Jake Buehler
@jakebuehler.bsky.social
Science writer, hiker, diver. I'm into reef fish, conifers, & hot peppers. I write about weird lifeforms, natural history, & wildlife conservation. He/him jakebuehler.com
How does the cytoskeleton hold together as chromosomes and cells are wrenched apart during mitosis? Biophysicists found that it is made of a self-healing material. Read @jakebuehler.bsky.social. And admire fabulous art by Ada Shen www.quantamagazine.org/what-breaks-...
What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger | Quanta Magazine
The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it manage the strain?
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I think you could use some singing mice today. 🧪 Thanks, @jakebuehler.bsky.social! www.sciencenews.org/article/sing...
Singing mice puff up air sacs to make their sweet songs
To serenade with their high-pitched songs, singing mice inflate a throat sac — a use for air sacs seemingly unknown in any other animal.
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The first epidemic of the 1918 flu in the United States occurred at the military’s Camp Funston, Kansas (later Fort Riley). Infected soldiers headed to WWI battlefields carried the flu to Europe. Millions died It’s not *vaccination* that weakens force readiness.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo agoBreaking news: The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, rolling back what he described as “overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities.” https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx
@jakebuehler.bsky.social on a cell so minimal that it challenges definitions of life. it can't even metabolize food, what is it even doing... www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
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Flying out to Chicago tonight for #SciWri25! Looking forward to reconnecting with fellow science writers and editors, many for the first time since the 2023 meeting in Boulder.
🦈 #shark @jakebuehler.bsky.social writes in @newscientist.com about the rediscovery of Gogolia filewoodi, the sailback houndshark, a species not seen by scientists since 1973. www.newscientist.com/article/2493...
Long-lost sailback shark rediscovered after more than 50 years
The rare sailback houndshark, which has an unusually large dorsal fin, was first described by scientists in 1973. That was the last record of its existence, until now
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Punctuated equilibrium, a concept introduced by paleontologists in 1972, reimagines evolution’s tempo as a stochastic burst rather than a steady beat. A new model finds support for their theory in both molecular and fossil data. @jakebuehler.bsky.social reports www.quantamagazine.org/the-sudden-s...
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Crab-like creatures are famed for having evolved five times in evolutionary history. But anteaters have evolved at least 12 times--in half the evolutionary span. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social for @science.org
‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times
Findings speak to the dramatic impact ants and termites can have on mammalian evolution
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Take a deep breath. You’re using oxygen to free molecular energy from the food you eat. But not all organisms on the planet live or breathe this way. @jakebuehler.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/the-cells-th...
The Cells That Breathe Two Ways | Quanta Magazine
In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time.
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"We are ruled by fathers who have never changed diapers" is becoming my go-to description of the present crisis.
So sad that my former colleague Ed Baig had to write this story for AARP. 6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling. In some instances, government agents can search your digital devices legally after an international trip www.aarp.org/travel/trave...
6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling
In some instances, government agents can search your digital devices legally after an international trip
aarp.org
"When a US Attorney wields the power of his office to target medical journals because of their content and editorial processes, he isn't doing his job, let alone upholding his constitutional oath,"[…] "He's abusing his authority to try to chill protected speech." www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
medpagetoday.com
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
Iguanas may have arrived in Fiji via ultra long accidental cruises. by @jakebuehler.bsky.social I love this esp because in @restingdinoface.bsky.social 's new book she talked about OTHER species who may have made this sort of a journey. www.sciencenews.org/article/igua...
The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved
The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.
sciencenews.org
This is Arya. She has maple syrup eyes and is, of course, a very good girl.
Partisan views of Twitter (X) – have shifted, with Republican users’ views of the site growing more positive and those of Democratic users becoming more negative. The share of Republican users who said the site is bad for American democracy fell from 60% in 2021 to 21% in 2023.
Visited the Burke Museum in Seattle last weekend, so here’s a short thread on some of the paleo stuff I thought was interesting:
I guess my only real issue with Moana 2 is that fruit bats are (notably) not carnivorous. Like…it’s in the name.
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These two pics were the most viral thing I ever posted to Twitter, so in the interest of reposting our bangers, here is my turtle Stu, whom I “rescued” from the local grocery store.
"For the first time, Ethiopian wolves have been documented feeding on the nectar of Ethiopian red hot poker flowers. This is the first large carnivore species ever to be documented feeding on nectar." Sweet tooth: Ethiopian wolves seen feeding on nectar www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/swee... #wolves
Sweet tooth: Ethiopian wolves seen feeding on nectar
biology.ox.ac.uk
Monterey dorid central this morning at Setchell in the Saanich Inlet. Yay lemons! #nudibranch #UnderwaterPhotogtaphy 🦑
