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Web mag devoted to the culture of science in fiction and fact since 2005. We promote 'lab lit' fiction (realistic novels about scientists, not science fiction) and all things geek chic. Skeets usually by @hstiles1 http://www.lablit.com [email there]
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Skying here in primarily from dom the obscure @hstiles1.bsky.social with very occasional quips from Dr Jenny @jennyrohn.bsky.social
You can find the email on the Lablit web pages! #booksky
You can find the email on the Lablit web pages! #booksky
I'll be back on here at the weekend -
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'll be back on here at the weekend -
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Off to get bus to Hingham - where Abraham Lincoln's ancestors came from -as I'll be visiting in mid-Norfolk over the next few days. I sort of wish I'd stayed at home as it's such a hassle!
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Off to get bus to Hingham - where Abraham Lincoln's ancestors came from -as I'll be visiting in mid-Norfolk over the next few days. I sort of wish I'd stayed at home as it's such a hassle!
@jennyrohn.bsky.social do share your favourite fiction or non-fiction!
👍 I do not expect answers straight away - you have until the end of the year! so time for another book by then!
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@jennyrohn.bsky.social do share your favourite fiction or non-fiction!
👍 I do not expect answers straight away - you have until the end of the year! so time for another book by then!
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
👍 I do not expect answers straight away - you have until the end of the year! so time for another book by then!
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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“We live in the midst of things destined to die.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“We live in the midst of things destined to die.”
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
– Seneca
#stoic #philosophy #wisdom
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just finished [dom] a book I've been reading in the library since 18th Aug- The Awakening, Charles Freeman. What a great survey of the revival of ideas/learning in Europe after the end of the Roman Empire. Not sure how far we've come since 1700 however! www.goodreads.com/book/show/51... 💡📚 #booksky
The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - A…
A monumental and exhilarating history of European thoug…
www.goodreads.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Just finished [dom] a book I've been reading in the library since 18th Aug- The Awakening, Charles Freeman. What a great survey of the revival of ideas/learning in Europe after the end of the Roman Empire. Not sure how far we've come since 1700 however! www.goodreads.com/book/show/51... 💡📚 #booksky
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Two grasses as #PavementPlants in #Cambridge: Annual Meadow-grass, Poa annua, & Water Bent, Polypogon viridis. Focusing assisted by background vegetation and street furniture (aka lamp-post)! #WildFlowerHour
December 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Two grasses as #PavementPlants in #Cambridge: Annual Meadow-grass, Poa annua, & Water Bent, Polypogon viridis. Focusing assisted by background vegetation and street furniture (aka lamp-post)! #WildFlowerHour
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Really enjoying #wildflowerhour tonight. There’s something particularly plucky and cheerful about plants blooming on the shortest day of the year #wintersolstice
Recording monads for plants is usually done from April to September. I do it all year. Many think it isn't worthwhile over winter as there's nothing to see. Well, I found 161 species in one monad today with around 40 new species added. About 30 were in flower so it is worth doing
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Really enjoying #wildflowerhour tonight. There’s something particularly plucky and cheerful about plants blooming on the shortest day of the year #wintersolstice
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Balanophora looks like a mushroom, but it’s a rule-breaking parasitic plant that ditched photosynthesis and lives off tree roots. New work shows how its cellular machinery has been stripped down—yet still functions—highlighting just how flexible evolution can be. #Botany #Evolution #Science
This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules - ScienceDaily
Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying rare populations across East Asian islands uncovered how its cellular machinery shrank bu…
www.sciencedaily.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Balanophora looks like a mushroom, but it’s a rule-breaking parasitic plant that ditched photosynthesis and lives off tree roots. New work shows how its cellular machinery has been stripped down—yet still functions—highlighting just how flexible evolution can be. #Botany #Evolution #Science
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Nipah is a dangerous illness, as deadly as Ebola.
I first heard of Nipah from Malaysia, where the virus was identified. It’s named after Sungai Nipah, the Nipah River. South India is another area that Nipah outbreaks have happened, including cases earlier this year in Kerala.
Raw date palm juice
I first heard of Nipah from Malaysia, where the virus was identified. It’s named after Sungai Nipah, the Nipah River. South India is another area that Nipah outbreaks have happened, including cases earlier this year in Kerala.
Raw date palm juice
What is the link between fruit juice and one of the world’s deadliest diseases? Learn why in Bangladesh, a popular drink can come with deadly consequences: bit.ly/4rQXtsX Via @cepi.net
Closing in on protection against deadly Nipah virus
Discover how CEPI and partners are preparing the world to face down a future Nipah virus outbreak.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nipah is a dangerous illness, as deadly as Ebola.
I first heard of Nipah from Malaysia, where the virus was identified. It’s named after Sungai Nipah, the Nipah River. South India is another area that Nipah outbreaks have happened, including cases earlier this year in Kerala.
Raw date palm juice
I first heard of Nipah from Malaysia, where the virus was identified. It’s named after Sungai Nipah, the Nipah River. South India is another area that Nipah outbreaks have happened, including cases earlier this year in Kerala.
Raw date palm juice
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Game-changer news!
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales' breath
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Game-changer news!
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human
From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
www.newscientist.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
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They lied when they submitted planning application. And now they expect us to just roll over and accept it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’
Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
They lied when they submitted planning application. And now they expect us to just roll over and accept it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Gall of the week is one you may be bringing into your home this week. It is the gall of the aphid Sacciphantes viridis on Norway spruce, Picea abies.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Gall of the week is one you may be bringing into your home this week. It is the gall of the aphid Sacciphantes viridis on Norway spruce, Picea abies.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
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There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation
Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immune system
There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation
www.newscientist.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation
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The #Nibbies are returning on 11th May 2026 ✨
Submissions are open for this year's awards 👉 thebookseller.com/the-briti...
Submissions are open for this year's awards 👉 thebookseller.com/the-briti...
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The #Nibbies are returning on 11th May 2026 ✨
Submissions are open for this year's awards 👉 thebookseller.com/the-briti...
Submissions are open for this year's awards 👉 thebookseller.com/the-briti...
