Cats In Zero Gravity
@catsinzerogravity.bsky.social
Games, biology, art, writing, gay. That's pretty much what I'm about.
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Sooo How's everyone enjoying the new expansion so far?👀 #gw2 #Guildwars2
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sooo How's everyone enjoying the new expansion so far?👀 #gw2 #Guildwars2
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On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride at 32 became the first American woman to go to space and the youngest American astronaut.
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
June 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride at 32 became the first American woman to go to space and the youngest American astronaut.
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
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Who purchased them? Will they be available for research? Will they be collected into a single archive or dispersed? Will they be digitised for public access? Rather relevant questions to address, surely? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Saved Alan Turing papers sold at auction in Etwall for £465k
The collection, which included a copy of his PhD dissertation, were sold at auction on Tuesday.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Who purchased them? Will they be available for research? Will they be collected into a single archive or dispersed? Will they be digitised for public access? Rather relevant questions to address, surely? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Happy Pride Month from all of us here at the Museum!
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
June 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happy Pride Month from all of us here at the Museum!
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
Out of the approximately 1500 species of animal that have been identified as displaying some same-sex behaviour, the giraffe is one of the most studied, with same-sex mounting and necking occurring more frequently than male-female mounting.
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A new algorithm for inferring DNA methylation patterns from ancient specimens demonstrates how this approach can reveal evolutionary changes in non-skeletal tissues, providing insights into epigenetics in archaic humans. #EvoBio #aDNA
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Inferring DNA methylation in non-skeletal tissues of ancient specimens - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors show that DNA methylation patterns in one tissue can inform on those in another, under certain conditions, and devise an algorithm that allows identification of differential DNA methylatio...
www.nature.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:02 AM
A new algorithm for inferring DNA methylation patterns from ancient specimens demonstrates how this approach can reveal evolutionary changes in non-skeletal tissues, providing insights into epigenetics in archaic humans. #EvoBio #aDNA
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sharing again for #noVERMber
Dreamed I saw more gossamer worms last night. They are such a delight.
🦑🐙🐡
Dreamed I saw more gossamer worms last night. They are such a delight.
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Excited to share that my gossamer worm photo won the Best Image Award at the 5th Marine Imaging Workshop in Monterey!
Many thanks to the wonderful folks at MBARI on the local organizing committee, the wider MIW community, and Boxfish Robotics for sponsoring the competition.
🧪🐙🦑🐡
Many thanks to the wonderful folks at MBARI on the local organizing committee, the wider MIW community, and Boxfish Robotics for sponsoring the competition.
🧪🐙🦑🐡
November 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Sharing again for #noVERMber
Dreamed I saw more gossamer worms last night. They are such a delight.
🦑🐙🐡
Dreamed I saw more gossamer worms last night. They are such a delight.
🦑🐙🐡
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Switching things up today, I sometimes moonlight in the area of animal genomics😱. Here are pictures from a 2021 Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition where we tested new technology to image, capture, and sample gelatinous zooplankton (or "gelata", or maybe "goops" 😅?). Ethereal, beautiful, exotic.
November 13, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Switching things up today, I sometimes moonlight in the area of animal genomics😱. Here are pictures from a 2021 Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition where we tested new technology to image, capture, and sample gelatinous zooplankton (or "gelata", or maybe "goops" 😅?). Ethereal, beautiful, exotic.
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I've added ~60 new contributors to the Birds Feed today alone 🤯 welcome new folks! New members & old alike, post birb & introduce yourself 🪶
Hi 👋 I run the feed! I'm a hobby wildlife photographer & birder. Here's one of my favorite species, a Steller's sea eagle!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Hi 👋 I run the feed! I'm a hobby wildlife photographer & birder. Here's one of my favorite species, a Steller's sea eagle!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 13, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I've added ~60 new contributors to the Birds Feed today alone 🤯 welcome new folks! New members & old alike, post birb & introduce yourself 🪶
Hi 👋 I run the feed! I'm a hobby wildlife photographer & birder. Here's one of my favorite species, a Steller's sea eagle!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Hi 👋 I run the feed! I'm a hobby wildlife photographer & birder. Here's one of my favorite species, a Steller's sea eagle!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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I like how these two guys are completely unrelated
November 13, 2024 at 11:21 AM
I like how these two guys are completely unrelated
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Pete Hegseth über Krankheitserreger: "I can't see them, therefore they are not real."
Das, meine Damen und Herren, ist der nächste Verteidigungsminister der USA. Kein Scherz.
www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...
Das, meine Damen und Herren, ist der nächste Verteidigungsminister der USA. Kein Scherz.
www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...
'Germs are not a real thing': Fox News host says he hasn't washed hands in 10 years
Pete Hegseth denies existence of germs, saying: ‘I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real’
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Pete Hegseth über Krankheitserreger: "I can't see them, therefore they are not real."
Das, meine Damen und Herren, ist der nächste Verteidigungsminister der USA. Kein Scherz.
www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...
Das, meine Damen und Herren, ist der nächste Verteidigungsminister der USA. Kein Scherz.
www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...
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I've been posting about how awesome sea ducks are but can we talk about how many varieties of #WorstBirdPic they generate? So many things to go wrong! Waves splashing, swells rolling, birds diving. Hilarity ensues
#birds 🌿 🦑
#birds 🌿 🦑
February 20, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I've been posting about how awesome sea ducks are but can we talk about how many varieties of #WorstBirdPic they generate? So many things to go wrong! Waves splashing, swells rolling, birds diving. Hilarity ensues
#birds 🌿 🦑
#birds 🌿 🦑
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Playing with drops of homemade concentrated carbon quantum dots under UV light.
It is amazing that such tiny 3nm particles can be easily made in a kitchen microwave oven.
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It is amazing that such tiny 3nm particles can be easily made in a kitchen microwave oven.
🧪🍎
February 19, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Playing with drops of homemade concentrated carbon quantum dots under UV light.
It is amazing that such tiny 3nm particles can be easily made in a kitchen microwave oven.
🧪🍎
It is amazing that such tiny 3nm particles can be easily made in a kitchen microwave oven.
🧪🍎
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Cosy❤️ A very close couple of Parasol toadstools . #nature #fungifriends 📷🍄
February 18, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Cosy❤️ A very close couple of Parasol toadstools . #nature #fungifriends 📷🍄
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Preparing slides for the event next week, I found this gorgeous gynandromorph bordered white moth in Charles G. Barrett's Lepidoptera of the British Isles (1901). 🦋 #histsci 🗃️
Ahead of the event, my article 'Mendel's Closet' has been made freely available: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ahead of the event, my article 'Mendel's Closet' has been made freely available: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
January 24, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Preparing slides for the event next week, I found this gorgeous gynandromorph bordered white moth in Charles G. Barrett's Lepidoptera of the British Isles (1901). 🦋 #histsci 🗃️
Ahead of the event, my article 'Mendel's Closet' has been made freely available: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ahead of the event, my article 'Mendel's Closet' has been made freely available: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Turkey tail mushroom munching away on a decomposing log on the ground in the garden. 🍄📷
January 22, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Turkey tail mushroom munching away on a decomposing log on the ground in the garden. 🍄📷
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January 22, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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Horseshoe crabs for #InverteFest. Wonderful creatures!
December 30, 2023 at 10:01 AM
Horseshoe crabs for #InverteFest. Wonderful creatures!
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I got to see @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com read Christmas Carol and when he got to that line people started whooping and hollering like we we had just seen a goal
December 24, 2023 at 6:13 PM
I got to see @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com read Christmas Carol and when he got to that line people started whooping and hollering like we we had just seen a goal
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I enjoy the fan theory that this kid grows up to be Chris Pratt’s character in the mediocre sequels
December 24, 2023 at 2:07 AM
I enjoy the fan theory that this kid grows up to be Chris Pratt’s character in the mediocre sequels
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For decades, scientists couldn't figure out why the measles vaccine didn't just lower death rates from measles, but from other diseases too. Now we know it's because measles causes immune amnesia. Measles resets the immune system. It forgets how to fight every single pathogen it's ever encountered.
December 21, 2023 at 3:48 AM
For decades, scientists couldn't figure out why the measles vaccine didn't just lower death rates from measles, but from other diseases too. Now we know it's because measles causes immune amnesia. Measles resets the immune system. It forgets how to fight every single pathogen it's ever encountered.
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Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
December 23, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
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M. niger is best known for its red photophore - actually a blue light organ behind a red fluorescent filter. Red sunlight is absent in the deep ocean, so most animals can't see it - and many are camo'd in red, so they were long thought to be searchlights #25DaysOfFishmas 🦑
December 23, 2023 at 11:54 AM
M. niger is best known for its red photophore - actually a blue light organ behind a red fluorescent filter. Red sunlight is absent in the deep ocean, so most animals can't see it - and many are camo'd in red, so they were long thought to be searchlights #25DaysOfFishmas 🦑
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Join us as we celebrate our special focus issue, starting with "Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae."
#PlantScience #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 21, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Join us as we celebrate our special focus issue, starting with "Grasses through space and time: An overview of the biogeographical and macroevolutionary history of Poaceae."
#PlantScience #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
It's easy for news for focus on the negative, but remember that positive developments have happened over the year as well. I think the advancement of malaria vaccination has been undersold, I've barely seen it mentioned in mainstream news, but it is phenomenal news!
It's easy for news for focus on the negative, but remember that positive developments have happened over the year as well. I think the advancement of malaria vaccination has been undersold, I've barely seen it mentioned in mainstream news, but it is phenomenal news!
Nature’s 10
Ten people (and one non-human) who helped shape science in 2023
www.nature.com
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 PM
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
It's easy for news for focus on the negative, but remember that positive developments have happened over the year as well. I think the advancement of malaria vaccination has been undersold, I've barely seen it mentioned in mainstream news, but it is phenomenal news!
It's easy for news for focus on the negative, but remember that positive developments have happened over the year as well. I think the advancement of malaria vaccination has been undersold, I've barely seen it mentioned in mainstream news, but it is phenomenal news!