A Great Egret looking for a good fishing spot.
Soh Kam Yung
@sohkamyung.bsky.social
Exploring one universe at a time. Interested in #Nature, #Photography, #NaturePhotography, #Science, #ScienceFiction, #Physics, #Engineering.
"A battery made with a substance resembling edible rice paper can power swallowable electronic medical devices. And after the battery has been safely digested, its broken-down ingredients can be absorbed by the body." #Batteries #Biology #Health #Medicine #Devices
Edible batteries power medical devices in the body
The tiny power sources, tested in pigs, dissolve inside the digestive tract after several months.
nature.com
"Today’s paper describes the tests of GR that the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA Scientific Collaborations performed on GWTC-5 [Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog], focusing on 168 of the most confidently detected signals observed by at least two detectors." #GravitationalWaves #Cosmology
General relativity gets an A
The LIGO Collaboration used its latest gravitational-wave catalog to put Einstein’s famous theory through a series of tests.
astrobites.org
"The faster the insects wriggle, the more the fluid resists, courtesy of long strings of sugars it contains. After years of study, scientists are still learning new things about how Raffles’ pitcher plants weaponize this strange fluid." #Plants #PitcherPlants #FluidDynamics #Biology #Nature
Elastic fantastic: The deadly fluid of pitcher plants
Flies check in, but they don’t check out, thanks to liquid laced with stretchy sugars that keep them tangled up
knowablemagazine.org
Dewick’s Plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa) in my Bournemouth garden last night. One of my favourites! #TeamMoth
New Tetrapod Zoology article on hornbills now with reader comments on pterosaur breeding systems, hornbill phylogeny, casque function and more.... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/9/... #birds #ornithology
The Splendid and Remarkable Anatomy of Hornbills — Tetrapod Zoology
hornbills, hornbill, Bucerotidae, Bucerotiformes, bucerotiform, bird evolution, evolution of birds, ornithology, palaeornithology, paleornithology, bird history, ground hornbill, Bucorvus, Buceros, zo...
tetzoo.com
Here's the young Adelaide rosella that visited my backyard this afternoon. A recently fledged bird, still being fed by a parent.
A blue-headed vireo popped up in a mixed flock of warblers this week. #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #BirdsOfBluesky
Flowering Common Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 20 Sept 2026. A common invasive water plant. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Plants #Plantae
Purple-crowned Lorikeet print, printed in portrait for a customer instead of landscape 🌸 #birdart #parrot #wildlifeart
Love this little metal machine from south Florida a few years ago 🖤 Tetrigidae, pygmy grasshoppers
This Virginia Rail was spending most of his/her time hiding in patches of bright yellow flowers. He/she popped out for a brief moment before heading back into the foliage.
![Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreih526pxolmi4pgqdcdu435uhkrrldhpwq6rrsnk4hfs6dskbe5r7e)
A Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 20 Sept 2026. A common introduced bird. This one appears to be preparing a nest hole. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Birds #Aves #BirdsSeenIn2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
A Leaf Insect, maybe Cryptophyllium chrisangi, spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on 20 Sept 2026. After taking shots, it was put back on a tree. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #LeafInsects #Phylliidae
I haven't seen any Soras since May, and while checking for them in the marsh I often see another secretive marsh bird, the Virginia Rail. I was watching a Virginia Rail this morning when a Sora suddenly appeared and chased off the Rail.
A Tufted Titmouse shaking off some raindrops on a rainy morning.
The mama tapir in my garden enjoying some fresh vegetables. #tapiroftheday #tapirs At @casabentbill.bsky.social
A Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 22 Nov 2025. A common resident bird, although I usually don't see it very often. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Birds #Aves
A lovely book that part personal history and part technological history of the World Wide Web by the person who created it and made it available for everyone. Full review at my website [ sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/nonf... ] #Books #Reviews #Technology #WorldWideWeb #Networks
Quite a few scorpions about in the Dubai desert last night. This fat tail scorpion belongs to the Androctonus crassicauda complex
A Sumatran tiger guarding his precious flower, Rafflesia hasseltii. My latest oil painting, just completed:
