The Vatican has the world’s highest Pope density: 2.27 Popes/km². May not sound like much, but scaled to the size of Russia, we’d end up with c. 38 M Popes. At this point, running the Catholic Church might become quite complex. (Yes!, you guessed it. Today I'm "working" from home).
“Units of the NIH are privately directing grantees to request permission in advance for any co-authorship with a scholar affiliated with a foreign institution, even if all the work was done in the United States.”
Grantees also told to remove papers with foreign authors from progress reports.
Diplozoon paradoxum
Members of the genus Diplozoon are a striking group of monogenean parasites, typically found on the gills of freshwater and marine fish. They begin as separate, free-living juveniles, who later physically interlock with a partner to form a lifelong union ❤️
Conservation actions for parasites!? Find out how the decline of the European medicinal leech is being reversed ⬇️
A biodiversidade brasileira está sendo cada vez mais registrada! 🌿📊
Entre 2022 e 2025, o número de registros de espécies no país cresceu 65,49%, chegando a 37,5 milhões. Os dados fazem parte da nova Avaliação da Biodiversidade do IBGE.