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the strange case of the headless sea slug

March 31, 2021 | Alison | animal behaviour, animal diversity, ecology, new science stories
the strange case of the headless sea slug

Image from Science News, courtesy S.Mitoh Autotomy. There’s a word you don’t see every day – but those familiar with lizards may well have seen the result. For autotomy is the scientific name for what I suppose we could also call “self-amputation”: the process whereby an animal deliberately sheds a part of its body (a […]

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I’m still not in the money

March 24, 2021 | Alison | communication, critical thinking, science and society

In the last week water fluoridation has made the headlines again, alongside the continuing articles and posts related to SARS-Cov-2 and the rollout of vaccines against it. One of the common features shown by quite a few of those opposed to these 2 public health initiatives (fluoridation & vaccination) is a tendency to claim that […]

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