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Soh Kam Yung

@sohkamyung.bsky.social
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Exploring one universe at a time. Interested in #Nature, #Photography, #NaturePhotography, #Science, #ScienceFiction, #Physics, #Engineering.

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 9h
Some nice news to start your Monday: Wētāpunga breeding program showing great results 🙂 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink
Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 11h
DELIRIUM’S MISTRESS (1985) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” x 22” Tanith Lee was such a visual writer of fantasy. She gave the artist an inspiring painting concept on nearly every page, offering an inexhaustible supply of fascinating ideas. #bookssky #art 🪐📚
Over the broken ruins of a fantastical city, a raven haired young woman takes flight on the back of a white lion. With golden eyes and azure mane, it spreads majestic raptor-like wings to soar. As she scans the distance, her eyes signal concern. Wind whips her hair back and billows her cloak. The silky fabric evokes magic in its pattern, black trimmed in red with a regal gold-dotted motif. Wispy tendrils of clouds trace powder blue skies, suggesting an upward drift of air current.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 7h
Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 3h
A Tufted Titmouse surrounded by Fall color.
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 16h
A reminder from nature to pause, breathe, and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us while seeking a perfect balance in life... like this gorgeous male Southern Hawker! 💙🫶📷 Happy Monday everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead. 🕊️🌿 #MacroMonday #Nature #Invert #Dragonflies #UKWildlife #ECK
A close-up photograph of a vibrant male Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) resting vertically on a stalk of purple toadflax flowers. 
The dragonfly is positioned head-up, with his long, segmented abdomen extending straight down the flower stem. His thorax is a bright apple-green color, accented by two prominent yellow-green oval patches on top. His abdomen features a pattern of dark brown, black, and bright green spots, transitioning into vivid blue segments at the very tip of his tail. The Southern Hawker has large, shiny compound eyes separated by a bright golden patch on the top of his head. Four translucent, glassy wings are spread fully open and flat to the sides, revealing an incredibly dense, delicate, dark-veined net pattern across their entire surface.  The background is completely out of focus, filled with a soft, bright green and yellow bokeh effect created by sunlight filtering through garden foliage.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21h
How may I help you?
Macro photo of a very plump apple green caterpillar facing us head on, reared-up, its six forelegs clasped expectantly.

It is a late instar larva of Antheraea polyphemus.
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Andy Jones @photography-aj.bsky.social · 12h
Two of five Rosy Footman to light in the Cot Valley (Cornwall) last night. Also Magpie Moth, Swallow-tailed Moth(2), Yellow-tail(2) and Buff Ermine adding to the summer feel. #TeamMoth
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 11h
An Abandoned-web Orb-Weaver (Parawixia dehaani) spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 4 Oct 2026. The wide angle view shows it web which looks quite messy and 'abandoned'. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Spiders #Araneae
A large spider dangling from a thread feeding on prey. The spider's body is triangular. It is mostly white with a few black marks on the body near the head.A wide angle view, showing the spider dangling from its web. Unlike the usual orb-weavers, the web looks incomplete, as if it was abandoned during construction or ripped by a passing animal.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 14h
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sometimes it’s a miracle anyone spots these moths. They blend in perfectly with their transparent wings and little dots. This one is in the genus Gaujonia. 🌿🌱 #moth
A moth with clear wings with white veins and little black dots along the edges. The thorax is covered in white and green furry scales. The moth is on a twig covered in lichen that matches the green on the thorax very closely.
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Thomas Barbin @thomasbarbin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Taracus carmanah!!! Known only from its type localities and specimens. Somehow we found one individual during a bioblitz last weekend. These are the first photos of a live individual, and is the first individual seen alive! Still buzzing from this find. #arachtober #harvestmen #opiliones
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The male and female Dark-tipped Forest-Skimmer (Cratilla metallica) spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 4 Oct 2026. Always a delight to spot these lovely forest dependent dragonflies. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Dragonflies #Odonata
A top view of a medium-sized dragonfly perched on a branch. It has a dark blue body, a dark blue tail, with two light blue stripes on the abdomen next to the body. The wings are transparent except for the dark tips. It has reddish eyes. There is a bright yellow stripe running down the back.A top view of a medium-sized dragonfly perched on a branch. It has a dark blue body, and blue tail. The body is stockier compared to the male. The wings are transparent except for the dark tips. It has reddish eyes. There is a bright yellow stripe running down the back.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"An interesting tribute anthology for Tanith Lee, by writers who have been influenced by her writing." Full review at my website [ sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/fict... ] #SFF #Anthologies #Reviews #Books #TanithLee
Cover for “Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology” edited by Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett, Craig Laurance Gidney
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beetle 5/11 - Tetraphyllus #Art #SciArt
illustration of a dark, round beetle with iridescence that makes its otherwise black body and wings appear in vivid rainbow colors like a soap bubble.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think @rosemarymosco.com may like this. "Achintya “Thea” Rao @RaoOfPhysics@scholar.social I cross-stitched a pigeon and made him a little custom crown. :) " scholar.social/@RaoOfPhysic...
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Achintya “Thea” Rao (@RaoOfPhysics@scholar.social)
Attached: 1 image I cross-stitched a pigeon and made him a little custom crown. :)
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026
Butterbutt. An older comic.
A four-panel comic titled "yellow-rumped warbler poem". In panel 1, a yellow-rumped warbler stands on a branch in a late autumn scene, and says "Fall is here." In panel 2, the warbler watches a brown leaf fall to the ground, and says "Winter's near." In panel 3, the warbler faces the viewer as brown leaves fall, and says "Need some cheer?" In panel 4, the warbler is showing its luminous yellow rump, and cheerfully says "See my rear."
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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
37 stories, more than 600 pages, the ultimate collection of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s (@aptshadow.bsky.social) short(er) fiction. #TheBestOfArianTchaikovsky is now available on @netgalley.bsky.social Request it now: bit.ly/4hZ6LQQ
Cover of "The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky" with vibrant, surreal artwork featuring various creatures and characters from the scifi and fantasy world of Adrian Tchaikovsky. Text reads, "Available to request on NetGalley." Foreword by John Scalzi. Head of Zeus logo in the corner.
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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Buff-breasted Sandpipers Calidris subruficollis feeding on craneflies, Davidstow, Cornwall
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fascinating story from WW II. "Gunner [the dog] could hear approaching Japanese aircraft up to 20 minutes before they arrived, long before warning sirens sounded and before the planes had been detected by radar. He could even distinguish Japanese from Allied engines." #History #Australia #Dogs
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Gunner - Futility Closet
After the first Japanese air raid on Darwin in February 1942, Australian aircraftman Percy Westcott heard whimpering under the ruins of a mess hut and discovered a stray six-month-old Kelpie with a br...
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Crossley's Dwarf Lemur has a rather peculiar planting method: after digesting the fruit, the sticky seeds adhere to its anal fur, prompting the small primate to rub its bottom against tree branches to clean itself, leaving the plant perfectly installed in its new home." #Madagascar #Lemurs
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Night Gardeners and Sticky Bottoms: The Unlikely Mistletoe Dispersers of Madagascar
A study in the rainforests of Madagascar reveals that the primary dispersers of mistletoe are not birds, but two small nocturnal lemurs that help disperse seeds using a technique as eccentric as it is...
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) spotted at the MacRitchie Nature Trail, Singapore on 23 Nov 2025. It can be challenging to get shots of this bird in a dark forest. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Birds #Aves
A bird resting on a branch, with its back facing the camera, with its head slightly turned to look at the right of the camera. It has dark, glossy feathers and two tail extensions that stick out from the tail.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Bisphenols are found in many products and do have potential to harm our health, but most human exposure to these chemicals comes from food or beverages packaged in containers made with bisphenols. Exposure from handling receipts is a small piece of the pie." #Health #Chemicals #Bisphenols
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Are there toxic chemicals in your grocery store receipt?
For most people, handling receipts is a low-risk activity, but if you’re concerned, there are some straightforward precautions you can take.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Giant Forest Ant (Dinomyrmex gigas) spotted at the MacRitchie Nature Trail, Singapore on 23 Nov 2025. This worker ant has a body length of about 2 cm. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Ants #Formicidae
A large ant on the ground. It has long legs, a long dark body with a red abdomen.
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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pyralis farinalis (Meal Moth) was NFY last night - and what a smart micro it is! #teammoth
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Rachel Hollis @rachelhollisart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Flame Robins (Petroica phoenicea) are native to Australia, the males are easily distinguishable by their bright orange chests and little white patch above the bill 🔥 #birdart #wildlifeart #birds #pencilart
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*knocks door* Excuse me, do you have a moment to submit your invertebrate artwork to our periodical art book invertefest.com/#artbook
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InverteFest – Saimi Hanma
#InverteFest is a periodic online event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Mangrove Viper (Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 22 Nov 2025. Venomous, so best to be cautious. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Snakes #Serpentes
A black snake with a triangular head loosely coiled around some branches.
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fantastic to celebrate the publication of @grahamfarmelo.bsky.social's definitive biography of Stephen Hawking today! Our chat rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/it-practic... Lovely review from @whippletom.bsky.social in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Ken Shirriff @righto.com · 26/09/2026
For details on how the 8087 calculates tangents by using the CORDIC algorithm combined with polynomials, see my latest article: www.righto.com/2026/09/8087...
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Reverse-engineering the vintage Intel 8087's tangent algorithm: more than CORDIC
I hope you're not tired of the 8087, because I have another article about Intel's floating-point chip. 1 In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087...
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Ken Shirriff @righto.com · 26/09/2026
How do computers calculate complicated trig functions such as tangent? I took a look at Intel's 8087 floating-point chip under the microscope to find out. The chip combines two techniques to evaluate the tan function quickly and accurately: polynomials and an algorithm called CORDIC...
A die photo of the 8087 chip under a microscope shows complex patterns from its transistors and wiring. The middle of the chip holds the microcode ROM, while the bottom half of the chip is the datapath that performs calculations. Zooming in on the datapath shows various functional blocks, which appear as rectangles with different textures. Important functional blocks are labeled: exponent ROM, constant ROM, shifter, adder, registers, and so forth.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"[O]ver the last quarter century, a remarkable effort by the government and the city’s distribution utilities has turned Delhi’s grid into a reliable, modern system." #India #Power #Utilities #Electricity #Grid
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From Candlelit Kitchens to Electrified Everything: Delhi's Grid Comeback
It slashed electricity losses from 50 to 5 percent
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Sandhill Crane calls at other Sandhill Cranes that are passing by overhead. I can tell this a male as they throw their head back 90 degrees while calling, while the females throw their heads back 45 degrees.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 22 Nov 2025. These fish spit jets of water at prey to shoot them down. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Fish #Actinopterygii
Two fishes swimming in water near the surface. They have a flat brown top and white sides with several black bands.
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Patrizio Raffa @patraffa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had really fun writing this semi-serious scientific article! 😃 Thanks a lot to @jgeekstudies.bsky.social for publishing it. I hope you enjoy it
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I took this photo of a male mulga parrot while at my camping ground. You really don't have to walk far to go birding sometimes. Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An Oriental Whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina) caught a Sun Skink. The snake's skin reveals a pattern as the prey is swallowed. Spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore on 27 Sept 2026. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Snakes #Serpentes
A thin, green snake with a brown skink caught in its mouth. The snake is hanging vertically downwards.Another view of the snake. Here, the snake has manoeuvred it so it headfirst as it proceeds to swallow the skink. The skin on the snake's throat has begun to stretch to accommodate the skink.The snake has swallowed the skink with only the tip of its tail visible. The skin behind the snake's head has stretched, showing a mosaic of black squares.A wider angle view of the snake, showing the bulge where the body of the skink is located in the snake.
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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We've seen lots of Hummingbird Hawk-Moths in our garden this year, but last night as darkness fell, we were treated to a first ever visit from its amazing larger cousin. The arrival of the nocturnal #Convulvulus Hawk-Moth caused panic to find my flash. I set up just in time... #TeamMoth #Stunday
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's a sampler of lovely @garyerskine.bsky.social Murderbot art! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos... #Murderbot
Several overlapping pages of Murderbot art.
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was a very rare treat at Taronga Western Plains Zoo to see Tasmanian Devils running* about in the sun. * maybe "galumphing" would be a better word? They have a very odd gait.
Photo of a Tasmanian Devil standing on a rock backlit by the sun. It's a furry black marsupial white a white crescent line across its chest. It has an unusually large head and long forelegs for a marsupial, giving the impression that someone stuck a bear's front onto a possum's rear.Photo of two Tasmanian Devils arguing on a rock. One is lunging towards the other with its jaw open, showing some very pointy teeth, and the other is understandably cowering away. Not pictured: The accompanying spine-chilling scream that prompted Europeans to call these animals "devils".Photo of another Tasmanian Devil galumphing through grass in full sunlight. Only one foot is on the ground. From this side view, white stripes are also visible on its fore-legs and rump, and its oddly large head and neck are especially apparent.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham. I spent the last month diving deep into a massive academic scam spanning continents, for @nature.com
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Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
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Mike Hetherington @mikemoths.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seeking out the endangered Heath Tiger Beetle on the Dorset Heaths. Blog at vitrealis.blogspot.com/2026/09/seek... #inverts #beetles #DorsetHeaths
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Nature @nature.com · 26/09/2026
The device can image materials as low as about -266 degrees Celsius for 30 hours or more go.nature.com/47khGyk
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This super-cold microscope could spur a quantum revolution
The instrument, which operates near absolute zero for hours, will soon ship to a few labs. Researchers are thrilled.
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Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 26/09/2026
My love language is straightening jammed type bars on museum typewriters.
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A bird, identified as the Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) spotted at Bukit Gombak Park, Singapore on 26 Sept 2026. A winter visitor from East Asia. On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Birds #Aves
A bird on a branch with brighter olive wings and a whiter underside. A dark stripe runs across the eye, with a white stripe above the eye and a darker crown.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 26/09/2026
🔭 Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) ap260926
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
the highest resolution version available.
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beetles, birds, jumping spiders, frogs, and so much more! Since September 18, more than 4,500 people have shared over 80,000 observations of more than 14,000 species for the first-ever #iNatTogether celebration.
A mottled brown and cream longhorn beetle clings to a green stem against a black background. Text: "Trypanidius spilmani, Martinique, etiennejager on iNaturalist."A slender jumping spider with orange and silvery-white stripes and dark banded front legs rests on white mesh netting. Text: "Leroy's Grass Jumping Spider, Zimbabwe, moira_fitzpatrick on iNaturalist."A small dark brown frog with a thin pale stripe along its side sits on a yellow and brown leaf. Text: "Striped Rocket Frog, Panama, caribbeannaturalist on iNaturalist."
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Great Blue Heron standing on water lily roots in the rain. This bird had just had a huge fish for a meal; the fish looked like a Bowfin and was around 2 feet long. No photos of that action as the heron flew back into the bushes to eat (wanted to dine privately.)
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have photographed the infamous German yellowjacket before, as it is widely invasive around the world. But I'd never photographed one in Germany until this summer. This rather cooperative colony didn't mind my hanging around to shoot the workers cleaning excavated soil from the nest. Freiburg.
Macro photograph of a large black and yellow wasp standing alert in a crack between two limestone rocks, its mouth full of a clump of wet sand.
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