1340s, impoverished and marginal populations suffer the most. https://t.co/535Ts8Yeyq
A handful of hotspots around the globe are experiencing a potentially lethal mix of heat and humidity—something most of these places weren’t expected to experience until midcentury, according to new research. https://t.co/7YVynhyCGC
In a video that has exploded on social media, virologist Judy Mikovits makes head-scratching assertions on the #coronavirus, which we have fact-checked.
The countless unsubstantiated claims and accusations are not true. https://t.co/oVv1WsJEbl
Providing milk and long-term care together is virtually unheard of in insects and other invertebrates. But in 2018, scientists reported that they spotted the behavior in some jumping spiders. #ScienceMagArchives https://t.co/LQI64ps22I
Garter snakes not only prefer to hang out together, but also seem to have “friends” with whom they spend much of their time, according to new research. https://t.co/yLUoF1V0DI
The heartburn remedy famotidine may disable a key enzyme that the new #coronavirus uses to make copies of itself. It is currently being tested in a clinical trial. https://t.co/oajAFVGGur
The vaccine, an old-fashioned formulation consisting of a chemically inactivated version of the virus, produced no obvious side effects in the monkeys, and human trials began on April 16. https://t.co/ujQnznst7w