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Professor John R. Hutchinson
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biomechanist. Awesome animals, dinosaurs, anatomy, locomotion, computer modeling, http://whatsinjohnsfreezer.com, #DisabledInSTEM. #DAWNDINOS. He/him. Fellow of the Royal Society.

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John Hutchinson is a British academic. He is a reader in nationalism at the London School of Economics (LSE), in the Department of Government.

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Environmental science 27%
Geology 18%
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
A rather beautiful digital model of a fossil soldier beetle, and how it was constructed from 3D micro-CT and 2D optical data.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Application of blender modeling techniques in the restoration of 3D morphology of fossil insects reconstructed via micro-computed tomography - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
The Cretaceous Period represents a critical juncture in the evolution of insects, however, taphonomic biases associated with amber preservation obscure essential morphological evidence necessary for d...
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
For my palaeo friends: note that #2 tryst hotspot is "Meet beside the ichthyosaur"!
londonist.com Londonist @londonist.com · 1d
This is a German tank captured in WW1 and displayed on Horse Guards Parade in 1919. The tank was left open for anybody to climb inside. A police guard had to be posted, after reports of young couples getting up to a bit of tanky-panky. "Darling, when you said we should use protection..."

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
Xmas/holiday-related factoid: almost all members of Savatage were/are involved in megahit band "Trans-Siberian Orchestra", whose metal-classical songs can be ubiquitous at (American) Xmas-time. e.g. see Savatage's early "Prelude to Madness" and then "Hall of the Mountain King" - youtu.be/LfpqHCjO2to
Savatage - Prelude To Madness
YouTube video by SouthSideOfTheSky - George C.
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
#MetalMonday: phenomenal, underappreciated metal band Savatage's "Beyond the Doors of the Dark"- a banging tune (from a fab album) that showcases their baroque, gothic style and Chriss Oliva's majestic guitarwork. youtu.be/OSTu5H2NG14
Beyond the Doors of the Dark
YouTube video by Savatage - Topic
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 1d
"Diversity dynamics do not appear to be governed by clade-level processes expected from adaptive radiations or diversity dependence."

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The interplay between speciation and extinction rates shapes clade diversity dynamics. Using a novel phylogenetic model that includes living and fossil lineages, the authors estimate speciation and ex...
www.nature.com

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 1d
"The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez,” he said. “It has nothing to do with the science."

STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com

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Londonist @londonist.com · 1d
This is a German tank captured in WW1 and displayed on Horse Guards Parade in 1919. The tank was left open for anybody to climb inside. A police guard had to be posted, after reports of young couples getting up to a bit of tanky-panky. "Darling, when you said we should use protection..."

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 1d
"Judas Priest: Epitaph" (Prime)- fabulous 2012 live show at London's Hammersmith Apollo arena. Rob Halfords still has his chops and the rest of the band are on fire. Go through 40 years of being metal maniacs with them. Excellent concert!
a man with a beard and sunglasses is wearing a black jacket
ALT: a man with a beard and sunglasses is wearing a black jacket
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d
Macroevolution guru Steven M. Stanley publishes his latest argument for why punctuated equilibria model is still relevant to evolutionary biology (yes, stasis happens and evolutionary rates vary, and speciation tends to involve much phenotypic diverenge): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Why the punctuational model of evolution is valid | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Why the punctuational model of evolution is valid
www.cambridge.org

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 2d
I feel like Commander Adama warning people he won't have a network on the Galactica when I tell my family that under no circumstances will I allow a smart device into my house. No internet connected doorbells, washing machines, air fryers, lightbulbs. None. Not during my watch.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 2d
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
youtu.be/UYa6gbDcx18?...
(Both characters in this scene; Robin's character throughout the film)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d
Some good news.

“A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.”
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 4d
'Tis the season to be watchful for great casting decisions.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 4d
H. P. Lovecraft Christmas
Illustration by Nelson Evergreen
I'd not like to be at a Christmas party with Lovecraft; he was not a pleasant person; but I'd happily join the non-human monsters.
Christmas dinner table scene with six Lovecraftian horrors toasting with HP Lovecraft at end of table. There is a turkey and various other dishes on the tale, and some lit candles, and through the big window behind them, out in the snow, the tentacled form of Cthulhu is visible.

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 4d
Bbbbbbbut we've got to limit immigration!
"According to Home Office visa statistics, the total number of people receiving a visa for a job in natural and social science in the last quarter was 323 people."
Yes that's making a big difference.
a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with a sarcasm detector
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 4d
New President of the @royalsociety.org is going to tackle exorbitant UK visa fees for scientists. We sure need a big change!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is
www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4d
Extremely cool giant squid video. Giant squid season is upon us in Japan??

www.instagram.com/reel/DR0fAXF...
kouta on Instagram: "#ソデイカ #海 #ダイオウイカ #sea #喜界島 #鹿児島 #離島 　今年も上がってきました。"
259 likes, 14 comments - yonemorikouta on December 3, 2025: "#ソデイカ #海 #ダイオウイカ #sea #喜界島 #鹿児島 #離島 　今年も上がってきました。".
www.instagram.com

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 4d
Pretty disappointing to see a Professor of Science Engagement promoting the high-profile auction of a dinosaur skeleton that allegedly might be a new species.

www.christies.com/en/stories/s...
www.christies.com

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 4d
If I saw a "murder hornet," I'd be running in the other direction. But these wee frogs think they're tasty snacks—even though they get stung repeatedly while consuming them. That story and more from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 5d
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 5d
Wow.... Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize
Duelling prairie chickens, a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025
www.newscientist.com

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 5d
Do striped hyenas have a sweet tooth?

Yes, yes they do.

Here's the first record of honey consumption by a hyena, caught on a camera trap in Kenya:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Striped hyena, photo Rushikesh Deshmukh DOP (Wikimedia Commons)

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 5d
Eukaryotes evolved endosymbiotic mitochondria late, but in Archaea during a time when the oceans were still harsh and anoxic. Sophisticated cellular machinery evolved first, according to molecular clocks relevant to dating gene duplications.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature
Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex ar...
www.nature.com