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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 5h

My first pseudoscorpion observation was pure luck. Happen to see this wasp and took a shot. It was only later did I see what was hanging on the antenna.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]

A brown pseudoscopion hanging on to the antenna of a wasp. The wasp is yellow with black stripes and transparent wings.

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 5h

"Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of a new type of molecular architecture."

#NobelPrize2025 #Chemistry #Materials

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded jointly to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi "for the development of metal–organic frameworks"

www.nobelprize.org

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 16h

Alexandra Pierce reviews THE YEAR’S TOP HARD SCIENCE FICTION STORIES 9 edited by @infinivoxsf.bsky.social: “The stories are genuinely varied, every one deserved to be there, and I discovered some authors I had not previously encountered.”

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 edited by Allan Kaster: Review by Alexandra Pierce

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9, Allan Kaster, ed. (Infinivox 978-1-88461-282-4 $19.99, 316pp, tp) June 2025. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri. The latest Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction St…

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing: Comet ATLAS formed some 8 billion years ago. It made about 3 dozen circuits around our galaxy. It entered our our solar system & just passed 30 million kilometers from Mars...

...where ESA's ExoMars orbiter captured these images of the interstellar comet! 🧪🔭

www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 16h

A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position.

The snapping shut of the trap is one of the fastest measured animal movements.

A split-screen image showing (top) a face view of an elongated ant standing on a reflective surfave, facing us with toothy brown jaws held 180 degrees open, and (bottom), the same ant with jaws closed, the bluntly toothed tips held together.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 1d

A Copper-cheeked Frog (Chalcorana labialis) spotted at Lower Peirce Reservoir Park, Singapore on 5 Oct 2025, resting on a tree trunk above a stream.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Amphibians #Amphibia #Frogs #Anura

A green frog resting on a tree trunk. It has a white lip, with a copper patch located behind the eye.

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating quantum physics on the macroscopic scale

go.nature.com/3WnEUhE

Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis discovered quantum physics on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for quantum computing.

go.nature.com

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 1d

"For better sleep and overall health, McHill and other scientists emphasize three basics: contrasting light and dark, consolidating mealtimes and keeping sleep times consistent."

#Sleep #Health #Research

How to get the best night’s sleep: what the science says

Chuck the gadgets, the fads and the alarm. Circadian research reveals how important your body’s internal clock is to blissful slumber.

www.nature.com

Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 1d

"In our new study, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we describe the first example of an animal vocalisation that contains both instinctive and learned features"

#Biology #Birds #Calls

Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats

The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline

See Stunning Feline Photography Revealing the Science of Cats

Tim Flach captures his fascination with the science of cats in stunning photographs from his new book Feline

www.scientificamerican.com

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 1d

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4-panel comic. (1) [person finds bottle on shore] (2) [person reads message from inside bottle: ICMP ECHO REQUEST...] (3) [person writes on message ICMP ECHO REPLY...] (4) [person puts bottle back in water and leaves]

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 1d

Honored and pleased to be on @newscientist.com's list of the best new science fiction books for October! Check out all the books on the list here: www.newscientist.com/article/2497...

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 2d

A Palm King (Amathusia phidippus) spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 5 Oct 2025. It spent some time puddling on the walkway.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

A large butterfly with triangular shaped wings. It is mostly brown with large dark brown striped bordered in white that run mostly horizontally along the wing and converge on a large eyespot at the back of the hindwing. Another eyespot is found in the middle on the edge of the wing.

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 3d

You're looking at the first iNaturalist observation of Fives Heath (Erica sicula) in both Libya and North Africa more generally!

📷 abdulnaser on iNaturalist
📍 Libya
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay

Striking pink bell-shaped flowers are growing together out of a stem that has oval-shaped green leaves.

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 2d

That reminds me of the time I saw these Asian Weaver Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) working to get the huge abdomen of a beetle to their nest in Singapore.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

A photo showing red weaver ants moving along a horizontal rope. They are working together to hold on to the abdomen of a large beetle, which they are moving to their nest across the rope.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 3d

For today's #arachtober post I present the magnificent Six-spotted Fishing Spider, Dolomedes triton.

#MacroPhotography
#Photography
#Spiders
#Invertebrates

A photo of a black and white spider from the front and side as it rested on the surface of algae covered water. The spider's legs are black and covered in spine-like hairs. The upper part of the spider's cephalothorax, the front part of its body, is black, it;s eyes, clustered forward are black and glossy, there is a white stripe running horizontally below them. The stripe continues along the side of the spider's abdomen, above 2 of the 6 spots can be seen along with a tan stripe.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 2d

A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Title: One door leads to freedom, the others to certain death. You may ask one question.

Image: Three guards with shields and speard stand in front of three doors. One guard sits at a folding table working at a typewriter, his shield and spear leaning against the wall.

Caption: One guard always tells the truth, one always tells lies, and the third always tells an entrancing story that blends reportage with imagination in an attempt to reach a deeper authenticity by moving beyond the narrow categories of fact and fiction.

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

Obituary: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

go.nature.com/48aWjRU

Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

go.nature.com

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 2d

My new book with @markwitton.bsky.social on Spinosaurus and their relatives is out a month today! It's available for preorder, so now is the time to get in on this amazing and well-illustrated book on these oddest of #dinosaurs. But don't take our word for it, here's what others have to say:

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that you can submit early to the December art book so we all won't scramble when the holiday season comes!

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday night reading: why the Second Law of Thermodynamics is not quite what you probably learned. With quantum systems there's an extra bit that can mess with and even reverse heat flow. And we can use that to detect "quantumness".
www.quantamagazine.org/a-thermomete...

A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness | Quanta Magazine

“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 2d

A leaf beetle, Stolas sp., in a Belizean rainforest.

Macro photo of a round, metallic blue beetle with six red spots standing alert on a backlit green leaf tip against a pure black background.

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 2d

"Prof Cho’s team pioneered its latest pollen-based invention: a cooling, natural sunscreen made with the pollen of camellia flowers that does not harm marine life."

#Biomaterials #Pollen #Sunscreen #Singapore #Materials #Research

Pollen is the new plastic, and also a better sunscreen, says NTU scientist

A pollen shell is so tough that some have dubbed it the diamond of the natural world. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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