How to begin a proper introduction to a scientific paper. From: Rau, P., and Rau, N.L. 1929. The sex attraction and rhythmic periodicity in giant Saturniid moths.Acad. Sci. St. Louis. Trans. 26:83–221. Have a good weekend everyone! 😊
The new James Cameron-produced NatGeo documentary "Secrets of the Bees" is out tomorrow. I hope it's good - our bees and team members are in it, but I haven't seen the final product yet. Here's a trailer.
New paper out in PNAS - with Ken Tan, James Nieh and colleagues, we find that bees dance better with the right audience (photo by M. Kleinhenz/J. Tautz): /doi/10.1073/pnas.2518687123
PhD studentship available to work on insect cognition in my team via the CSC scheme (Chinese applicants only; deadline January 28). See here:
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Now with final page numbers - our exploration of whether bee vision might be like the non-conscious visual processing found in blindsighted humans: Tamietto, M., Orsenigo, D., Chittka, L. (2026) Bees, blindsight and consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 30 (1): 6-9; /10.1016/j.tics.2025.10.010
One of the highlights this year was giving the B.F. Skinner Lecture at the ABAI conference in Washington DC and then meeting the man himself in the corridor. Despite our many disagreements, Dr. Skinner listened patiently and respectfully and we parted as friends. 😊
Super excited that Osseily Hanna's "The Last Bee" won the Best Fiction Film Trophy at the Festival Internacional de Cine Animal y Ambiental in Mexico this week. The film will be released in 2026 - stay tuned!
