Hemisquilla
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Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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It’s a baby! This copepod nauplius has just hatched and swims its first strokes 🥹.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It’s a baby! This copepod nauplius has just hatched and swims its first strokes 🥹.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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"The Age of Reptiles ended because it had gone on long enough and it was all a mistake in the first place." -Will Cuppy
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"The Age of Reptiles ended because it had gone on long enough and it was all a mistake in the first place." -Will Cuppy
I’m about to be impossible
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I’m about to be impossible
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A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Mantis shrimp have extraordinary visual capabilities. Humans have 3 types of color-receptive cones (red/green/blue) mantis shrimp have 16, incl for ultraviolet light. This doesn't mean they see more colors; it allows for rapid color diff, crucial in the quick, murky & competitive env they navigate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Mantis shrimp have extraordinary visual capabilities. Humans have 3 types of color-receptive cones (red/green/blue) mantis shrimp have 16, incl for ultraviolet light. This doesn't mean they see more colors; it allows for rapid color diff, crucial in the quick, murky & competitive env they navigate.
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
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It's long past time to refocus economies around what actually matters - wellbeing and sustainability - rather than maximising financial transactions
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now
The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It's long past time to refocus economies around what actually matters - wellbeing and sustainability - rather than maximising financial transactions
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
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Want a cool visualization of your eBird lifelist? 🪶
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Want a cool visualization of your eBird lifelist? 🪶
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
Or your 2025 year list?
It's easy.
1. Go to ebird.org/downloadMyData and request your data. This can take a few minutes to arrive in your e-mail. It'll be a .zip file. Unzip it.
2. Go to ofafeather.binstobins.com
...
🧵
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idk why my brain is like this but: a thread
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
idk why my brain is like this but: a thread
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Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
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This deep-sea worm creates a toxic yellow pigment found in Rembrandt and Cézanne paintings!
Paralvinella hessleri is the first known animal to create orpiment, which was used by artists for centuries. 🦑🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Paralvinella hessleri is the first known animal to create orpiment, which was used by artists for centuries. 🦑🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
September 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This deep-sea worm creates a toxic yellow pigment found in Rembrandt and Cézanne paintings!
Paralvinella hessleri is the first known animal to create orpiment, which was used by artists for centuries. 🦑🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Paralvinella hessleri is the first known animal to create orpiment, which was used by artists for centuries. 🦑🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Excited to announce that the 1st paper from my postdoc is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Using a large dataset of 3D preserved fossils, we explore the diversification of jaws in early bony fishes. 1/15
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Macroevolutionary role reversals in the earliest radiation of bony fishes
Troyer et al. examine lower jaw evolution in Silurian-Devonian bony fishes and find
substantial differences in patterns of morphological disparity, rates of shape evolution,
and functional diversity b...
www.cell.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to announce that the 1st paper from my postdoc is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Using a large dataset of 3D preserved fossils, we explore the diversification of jaws in early bony fishes. 1/15
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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annual reminder
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
annual reminder
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black lung disease was thought to be nearly eradicated 30ish years ago
now it's an epidemic, and miners are again struggling to get the government to do something about it
www.ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
now it's an epidemic, and miners are again struggling to get the government to do something about it
www.ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Coal Miners Fought For Better Safety Standards. A Federal Appeals Court Is Letting the Industry Off the Hook
The silica dust rule is on pause after a federal appeals court repeatedly delayed enforcement on this long-awaited safety measure.
www.ballsandstrikes.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
black lung disease was thought to be nearly eradicated 30ish years ago
now it's an epidemic, and miners are again struggling to get the government to do something about it
www.ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
now it's an epidemic, and miners are again struggling to get the government to do something about it
www.ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Mating #pteropods get broken up by my video lights. Sorry!!!
#pteropod #seabutterfly #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #chrisgug #gug
#pteropod #seabutterfly #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #chrisgug #gug
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Mating #pteropods get broken up by my video lights. Sorry!!!
#pteropod #seabutterfly #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #chrisgug #gug
#pteropod #seabutterfly #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #blackwaterdiving #gugunderwater #chrisgug #gug
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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You'd think "pterosaurs" & "kink-shaming" are two things that couldn't go hand-in-hand, and yet, a homoerotic scandal between two intellectual equals led to the discovery of the first pterosaur. Buckle in for some Crazy Rich Prussians & their unlikely connection to the discovery of pterosaurs 🧵
August 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You'd think "pterosaurs" & "kink-shaming" are two things that couldn't go hand-in-hand, and yet, a homoerotic scandal between two intellectual equals led to the discovery of the first pterosaur. Buckle in for some Crazy Rich Prussians & their unlikely connection to the discovery of pterosaurs 🧵
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This is how it looks when a Sea Anemone runs away from a Starfish.
July 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is how it looks when a Sea Anemone runs away from a Starfish.