A propos of nothing, this is such an interesting #scientific study about how #chimpanzees who have otherwise known each other and collaborated all their lives can turn against each other in a #civilwar scenario once social ties between groups start to break down.

This group saw rapid losses due to a pandemic and a change in leadership-- and between 2015-2017 the conditions were set for two rival groups to emerge and begin killing each other.

How fascinating to read the authors' conclusions how it isn't culture or religion or other kinds of differences that spark violent episodes, but social fragmentation first, from which other forms of association and de-personalization follow.

Good thing we have technologies that ensure we are brought together around shared principles and that do not seek to divide us from each other, no?

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4944

Huh, I'm curious what effect this knowledge might have (if any) on #transgender persons and their existence:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122852?user_id=688df53416db12a71511c696

Does it mean that we might soon find whatever "causes" transgenderism in the DNA and be able to filter it out of the population over time using #eugenics?

This is a moral dilemma, and top of my mind right now as I'm #actuallyautistic that they might consider something similar if they can find an "autistic letter".

Is it moral to prevent someone from being born the sex that they don't "feel" before they have a chance to feel that way?

Is it moral to "fix" people from having #autism?

This also isn't just a moral question, but also a #scientific one and practical one, because if you can code "out" undesirable traits, that could lean to population "gene shallowing". Anyone remember what happened to the #GrosMichel #banana? And what might be starting to happen with the #Cavendish banana if the #Panamadisease continues to spread?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease

If we started gene or even DNA editing en masse, we could be writing #humanity an early grave.

It's something to consider and #discuss, I think.

American #science is at risk and because so much of the scientific community around the world shares with one another, everyone loses when we lose our #scientific institutions.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E&si=_q_c3ySs24BqDzVA

If I review one manuscript and then review the revised version/s, how many manuscripts have I reviewed?

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#SCOTUS today struck down the #Colorado #law banning conversion therapy citing....free speech reasons. A lot of kids will be hurt by this.

What a fucking blow. There is no #scientific #evidence conversion therapy works. It is cruel and torturous.

https://www.cpr.org/2026/03/31/supreme-court-overturns-colorado-ban-on-conversion-therapy/

#news #unitedstates #america #wtf #bullshit #torture #cruelty #currentevents

I feel like the explanation that tests whether sexual harassment relates to evolutionary sexual tendencies or dominance and hierarchy is a straw man in this #scientific study.

Comparing Gender #Hierarchy and Evolutionary Psychology Explanations of Workplace Sexual Harassment

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-026-10575-w

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Minimalist library to generate SVG views of scientific data

https://github.com/alefore/mini_svg/

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