Hannah Thomasy
@hannahthomasy.bsky.social
Science journalist & biology nerd. ❤️🧪 Be the best weirdo you can be.
Easy, breezy, beautiful 🧪 (If you can think of something that rhythms with covergirl and is relevant for mole-rats please please let me know as I have already spent far too much time on Rhyme Zone)
Mohammed Khallaf@khallaf.bsky.social · 2d agoYahooo 🎉 We got the cover! Meet our cute cover girl 🥰: the naked mole-rat Queen! 👑 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Who is she?? INat seems to think cross orbweaver but she is HUGE compared to other examples of this species I’ve seen around here (BC) definitely larger than an inch including legs. Maybe she is just thriving on flies from the compost bin? Sorry for potato quality images she only comes out at night🧪
Hello science friends! Could anyone send me a copy of this paper? I always have such a hard time accessing CABI publications. 🧪 www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1...
The Bogong Moth: Agrotis infusa | Australian Moths
cabidigitallibrary.org
ecoevojobs.net is a great resource for our community listing faculty, permanent, & postdoc jobs. I made a quick wrapper ( brianomeara.info/ecoevojobs.h... ) to highlight recent posts, but still go to the original site for all the insights on the job searches and institutions #AcademicSky 🧪
EcoEvoJobs – Brian O’Meara
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A team of scientists uploaded videos of marmots burrowing nests or scurrying across rocks on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
nyti.ms
"Current undergraduate or graduate student in the Fall 2026 semester, pursuing a degree or certificate in scientific illustration, fine arts, graphic design, or similar related field of study." remote opportunity for US students here
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation@xercessociety.bsky.social · 3w agoJoin Xerces and make art that supports conservation! 🐝✍🏽 Job Title: Science Illustration Intern 🌎Location: Remote 💲Compensation: $24/hr, 20hrs/week 📅Duration: Sep-Dec 2026 ❗Apply by: July 31, 2026 Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Today I learned about the totally ineffective but still delightful SNAIL TELEGRAM. In the 1850s, a French occultist decided that after mating, snails became telepathically connected - placing a letter next to one snail would thus transmit this letter to its mate, even hundreds of miles away.
Psychic Snail Sex Couldn't Replace the Telegraph, But One Frenchman Sure Tried
How an escargot obsession found its way from the Paris Commune to Japanese manga.
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So… a bunch of North America is literally on fire but how cute is this orange legged furrow bee I found snacking on my cilantro flowers 🧪
It's pub day for Lost in Curiosity -- please re-post widely! "Lively and revelatory" (Elizabeth Kolbert), "beautifully written" (Alan Lightman), "an utter delight" (Sabrina Imbler), "the kind of trip you won't want to miss" (Deborah Blum) www.robertakwok.com/book
Wake up babe, a new tree mouse just dropped 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
I think these are both goldenrod crab spiders with different colors. The white&pink guy is clearly hanging out near white&pink flowers. So can spiders change color to camouflage?Are there different morphs that find flowers to match their coloring?Does that imply each spider knows what color it is??🧪
Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
theverge.com
Tomorrow is the last day to submit comments on proposed old growth logging on Vancouver island by western forest products. Please send a quick email to help protect these virtually irreplaceable ecosystems. Details here: www.reddit.com/r/VancouverI... 🧪
From the VancouverIsland community on Reddit: Open for comment: Proposed cutblock 30027 would log a rare high-elevation old-growth stand on a steep, erosion-prone slope
Explore this post and more from the VancouverIsland community
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"Science AI product is really good, actually" find employees and stockholders of company that makes AI product. 🧪 Peer reviewed by scientists who are founders/ equity holders in other companies selling AI for science. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At this point the bar is so low that even James Cameron couldn’t find it
Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · last mo.this guy man
Intrepid Australian scientists dare to ask: How much farting is normal? 🧪 Researchers created an app (Chart Your Fart*) for participants to report their farts in real time, allowing them to collect data from nearly 6500 people (over 350,000 farts!) So what did they find??
How can plumage colors function as social signals in American herring gulls? 🧪 Thanks so much to Molly Hill & @liamtaylor.bsky.social for sharing this awesome behavioral research with me
Young gulls’ drab plumage may help them avoid adult attacks
Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.
sciencenews.org
this sucks
Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo agoScientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com
Honestly this is perhaps the piece of media that most succinctly encapsulates my feelings about AI
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei...
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Looooook at these lil mongooses they are doing science! 🧪
Andy Radford@andyradford.bsky.social · 2mo ago👏Our new paper uses #long-term data... 📚Over 1,600 daily movement tracks, 16,000 sentinel observations & 2,000 sleeping burrow returns 🙏HUGE thanks to the 83 research assistants, 12 field managers, 13 MSc students & 5 PhD students who contributed to the datasets. #awesome doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Look at this fantastic goldenrod crab spider that decided to hitch a ride on my backpack
Hey so quick question NASA - Does "non-reimbursable" mean you are asking people to work for free or ...? 🧪 "NASA is seeking up to 10 partners for non-reimbursable Space Act Agreements to share the stories behind, and insights into, multiple NASA missions"
Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling - NASA
As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking for partners to share mission stories covering
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Plant and/or fungi experts - what on earth is this?? Spotted on Vancouver island in second growth forest. Had similar vibes as ghost pipe but obviously that’s not what it is 🧪
