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Reposted by Christina Agapakis
32,000 years ago, an arctic squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended. Its body was recovered and examined. Scientists germinated this plant seed. This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old
It is 32,000 years old
September 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
32,000 years ago, an arctic squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended. Its body was recovered and examined. Scientists germinated this plant seed. This silene stenophylla just bloomed.
It is 32,000 years old
It is 32,000 years old
I can trade shoes with my ten year old now
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I can trade shoes with my ten year old now
A beautiful Somerville Christmas moment when five uhauls unite on the same block
September 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A beautiful Somerville Christmas moment when five uhauls unite on the same block
Returning to my roots
August 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Returning to my roots
You can just do things (half pineapple half pickle pizza)
August 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
You can just do things (half pineapple half pickle pizza)
“Is there a name for art where the vibe is “poetic science project?””
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Agnieszka Kurant's "Collective Intelligence" at Marian Goodman shows her left-brain art for right-brain people (and vice versa).
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August 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Is there a name for art where the vibe is “poetic science project?””
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Found a friend for the Elaine #1 The Greatest mug we’ve had for 20 years
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Found a friend for the Elaine #1 The Greatest mug we’ve had for 20 years
You should be mahjongmaxxing
August 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
You should be mahjongmaxxing
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little dudes with a job
August 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
little dudes with a job
We should be flowermaxxing
August 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We should be flowermaxxing
We should be whimsymaxxing
August 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We should be whimsymaxxing
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I do genuinely believe the reason we don’t talk about fungi more is because if the average human thought about it all for too long, it would lead to the destruction of civilization.
November 16, 2023 at 3:59 AM
I do genuinely believe the reason we don’t talk about fungi more is because if the average human thought about it all for too long, it would lead to the destruction of civilization.
Right handed this time
June 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Right handed this time
We scientists have a funny relationship with our humanness. For a long time, talking about science as a *human* practice could be perceived as a threat to objectivity and the validity of science.
May 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We scientists have a funny relationship with our humanness. For a long time, talking about science as a *human* practice could be perceived as a threat to objectivity and the validity of science.
“Now it is Tuesday but soon it will be tuesNIGHT” said the seven year old, sinisterly
May 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Now it is Tuesday but soon it will be tuesNIGHT” said the seven year old, sinisterly
Gave a talk today about public perception of engineered biology and managed to recreate the crazy wall meme position nearly exactly
April 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Gave a talk today about public perception of engineered biology and managed to recreate the crazy wall meme position nearly exactly
Poppy had a good website design idea so we made it: howtolovebooks.com
We’d love if you would share some good books for people just getting into books!
We’d love if you would share some good books for people just getting into books!
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Poppy had a good website design idea so we made it: howtolovebooks.com
We’d love if you would share some good books for people just getting into books!
We’d love if you would share some good books for people just getting into books!
Just had to do the “in this house we don’t say ‘it’s science’ to win arguments” lecture
April 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Just had to do the “in this house we don’t say ‘it’s science’ to win arguments” lecture
There are cathedrals (spicy pickle pizza) everywhere for those with eyes to see
April 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There are cathedrals (spicy pickle pizza) everywhere for those with eyes to see
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"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing" - Raymond Williams
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April 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing" - Raymond Williams
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Trend alert: tiny Stanley
March 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Trend alert: tiny Stanley