Wordy Birdy

Dr Julie Elie at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2026 Coller-Dolittle prize for two-way interspecies communication after working out the 11 core calls in the zebra finch vocabulary and their meanings.  

Other scientists shortlisted for the prize included a French team that showed how African striped mice reveal their identity through ultrasonic squeaks; a Swiss-US team that found bonobos combine their calls into sequences that resemble human sentences; and another French team that worked with researchers in Côte d’Ivoire to understand chimpanzee hoos and yelps.

Beyond the annual prizes for progress, the foundation has established a $10m grand prize for cracking the problem of two-way human-animal communication. 

Source: Animal Behaviour (in The Guardian)  

A little bird told her: Scientist Wins $100,000 Prize for Decoding Birdsong

Music: The Bird, by Anderson .Paak 

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Dinosaurs! Everyone loves dinosaurs and their feet https://t.co/rT3y31lN1b

— Firstdog Onthemoon (@firstdogonmoon) March 14, 2025

Dinosaur footprints found in the Banana Shire? A true and also nice story where nothing bad happens
— First Dog on the Moonhttps://t.co/n9ADphQvTN pic.twitter.com/QScAXtkFfk

— Jenny Frecklington-Jones OnBlueSkySocialAlso (@JonesHowdareyou) March 14, 2025

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Even in areas with high human population there are still numerous species unknown to science - #biodiversity - https://t.co/98hrqE0Dg8

— Paul Ganderton (@ecogeog) December 20, 2024

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Lobster Telephone, by Peggy Gou

Researchers in the Alto Mayo region of north-west Peru have discovered 27 species that are new to science, including a rare amphibious mouse, a tree-climbing salamander and an unusual 'blob-headed fish'.https://t.co/HubzSOrcpD

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down under... DOWN UNDER THE SEA

“We’re still astounded by what we observed” 📸

Worried this planet doesn't have enough deeply weird fish on it? Here's some good news https://t.co/B3lVi7UxGV

— Firstdog Onthemoon (@firstdogonmoon) March 8, 2024

“Pinks and magentas and light greens and dark green – and then you start seeing some oranges mixed in there too” 📸📸

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First Dog on the Moon: Slowing anthropogenic climate change is the ONLY thing that will save the reefhttps://t.co/YQDZw4XAcc

— Bronwen Scott (@Snailseyeview) April 8, 2024

voyage along the Salas y Gómez ridge, 

which spans the waters 

from Chile to Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island

Dragons, sea toads and the longest creature ever seen found on undersea peaks off South America https://t.co/cQUc7qtYoE

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) April 15, 2024

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Communicating #Coronavirus

''Now we have to go back to the beginning. We have to trace every single case.''

Angela Merkel explains why contact tracing is critical to control the #coronavirus epidemic in Germany. pic.twitter.com/vmWxOJSNVo

— DW News (@dwnews) May 1, 2020

No disrespect, but I double-dare President Buhari to perform like his German counterpart.

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STARGAZER Debate: Astrology OR Astronomy

 I know a little bit 
about a lot of things 
but I don't know enough about you
- Peggy Lee song

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Profession DEBATE: Engineers or Lawyers?

Are engineers more useless than lawyers?
Are lawyers more useless than engineers?

oh

Some people are BOTH!  As in they studied both ( :P )

Cooool. 

Engineer/Lawyer: Choose ONE to be?

Engineer/Lawyer: Choose one to marry?

Haha Funny

Urbanomics/TheEconomist: Professions --> Political Office

Cool stats from a few years ago

READ MORE in The Economist: Lawyers become politicians in the US; Engineers and Civil Servants fill the role in China

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Will malaria ever go away?

I'm AS (genotype, sickle-cell carrier) and I think I have pretty strong malaria resistance - I usually end up with flu symptoms instead of the full-blown fever.  Lucky.  You? 

"Since 2000, malaria deaths around the world have fallen by nearly half. The steepest drop has come in sub-Saharan Africa, where 90% of fatalities occur. Malaria still kills around 450,000 people each year (see chart 1)—most of them children in Africa."

The Economist has More on how the world is working to destroy malaria FOREVER
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The Young Ones Are Doing Science

There was a contest in 2013-2014

Infinity Generator by Epetedo Senior School, Lagos Island wins 1st edition of the #IdeasLagos competition pic.twitter.com/Waictk63LX
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) August 1, 2014

Congrats to #Innovatelagos mentor Mr Lawal(teacher) & students Doregos Academy Lagos winners 2014National ScienceFair http://t.co/qCvPYvCCxq
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 27, 2014

...acidified water powered generator #ideaslagos finals pic.twitter.com/NHinB8dvw4
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) August 1, 2014

...innovative underground drainage system #ideaslagos finals pic.twitter.com/YKgXH7O6LW
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) August 1, 2014

...rechargable refrigerator #ideaslagos finals pic.twitter.com/EbFxZReHTT
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) August 1, 2014

...Infinity Generator #Ideaslagos finals pic.twitter.com/LgyKtKdj4L
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) August 1, 2014

KingsCollege students preparn for #IdeasLagos finals@end of mentor session w/ mentor&architect Tosin Osinowo pic.twitter.com/fsUQ6TPPTY
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 26, 2014

...energy solutions for cities http://t.co/LEulIxeCfe
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) March 20, 2014

Girls Emerge Tops at 11th National Maths Competition, #Nigeria - http://t.co/cIpSq3uf1n #STEM
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) March 16, 2014

See TECH HUBS @cc_Hub (site) and @ideaNG (site, past) both of Sabo, Yaba in Lagos.

#Lagos joins the 2014 international @spaceapps challenge! So Excited! #Africa joins the conversation on #Space
— Space Apps Lagos (@spaceappslag) March 3, 2014

Finalists in#IdeasLagos Competition Lafiaji Schl rcvd prizes today. Now getting set for last phase in March pic.twitter.com/kZD0dD4n2x
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 19, 2014

Lagos-based Maliyo and Kuluya set to conquer the African video-game market http://t.co/XbLiGaECsU
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) March 10, 2014

Great stuff! Lagos gets 2 accelerators within a week. @440LTD and Leadpath Nigeria http://t.co/YA0Obqg9GS
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) March 7, 2014

RT @iDEAng: AND WE HAVE A WINNER OF THE #OPENDATANIGERIA 2014. @integrahealth TEAM iQube pic.twitter.com/MaqWa4gmDs
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 22, 2014

RT @iDEAng: Hackers hacking away at Nigeria's premier health hackathon #OpenDataNigeria @ngrcommtech @PHN_alliance pic.twitter.com/5dlXWyYBmR
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 22, 2014

"My greatest joy is in helping businesses become bankable and successful" - @oluozone @wennovation #SMWMyJourney pic.twitter.com/eM7wLK9gwo
— Enterprise Creative (@EntCreativeNG) February 20, 2014

The youngest team that made it to the top12 but not d finals is Epetedo JnrSchl-http://t.co/hDTMlWh6g5 Theyll rcv a prize for exemplary work
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 12, 2014

Sometimes I was in the room. Proud :)

Today,the 12 shortlisted #IdeasLagos groups defended their projects 2 panel of judges who'll select the best 5 pic.twitter.com/AbO7WZwb3a
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 11, 2014

Nigeria's award winning engineer Ms Tosin Otitoju with Urine2PowerGenerator kids @innovatelagos mentors session tday pic.twitter.com/wOBgzUfF8M
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 30, 2014

#IdeasLagos top 12 young groups completed their project presentations to #competition jury today. #innovation pic.twitter.com/Y3Arli6dmH
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) February 11, 2014

Dozens of people and organizations behind the scenes.

Kid Inventors Day, Lagos 17 January 2014: http://t.co/oeFC7B2GwD via @TheNationNews @YoungEngineers1
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 31, 2014

#IDEASLAGOS : From 749 ideas we shortlisted 25 ideas.The public then voted for these 10 http://t.co/WjNyNVc7qt to proceed to stage 3.
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 26, 2014

Kid Inventor's Day at Lagos E- learning Centre 17 Jan 2014 @youngengineers1 pic.twitter.com/Be78T7ccPw
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 18, 2014

Lagos Kids Invent!! ..@YoungEngineers1 pic.twitter.com/ilAiUuRjdn
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 18, 2014

Students from Lagos Schools at the Kid Inventor's Day organised by @YoungEngineers1 & innovatelagos yesterday pic.twitter.com/yHW4qohpBI
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 18, 2014

InnovateLagos appreciates the time you took to vote for students in Stage 2 of #IdeasLagos. Thank you for your support.
— Innovate Lagos (@InnovateLagos) January 15, 2014

To the best team in the world doing all the amazn work @innovatelagos >> @RemiButtons @Dotun_Adio @nelletam Raff, Chinedu, Uju Thank u!
— Moji Rhodes (@speaklagos) December 11, 2013

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