by @emmecola.bsky.social
My favourite STEM people
Carl T. Bergstrom As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Carl T. Bergstrom After leaving tanker, oil from Exxon Valdez devastates Alaskan coastline on its own, killing over 250,000 seabirds.
c0nc0rdance Here's what they don't tell you about woodpecker tongues: Some of them are barbed (pileated & downy 'peckers) to allow them to spear insects. The barbs are keratinized, so *hard*. Meaning woodpecker *threat displays* can involve poking an interloper with a barbed tongue. (📷: u/ElvisIsNotDjed)
Derek Lowe Dahlia “Show N Tell”, from the front garden. This thing is about 8 inches wide.
c0nc0rdance Some #Caturday Science!🧪 This is Miko the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) from GarLyn Zoo Wildlife Park (non-AZA accredited, in Michigan's UP). Miko is showing his winter weight, but you're also seeing a PRIMORDIAL POUCH swinging under his tummy. Let's talk about these pendulous paunches.
Prof Christina Pagel Vibes
Bad Medical Takes c0nc0rdance Diprotodon, the proto-wombat, was the size of an SUV. They lived alongside anatomically modern humans in Australia for about 10,000 years until going extinct about 25-40,000 years ago. If they had proportionally sized cubic poop, it would be the size of a cinderblock, I think?
Jonathan Eisen Fiery skipper seen in Salesforce Park in SF last week -- I was in town for the @biohub.org #AIxBio26 meeting and was very pleased to discover Salesforce Park on a walk. Quite lovely.
Darren Naish Belated scenes from our #MarineReptileConf2026 fieldtrip to Crocodiles of the World, which doesn't just house crocodiles but other crocodylians as well as tortoises, varanids, snakes and more. Had a great time.
WHO "Community, to me, means caring for one another. Being able to lean on each other. And in that sense, community has shown up for me." - Veronica #WorldMentalHealthDay
JPWeiland Possibility of a huge northern lights show tonight for Europe and/or North America 👀 👀
c0nc0rdance The new Avengers sequel is 🔥. A great example of the fluidity of culture, myth & storytelling.
WHO Disease Outbreak News: Pneumonia of undetermined aetiology, The Russian Federation, 10 October 2026 https://bit.ly/4ztDunq
Jason Moore control panel of the day #hci
Nino Cartabellotta Perchè gli investimenti del Paese in #sanità si devono calcolare in miliardi e quelli per la #difesa in % di PIL #SalviamoSSN www.editorialedomani.it/idee/comment...
Our World in Data What share of plastic waste ends up in the ocean? Many of us will have seen the stark images of plastic in the ocean: bottles and wrappers clumped together, or rubbish trapped along the coastline. But how much of the world’s plastic waste ends up in the ocean?
Science Magazine Health officials are raising alarms about loneliness and isolation. Can researchers identify what helps? Learn more on #WorldMentalHealthDay: https://scim.ag/4dsaPXb
Darren Naish It's official -- #DinoConUK 2027 is happening July 3rd and 4th, again at Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Tickets are NOT YET on sale, nor can you book rooms YET. Stay tuned for further news and follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social, we will keep you updated as news comes in :) >>PLEASE SHARE<<