RIP "naked ape" and #scienceWriter #DesmondMorris. I seem to remember that half a century ago his radical idea of describing #humans as nothing but mammals impressed and influenced me quite a bit.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-naked-ape.html

I'm doing a bit of research for something I'm writing on NF-κB and came across this gem of a paper. I am having this struggle right now. 😂

(Excerpt from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867416317263)

#ScienceWriter

If you'd like to see my books and blog and everything else I work on, head to jendiagammon.com!

#writer #author #artist #sciencewriter #publisher #editor

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

Here's a very cool #Science article! Octopuses change genes in strange ways.

It's explained by #Scientist and #ScienceWriter Meg Mindlin at the #Octopus web site
OctoNation https://octonation.com/octopus-can-edit-their-rna-heres-how/

#Octopus #Genetics #DNA #RNA #Mollusc #Octopoda