Nature Portfolio

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21 April 2026 01:51

A paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports insights into how ancient plants lived around 252 million years ago at the time of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction, the most severe loss of biodiversity in Earth’s history. go.nature.com/4cGiEY5 #PlantScience 🌍🧪

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

pnas.org

21 April 2026 01:51

Brown bear DNA recovered from 9,600 year-old lake sediment captures information about a single male bear living in what is now northern Sweden. Surprisingly, the bear had genetic signatures associated with southern Swedish bears . In PNAS: https://ow.ly/FcnG50YMPP8

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛

rmcelreath.bsky.social

08 April 2026 02:33

Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

jrossibarra.bsky.social

10 February 2026 15:03

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛

rmcelreath.bsky.social

10 February 2026 15:03

You get a confound, you get a confound, everybody gets a confound! Lecture A06 of Statistical Rethinking 2026 - Elemental confounds. Intro to d-separation, forks pipes colliders oh my, extended fork example with detailed simulation of intervention. Continues next week into backdoor criterion.