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New mechanism for magnetic sensing in pigeons 🧭
Homing pigeons use magnetically responsive immune cells in their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field, helping them navigate without visual cues like the sun.
Published in Science: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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(1/2) Hiring! 🤸🧠🐩 Postdoc position in my new group @univie.ac.at & Messerli Research Institute on the neuro-cognitive foundations and evolution of sociality across humans, dogs, and other carnivorans.
📍 Vienna
📅 Application deadline: 26 July 2026
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New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New paper! Being more facially expressive has social network benefits, especially in women. May explain why highly expressive faces have evolved in humans!
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
With @bridgetwaller.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social Alisa Balabanova, Robin Dunbar and Jasmine Rollings