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Our research reveals a new player: the acidophilic fungus Acrodontium crateriforme, which not only thrives on sundew leaves but also helps these amazing plants speed up their prey digestion! See full paper here: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Big thanks to Brandon Shaw and Dr Jonathan Millett who contacted us during the preprint stage which resulted in collaboration and substantially improved the manuscript. This is what science is about.

Is it just me or is it a particularly good year for Ragwort?

Free 45-Minute Statistical Consultancy for PhD Students Since you're all such fantastic folks, we are excited to offer 10 free 45-minute statistical consultancy sessions via Zoom. This opportunity is exclusively for PhD students—free as in 'truly free', with absolutely no strings

Major academic publishers' revenue and what they pay authors and reviewers: Revenue: Elsevier: $3.9 billion Springer Nature: $2 billion Taylor & Francis: $800M Wiley: $1.8 billion They pay: Academic authors: $0 Peer reviewers: $0

Free online seminar: What is a Tweedie GLM? Date and time: 2 September 2024; 14.00-15.00 UK time. We will explain the concept of the Tweedie distribution and demonstrate the application of a Tweedie generalised linear model (GLM) to continuous data (e.g. biomass data). For more

I've just seen the Princess Kate video The kids playing on timber stacks gives me the fear. Don't play on stacked timber, that's a way to get killed.

Don't let your kids play on stacked timber. It's dangerous. I love in forestry country. My children regularly encounter these stacks. Encouraging children to treat them as playgrounds is stupid and irresponsible. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

The Labour Conference is really resonating accross the generations this year. It has even motivated my 9 year old to draw a picture.

. Leicester Riders | Basketball playing well tonight but what happened to the atmosphere?! No music, no compare, no cheerleaders.

Lot of this going on

Surely this isn't OK?! Why does stuff like this still get through peer review... especially in a Nature branded journal.

So many men getting Nobel prizes.

Thanks Erin Garcia de Jesús for getting in touch and covered our work: Carnivorous plants eat faster with a fungal friend sciencenews.org/article/carniv…

Convincing win tonight 😊

If you're given an 'extra' day off, but no work is taken away from you, have you really been given an additional day off?

Disappointing that Steve Reed MP wasn't able to defend spending on the environment. The economy, health, education are all entirely reliant on healthy, functioning ecosystems. My 9yo daughter was right, the only party who recognise this are The Green Party. You've let her down.

We have 10 Vice-Chancellor Independent Research Fellowships available Loughborough University. For folks recently graduated their PhDs, they are 2 year developmet-focused and lead to a permanent academic post. Please get in touch if interested - dms open. lboro.ac.uk/join-us/vc-ind…

🌍 Exciting news! Join us on 27 Nov for Can-Peat: Canada’s Peatlands as Nature-Based Climate Solutions! 🌱 Discover how peatland management can help tackle climate change. We’ll cover the Canadian Peatland Data Portal, Indigenous data sovereignty, and more. Don’t miss it!

Construction costs and tradeoffs in carnivorous pitcher plant leaves: towards a pitcher leaf economic spectrum Really enjoyed being part of this. Expertly lead by Kadeem Gilbert Please read and comment :) Loughborough Geography and Environment Loughborough University ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...