Blinding lights: The hidden science behind gambling's glow
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-hidden-science-gambling.html

Blinding lights: The hidden science behind gambling's glow
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-hidden-science-gambling.html
Super Enzyme Regulates Testosterone Levels In Male Ruffs
"A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the blood concentrations of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects their appearances and behavior."
#birds #testosterone #androgens #enzyme #ornithology #morphology #behavior https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/super-enzyme-regulates-testosterone
Super Enzyme Regulates Testosterone Levels In Male Ruffs
"A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the blood concentrations of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects their appearances and behavior."
#birds #testosterone #androgens #enzyme #ornithology #morphology #behavior https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/super-enzyme-regulates-testosterone
Love thy enemy's enemy: why hummingbirds nest near hawks
"Hummingbird eggs and babies are a favourite snack for nest-robbing jays, so what’s a mother to do to protect her family? According to a new study, it’s best to build her nest near or under a hawk nest"
#birds #ornithology #behavior #hummingbirds #hawks https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/love-thy-enemys-enemy-why-hummingbirds
#Spiders have always been perfect!
Wang et al. find that new mid-#Cretaceous macrothelids had a similar living mode to extant spp., with similar retreat construction #behavior, #habitat preference, and #mating position.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13139
@WileyEcolEvol
#evolution #JSE #FossilFriday
Love thy enemy's enemy: why hummingbirds nest near hawks
"Hummingbird eggs and babies are a favourite snack for nest-robbing jays, so what’s a mother to do to protect her family? According to a new study, it’s best to build her nest near or under a hawk nest"
#birds #ornithology #behavior #hummingbirds #hawks https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/love-thy-enemys-enemy-why-hummingbirds
Wild Orcas Sometimes Offer To Share Their Lunch With Humans, study led by Bay Cetology, report published by Journal of Comparative Psychology
#Orca #KillerWhale #food #behavior #psychology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/07/02/wild-orcas-sometimes-offer-to-share-their-lunch-with-humans/
Wild Orcas Sometimes Offer To Share Their Lunch With Humans, study led by Bay Cetology, report published by Journal of Comparative Psychology
#Orca #KillerWhale #food #behavior #psychology https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/07/02/wild-orcas-sometimes-offer-to-share-their-lunch-with-humans/
What could be the next great school of thought. A commingling of:
- ecology
- Space and Place
- Behavioral Studies
I would even say such a commingling would supersede what has been my primary preoccupation, Violence Studies. The above could rise above that and lead the way.
It would be the new ontology. It would not even require Marx inspired sociology.
Trolls be warned: influencers are now hiring private investigators to expose their anonymous bullies online.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91353411/influencers-are-hiring-private-investigators-to-unmask-anonymous-online-trolls #Trolls #Trolling #Online #Behavior #SocialMedia #Influencers #InternetCulture
These tiny behaviors help regulate your nervous system and project steady confidence—making you the calmest, most grounded presence in any room.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91350432/3-tiny-behaviors-that-make-you-the-calmest-person-in-the-room #Leadership #Behavior #Psychology #Wellbeing #Skills
Scenes of Synchroneity — clips from Ron Fricke's Baraka & Samsara, two of the most stunning, touching & memorable films ever made...
"Eventually, I stopped responding to my body. I was responding instead to a dashboard." — @Daojoan
This is a great point and very much translates to so many other parts of life/work where people stop listening to their "body" (or to their org/product/offering), outsourcing/numbing/dumbing down their decision making based on dashboards of collected metrics and then changing their behaviors on auto-pilot to improve said metrics — without ever asking themselves if the data collected actually represents answers to the right (or even important) questions...
Metrics always invite comparison & competition — on a global scale — often without considering our own subjective contexts/needs/limits/aims...
Does the number of copilot prompts per day on a CTO dashboard indicate a highly productive developer or does a big fat zero merely show a different approach to problem solving?
Does the lack of constant updates to a FLOSS project mean it's become neglected/unusable or does it simply indicate it reached a level of stability?
Likewise, does my product/app need constant UI changes/updates to "streamline" user experience (often without even consulting users) based on some "goal" metrics?
Am I seen as an unproductive FLOSS developer if my public commit log doesn't show daily updates? Do gaps indicate laziness, illness, deep thinking or work on other projects? Like gaps in a CV, will these gaps of activity data hinder future employment chances or would I even want to work with orgs who select on this criteria?
Is a hike only good/better because it exceeds X kilometers or Y elevation meters? How does one measure the stunning views or the quality of the company which shared that experience?
Via #LLRX - AI in Finance and Banking, May 31, 2025 - https://www.llrx.com/2025/05/ai-in-finance-and-banking-may-31-2025/ Five highlights from this post: #WallStreet #Banks, #Executives and U.S. #Regulators Raise Warnings over Lack of #AI #Security; Expecting #job replacement by #GenAI: effects on workers’ #economic outlook and #behavior; The #Economics of Transformative AI; Artificial intelligence and human capital: challenges for #centralbank; and Rising Adoption of #ArtificialIntelligence in #Financial Operations. #employment
"Dr. Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist from New Jersey, has discovered a young hawk that has developed a unique hunting strategy. The urban bird of prey makes use of traffic lights...."
#weird #weirdnews #odd #nature #science #birds #behavior #ecology #urban #animals
https://www.oddee.com/new-jersey-hawk-learns-to-use-traffic-lights-to-hunt-birds-75171/
Birds in love produce more babies, study shows
“A study finds that birds who freely choose their own mates have 37% more offspring than those which were paired up by researchers in a sort of avian ‘arranged marriage’”
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #MateChoice #love #behavior #evolution #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/birds-in-love-produce-more-babies
Birds in love produce more babies, study shows
“A study finds that birds who freely choose their own mates have 37% more offspring than those which were paired up by researchers in a sort of avian ‘arranged marriage’”
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #MateChoice #love #behavior #evolution #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/birds-in-love-produce-more-babies
American crows: the ultimate angry birds?
"Crows form mobs that scold dangerous people and naïve crows exposed to mobs learn to identify a dangerous person’s face, associate it with danger, and react accordingly"
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #ethology #behavior #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/american-crows-the-ultimate-angry
American crows: the ultimate angry birds?
"Crows form mobs that scold dangerous people and naïve crows exposed to mobs learn to identify a dangerous person’s face, associate it with danger, and react accordingly"
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #ethology #behavior #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/american-crows-the-ultimate-angry