’Overharvesting and habitat loss endanger most of the world’s freshwater “megafauna.” But many species may yet be saved.…’
Via New York Times
Daily Archives: 22 Jan 20
The Tiny Brain Cells That Connect Our Mental and Physical Health
’A new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body and brain function are completely independent.…’
Via WIRED
The Macabre Science of Mass Animal Die-Offs
’Unfolding right now across swaths of Australia is an ecological catastrophe, as massive, turbo-charged fires reduce whole landscapes to nothingness. Tens of thousands of koalas had no way of escaping. Livestock lie dead in fields. Innumerable animals have perished, with many species likely pushed to extinction. The few survivors could well starve or fall victim to predators.
We’ll never know the true toll of this mass mortality event, or MME as scientists call it, but we know this: The cadavers that litter the Australian landscape are now rotting, kicking off a cascade of ecological consequences and potentially imperiling human health.…’
Via WIRED
RIP Monty Python’s Terry Jones
‘Goodbye to Mr. Creosote. Goodbye to the naked organist. Goodbye to Brian’s mum, and to all her screeching sisters. Goodbye to Terry Jones, who has consumed his final wafer-thin mint….’
Via NPR
