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Fan of #STEM, good #Teaching, #Soccer, & peanut M&Ms. (she/her) Posts my own.https://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3monyfuncsb2bA waltz over evolutionary timescales: why it’s so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance https://theconversation.com/a-waltz-over-evolutionary-timescales-why-its-so-hard-for-animals-to-invent-a-new-mating-dance-28506119 Jun 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3monyfuncsb2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3monfe5arrm2hA waltz over evolutionary timescales: why it’s so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance https://theconversation.com/a-waltz-over-evolutionary-timescales-why-its-so-hard-for-animals-to-invent-a-new-mating-dance-28506119 Jun 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3monfe5arrm2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mnuaovy7bj2rNaturally selected and sexually selected wing structures synergistically enhance the attractiveness of katydid acoustic signals | Proceedings B | The Royal Society https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2072/20260952/481982/Naturally-selected-and-sexually-selected-wing09 Jun 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuaovy7bj2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mksrkqx54h2dTraffic Reduction during COVID-19 Lockdowns Benefited Species Already Tolerant of Noise Pollution: An Acoustic Analysis | The American Naturalist https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/74081201 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksrkqx54h2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mkipp2mq4r2dThe Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Sexual Traits That Increase Mate Encounter Rates | The American Naturalist: Vol 207, No 5 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/73960427 Apr 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkipp2mq4r2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mk3kcqg5ek2tWhen sexual selection through mate choice depletes versus exaggerates genetic variation: Unraveling the lek paradox | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.260481812322 Apr 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3kcqg5ek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mjn2l7zpmg2aSurviving and Thriving in Difficult Circumstances, Part 1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ntlf.70019?campaign=woletoc16 Apr 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn2l7zpmg2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mijaycjlei26Cognitive individual differences are key in the network of trait covariance https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/37/3/arag027/8502845?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=beheco&utm_medium=email02 Apr 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijaycjlei26https://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mhxtnaay4k2z‘Continuity over novelty’: why environmental science needs to rethink its focus https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00933-x?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20260326&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_41586_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-26032626 Mar 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxtnaay4k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mhl3fbccjf2yOpinion | Actually, College Is Getting Cheaper https://www.chronicle.com/article/actually-college-is-getting-cheaper?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_17275067_nl_The-Review_date_2026031621 Mar 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl3fbccjf2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3mddymlvyhv2dA field cricket's solutions to the cocktail party problem in conspecific choruses https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/37/1/araf143/8361830?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=beheco&utm_medium=email&nbd_source=campaigner&nbd=1329124656326 Jan 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddymlvyhv2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3maxxl7orjf2cScientists Watched Beetles Have Sex for 40 Years—and Saw Evolution Speed Up https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a69657446/sexual-selection-seed-beetle/27 Dec 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3maxxl7orjf2chttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3m6zoxxmup32tWomen’s Soccer Sets Sights on Atlanta https://news.gatech.edu/news/2025/12/01/womens-soccer-sets-sights-atlanta https://news.gatech.edu/news/2025/12/01/womens-soccer-sets-sights-atlanta?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Women%E2%80%99s%20Soccer%20Sets%20Sights%20on%20Atlanta&utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%20-%20Dec.%202%2C%20202502 Dec 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zoxxmup32thttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3m5jxydzbks27Y'all- please support one of my former TAs in this competition to bring science to students, humanizing it and showing things aren't as linear as may be assumed. 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Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXypfsxjl0Q&13 Nov 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jxydzbks27https://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3m5hfnk6kfk26Weihenstephan campus: TUM commemorates professors persecuted during the Nazi era https://www.ls.tum.de/en/ls/public-relations/news/news-detail/article/weihenstephan-campus-tum-commemorates-professors-persecuted-during-the-nazi-era/12 Nov 2025 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hfnk6kfk26https://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3m33ucmzv6a2nParental control: ecology drives plasticity in parental response to offspring signals https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/36/4/araf058/8145679?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false&utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=beheco&utm_medium=email&nbd_source=campaigner&nbd=1329124656313 Oct 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33ucmzv6a2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3m33bauuypt2gGametic and non-gametic parental resources and the definition of sexual selection: a comment on Janicke https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/36/4/araf065/8156487?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false&utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=beheco&utm_medium=email&nbd_source=campaigner&nbd=1329124656313 Oct 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33bauuypt2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lz6w2sendb2qOrgans cannot simply be classified as male or female https://www.mpg.de/25425064/0918-limn-the-sex-of-the-body-why-our-organs-cannot-simply-be-classified-as-male-or-female-153345-x19 Sep 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6w2sendb2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lyvhatjulc2nAge-dependent changes in reproductive behaviour and success in a long-lived beetle (Bolitotherus cornutus) https://academic.oup.com/beheco/advance-article/doi/10.1093/beheco/araf092/8251866?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=beheco&utm_medium=email&login=true15 Sep 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvhatjulc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lyswrvzf4m2tMale Reproductive Senescence in Mammals Is Pervasive and Aligned With the Slow‐Fast Continuum https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.70194?campaign=woletoc14 Sep 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyswrvzf4m2thttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lxzs4pmbcc22New Course Gives Students a Hands-On Role in Designing for Dignity | School of Industrial Design https://id.gatech.edu/feature/design-for-dignity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=New%20Course%20Focuses%20on%20Designing%20for%20Dignity&utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%20-%20Sept.%204%2C%20202504 Sep 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzs4pmbcc22https://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lxpqazq46c2eLoyal workers are selectively and ironically targeted for exploitation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002210312200161531 Aug 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxpqazq46c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lviq5iumeq2uVariation in sexual signals and defensive strategies elicits receiver-dependent shifts in attractiveness - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40709752/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40709752/03 Aug 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lviq5iumeq2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lv7bdmop6p2uEffects of mismatched mate availability cues on reproductive investment in female crickets https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2024-017230 Jul 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7bdmop6p2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lub3qtxdmt2hEffects of mismatched mate availability cues on reproductive investment in female crickets https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2024-017218 Jul 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lub3qtxdmt2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lr6zktbrzi24GT Rugby Club Scores With 'Hand-Off' of Uniforms by GTRI's Rafa Dominguez https://gtri.gatech.edu/newsroom/gt-rugby-club-scores-hand-uniforms-gtris-rafa-dominguez?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Rugby%20Club%20Scores%20With%20%E2%80%98Hand-Off%E2%80%99%20of%20Uniforms&utm_campaign=The%20Whistle%20-%20June%209%2C%20202509 Jun 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6zktbrzi24https://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lqmtaox4f52hFuture of STEM Workforce in Jeopardy Amid NSF Overhaul https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/05/30/future-stem-workforce-jeopardy-amid-nsf-overhaul02 Jun 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmtaox4f52hhttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lpa5vt3ei52sMeta-analysis reveals that phenotypic plasticity and divergent selection promote reproductive isolation during incipient speciation - Nature Ecology & Evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02687-715 May 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa5vt3ei52shttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lojjpt2e7z2tContributing to Sustainable Urban Planning via Smartphone App https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/contributing-to-sustainable-urban-planning-via-smartphone-app06 May 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojjpt2e7z2thttps://bsky.app/profile/choosyfemale.bsky.social/post/3lnitnnixgb2sWhat birds can teach us about the ‘biological truth’ of sex https://www.thetransmitter.org/sex/what-birds-can-teach-us-about-the-biological-truth-of-sex/23 Apr 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:2tsrj2d2nrzuttblh42ti3jb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnitnnixgb2s