Two almost complete and gapless genomes of the sex-changing central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) are published today in GigaScience to help tackle the mystery of reptile sex determination. Read more here.
Matt and I are just back from the first DinoCon, a British dinosaur convention hosted at Exeter University by Darren Naish (the silent partner at SV-POW!) and colleagues.
por Valentina Tovar Mota En México, a finalizar el siglo XIX, el divertimiento conocido como género chico – sainetes, cuplés, zarzuelas en un acto- se popularizó de manera sorprendente en las distintas ciudades del país. Las compañías teatrales españolas habían atravesado el Atlántico para instalarse en los ambientes citadinos de México.
Previously, I pondered about the strange N=N double bond in nitrosobenzene dimer[cite]10.59350/rzepa.29383[/cite] as a follow up to commenting on the curly arrow mechanism of the dimerisation.[cite]10.59350/rzepa.28849[/cite]. By the same curly arrow method, one can produce the below, showing how the simpler nitric oxide radical could potentially dimerise to a species with a N≡N triple bond!
The Rogue Scholar science blog archive has supported ORCID and DOI identifiers for linking to authors and blog posts since its launch. Starting this week, these two identifiers can also be used to navigate within the Rogue Scholar archive.
Clear Skies is making genAI detection with Pangram available to subscribers in Oversight. We’re excited to see how this helps users to investigate research papers.
I have had the Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia from June 27 open for some time now.
“What keeps me going now is the excitement of the clients who receive the service and the sad faces of those clients who need the services and cannot get them.” Joseph Mbari Ngugi shared these words on May 30, 2023, capturing the profound empathy and dedication that defined his life’s work.
Click it. Save it. Sorted. #DinoConUK
I’ve been sitting on this post for well over a year.
The Merge Users summary from the PKP OSLO Sprint, hosted by the University of Oslo in June 2025, is now available. Sprints involve PKP community members joining diverse groups to work on PKP software and support. The University of Oslo (UiO) hosted eight working groups at the PKP Oslo Sprint in June. This is a summary of one such group’s work.