Highlights from the latest issue of The Biologist are live! Are insects sentient? Why are 1000s of horseshoe crabs still being 'bled' for drug testing each year? The strange history of Vit C as a cold remedy Making 'ecocide' a crime against humanity + more here thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist
Tom Ireland
@tomireland.bsky.social
Science writer, editor of The Biologist, & author of THE GOOD VIRUS, a Times book of the year 2023. Bioscience, tech, cricket & comedy. https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/tom-ireland/the-good-virus/9781529365283/
A new issue of The Biologist is now with @royalsocbio.bsky.social members and it's a cracker! We've an interview with @laminda.bsky.social on zombifying parasites, tips on progressing from post-doc to PI, and we ask if creating a new million-peptide database could help fight AMR. lnkd.in/e-8j_WB9
Highlights from a special AI issue of The Biologist are now free to read and share online! How neural networks compare with the brain How to produce the quality data AI-bio needs, fairly Patrick Hsu & Evo Plus: AI & regulation, education, sequencing, and more. thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist
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I was very happy to talk about my book How Life Works in the latest issue of Periodic, the magazine of the Oxford chemistry department.
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