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2024-05-25 @ 10.08.14 ∈ In English

Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long-lost mycoprotein to your plate | TechCrunch
The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single-cell fungus-based protein, branded Pekilo, was originally developed in the 1960s and ’70s — by, of all things, the local paper industry.
2024-05-23 @ 6.32.40 ∈ In English

Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings
Community science volunteers—laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation—significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States, finds a new study by York University.
2024-05-20 @ 18.43.15 ∈ Suomeksi
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2024-05-10 @ 12.15.32 ∈ In English

The Curious Case of Bird Fleas Infesting a Home
Upon visiting the home, we found an abandoned bird’s nest behind a fire alarm bell in the front entryway of the residence. […] A total of 31 fleas were recovered by flagging from the front entryway of the residence, 20 were collected by the resident from indoors, and 387 were removed from the abandoned bird nest.
2024-04-12 @ 13.11.30 ∈ In English

Entomological Soc. of America (@entsocamerica@arthropod.social)
Brunneria borealis is the only praying mantis species that always reproduces asexually. Every individual across its U.S. range is female, and a new study finds little genetic variation among them, pointing to a relatively recent introduction. Researchers posit that a single female mantis that could reproduce without a male may be the origin for the entire population of the species in North America.