Small Triassic Dinosaur from Brazil Sheds New Light on Sauropodomorph Growth Strategies. Tiny bones from an early sauropod suggest it may have adopted flexible growth strategies - a finding that could help explain the later emergence of gigantism in this group. Analysis suggests ontogenetic features of a juvenile sauropodomorph with a single growth arrest - providing evidence for novel growth strategies during the early evolution of this group. sci.news/paleontology/small-tr…
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Longest mouse brain axon ever reconstructed: 70 centimeters long. With a soma in the Locus Coeruleus, this neuron releases norepinephrine over most of the brain but specifically skips the cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord. Very readable and accurate press release: alleninstitute.org/news/out-of… The paper: "Topographic structure and function of locus coeruleus noradrenaline neurons", Su et al. 2026 (Jeremiah Cohen's lab) nature.com/articles/s41586-026… #neuroscience #mouse #norepinephrine
Wooden tools crafted by Neanderthals at hunting sites have been found before. For the first time, there's now evidence from a domestic context too. “We know what was happening in the kitchen, in the sleeping areas,” says @iphes-cerca.bsky.social's M. Gema Chacón. “It’s like a snapshot.” @science.org
On October 7, 1959, Luna 3 gave us our first look at the far side of the Moon. Today, NASA released the preliminary science reports from Artemis II. Here's my visual history of lunar far side exploration, which puts both Luna and Artemis into context: #history #science #technology #photography invertingvision.com/2026/04/06…
Solar Orbiter tracks the origin of the Sun's mysterious magnetic switchbacks ☀️ Back in 2022, Solar Orbiter spotted a kink in the solar wind’s magnetic field known as a ‘switchback’ and confirmed it to be S-shaped: something scientists had predicted but not seen directly. 🔭 🧪
Brooks et al. describe an intelligent microscopy system for imaging rare events in live cells. New paper in JCS from Bretschneider, McAinsh and Burroughs groups. CelFDrive: Multimodal deep learning-assisted microscopy for automated detection of rare events doi.org/10.1242/jcs.265029 #microscopy #cellBiology
Unexpected co-circulation with divergent regional distribution patterns: researchers from Germany report the detection & genomic characterisation of a second clade of Shamonda virus SHAV in #Europe following the incursion of the SHAV-EU1 clade earlier this year #IDSky #EpiSky #AnimalHealth 🛟🧪🧫
In 1969, just before Apollo 11 was about to land on the moon, an emergency alarm rang. “Our astronauts didn’t have much time, but thankfully they had Margaret Hamilton,” said Barack Obama as gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. #womeninscience www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Margaret Hamilton is rightly remembered for her work programming the flight computers for Apollo. But she should also be remembered for her work on early weather prediction software, which informed the realization that weather is chaotic and the limits to predicting it. news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-ham…
A titan of science, engineering & space exploration has passed on. Margaret Hamilton programmed the computers & nav systems for the Apollo programme. When women faced discrimination in every workplace, she led a team of 100 engineers at NASA. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/07/s...
For #ProjectHailMary fans: Scientists have found an amoeba that survives and reproduces at RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES up to 63 C or 145 F. Not Astrophage but might feel kind of at home on Eridani. #science #microbiology Found in thermal hot springs creek in California. Link to paper in comments.
"How can we learn to recognize — and communicate with — unconventional intelligences in cells, tissues and other unfamiliar substrates?" -Michael Levin, developmental and synthetic biologist, Tufts University and @wyssinstitute.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
The 2011 Tohoku tsunami led freshwater and marine sticklebacks to interbreed. Nine years of genome monitoring show the marine species' alleles were purged within a few generations, first at loci for reproductive isolation, then across the genome except at several loci. #evolution #genomics
During the big Kumamoto earthquake earlier this year, there was a field right at the fault line where you could see on a security camera how the ground went up a meter right before your eyes. Last week they harvested the field under the supervision of the local university, revealing the ground underneath for study youtube.com/watch?v=dYOz_KdmEX… #japan #earthquake
In early 2007, a power outage damaged some parts of the GEO600 control system. This included some electrical charges building up on the surface of the GEO600 mirrors. Attempts to remove the charges by ultraviolet irradiation of the mirror or by increasing the pressure in the central cluster of the vacuum system did not work out well enough, so opening the vacuum tanks to do some repair work was required. More in the GEO600 Diary entry from 2007: geo600.org/26587/february-2007 #GEO600Highlights #GEO600 #Research #ScienceHistory #GravitationalWaves
There are currently 5 women in space, from 4 nations, and somehow 2 are named Jessica. This ties with a prior record. ISS Crew: Sophie Adenot (France) Jessica Ulrika Meir (USA) Jessica Andrea Watkins (USA) Anna Yurevna Kikina (Russia) Chinese Space Station Crew: Lai Ka-ying (China)
Student scientists honor their mothers by naming a 309-million-year-old amphibian fossil after them. Evidence: Scientific discovery, Mazon Creek fossil, Women in Science interns #Paleontology #Science #GoodNews
Postdoctoral Researcher – Viral Mimicry, Innate Immunity & Interactomics University of Nebraska Medical Center Postdoc studying viral mimicry and innate immunity using biochemistry/interactomics; CRISPR and iPSC expertise especially valued. See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-…... jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-…
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A new Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology has just been published, in which it is claimed that the human species is polytypic: not only is race biologically meaningful but the races are distinct enough to be considered subspecies. Published by Elgar. In 2026.
How brilliant was Margaret Hamilton when you reflect on the issues NASA are having returning to the moon. www.theguardian.com/science/2026... #Science #Moon #Nasa #MargaretHamilton #BlueSky
We had the opportunity to talk to Ben Feringa, the 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, at the SusMax Workshop in Berlin. @feringalab.bsky.social He talks about originality in research, interdisciplinary networks like SusMax, and the molecular design challenges behind sustainable materials. ⬇️⬇️
Scientists work to restore Yosemite meadows share.google/VC3Jl88jBIw4...
Neanderthal Wood Tools Almost Never Survive — A Spanish Cliff Has Preserved Spears, Bowls and a Club With No Known Match www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/10/n...
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🌔 Landing on the Moon is harder than it looks. 📸 @esa.int’s LandCam-X camera will capture imagery during a real lunar landing to help engineers improve the navigation technologies needed for safer, precise landings. 🔗 Find out more: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
