#newarticles — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #newarticles, aggregated by home.social.
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Very surprised to see that the English Wikipedia did not have an entry on someone who discovered bacteriocins and also in a way - penicillin - about three years before Alexander Fleming... and he was not in any way bitter about it and was in fact involved in giving Fleming an honorary doctorate! The gracious Dr Gratia!
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Incredible to discover a pioneer of the history of biology to have no entry on Wikipedia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Albert_Locy -
'I saw my baby dead then voices told me if I hurt myself she'd be OK'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/i-saw-baby-dead-voices-37479379
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How one went on natural history expeditions - insects pinned on your hat!
Domink Blimek in Mexico
Biospeleology pioneer -
Lou Koller dead: Punk rock legend dies months before band's 40th anniversary
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/lou-koller-dead-band-tribute-37474860
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Brit mum in Dubai jail shared cell with murderers exposes 'dark side to the glitz and glamour'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/brit-mum-in-dubai-prison-37461161
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Alison Hammond wore this exact £55 curve-friendly polka dot dress to meet Prince Harry
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/alison-hammond-wore-exact-55-37418306
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'I swapped £750 weekend pub binges for the gym and lost 3st to become ripped'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/i-swapped-750-weekend-pub-37402445
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I called my wife from the train station and said 'I know why people jump'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/called-wife-train-station-said-37339287
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Rhumbler
Forgotten biologist who examined cell biology and embryonic development with physical and engineering approaches
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nagel
German ornithologist and artist ... beautiful artworks, hope the Bremen state archives puts out all the digitized contents.
#Wikipedia #newarticles #biology #ornithology #historyofscience
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Van_Hyning
Forgotten American museum founder and malacologist ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Meynhardt
Self-taught East German wildlife researcher who studied a sounder of wild boar that accepted him as a member ... "Honorary wild boar". He worked as an electrician before he received a doctorate for his research on wild boar.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Warren_Jacobs
An American naturalist and businessman who made money out of fanciful and ornate nest boxes for purple martins!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixonimania
A fake disease created to test AI
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An Italian scientist who worked on the possibility of earth magnetism, solar storms, and cosmic forces acting on terrestrial chemistry and biology - largely forgotten and considered fringe because he was used by homeopathy fans such as Jacques Benveniste
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An early American agricultural entomologist
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A little known tax officer and amateur entomologist who spent a lifetime on the Hydrophilidae