#currentbiology — Public Fediverse posts

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about the latest #artificialCells vs progress in #RNAworld research. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/08/dont-create-evolve.html
#science #originOfLife #astrobiology #RNA

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about preventing #pandemics in the light of the recent #hantavirus outbreak and ongoing #ebola epidemic. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/preventing-pandemics.html

#science #publicHealth

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116131363356930077

Eyes, as light-sensing organs of the #lens #eye type, have #evolved independently multiple times in the animal kingdom. But what did a representative of the early #vertebrate lineage look like? According to G. Kafetzis et al. (2026), a worm-like #ancestor possessed #medianeyes bring #homologous to the modern #pinealgland of the #brain. Published in #CurrentBiology. #evolution

© this text #StefanFWirth March 2026

#Reference
G. Kafetzis et al. (2026),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.028

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 13: Ancient seafarers crossing the #Mediterranean, from the #Phoenicians to the first arrivals on the islands such as #Mallorca, #Malta, #Sicily, #Cyprus.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/crossing-mediterranean.html

#science #anthropology #ancientDNA #genome #archaeology #prehistory #travel #carthage #Punic #RomanHistory

last year's feature about ancient #Australia is now in the #OpenArchives:

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/06/ancient-australia.html #science #CurrentBiology #ScienceJournalism #ScienceWriter #ancientDNA #anthropology #humans #migration

last year's #CurrentBiology feature on #plasticPollution is now in the #OpenArchives https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/04/stop-plastic-pollution.html #science #environment #pollution #microplastics

last year's #CurrentBiology feature on migratory species is now in the #OpenArchives: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-dangers-of-migrating.html #science #ecology #birds #migration

new #Introduction for the bsky bridge : I’m a #BioChemist turned #ScienceWriter, write a feature for every issue of #CurrentBiology, 2/month, mostly about #ecology #evolution #environment also #human, #cultural things seen thru #biology prism. Plus #ScienceBooks, most recently: #Intertwined: From insects to icebergs Also writing a #musical #FamilyHistory #memoir around #biography of our old #cello. #PirateLuthier fixing unloved #violins #NoCars #cycling, #trains, #liveable #cities #townmouse

last year's feature on green #cities (past, present, future) is now in the #OpenArchives - #FreeAccess for all: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/02/urbanism-now-and-then.html #science #urbanism #archaeology #anthropology #CurrentBiology

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (24/24): #InvasiveSpecies are typically introduced by humans, either accidentally or just stupidly. I rounded up some examples of the damage they cause and what can be done against it.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/12/fighting-invaders.html

#science #ecology

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (23/24): From #soundscape #ecology to soundcape #evolution: Acoustic communication in animals more widespread than thought, and thus also more deeply rooted in evolution. http://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/12/soundscape-evolution.html

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (22/24):
Extinct, me? Various ways in which #Neanderthals and #Denisovans are still among us / within us / relevant today.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/11/neanderthals-alive-and-well.html
#science #ProseAndPassion #HumanEvolution #anthropology #genome #AncientDNA

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (21/24): All about #bananas https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/11/going-bananas.html #science #ProseAndPassion #ecology #agriculture