@HStiles1
@hstiles1.bsky.social
Cantwara Maegth;
Loves rain, sleet, snow, mist, fog, natural history, Norfolk, Norway, Norwich, Natural Selection, Norse. Did I mention rain? Rain!
(tw)It! 🤪
Loves rain, sleet, snow, mist, fog, natural history, Norfolk, Norway, Norwich, Natural Selection, Norse. Did I mention rain? Rain!
(tw)It! 🤪
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To truly wrap one’s head around entropy requires taking some deeply uncomfortable philosophical leaps. What is the purpose of science if physical qualities only make sense in relation to the observer?
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world…
www.quantamagazine.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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How it started vs. How it's going, #MosasaurMonday edition from Winnie! The first full scale skull prototype is ready for assembly and I can't wait to show it off, along with all of her weird facial trauma.
This 86 my old Plesioplatecarpus was found just this past spring in the Niobrara of KS 🧪
This 86 my old Plesioplatecarpus was found just this past spring in the Niobrara of KS 🧪
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
How it started vs. How it's going, #MosasaurMonday edition from Winnie! The first full scale skull prototype is ready for assembly and I can't wait to show it off, along with all of her weird facial trauma.
This 86 my old Plesioplatecarpus was found just this past spring in the Niobrara of KS 🧪
This 86 my old Plesioplatecarpus was found just this past spring in the Niobrara of KS 🧪
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How do root #microbes respond to drought? This study finds that #Streptomyces responses are strain-specific & functionally diverse, with traits & #plant effects varying independently of phylogeny, stressing the need to resolve functional traits at the strain level @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4owtjIT
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How do root #microbes respond to drought? This study finds that #Streptomyces responses are strain-specific & functionally diverse, with traits & #plant effects varying independently of phylogeny, stressing the need to resolve functional traits at the strain level @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4owtjIT
Rage bait!!! @academic.oup.com How can it be 'WORD' of the year when it is two words!!!!!
Grrrrrrr! 🤬
PS See what I did there?!
#ragebait
Grrrrrrr! 🤬
PS See what I did there?!
#ragebait
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rage bait!!! @academic.oup.com How can it be 'WORD' of the year when it is two words!!!!!
Grrrrrrr! 🤬
PS See what I did there?!
#ragebait
Grrrrrrr! 🤬
PS See what I did there?!
#ragebait
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Also more people-friendly - we have a streetlamp outside our bedroom window and the switch from sodium to LED has made it far more disturbing at night.
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Also more people-friendly - we have a streetlamp outside our bedroom window and the switch from sodium to LED has made it far more disturbing at night.
Please Demand Wildlife Friendly LED Streetlights Having a Deep Amber Tone Below 3000K www.birdsarepeople.org/letters/bird... @labourlewis.bsky.social
Birds Sleep Outdoors - Please Demand Wildlife Friendly LED Streetlights Having a Deep Amber Tone Below 3000K
Cities and utilities are steadily changing our streetlights and other lighting to LEDs, but the kinds they have been installing are not the best choice for wildlife, our health and the nighttime envir...
www.birdsarepeople.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Please Demand Wildlife Friendly LED Streetlights Having a Deep Amber Tone Below 3000K www.birdsarepeople.org/letters/bird... @labourlewis.bsky.social
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Agro-photovoltaic (solar panels over agricultural fields) still feels more solarpunk than real world, but they are (slowly) becoming more common, and with that, the thought about how to move towards integration with sustainable agriculture. 🧪
Link: www.cetjournal.it/index.php/ce...
Link: www.cetjournal.it/index.php/ce...
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Agro-photovoltaic (solar panels over agricultural fields) still feels more solarpunk than real world, but they are (slowly) becoming more common, and with that, the thought about how to move towards integration with sustainable agriculture. 🧪
Link: www.cetjournal.it/index.php/ce...
Link: www.cetjournal.it/index.php/ce...
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Mivart seemed to believe that Darwin‘s theory entailed that if a suite of traits would be advantageous to an organism, they would necessarily evolve. This was a misunderstanding of Darwin‘s ideas. Darwin pointed out that many advantageous traits will never appear in a lineage.
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mivart seemed to believe that Darwin‘s theory entailed that if a suite of traits would be advantageous to an organism, they would necessarily evolve. This was a misunderstanding of Darwin‘s ideas. Darwin pointed out that many advantageous traits will never appear in a lineage.
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i think environmental temps affect development, so 17-year periodical cicadas live farther north than 13-year cicadas
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
i think environmental temps affect development, so 17-year periodical cicadas live farther north than 13-year cicadas
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How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How Do Periodical Cicadas Know When To Emerge?
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#evolution #LifeHistory #PeriodicalCicadas #entomology #ecology www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
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This is how the inside of a female 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸
looks like.
Learn more fascinating details in this #openaccess article: 🧪
doi.org/10.1051/para...
looks like.
Learn more fascinating details in this #openaccess article: 🧪
doi.org/10.1051/para...
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is how the inside of a female 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸
looks like.
Learn more fascinating details in this #openaccess article: 🧪
doi.org/10.1051/para...
looks like.
Learn more fascinating details in this #openaccess article: 🧪
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Love Autumn, Love Winter!!! Hate 'influencers'!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Locking in: How people are embracing winter arc without burning out
It helps you ignore distractions and achieve your goals - but how do you avoid burning out?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Love Autumn, Love Winter!!! Hate 'influencers'!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Love papers like this:
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
An actionable guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists
The United Nations' “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) Agreement establishes a broad framework regulating activities—including scientific research—in marine Areas Beyond National Juri....
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Love papers like this:
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
"An ACTIONABLE guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists"
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊 🦑 🧪 #openaccess #deepseamining
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Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution uses single-cell genomics and in-vivo experiments to reveal the mechanisms of pouch development in seahorses. 🧪
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of seahorse male pregnancy - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. This study uses single-cell genomics and in vivo experiments to reveal the cellular basis and molecular mechanism of pouch development and diversity in seahorses.
go.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution uses single-cell genomics and in-vivo experiments to reveal the mechanisms of pouch development in seahorses. 🧪
This is not novel - it apparently happens that lots of services are run empty for various reasons www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Avanti West Coast Manchester to London train to run empty
The 07:00 GMT train will only carry staff to London following a decision by the rail regulator.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is not novel - it apparently happens that lots of services are run empty for various reasons www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Gavle goat is back!
Pity they cut the horns out of the view & that Swedish privacy laws obvious mean pixillation of anyone in the view so it all looks a bit strange these days... www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
Pity they cut the horns out of the view & that Swedish privacy laws obvious mean pixillation of anyone in the view so it all looks a bit strange these days... www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
Gävle's brilliant Christmas symbol
Detta är Gävlebockens egna sida. Här hittar du allt från filmerna om Gävlebocken till hela invigningsprogrammet.
www.visitgavle.se
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Gavle goat is back!
Pity they cut the horns out of the view & that Swedish privacy laws obvious mean pixillation of anyone in the view so it all looks a bit strange these days... www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
Pity they cut the horns out of the view & that Swedish privacy laws obvious mean pixillation of anyone in the view so it all looks a bit strange these days... www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
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Here's a clip from my chat yesterday with @erictopol.bsky.social – this is about Crick's first encounter with the psychedelic poetry of Michael McClure, in 1959. For the full chat (it lasts an hour - you could just listen) go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2c...
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Here's a clip from my chat yesterday with @erictopol.bsky.social – this is about Crick's first encounter with the psychedelic poetry of Michael McClure, in 1959. For the full chat (it lasts an hour - you could just listen) go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2c...
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Been researching this man, Hezekiah Moscow, since February 2019. He went by a nickname that was spelled a billion different ways so getting to the truth is TOUGH. Findings today for the book have blown open doors. New things after six years! AND all because of collaboration. Buy my book. Thanks 😂
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Been researching this man, Hezekiah Moscow, since February 2019. He went by a nickname that was spelled a billion different ways so getting to the truth is TOUGH. Findings today for the book have blown open doors. New things after six years! AND all because of collaboration. Buy my book. Thanks 😂
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9️⃣0️⃣ Yvonne Barr (1932–2016) 🇮🇪 #womeninSTEM Everyone has heard of the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), which causes mononucleosis. But did you know that the virus was discovered in 1964 by Yvonne Barr, an irish virologist, and Michael Epstein ?
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/o...
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
9️⃣0️⃣ Yvonne Barr (1932–2016) 🇮🇪 #womeninSTEM Everyone has heard of the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), which causes mononucleosis. But did you know that the virus was discovered in 1964 by Yvonne Barr, an irish virologist, and Michael Epstein ?
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/o...
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Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's structure, finds Michael Le Page
Surprising new biography of Francis Crick unravels the story of DNA
Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's structure, finds Michael Le Page
www.newscientist.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's structure, finds Michael Le Page
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🧪 #resist #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience
Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Deaths from highly infectious virus grow, and states brace for more
Federal data shows more than 25,000 cases have been recorded so far this year, the second consecutive year of unusually high activity.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🧪 #resist #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience
Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
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@catieslaughts.bsky.social reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on efforts to understand how the variability of certain variable stars changes over time. 🧪🔭
The Times They Are A-Changin’: Searching for Shifts in Variable Star Light Curves
Astrobites reports on efforts to understand how the variability of certain variable stars changes over time.
aasnova.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@catieslaughts.bsky.social reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on efforts to understand how the variability of certain variable stars changes over time. 🧪🔭
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The West’s vanishing porcupines www.hcn.org/articles/the... 🌐🧪
The West’s vanishing porcupines - High Country News
Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.
www.hcn.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The West’s vanishing porcupines www.hcn.org/articles/the... 🌐🧪
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Earth cooled by 12ºC over the past 6 million years. Understanding this massive shift is key to anticipating how fast our world will heat up next. #ClimateHistory #Antarctica 🧪
New Lessons from Old Ice: How We Understand Past (and Future) Heating - Eos
Fragments of blue ice up to 6 million years old—the oldest ever found—offer key insights into Earth’s warming cycles. Researchers are using these ancient data to refine models of our future climate.
eos.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Earth cooled by 12ºC over the past 6 million years. Understanding this massive shift is key to anticipating how fast our world will heat up next. #ClimateHistory #Antarctica 🧪
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM