Jack Schultz
@jcschultz.bsky.social
Plant biologist, entomologist, chemical/molecular ecologist, current interest focused on plant galls. Mostly-retired guitarist
I agree heartily with this article about the utility of a college education. 🌾🌿🧪🎓
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education
Parents and policymakers want job security for graduates, but in the AI and automation era, careers may depend as much on curiosity and initiative as on credentials.
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I agree heartily with this article about the utility of a college education. 🌾🌿🧪🎓
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
I know next to nothing about spiders, but this web caught my attention. Does anyone recognize it? Same Houston Forest, Texas.
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I know next to nothing about spiders, but this web caught my attention. Does anyone recognize it? Same Houston Forest, Texas.
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Amazingly awful
Amazingly awful
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Amazingly awful
Amazingly awful
t's raining galls! Galls of the mealy gall wasp are falling out of the southern live oaks all over Houston. As you can see, a lot of them are damaged, as though something tried to eat the larva in the center chamber.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
t's raining galls! Galls of the mealy gall wasp are falling out of the southern live oaks all over Houston. As you can see, a lot of them are damaged, as though something tried to eat the larva in the center chamber.
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For the first time, renewable energy has OVERTAKEN coal in global electricity production!!
BAD NEWS for the fossil fuel industry, BRILLIANT news for the planet! 🌍
BAD NEWS for the fossil fuel industry, BRILLIANT news for the planet! 🌍
October 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
For the first time, renewable energy has OVERTAKEN coal in global electricity production!!
BAD NEWS for the fossil fuel industry, BRILLIANT news for the planet! 🌍
BAD NEWS for the fossil fuel industry, BRILLIANT news for the planet! 🌍
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Just wow! 🧪🌍🦑🐳🦭
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just wow! 🧪🌍🦑🐳🦭
Apparently RFK is going to announce that leucovorin can be a treatment for autism. It’s used as rescue drug for osteosarcoma treatment , and this action will likely push it into shortage.😠
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Apparently RFK is going to announce that leucovorin can be a treatment for autism. It’s used as rescue drug for osteosarcoma treatment , and this action will likely push it into shortage.😠
Does anybody have, or know where to find high quality photos of crown gall in cross section? I need one for an invited review. Will be credited, of course. Thanks!🌿🌾🧪
September 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Does anybody have, or know where to find high quality photos of crown gall in cross section? I need one for an invited review. Will be credited, of course. Thanks!🌿🌾🧪
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Democrats should let the budget expire and the government close down. Given what's been done to our government, nobody will notice.
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Democrats should let the budget expire and the government close down. Given what's been done to our government, nobody will notice.
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#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
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September 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
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Vaccinations Save Lives!
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Vaccinations Save Lives!
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🧪⚒️🌊🧊
Wise words from Prof Andrew Dressler www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-mercha...
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Thought so.
🧪 The rise in autism prevalence is largely an "epidemic of diagnoses," not of the condition itself. Researchers attribute the increase to broader diagnostic criteria and greater awareness, noting genetics is the primary driver, not a single toxin.
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thought so.
Chemical ecology!
August 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Chemical ecology!
The WORST.
#StandUpForScience 🧪🧬🦠🌎
US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives
u.afp.com/SMQ8
u.afp.com/SMQ8
August 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The WORST.
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drhoz.tumblr.com/post/7909025... One of a genus of parasitic plant remarkably similar in appearance to the unrelated Dodder (Cuscuta sp.). The only way to tell them apart with any reliability is to wait until they flower.
Goodale Sanctuary, West Coolup, WA
Goodale Sanctuary, West Coolup, WA
#3033 - Cassytha racemosa - Dodder-laurel
One of a genus of parasitic plant remarkably similar in appearance to the unrelated Dodder (Cuscuta sp.). The only way to tell them apart with any reliability is to wait until they flower.
Less of a.....
drhoz.tumblr.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
drhoz.tumblr.com/post/7909025... One of a genus of parasitic plant remarkably similar in appearance to the unrelated Dodder (Cuscuta sp.). The only way to tell them apart with any reliability is to wait until they flower.
Goodale Sanctuary, West Coolup, WA
Goodale Sanctuary, West Coolup, WA
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🧪 Would like to see this compared to ice core sample atmospheric data to get a sense for the accuracy of this method. I.e. as far as I know we have ice core sample data reaching back about 2M years.
newatlas.com/environment/...
newatlas.com/environment/...
Dinosaur teeth reveal prehistoric air quality was pretty awful, actually
Fossilized dinosaur teeth can reveal a lot more than just how these creatures ate and who they were related to – they can also tell us what the air was like in prehistoric times. As it turns out, huma...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧪 Would like to see this compared to ice core sample atmospheric data to get a sense for the accuracy of this method. I.e. as far as I know we have ice core sample data reaching back about 2M years.
newatlas.com/environment/...
newatlas.com/environment/...
🧪🌾 Fascinating and discouraging report on the growth of false science reports: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS
Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty,
competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🧪🌾 Fascinating and discouraging report on the growth of false science reports: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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🧪 Great #scicomm article about trees, urban design and biomimicry
theconversation.com/5-ingenious-...
theconversation.com/5-ingenious-...
5 ingenious things trees do that human designers can learn from
Research on Tasmania’s large old trees has given designers good reason to reflect on the many things about trees that humans don’t value enough. Here’s the top five.
theconversation.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🧪 Great #scicomm article about trees, urban design and biomimicry
theconversation.com/5-ingenious-...
theconversation.com/5-ingenious-...
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Our latest pub on #Brassica #Genome #Evolution and the systematics of Tribe Brassiceae (broccoli, cabbages, canola, & more; aka "The dogs of the plant world") led by @shawnkthomas.bsky.social
#PlantScience #Botany #PlantBiology #AgSky #AcademicSky #Crops 🌾🌱🧪
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#PlantScience #Botany #PlantBiology #AgSky #AcademicSky #Crops 🌾🌱🧪
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Mesopolyploidy as a taxonomic clade marker for Brassica and relatives (tribe Brassiceae)
AbstractBackground and Aims. Whole Genome Duplications (WGD) are rampant in flowering plant genomes. Within Brassicaceae, the genus Brassica (including cro
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August 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our latest pub on #Brassica #Genome #Evolution and the systematics of Tribe Brassiceae (broccoli, cabbages, canola, & more; aka "The dogs of the plant world") led by @shawnkthomas.bsky.social
#PlantScience #Botany #PlantBiology #AgSky #AcademicSky #Crops 🌾🌱🧪
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#PlantScience #Botany #PlantBiology #AgSky #AcademicSky #Crops 🌾🌱🧪
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July 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Whoa!
Here’s a monocarpic rainforest legume tree. This is Tachigali versicolor, which has a spectacular buttressed trunk. After reproducing (& producing wind-dispersed fruits), the whole tree dies. Both photos by Reinaldo Aguilar CCBYNCSA2 #Fabaceae #monocarpy #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
July 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Whoa!
This would be cool if true, but I'm not convinced by the results.
“But the appendage isn’t just for show: It gives these sedentary herbivores the superpower of detecting electric fields, perhaps helping them distinguish friend from foe”
#scicomm
#electroreception
#electricfield
#sensoryecology
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#scicomm
#electroreception
#electricfield
#sensoryecology
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Insect X-Men: Helmets help these odd bugs sense electric fields
Ability may help treehoppers distinguish friend from foe
www.science.org
July 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This would be cool if true, but I'm not convinced by the results.