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New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.

#Science 🧪
Cancer might evade immune defences by stealing mitochondria
Hijacking the energy-producing organelles from immune cells seems to help tumours in mice to infiltrate lymph nodes.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Purple Pitcher Plant flower buds growing among Sphagnum #moss. #Newfoundland, Canada. #carnivirous #plant #botany #bryophyte
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Elegant Orange Sunburst Lichen, Rusavskia elegans. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
January 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Turkish oak acorn case
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Lichens on a stick. The large orange #lichen is a sunburst lichen (Xanthoria sp). NWT, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends
January 17, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss with "The Wexford Carol."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZ...
Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol (Video)
YouTube video by YoYoMaVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Caloplaca sp #lichen on seaside cliffs. #Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Sugared Sunburst Lichen. Isn’t that the best name?! The sugaring is visible at the centre of the thallus/body. Love this species. #fungi #lichen #fungifriends
(Scientific name, Xanthoria sorediata).
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Israel’s PM Netanyahu heralded Ahmed al-Ahmed for showing “Jewish heroism” before learning the Bondi Beach “hero” is Muslim.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/th4zuo
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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For #WildflowerHour from east Kent.

Our self-seeded Tansy put up new shoots in November and so is still flowering, but suffering after a couple of frosts.
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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A short video about the "terrifying" language Old Irish: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKmj...
Why the Old Irish Language Terrifies Linguists
YouTube video by Jack of All Languages
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Sad news today as the historic former railway bridge over the River Spey at Garmouth has partly collapsed into the river. It can no longer be crossed, which means that the Moray Coast Trail cannot now be completed in full.

Thanks to Rachael Millar for providing the photos.

//contd
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The gorgeous Goat's-beard is my pick for botanical #adventcalendar Day 9 - also known as Jack-go-to-bed-at noon as the flowers open in the morning sun, but close at midday.

Widespread, but easily overlooked unless its flowers are open, it also has the best seed clock in botany! #wildflowerhour
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Every so often I venture south of the border, and Day 11 of my botanical #adventcalendar is the amazing Large-flowered Butterwort - native to SW Ireland, but occasionally introduced in England, including this population in Edale
Like @bsbibotany.bsky.social, I couldn't stop grinning!
#wildflowerhour
December 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Early for #WildflowerHour, the white form of Red deadnettle, Lamium purpureum.

Only seen this once before, so surprised to find it at the end of our street.

346/365
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Spotted one female flower on a hazel tree! #WildflowerHour
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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This beautiful Common Chickweed flower, my favourite of this week’s #thewinter10 . Such a delicate and tiny flower in mid-December. #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I completed #thewinter10 with holly from local woodland, Plumpton, East Sussex. Most of the male plants had some flowers; female plants had berries but I found no flowers #wildflowerhour
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Red dead nettle by the motorway. #WildflowerHour
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Hazel, Corylus avellana, looking splendid at Beddington Farmlands this week. #WildflowerHour
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM