c0nc0rdance
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Molecular biologist from Texas, here to share my meanderings on nature, science, history, politics, and zombies. Long threads a specialty.
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As I get ready for another cozy weekend of Olympics watching, I'm seeing lots of chatter about ice quality for different sports. As a Minnesotan and a science journalist, just wanted to reshare this video about why ice temps matter!
It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters."
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
As I get ready for another cozy weekend of Olympics watching, I'm seeing lots of chatter about ice quality for different sports. As a Minnesotan and a science journalist, just wanted to reshare this video about why ice temps matter!
Right! ... er... I mean you are... starboard?
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Right! ... er... I mean you are... starboard?
Running and cycling watching swimming from across the bar.
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Running and cycling watching swimming from across the bar.
Those are IMPRESSIVE.
February 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Those are IMPRESSIVE.
Nothing says: "I love you from my aorta to my apex" like an anatomically accurate heart card. 🫀😉
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Nothing says: "I love you from my aorta to my apex" like an anatomically accurate heart card. 🫀😉
Or do I go for a more *saucy* angle?
*eyebrow waggle*
(🔬: Velocity Flow Mapping, Heart MRI)
*eyebrow waggle*
(🔬: Velocity Flow Mapping, Heart MRI)
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Or do I go for a more *saucy* angle?
*eyebrow waggle*
(🔬: Velocity Flow Mapping, Heart MRI)
*eyebrow waggle*
(🔬: Velocity Flow Mapping, Heart MRI)
This one is a little more colorful.
Is it more romantic if the deoxygenated blood is red or the more accurate dark maroon?
(🔬: Hemodynamic Vector Flow Mapping (VFM), Fujifilm)
Is it more romantic if the deoxygenated blood is red or the more accurate dark maroon?
(🔬: Hemodynamic Vector Flow Mapping (VFM), Fujifilm)
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This one is a little more colorful.
Is it more romantic if the deoxygenated blood is red or the more accurate dark maroon?
(🔬: Hemodynamic Vector Flow Mapping (VFM), Fujifilm)
Is it more romantic if the deoxygenated blood is red or the more accurate dark maroon?
(🔬: Hemodynamic Vector Flow Mapping (VFM), Fujifilm)
I hear you're supposed to send hearts and stuff to your sweetie on V-day, so I'm thinking about sending some of these to my beloved wife, my Valentine since 1993.
(🔬: Stress Cardiac MRI from Mt Baker Imaging)
(🔬: Stress Cardiac MRI from Mt Baker Imaging)
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I hear you're supposed to send hearts and stuff to your sweetie on V-day, so I'm thinking about sending some of these to my beloved wife, my Valentine since 1993.
(🔬: Stress Cardiac MRI from Mt Baker Imaging)
(🔬: Stress Cardiac MRI from Mt Baker Imaging)
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1000's of V-day smooches from your Demodex besties.
February 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM
1000's of V-day smooches from your Demodex besties.
Reposted by c0nc0rdance
Nobody tell thymine what adenine gets up to in RNA.
Science Valentines from The Amoeba Sisters (www.amoebasisters.com )
Science Valentines from The Amoeba Sisters (www.amoebasisters.com )
February 14, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Nobody tell thymine what adenine gets up to in RNA.
Science Valentines from The Amoeba Sisters (www.amoebasisters.com )
Science Valentines from The Amoeba Sisters (www.amoebasisters.com )
If they're looking for oysters, they're headed the wrong direction! 😉
February 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
If they're looking for oysters, they're headed the wrong direction! 😉
I had the same instinct. Like, there's a lot of meat on them, right?
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I had the same instinct. Like, there's a lot of meat on them, right?
Tell your dog I love her.
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Tell your dog I love her.
Pre-coffee morning owl.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Pre-coffee morning owl.
Middle school lunchrooms are idealized capitalist marketplaces. 😄
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Middle school lunchrooms are idealized capitalist marketplaces. 😄
That guy is awesome.
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
That guy is awesome.
They're noisy & uh... 'messy', so there are a number of programs to keep them off recreational beach areas.
But they're also an "indicator species": attracted to healthy biomes & representing a green light for coastal ecology.
Some individuals can live to age 40!
A neat, weird bird.
But they're also an "indicator species": attracted to healthy biomes & representing a green light for coastal ecology.
Some individuals can live to age 40!
A neat, weird bird.
UK’s oldest known Oystercatchers discovered on England’s east coast wetlands
www.rspb.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
They're noisy & uh... 'messy', so there are a number of programs to keep them off recreational beach areas.
But they're also an "indicator species": attracted to healthy biomes & representing a green light for coastal ecology.
Some individuals can live to age 40!
A neat, weird bird.
But they're also an "indicator species": attracted to healthy biomes & representing a green light for coastal ecology.
Some individuals can live to age 40!
A neat, weird bird.
As you've seen in some of the photos, oystercatcher parents raise their young, teaching them how to hunt through a long apprenticeship.
The babies also learn "piracy": stealing catches from non-relative oystercatchers, which accounts for a good portion of their diet. Yargh🏴☠️.
The babies also learn "piracy": stealing catches from non-relative oystercatchers, which accounts for a good portion of their diet. Yargh🏴☠️.
Species Spotlight - American Oystercatcher (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
As you've seen in some of the photos, oystercatcher parents raise their young, teaching them how to hunt through a long apprenticeship.
The babies also learn "piracy": stealing catches from non-relative oystercatchers, which accounts for a good portion of their diet. Yargh🏴☠️.
The babies also learn "piracy": stealing catches from non-relative oystercatchers, which accounts for a good portion of their diet. Yargh🏴☠️.
They poke knife-like beaks into cracks in the oyster's shell, attempting to cut the adductor muscle that holds the shell closed.
Most of the time, this results in easy feeding.
Sometimes, they miss & can be trapped by the heavy-bodied mollusk. This can result in drowning as tides roll in. 😬
Most of the time, this results in easy feeding.
Sometimes, they miss & can be trapped by the heavy-bodied mollusk. This can result in drowning as tides roll in. 😬
American Oystercatcher - eBird
Large, bulky shorebird with thick red bill. Unmistakable, striking plumage. Exclusively coastal; favors beaches where it feeds on shellfish and other invertebrates; less frequent in rocky areas. Gathers in flocks during migration and winter. Listen for loud yelps and whistles, often in a rapid series when excited. Hybrids with Black Oystercatcher occur locally in southern California and Baja; look for messy spotting where the black hood meets the white belly (sometimes very limited but often quite extensive).
ebird.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
They poke knife-like beaks into cracks in the oyster's shell, attempting to cut the adductor muscle that holds the shell closed.
Most of the time, this results in easy feeding.
Sometimes, they miss & can be trapped by the heavy-bodied mollusk. This can result in drowning as tides roll in. 😬
Most of the time, this results in easy feeding.
Sometimes, they miss & can be trapped by the heavy-bodied mollusk. This can result in drowning as tides roll in. 😬