Phallic Science
@phallicscience.bsky.social
Functional shapes are repeated across natural systems. Here we celebrate one particularly common shape, the phallus. #scicomm
…then an electron avalanche is triggered, resulting in the excitation of Nitrogen in the low-pressure upper-atmosphere - which can be seen as a glowing red color, often forming streaks across the sky! 🧵2/2
March 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
…then an electron avalanche is triggered, resulting in the excitation of Nitrogen in the low-pressure upper-atmosphere - which can be seen as a glowing red color, often forming streaks across the sky! 🧵2/2
Similarly, the town of Kikinda, Serbia erected this statue to celebrate their esteemed community members that are the world’s largest roosting population of the Long Eared Owl (Asio otus)
📸 @reuters.com & Brian Sullivan / Macaulay Library
#scicomm #SuperbOwlSunday
📸 @reuters.com & Brian Sullivan / Macaulay Library
#scicomm #SuperbOwlSunday
February 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Similarly, the town of Kikinda, Serbia erected this statue to celebrate their esteemed community members that are the world’s largest roosting population of the Long Eared Owl (Asio otus)
📸 @reuters.com & Brian Sullivan / Macaulay Library
#scicomm #SuperbOwlSunday
📸 @reuters.com & Brian Sullivan / Macaulay Library
#scicomm #SuperbOwlSunday
February 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is what the actual fossils look like! …our extremely ancient ancestor 🥹
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#scicomm #evolution #evo
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#scicomm #evolution #evo
January 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is what the actual fossils look like! …our extremely ancient ancestor 🥹
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#scicomm #evolution #evo
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#scicomm #evolution #evo
In 2010, Caron, Morris, and Shu gave this charming fellow the name of Herpetogaster collinsi, and placed it within the Deuterostomes, which represents an important step in the evolution of many modern day animals (e.g. humans, lizards, and sea cucumbers) 🧵 2/3
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Tentaculate Fossils from the Cambrian of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Yunnan) Interpreted as Primitive Deuterostomes
Molecular and morphological evidence unite the hemichordates and echinoderms as the Ambulacraria, but their earliest history remains almost entirely conjectural. This is on account of the morphologica...
journals.plos.org
January 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
In 2010, Caron, Morris, and Shu gave this charming fellow the name of Herpetogaster collinsi, and placed it within the Deuterostomes, which represents an important step in the evolution of many modern day animals (e.g. humans, lizards, and sea cucumbers) 🧵 2/3
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
...but WHY did the King Fire end up shaped like that?! The fire began downslope (yellow) and then quickly ran upslope (orange > red). Since heat rises, slopes become a natural path of least resistance allowing fires to move easily and rapidly upslope.
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📸 Natural Hazards by Keller & DeVecchio
📸 Natural Hazards by Keller & DeVecchio
January 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
...but WHY did the King Fire end up shaped like that?! The fire began downslope (yellow) and then quickly ran upslope (orange > red). Since heat rises, slopes become a natural path of least resistance allowing fires to move easily and rapidly upslope.
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📸 Natural Hazards by Keller & DeVecchio
📸 Natural Hazards by Keller & DeVecchio
Photos in my original post from the Tyler Farms seed company, where you can get seeds to grow your own Peter Peppers!
www.tyler-farms.com
www.tyler-farms.com
Tyler Farms | Exotic Pepper Seeds, Tropical Fruit Seeds and Live Plants
At Tyler Farms, our mission is to provide home gardeners and large scale growers with a wide range of exotic pepper seeds, including rare and exotic varieties. Our unique pepper collection caters to a...
www.tyler-farms.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Photos in my original post from the Tyler Farms seed company, where you can get seeds to grow your own Peter Peppers!
www.tyler-farms.com
www.tyler-farms.com
This discovery was first published by @tewksjj.bsky.social et al in my favorite journal:
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Evolutionary ecology of pungency in wild chilies | PNAS
The primary function of fruit is to attract animals that disperse viable seeds, but
the nutritional rewards that attract beneficial consumers also ...
www.pnas.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM
This discovery was first published by @tewksjj.bsky.social et al in my favorite journal:
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
You may have noticed the spiciest part of the pepper is the seeds and the pith round the seeds - this is no accident. Capsaicin is an anti-fungal that evolved to protect the next generation (in the seeds) from fungal pathogens. More pathogenic fungi = more capsaicin. …🧵
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM
You may have noticed the spiciest part of the pepper is the seeds and the pith round the seeds - this is no accident. Capsaicin is an anti-fungal that evolved to protect the next generation (in the seeds) from fungal pathogens. More pathogenic fungi = more capsaicin. …🧵
Well that was cathartic. Thanks and welcome to my new followers! Onwards to a brighter, bluer, skyier future full of silly, yet very serious #scicomm 🤗
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Well that was cathartic. Thanks and welcome to my new followers! Onwards to a brighter, bluer, skyier future full of silly, yet very serious #scicomm 🤗
Oh yes! Please DM me! Especially if you can tell me who to credit/cite and the scientific context or fun science fact related to the photo!
November 21, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Oh yes! Please DM me! Especially if you can tell me who to credit/cite and the scientific context or fun science fact related to the photo!