Jon from Stated Clearly
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I teach chemistry and evolutionary biology... on the internet.
The amount of times I've learned about visible light, I did not know this! Love when that happens.
worm@rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Vitalism was never debunked. It was replaced by biochemistry. Miasma theory was never debunked. It was replaced by germ theory. When an idea is big enough, falsification is not enough.
Anatomists discovered that bird wings are modified arms, 304 years before Darwin explained why. This images is by Pierre Belon, 1555
This paper changed the world. It's one page long and starts timidly with "We wish to suggest a structure"
People keep asking why this flagella model looks like ramen noodles. Here's why: @smartereveryday.bsky.social
Co-evolution is a beautiful thing! See more in the full video here: youtu.be/fguLh2deMz0
This is the third of the 3-piece art project of de novo enzymes I’ve recently finished.
Ask and ye shall receive: New Q&A responding to anti-evolution questions about the bacterial flagellum: youtu.be/fguLh2deMz0 Thanks to @smartereveryday.bsky.social for initiating this series. There's one more main episode to go, and then I hope to get Destin on for the final Q&A.
Were Scientists Wrong About Intelligent Design?
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Gary the gharial all painted up and ready for varnishing tomorrow.
Jordan Collver@jordancollver.bsky.social · 4mo agoI was going to have him covered in hatchlings but think I like the simplicity of just one?
I once tried to fix my bicycle but found it to be a really hard problem. At first I was frustrated but then I realized that if someone as smart as me can’t figure out bicycleness, that must mean the entire universe IS bicycle! #Panbicyclism.
I found this and thought of @jordancollver.bsky.social and his hatred of fingernails: www.instagram.com/reel/DZND6BN...
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The animation I'm working on shows how flagella work and assemble. I'm very excited!
Stayed up too late painting again. Raising my army...
Jordan Collver@jordancollver.bsky.social · 7mo agoLate night cassowary painting. #sciart
It even brings to mind the pleasantly subtle smell of freshly stamped ink.
Thaddeus is a girl's name 🏳️⚧️@thaddeus.zone · 6mo agogoddamn i love old library books so much this is so beautiful i might cry
does anyone here have email for @barthvanrossum.bsky.social? I'm trying to get hold of him about using a clip from an animation he made with Chris Spronk. Check it out, it's amazing! Best video on protein folding: youtu.be/2dV5s6v2v8Q?...
Scientific animation: protein production and folding
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I just want you to know that when I got my @dragonsofwales.bsky.social book, I was so excited I cut myself opening the package! Worth it! www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Drag...
Dragons of Wales@dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf “I am so fcked” was a graph. 😑
Just saw this today, from an old friend, about an unusual application of stigmergy: www.linkedin.com/posts/guy-th...
Stigmergic influence of simple bots on human cooperation in digital environments - EPJ Data Science | Guy Theraulaz
Happy to share our new paper in EPJ Data Science! In this article we show that even very simple bots—leaving only digital traces—can strongly influence human cooperation, deception, and collective out...
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Been watching music theory videos lately and a musician suggested that if you trained AI models on all the music before 1980 it would never come up with 80’s hip hop. That’s how unique it is. It got me thinking what could be next that breaks the mold? Well, check this out. youtu.be/Te1HkBx7rDw?...
Angine de Poitrine - Mata Zyklek (Live on KEXP)
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How did bacteria flagella evolve? Happy Darwin day! youtu.be/eFC9VzexRUk @smartereveryday.bsky.social
How did bacterial flagella evolve? 01: Here's what we know
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PBS has a new video out with @drjoehanson.bsky.social. Check out the writer credits ;) youtu.be/iT2n41ZFDc0?...
The Intelligence Test Where Ants Beat Humans
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