tim vernimmen
@timvernimmen
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science writer / music enthusiast / aspiring peripatetic
Joined January 2010
Chimps ingest quite some alcohol, but they don't get drunk. “That would be very dangerous when you need to climb high up in a tree to build a nest to sleep at night.” New story for @NatGeo!
nationalgeographic.com
Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit.
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Actions speak louder than words, @vonderleyen.
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Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’
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My latest @KnowableMag story explores what we have lost by destroying oyster reefs, and if they can be restored.
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My latest story for @newscientist - the first in many years - is kind of crazy. Based on a @nature study by @selfishmeme and colleagues.
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Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species
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Mexican tetras living on the surface (left) look dramatically different from populations that were washed into caves generations ago (right) – and not just on the outside. Featuring @NicolasRohner and @Jaya__Krishnan.
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A million years ago, someone was already making stone tools on the island of Sulawesi. But who was it, and how did they get there? My latest story for the National Geographic website, based on a new paper in @Nature.
nationalgeographic.com
Seven newly discovered stone tools, dating to between 1.04 and 1.48 million years ago, were found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
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You could have stopped this, @vonderleyen, and you haven't even tried. This will be your legacy, perhaps the only thing future generations will remember about you.
Civilians cannot be targets. Never. The images from Gaza are unbearable. The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid. And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law. Civilians in Gaza have suffered too much, for too long.
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My latest story is inspired by papers in @ScienceMagazine and @CellCellPress revealing Homo longi aka 'Dragon Man' was a Denisovan - or is it the other way around? Featuring @FridoWelker & @ChrisStringer65.
nationalgeographic.com
Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan.
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My latest story for @KnowableMag is all about the astonishingly plentiful fossils of foraminifera.
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Capuchins surprising us again, this time rather unpleasantly... featuring @GoldsboroughZoe!
nationalgeographic.com
A young male nicknamed Joker was probably the first to start carrying a howler monkey baby on his back for days on end. Then a group of other young males started to copy him.
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My latest National Geographic story explores a study that shows seals are aware how much oxygen they've got left in their blood, inspired by the @ScienceMagazine paper by @JChrisMcKnight2.
nationalgeographic.com
The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do.
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My latest story for @knowablemag explores research on the challenges of pregnancy at high elevation, and how it might help prevent complications.
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More than 50 years ago, Terje Lømo and Tim Bliss discovered a process now called LTP that allows our brain to learn and remember. I had the pleasure of spending a few delightful hours with both of them in Oslo last year to learn about their own memories.
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Capuchins are incredible animals, and even if you already knew that, this Q&A with Susan Perry (@UCLA), who has studied them for decades, might contain some surprises. It certainly did for me.
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My latest story for @NatGeo, about the similarities between whale song and human language, featuring @inbalarnon, @SimonKirby, @EllenGarland4, @MasYoungblood, @rferrericancho and @sgero.
nationalgeographic.com
A new study reveals that whale song and human languages share features that make them easier to learn.
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In my latest story @KnowableMag, I explore the social life of... #earwigs, with the expert help of @JMeunierEarwig and others!
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My latest story for @NatGeo, about the oldest tadpole fossil ever found.
nationalgeographic.com
The discovery in Patagonia shows that frogs have had a tadpole stage for at least 160 million years. Here’s how the ancient frogs compare to those of today.
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For all you people out there who are really, really into #ribosomes: my latest @KnowableMag story, featuring @mbarnalab, @KarbsteinL, @RuggeroDavide and the one and only Ada Yonath.
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Pretty cool to chat with @timvernimmen for National Geographic (@NatGeo) about our recent study in @JAMA_current on plasma biomarkers🩸aiding #Alzheimer's disease diagnosis in both primary and secondary clinical care. https://t.co/yjqdVtmjDN
nationalgeographic.com
The promising new test is better at detecting Alzheimer’s disease than physicians—but experts don’t recommend it for everyone.
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In my latest story for @KnowableMag, I explore how the social lives of mammals that were followed for decades are changing with age. Featuring @Gfalbery, @JoshAFirth, @ljnbrent and @erin_sira talking about @RumDeerResearch, @SoaySheep and @CayoSantiagoPR!
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