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Astrobiology, maize genetics, coral reefs, paleo-anthropology, climate change solutions

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Astrobiology @astrobiology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NASA Is Forfeiting Its Global Astrobiology Leadership astrobiology.com/2026/10/06/n... #NASA @NASA @NASAScience_ @theNAScience #IAC2026 #astrobiology
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NASA Is Forfeiting Its Global Astrobiology Leadership
NASA presentations at a National Academies of Science on Tuesday left the panel confused and concerned about what NASA plans to do with its Astrobiology research.
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps
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Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026
Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – awarded the 2026 medicine prize – discovered a remarkable protein, channelrhodopsin, in a single-celled alga. Hegemann wondered how Chlamydomonas, a single-celled alga, is able to swim towards a light source.
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Cat O'Connell-Cooper @mars-cat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The six Mastcam shots that make up this panorama were captured by NASA’s Curiosity on Aug. 11. Unusually, this panorama was processed without the usual white balancing — an artistic choice that preserves the early morning appearance. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-c...
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Botany One @botany.one · 06/10/2026
Should Cities Fight or Embrace Changing Nature? www.botany.one/should-citie... Urban biodiversity is changing around us, forcing us to decide when to resist change, when to accept it and when to guide it @victorh-duarte.bsky.social on doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... in @botsocamerica.bsky.social's AmJBot
Wild plants in a hedged area in front of a modern skyline.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
over the years I swear I've had 10+ people ask my permission to get this pic as a tattoo, but not a single person has followed up with the actual tattoo photo surely one of you is out there? you actually did it, yeah? not just a bluff?
painting of two squid, one in bottom left corner, one in top right corner, touching appendages in the middle, a parody of the creation of adam
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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When I was forced out of my lab, I was able to continue researching because of Morphosource. I would not be a scientist right now if it wasnt for this incredible resource.
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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Can genetic engineering turn the tide against Minnesota’s lake invaders?
Genetically modified organisms could become the newest recruits in Minnesota’s long and largely losing battle against invasive species. Researchers experimenting now know they’ll need to answer questi...
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stan Watts - "One night with a Stranger" (1983)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
David Shiffman Scientific and Environmental Consulting is proud to introduce an Omega Super Platinum level of open access publishing. For $250,000 I will read your peer-reviewed scientific paper out loud, through a megaphone, to any 5 people of your choice. Anywhere in the world!
Person shouting through a megaphone
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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain.
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Free tomatoes - Road 29 and Highway 113 in Davis CA
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.stopkillinggames.com/en
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Stop Killing Games — They Kill Games. We Fight Back.
Publishers are permanently destroying the video games you paid for. Stop Killing Games is a global coalition of gamers, advocates, and developers demanding legislation to end this practice.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bless the memory of Stanislav Yevgrafovich, the Man Who Saved the World. At a moment when it mattered, he chose humanity.
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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'll believe it when we decide to replace the Arecibo Observatory.
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@governor.ca.gov Is there any political mechanism we could use to issue hunting permits to do this instead of culling? It could be a lottery. It seems seems like this could generate a lot of money for our state. 
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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Convergent symbioses: morphology, life history, and niche specialization in coral and lichen mutualisms #symbiosis #corals academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
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Convergent symbioses: morphology, life history, and niche specialization in coral and lichen mutualisms
Corals and lichens, though unrelated and from different ecosystems, both depend on internal photosynthetic symbionts, leading to similar traits in morpholo
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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Utah's Potential Fossil Yield Classification Maps. Blues sections on state management map are Utah State Lands. This is our first filter in dealing with paleontological management issues (particularly mitigation) here in Utah. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24/09/2026
Botanists in Thailand have discovered Thismia daemona, a new "fairy lantern" species with a devil-like appearance. The non-photosynthetic plant lives hidden beneath leaf litter and feeds on fungi. Found at a single site, fewer than 50 individuals exist, making it critically endangered.
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A ‘devil-like’ flower from Thailand is new to science — and critically endangered
Botanists in Thailand have identified a new-to-science species of “fairy lantern” — plants that live almost entirely buried under leaf litter, emerging aboveground only occasionally to flower.…
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow. Crazy, that corporate giants are stepping in to fill the void of local effective management. Not sure how this will pan out.
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Guppies
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A Good use of computers and AIn
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New review of what we know and don't know about the evolutionary history of birds and their close fossil relatives! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Benito & @lizzysteell.bsky.social)
Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships and geologic ages of birds and closely related bird-like dinosaurs.
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As a postdoc, Phillip Cleves became the first person to genetically modify #coral. Now, he's trying to figure out how to save reefs and the magnificent ecosystems they host. Learn more about IGI's newest investigator: innovativegenomics.org/news/saving-…
Phil Cleves in his lab in Koshland Hall
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This animated map shows Europe from 24,100 BC until today. The crust sags under the ice and rebounds after it, and the sea drops 130 m as the water is locked up. The interactive version allows you to tilt the map: buff.ly/Pfj3exH
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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Preprint here: Please let us know if we have missed any references to cite. This is like looking at past 60 years of work with a small window. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Genome-wide characterization of host factors involved in single-stranded RNA and DNA phage infection pathways
Single stranded RNA (ssRNA) and single stranded DNA (ssDNA) bacteriophages represent a key component of the global virome, yet the host genetic networks supporting their infection cycles remain poorly...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A coral reef thought dead for 60 years is teeming with life www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🧪🌎🦑🐟
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A coral reef thought dead for 60 years is teeming with life
More than 60 years after surveys suggested a deep coral reef off Benin was probably dead, scientists have found it alive. Cameras revealed healthy-looking coral patches supporting multiple fish…
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Alaskan Sponge diversity news! #spongeThursday www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
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Nine Species of Deep-Sea Sponges Discovered in Alaska
One sponge species is so unique that scientists created an entirely new genus to classify it. Another represents a group never seen before outside of the tropics.
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you thought you understood how one cell becomes two (and imagined studying the problem using an organism that lives in deep sea volcanic vents was impossible), read Florian’s paper and think again!
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am the terror that floats in the dark.⁠ I am the immortal plastic toy that's growing its own ecosystem.⁠ I am deep-sea duck! 🦆🌊😱⁠ ⁠ Our ROV cameras spotted this unlikely deep-sea visitor on the seafloor. Even miles beneath the ocean’s surface, we find trash, much of it plastic.
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#StarshipTransposons
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So...Google AI is basically just a Redit search engine?
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Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE) @ace-uq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What drives coral larvae to settle? 🪸 New work led by Paul O'Brien, Inka Vanwonterghem & Laura Rix uses metagenomics to reveal how biofilms trigger/block coral settlement, pointing to GABA, nitric oxide, and other chemical cues behind the process. Microbes are cool 🦠😎 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s407...
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The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7 [Unofficial] @goodnewsnetwork.org.web.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
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Red Sea Coral Dying From Heat Stress is Being Revived With Probiotics
Coral dying from heat stress has been revived after scientists successfully applied probiotic and post-biotic treatments in open seas for the the first time. Although probiotics have previously been shown to rehabilitate corals in South Florida and in aquarium environments, the research team explored whether this and other microbial therapy would work in the Red […] The post Red Sea Coral Dying From Heat Stress is Being Revived With Probiotics appeared first on Good News Network.
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Flying a damn drone over the crashing waves of a methane ocean on a moon of Saturn is so much cooler than hurling a few dudes around the moon to see if the toilet works
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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After years of testing, USDA has just approved releasing GMO American chestnut trees, potentially giving us the chance to bring back an iconic species destroyed in the early 20th century by an imported disease. (Chauvinistic note: I've had American chestnuts, and they are better than European ones.)
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USDA Approval Advances Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut
Efforts by researchers at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to restore the American chestnut tree to the American landscape took a significant leap forward with an approved desi...
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University of Miami Rosenstiel School @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“This project aims to incorporate new innovative approaches into coral restoration while also bringing together many years of experience of coral spawning that is dispersed across several institutions working on Florida’s Coral Reef,” said Andrew Baker, Principal Investigator of the grant.
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Florida’s leading coral experts unite in historic effort to restore Florida’s Coral Reef
Backed by a NOAA-funded initiative, 12 organizations joined forces during the annual coral spawning event to produce more than 1.5 million embryos and help preserve genetic diversity for the future of...
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I just realized for the first time why the upper Ganga is associated with lord Shiva #NepalFloods. I wonder if it’s a cultural memory from ancient dramatic destructive floods
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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Le Guin wrote "The Lathe Of Heaven" in 1971.
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anyone know what makes this phenotype? #Yucca #Mojave
Yucca in Mojave with wiggly wavy stem/leaves
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A decade ago, Phil Cleves became the first person to genetically modify #coral. Now, he's trying to figure out how to save reefs and the magnificent ecosystems they host from #ClimateChange. Learn more about IGI's newest investigator: ow.ly/fK9F50ZG9s5 Video by @shumpeim.bsky.social
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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Andrei Mironov (b.1975)
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
wow what a title.
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Anthropocene Citizen @ohmegg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#FillMeadFirst
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wake up babe! A new online resource for fish nerds just dropped. 🐟🧪 www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fis...
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Fish Families of the World Gallery
This searchable gallery includes entries for fish families of the world, which may include photographs of preserved specimens, reconstructed CT and photogrammetry 3D models, xrays, characteristics for...
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“The Fatigue” by Mihail Zablodski
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