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Do you know why physicists wanted to put a ferret inside a particle accelerator?
Physicists wanted to use Felicia the high energy ferret to clean metal slithers from accelerator vacuum tubes!
Check it out!
Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/dDalp...
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Physicists wanted to use Felicia the high energy ferret to clean metal slithers from accelerator vacuum tubes!
Check it out!
Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/dDalp...
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Scientists Put A Ferret In A Particle Collider!
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Do you know why physicists wanted to put a ferret inside a particle accelerator?
Physicists wanted to use Felicia the high energy ferret to clean metal slithers from accelerator vacuum tubes!
Check it out!
Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/dDalp...
🧪⚛️
Physicists wanted to use Felicia the high energy ferret to clean metal slithers from accelerator vacuum tubes!
Check it out!
Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/dDalp...
🧪⚛️
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New hepatitis B drug could help ‘functionally cure’ some patients | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
New hepatitis B drug could help ‘functionally cure’ some patients
Scientists welcome GSK announcement that two trials succeeded—even though data are still lacking
www.science.org
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
New hepatitis B drug could help ‘functionally cure’ some patients | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Great to see this in the headlines this morning. A scientific breakthrough restoring sight to people with hypotony – a condition that causes blindness. The gel, already commonly used in eye surgery, can restore the shape of the eye and significantly improve vision.
news.sky.com/story/hpmc-g...
news.sky.com/story/hpmc-g...
HPMC gel used in eye surgery restores sight to people with untreatable hypotony, scientists say
Fortnightly injections of HPMC - a low-cost gel used in most eye operations - restores the shape of patients' eyes and allows seven out of eight hypotony sufferers to see again, researchers at Moorfie...
news.sky.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Great to see this in the headlines this morning. A scientific breakthrough restoring sight to people with hypotony – a condition that causes blindness. The gel, already commonly used in eye surgery, can restore the shape of the eye and significantly improve vision.
news.sky.com/story/hpmc-g...
news.sky.com/story/hpmc-g...
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Southern Rockhoppers are the world’s cutest and most badass penguins. I visited their Falkland Islands colonies to report on the problems they now face—and the pluck that may see them through. My story in Smithsonian Magazine, with photos by Chris Linder🧪🐧 www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Rockhopper Penguins' Athleticism Makes Them the Daredevils of the Animal World. Will a Warming Climate Slow Them Down?
A visit to the Falkland Islands, where the fearless seabirds navigate the rugged topography with tenacious spunk, shows the new challenges they face
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Southern Rockhoppers are the world’s cutest and most badass penguins. I visited their Falkland Islands colonies to report on the problems they now face—and the pluck that may see them through. My story in Smithsonian Magazine, with photos by Chris Linder🧪🐧 www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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The best time to get your flu shot was fall, but the second best time is now! 🧪
This year’s flu season just surpassed a grim new record.
Nearly 1 in 10 doctor visits in late December were for flu-like symptoms—the highest level recorded in nearly 30 years. To date, the U.S. has seen 120,000+ hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, including children. bit.ly/3LkZiOI
Nearly 1 in 10 doctor visits in late December were for flu-like symptoms—the highest level recorded in nearly 30 years. To date, the U.S. has seen 120,000+ hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, including children. bit.ly/3LkZiOI
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The best time to get your flu shot was fall, but the second best time is now! 🧪
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Anybody want to talk about Europa? Kind of a bummer, but we had to check. The search continues... #PlanetarySky #SpaceSky #ScienceSky 🧪🌕 source.washu.edu/2026/01/jupi...
Jupiter’s moon Europa has seafloor that may be quiet, lifeless
A new study led by planetary scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggests the icy moon Europa lacks the undersea activity needed to support life.
source.washu.edu
January 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Anybody want to talk about Europa? Kind of a bummer, but we had to check. The search continues... #PlanetarySky #SpaceSky #ScienceSky 🧪🌕 source.washu.edu/2026/01/jupi...
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Astronomers have discovered one of the largest spinning structures in the known universe.
This "cosmic filament" is 50 million light years long & contains 100s of galaxies that seem to be rotating in alignment. It's part of an even greater web linking the cosmos. 🧪🔭
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
This "cosmic filament" is 50 million light years long & contains 100s of galaxies that seem to be rotating in alignment. It's part of an even greater web linking the cosmos. 🧪🔭
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Astronomers have discovered one of the largest spinning structures in the known universe.
This "cosmic filament" is 50 million light years long & contains 100s of galaxies that seem to be rotating in alignment. It's part of an even greater web linking the cosmos. 🧪🔭
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
This "cosmic filament" is 50 million light years long & contains 100s of galaxies that seem to be rotating in alignment. It's part of an even greater web linking the cosmos. 🧪🔭
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
TIL the MERL has a podcast!
Sunday plan: trip to a yarn store this afternoon; meanwhile, knitting while listening to the MERL podcast. Perhaps some tea later.
New Absolute Units is here!
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
TIL the MERL has a podcast!
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this might well be the museum event you're looking for
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
this might well be the museum event you're looking for
Read first. Ask after.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Read first. Ask after.
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🧪The average cell uses 10 billion ATP per day
🧪Each ATP needs to be recycled from ADP 1000 times per day.
🧪Because the body cannot store ATP, the mitochondria must make more continually (especially for the brain which use 70% of our ATP).
🧪Our cells have 250 g of ATP, about 4.25 watts
🧪Each ATP needs to be recycled from ADP 1000 times per day.
🧪Because the body cannot store ATP, the mitochondria must make more continually (especially for the brain which use 70% of our ATP).
🧪Our cells have 250 g of ATP, about 4.25 watts
Mitochondria—Fundamental to Life and Health
An official website of the United States government
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
🧪The average cell uses 10 billion ATP per day
🧪Each ATP needs to be recycled from ADP 1000 times per day.
🧪Because the body cannot store ATP, the mitochondria must make more continually (especially for the brain which use 70% of our ATP).
🧪Our cells have 250 g of ATP, about 4.25 watts
🧪Each ATP needs to be recycled from ADP 1000 times per day.
🧪Because the body cannot store ATP, the mitochondria must make more continually (especially for the brain which use 70% of our ATP).
🧪Our cells have 250 g of ATP, about 4.25 watts
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
Each time it rains and I see a lost earthworm on pavement, I think how rare that sight is. It used to be you had to weave around them, rescue a few on your way to wherever, or squash them underfoot.
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Each time it rains and I see a lost earthworm on pavement, I think how rare that sight is. It used to be you had to weave around them, rescue a few on your way to wherever, or squash them underfoot.
"A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country."
Research is being held hostage. Scientists are looking to Europe. We are losing future scientists.
Cornell recapitulated to Trump. Columbia's #NIH grants, including one on uterine fibroids were canceled & then reinstated after it offered to pay $200 mil to Trump.
🧪 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Cornell recapitulated to Trump. Columbia's #NIH grants, including one on uterine fibroids were canceled & then reinstated after it offered to pay $200 mil to Trump.
🧪 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country."
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🧪🧪James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🧪🧪James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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More raccoons? Turns out it would be bad news.
We're predicting where key reservoirs of the raccoon rabies virus (🦝 and 🦨) may be in Québec by 2100, and if we don't act on climate change, the answer may be: everywhere. 🧪
We're predicting where key reservoirs of the raccoon rabies virus (🦝 and 🦨) may be in Québec by 2100, and if we don't act on climate change, the answer may be: everywhere. 🧪
Climate change may dramatically increase the range of raccoons and skunks in Québec. Good news? Nope. They are two reservoirs of the raccoon rabies virus. In a recent preprint, we discuss how this might play out over the next 80 years. 🧪🧵
Reservoirs on the move: where might raccoon rabies end up under climate change? | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
More raccoons? Turns out it would be bad news.
We're predicting where key reservoirs of the raccoon rabies virus (🦝 and 🦨) may be in Québec by 2100, and if we don't act on climate change, the answer may be: everywhere. 🧪
We're predicting where key reservoirs of the raccoon rabies virus (🦝 and 🦨) may be in Québec by 2100, and if we don't act on climate change, the answer may be: everywhere. 🧪
I've been a member of a breed-specific dog forum (yes) for years. Accurate.
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I've been a member of a breed-specific dog forum (yes) for years. Accurate.
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Keystone coral species population collapse after unprecedented heat stress www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🧪🦑🌎
Keystone coral species population collapse after unprecedented heat stress
Climate change threatens coral reefs globally. Birkart and Alvarez-Filip document local extirpation of a keystone coral species in Mexico following unprecedented heat stress, suggesting similar…
www.cell.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Keystone coral species population collapse after unprecedented heat stress www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🧪🦑🌎
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I remember learning about the existence of colonial spiders for the first time and thinking that was cool. This is next level. 2 species of spider (Tegenaria domestica & Prinerigone vagans) cohabitating in an effectively chemoautotrophic sulfur-based ecosystem.
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newatlas.com/biology/sulf...
🧪🕷️🕸️🐛
newatlas.com/biology/sulf...
World’s largest web houses 110,000 spiders thriving in total darkness
Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery – a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters (1,0...
newatlas.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I remember learning about the existence of colonial spiders for the first time and thinking that was cool. This is next level. 2 species of spider (Tegenaria domestica & Prinerigone vagans) cohabitating in an effectively chemoautotrophic sulfur-based ecosystem.
🧪🕷️🕸️🐛
newatlas.com/biology/sulf...
🧪🕷️🕸️🐛
newatlas.com/biology/sulf...
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Researchers ‘decode’ Mandarin Chinese from neural signals | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Researchers ‘decode’ Mandarin Chinese from neural signals
Advances in brain-computer interfaces could help millions who use tonal languages speak again after stroke or disease
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Researchers ‘decode’ Mandarin Chinese from neural signals | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Great questions in the replies.
Humans of Bluesky! I want your questions, please.
Let me explain.
I like writing explainers about things like: What colors do bees see? Do bugs fart? How long can viruses survive in a dead body? What's the difference between hemp and marijuana?
But my brain is wrung dry. I need questions! 🧪🧵
Let me explain.
I like writing explainers about things like: What colors do bees see? Do bugs fart? How long can viruses survive in a dead body? What's the difference between hemp and marijuana?
But my brain is wrung dry. I need questions! 🧪🧵
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Great questions in the replies.
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Humans of Bluesky! I want your questions, please.
Let me explain.
I like writing explainers about things like: What colors do bees see? Do bugs fart? How long can viruses survive in a dead body? What's the difference between hemp and marijuana?
But my brain is wrung dry. I need questions! 🧪🧵
Let me explain.
I like writing explainers about things like: What colors do bees see? Do bugs fart? How long can viruses survive in a dead body? What's the difference between hemp and marijuana?
But my brain is wrung dry. I need questions! 🧪🧵
October 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Humans of Bluesky! I want your questions, please.
Let me explain.
I like writing explainers about things like: What colors do bees see? Do bugs fart? How long can viruses survive in a dead body? What's the difference between hemp and marijuana?
But my brain is wrung dry. I need questions! 🧪🧵
Let me explain.
I like writing explainers about things like: What colors do bees see? Do bugs fart? How long can viruses survive in a dead body? What's the difference between hemp and marijuana?
But my brain is wrung dry. I need questions! 🧪🧵
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One of the DPhil students at my College is researching this question. He observes the behaviour of individual bumble bees, and their ability to identify the flowers with the most nutritious nectar. He sticks tiny numbers on individual bees.
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One of the DPhil students at my College is researching this question. He observes the behaviour of individual bumble bees, and their ability to identify the flowers with the most nutritious nectar. He sticks tiny numbers on individual bees.
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My kid recently asked why mint things taste "cold" and cinnamon tastes "hot."
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My kid recently asked why mint things taste "cold" and cinnamon tastes "hot."