@merobertc.bsky.social
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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User: Hi! I'd like a wake up call.
Hotel front desk: The entire modern web infrastructure you rely on is held together by a handful of volunteer run opensource projects, and if one lead maintainer decides to delete their repository today, the global economy would stall by noon.
Hotel front desk: The entire modern web infrastructure you rely on is held together by a handful of volunteer run opensource projects, and if one lead maintainer decides to delete their repository today, the global economy would stall by noon.
December 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
User: Hi! I'd like a wake up call.
Hotel front desk: The entire modern web infrastructure you rely on is held together by a handful of volunteer run opensource projects, and if one lead maintainer decides to delete their repository today, the global economy would stall by noon.
Hotel front desk: The entire modern web infrastructure you rely on is held together by a handful of volunteer run opensource projects, and if one lead maintainer decides to delete their repository today, the global economy would stall by noon.
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Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 👩🏼🔬🧪🐡 #histsci #artAdventCalendar 🧵
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 👩🏼🔬🧪🐡 #histsci #artAdventCalendar 🧵
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December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Need a break from watching the parade or prepping another pie? Here’s a new kind of quiz for you — I’ve given you tiny closeups of famous artifacts. Can you figure out what they are? 🤠🏺🧪
Archaeology Fragments Quiz: Can you work out what these mysterious artifacts are?
Break out your best magnifying glass to solve these visual archaeology puzzles.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Need a break from watching the parade or prepping another pie? Here’s a new kind of quiz for you — I’ve given you tiny closeups of famous artifacts. Can you figure out what they are? 🤠🏺🧪
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AI doing the important work — automating scammers out of their Academese fortresses 🧪
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
AI doing the important work — automating scammers out of their Academese fortresses 🧪
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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts:
‘The science world is ending’ 🧪
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. What’s behind a potential scientific brain drain?
‘The science world is ending’ 🧪
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. What’s behind a potential scientific brain drain?
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts:
‘The science world is ending’ 🧪
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. What’s behind a potential scientific brain drain?
‘The science world is ending’ 🧪
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. What’s behind a potential scientific brain drain?
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Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From NASA to the NIH, agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Scientists speak out about irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From NASA to the NIH, agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Scientists speak out about irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From NASA to the NIH, agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Scientists speak out about irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From NASA to the NIH, agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Scientists speak out about irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
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This is a really good explanation of the whole increase in autism numbers from @hankgreen.bsky.social 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdpS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdpS...
This "Official" Autism Stat Made No Sense...so I actually read the papers.
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a really good explanation of the whole increase in autism numbers from @hankgreen.bsky.social 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdpS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdpS...
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The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
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A paper published in Nature Medicine presents multimodal data from 347 individuals, linking gut microbiome diversity and resting heart rate to glucose levels. This approach enhances understanding of Type 2 diabetes beyond traditional HbA1c measurements. go.nature.com/4mmNCbi 🧪
August 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A paper published in Nature Medicine presents multimodal data from 347 individuals, linking gut microbiome diversity and resting heart rate to glucose levels. This approach enhances understanding of Type 2 diabetes beyond traditional HbA1c measurements. go.nature.com/4mmNCbi 🧪
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🌏 Mercury on the move
A study tracking mercury isotopes in Pacific zooplankton shows that pollution from Asia spreads thousands of kilometres, entering food webs far from its source.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪 #Environment #Mercury
A study tracking mercury isotopes in Pacific zooplankton shows that pollution from Asia spreads thousands of kilometres, entering food webs far from its source.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪 #Environment #Mercury
Anthropogenic mercury migration from Asia to the open ocean - Communications Earth & Environment
Around 50% of anthropogenic mercury outflows from Asia and reflect its direct presence in the marine biota of the Pacific Ocean, according to stable isotope analysis in zooplankton from the East China...
www.nature.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🌏 Mercury on the move
A study tracking mercury isotopes in Pacific zooplankton shows that pollution from Asia spreads thousands of kilometres, entering food webs far from its source.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪 #Environment #Mercury
A study tracking mercury isotopes in Pacific zooplankton shows that pollution from Asia spreads thousands of kilometres, entering food webs far from its source.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪 #Environment #Mercury
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🧪 I’m lucky enough to live in a place in Australia where there are so many beautiful cockatoos (I can hear a flock screeching right now ❤️). They can eat all my fruit whenever they like. Incredibly clever and beautiful birds
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Dance behaviour in cockatoos: Implications for cognitive processes and welfare
Parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes) in captivity have been reported to show dance behaviour in response to music, which may involve complex cognitive processes including imitation, vocal learning and entra...
journals.plos.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🧪 I’m lucky enough to live in a place in Australia where there are so many beautiful cockatoos (I can hear a flock screeching right now ❤️). They can eat all my fruit whenever they like. Incredibly clever and beautiful birds
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Life in the ocean at 10 km depth. Fascinating. 🧪
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Life in the ocean at 10 km depth. Fascinating. 🧪
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The gap between what is written and what ends up in the newspapers is sometimes...
Like this one.
Original: "We have a neat new C(Si)GeSn alloy with cool quantum applications."
Newspaper: "Scientists create material that never existed before!" 🧪
➡️: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Like this one.
Original: "We have a neat new C(Si)GeSn alloy with cool quantum applications."
Newspaper: "Scientists create material that never existed before!" 🧪
➡️: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The gap between what is written and what ends up in the newspapers is sometimes...
Like this one.
Original: "We have a neat new C(Si)GeSn alloy with cool quantum applications."
Newspaper: "Scientists create material that never existed before!" 🧪
➡️: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Like this one.
Original: "We have a neat new C(Si)GeSn alloy with cool quantum applications."
Newspaper: "Scientists create material that never existed before!" 🧪
➡️: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Butterflies predated flowers? 😲🧪
(Well, lepidopteran, so it might also be a moth)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Well, lepidopteran, so it might also be a moth)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Butterflies predated flowers? 😲🧪
(Well, lepidopteran, so it might also be a moth)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Well, lepidopteran, so it might also be a moth)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, says major international trial.
"Not a large amount" of exercise & any type of workout counted.
The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world.
🧪🚶🏾♀️🏊🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️ #medsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Not a large amount" of exercise & any type of workout counted.
The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world.
🧪🚶🏾♀️🏊🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️ #medsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Exercise improves colon cancer survival, major study shows
Risk of dying was cut by a third after colon cancer patients dialled up exercise levels.
www.bbc.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, says major international trial.
"Not a large amount" of exercise & any type of workout counted.
The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world.
🧪🚶🏾♀️🏊🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️ #medsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Not a large amount" of exercise & any type of workout counted.
The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world.
🧪🚶🏾♀️🏊🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️ #medsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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@zoegoldsborough.bsky.social and colleagues observed a somewhat unsettling social tradition among the capuchins of Jicarón Island: some males relieve their boredom by abducting baby howler monkeys for piggy-back rides! 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooQ...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooQ...
Capuchin monkeys are abducting baby howlers. But why?
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
@zoegoldsborough.bsky.social and colleagues observed a somewhat unsettling social tradition among the capuchins of Jicarón Island: some males relieve their boredom by abducting baby howler monkeys for piggy-back rides! 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooQ...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooQ...
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A paper in Nature reports the discovery of fossilized claw prints thought to belong to an amniote on a slab of rock from Australia dated to about 356 million years ago, suggesting that the origin of amniotes is earlier than expected. go.nature.com/4jm5XTP #Paleosky 🧪
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A paper in Nature reports the discovery of fossilized claw prints thought to belong to an amniote on a slab of rock from Australia dated to about 356 million years ago, suggesting that the origin of amniotes is earlier than expected. go.nature.com/4jm5XTP #Paleosky 🧪
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Person: What’s your idea of a good date?
Geologist: Well, 29ka was pretty solid… because < screams in geologist > LGM KICKED OFF!
Person: 😑
Geologist: Ahh, you meant isotopes? Then, 66Ma. BIG TIME STUFF—
Person: 💨
🧪🪨🦣
Geologist: Well, 29ka was pretty solid… because < screams in geologist > LGM KICKED OFF!
Person: 😑
Geologist: Ahh, you meant isotopes? Then, 66Ma. BIG TIME STUFF—
Person: 💨
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*geologist Pickup lines*
"Did you know that some of the earthquakes detected on Mt. Rainier are actually icequakes that happen in faults along glaciers?
I hope that's enough to break the ice!
Hi, I'm Brian!"
"Did you know that some of the earthquakes detected on Mt. Rainier are actually icequakes that happen in faults along glaciers?
I hope that's enough to break the ice!
Hi, I'm Brian!"
May 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Person: What’s your idea of a good date?
Geologist: Well, 29ka was pretty solid… because < screams in geologist > LGM KICKED OFF!
Person: 😑
Geologist: Ahh, you meant isotopes? Then, 66Ma. BIG TIME STUFF—
Person: 💨
🧪🪨🦣
Geologist: Well, 29ka was pretty solid… because < screams in geologist > LGM KICKED OFF!
Person: 😑
Geologist: Ahh, you meant isotopes? Then, 66Ma. BIG TIME STUFF—
Person: 💨
🧪🪨🦣
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Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Carl Sagan's insights were far ahead of his time.
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
🎥 : made from em_curr (Tiktok)
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One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss.
Research from @czhao-ice.bsky.social and Ben Galton-Fenzi shows “subglacial water” plays a far larger role in ice loss than previously thought: utas.au/gS
Research from @czhao-ice.bsky.social and Ben Galton-Fenzi shows “subglacial water” plays a far larger role in ice loss than previously thought: utas.au/gS
May 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss.
Research from @czhao-ice.bsky.social and Ben Galton-Fenzi shows “subglacial water” plays a far larger role in ice loss than previously thought: utas.au/gS
Research from @czhao-ice.bsky.social and Ben Galton-Fenzi shows “subglacial water” plays a far larger role in ice loss than previously thought: utas.au/gS
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Good morning! Here's a noisy few seconds of a hedgehog munching grub in my #Somerset #garden last night. Red light from head torch as I'd just got back from a bat survey & found 4 hogs snuffling about!💚
#HedgehogWeek #nature #wildlife #hedgehogs
#HedgehogWeek #nature #wildlife #hedgehogs
May 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Good morning! Here's a noisy few seconds of a hedgehog munching grub in my #Somerset #garden last night. Red light from head torch as I'd just got back from a bat survey & found 4 hogs snuffling about!💚
#HedgehogWeek #nature #wildlife #hedgehogs
#HedgehogWeek #nature #wildlife #hedgehogs
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How many biologists does it take to give a honeycomb stingray its regular checkup? Almost a dozen and a small crane. 🏗️
The logistics of making sure our animals are healthy and thriving has its challenges, but are definitely appreciated. Shout-out to our fantastic vet and aquarium teams! 🩺
The logistics of making sure our animals are healthy and thriving has its challenges, but are definitely appreciated. Shout-out to our fantastic vet and aquarium teams! 🩺
May 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
How many biologists does it take to give a honeycomb stingray its regular checkup? Almost a dozen and a small crane. 🏗️
The logistics of making sure our animals are healthy and thriving has its challenges, but are definitely appreciated. Shout-out to our fantastic vet and aquarium teams! 🩺
The logistics of making sure our animals are healthy and thriving has its challenges, but are definitely appreciated. Shout-out to our fantastic vet and aquarium teams! 🩺
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Ah-HA, here’s the paper we’ve all been waiting for - the USDA’s analysis of the H5N1 outbreak in cattle.
TLDR: they say it was a single spillover, probably in December 2023, with up to 4 months of undetected local transmission before the first official reports.
(More to follow, still reading.) 🧪
TLDR: they say it was a single spillover, probably in December 2023, with up to 4 months of undetected local transmission before the first official reports.
(More to follow, still reading.) 🧪
Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle in the United States
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses cross species barriers and have the potential to cause pandemics. In North America, HPAI A(H5N1) viruses related to the goose/Guangdong 2.3.4.4b hemagg...
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ah-HA, here’s the paper we’ve all been waiting for - the USDA’s analysis of the H5N1 outbreak in cattle.
TLDR: they say it was a single spillover, probably in December 2023, with up to 4 months of undetected local transmission before the first official reports.
(More to follow, still reading.) 🧪
TLDR: they say it was a single spillover, probably in December 2023, with up to 4 months of undetected local transmission before the first official reports.
(More to follow, still reading.) 🧪