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🌞🔬 A Marvel of Science: Animal Cells Harnessing Sunlight! 🔬🌞 Japanese scientists have achieved a groundbreaking feat by making animal cells use sunlight like plants. Discover how this innovation could revolutionize food production and medicine. Learn more with Student Edge: https://studentedge.in/ #PlanimalPower #Photosynthesis #StudentEdgeNews #studentedge #kidsnewspaper #newsforkids #childrensnewspaper #childnewspaper🌞🔬🐁🐭🧬🦠

In the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are: astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, and myriad abilities. In this book, the authors present these findings in a concise and awe-inspiring way, detailing a range of surprising discoveries. They pair their tour through the astounding lives of animals with a guide to the exciting new tools that allow humans to avoid using or abusing animals.

In one's research journey, it is not everyday that one wakes up to email bearing good news. Glad I woke up to this one, which technically isn't even my own achievement! That aside, it was wonderful to be one of the reviewers for Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies, published by Brill, and to see the article all set for publication!

Animal story | Research reveals dogs can smell stress and it alters their behavior Our four-legged friends experience "emotional contagion" from the smell of human stress - leading them to make more ‘pessimistic’ choices, say scientists. The researchers recruited 18 dog-owner partnerships to take part in a series of trials with different human smells present. More here: https://hubs.ly/Q02HBLzY0

Really looking forward to hosting this panel discussion! Check out the talent that is coming to #ANZLAA24

Motion blur can obscure important details of an animal's behavior. Now, researchers can video tiny insects in flight blur-free. That and more of the best in Science Magazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: https://lnkd.in/g67ws99z

🔊🐾 Have you ever wondered what your favorite animal is trying to tell you with all those chirps, growls, and roars? Discover the secret world of animal communication in our latest Journal article. From the tiniest insects to the largest mammals, we explore what these sounds tell us about their behaviors, emotions, and social interactions. 🐦🐘 #animals #communication #wildlife #science #nature #ecology #awareness https://lnkd.in/g-dGaWc6

There are many side benefits to working on cognitive assessments. We have one accessible assessment that asks you to name as many animals as you know. Today, I learned that there are way more hybrid animals than I thought, and that their names seem to have been invented by ten-year-olds. Which one is your favorite? (Thanks to Rachel Kindellan for the link -- original source is here: https://lnkd.in/ggmD2mMW)

Translation in Vision Science with Animal Models: In the spirit of #ThrowbackThursday, we're revisiting an insightful 2020 interview with Prof. Dr. Botond Roska from the IOB in Basel, Switzerland. He shares his perspective on the relevance of animal models in vision research.   What is your take on this? We’d love to hear your thoughts! #Striatech

“The ethical implications of studying animal consciousness are significant. If animals can experience pleasure or pain, this should influence how we treat them.” MI3 doctoral researcher Nadine Meertens discusses the book A #Philosophy for the #Science of Animal Consciousness by Dr. Walter Veit.   So what’s new in the book for the study of animal #consciousness? And what are the implications for how we study consciousness, especially in non-human animals? 🐆 🐖 🐦 👉 You can read the full interview on our blog here: https://lnkd.in/dp62_7tZ 👉 And you can find Nadine's book review here: https://lnkd.in/dj9ZHtMy #AnimalConsciousness