Cats can purr, hiss, miaow and… tweedle?

The Journal of Veterinary Science has published a really deep dive into each & every one of the possible vocalisations identified so far in domestic cats (& what they mean).

I had no idea about some of these.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7000907/#

#cats #feline #zoology #veterinary #domesticcats #ethology #animallinguistics #AnimalCommunication

So, that thing with Amazon being full of AI-generated books containing tips to eat poisonous mushrooms?

Google Scholar now appears to be increasingly full of GPT-fabricated academic papers too - undermining human society’s hard-amassed evidence base.

Good work, everyone.

https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-on-google-scholar-key-features-spread-and-implications-for-preempting-evidence-manipulation/

#science #academia #generativeai
#misinformation

End of summer/back-to-work/school mood:

#prehistory #prehistoric #backtoschool #flippingthebird

@freemo Hey, thanks Doc - I really appreciate it! It has to be someone with a virology footprint, though. Many thanks man!

Lovely Mastodon peeps! Do I know any virologists here?

(Or are there any who *don’t* know me yet, but would be up for chatting briefly? It’s background for a project, and I would be really grateful, and of course credit you.)

Thank you!

#virology #virologist #virologists #virus #LoveVirology #

Holy shit I love this research paper

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v1

#anthropology #anthro #academia #academicresearch #longevity

I have just seen this Octopus Blanket on Design Ideas Hub, and the whole conundrum about whether to do some massive cosplay party night or just hang around eating Pot Noodle and watching telly under a blanket at home just vaporised.

#octopus #octopusblanket #bestlife #slob #cosplay #fancydress #jomo