@chris-haines.bsky.social
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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Let's talk about Peto's paradox, the multi-hit hypothesis & DNA repair.
Peto's Paradox:
Whales can live to 200 yrs old & they have 1,000 times as many cells as you do, any one of which could be the seed for tumor formation.
So why aren't they getting cancer at 1,000 times the rate of humans? 🐳🧪
Peto's Paradox:
Whales can live to 200 yrs old & they have 1,000 times as many cells as you do, any one of which could be the seed for tumor formation.
So why aren't they getting cancer at 1,000 times the rate of humans? 🐳🧪
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Let's talk about Peto's paradox, the multi-hit hypothesis & DNA repair.
Peto's Paradox:
Whales can live to 200 yrs old & they have 1,000 times as many cells as you do, any one of which could be the seed for tumor formation.
So why aren't they getting cancer at 1,000 times the rate of humans? 🐳🧪
Peto's Paradox:
Whales can live to 200 yrs old & they have 1,000 times as many cells as you do, any one of which could be the seed for tumor formation.
So why aren't they getting cancer at 1,000 times the rate of humans? 🐳🧪
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Alright Skeeties! I wanted to put all the anatomy facts in a thread to keep them organized so:
WELCOME to class of 2023 Insomniac Anatomy Academy! In which I study anatomy when I can't sleep and share the best facts with you. 🧪
WELCOME to class of 2023 Insomniac Anatomy Academy! In which I study anatomy when I can't sleep and share the best facts with you. 🧪
August 24, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Alright Skeeties! I wanted to put all the anatomy facts in a thread to keep them organized so:
WELCOME to class of 2023 Insomniac Anatomy Academy! In which I study anatomy when I can't sleep and share the best facts with you. 🧪
WELCOME to class of 2023 Insomniac Anatomy Academy! In which I study anatomy when I can't sleep and share the best facts with you. 🧪
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Maybe Randall’s just a Defector subscriber
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Everything You Need To Know About The Girlboss Ants That Give Birth To Another Species In Order To Exploit Their Offspring (Slay Ant Queen!) | Defector
This month, there’s one story on everybody’s minds. I’m speaking, of course, about the Iberian harvester ant queens who can clone ants of an entirely different species to breed a subaltern army of hyb...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Maybe Randall’s just a Defector subscriber
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defector.com/everything-y...
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The best video I’ve seen today
May 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The best video I’ve seen today
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A thread of fish you may have never seen before this one is called the flowerhorn
May 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
A thread of fish you may have never seen before this one is called the flowerhorn
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Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
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One of the amazing things about science is we will never run out of mysteries.
Take "Naturwissenschaften (2003) 90:495–500", which performed a survey of 10,000 dinosaur fossils for evidence of tumors in the bone.
I was prepared for yes, no, but what I wasn't prepared for was:
"only in hadrosaurs."
Take "Naturwissenschaften (2003) 90:495–500", which performed a survey of 10,000 dinosaur fossils for evidence of tumors in the bone.
I was prepared for yes, no, but what I wasn't prepared for was:
"only in hadrosaurs."
March 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
One of the amazing things about science is we will never run out of mysteries.
Take "Naturwissenschaften (2003) 90:495–500", which performed a survey of 10,000 dinosaur fossils for evidence of tumors in the bone.
I was prepared for yes, no, but what I wasn't prepared for was:
"only in hadrosaurs."
Take "Naturwissenschaften (2003) 90:495–500", which performed a survey of 10,000 dinosaur fossils for evidence of tumors in the bone.
I was prepared for yes, no, but what I wasn't prepared for was:
"only in hadrosaurs."
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Seems pretty dangerous to turn a lot of angry, unemployed, highly-skilled scientists out on the streets.
Do you want dino-people? Because THIS is how you get dino-people.
Do you want dino-people? Because THIS is how you get dino-people.
February 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Seems pretty dangerous to turn a lot of angry, unemployed, highly-skilled scientists out on the streets.
Do you want dino-people? Because THIS is how you get dino-people.
Do you want dino-people? Because THIS is how you get dino-people.
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"We thought plants that are being munched on send warning signals to others, allowing them to boost defences. Turns out, plants are actually selfish jerks and their neighbours resort to chemical eavesdropping": a new @biology.ox.ac.uk paper by @stuwest.bsky.social
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The evolution of signaling and monitoring in plant–fungal networks | PNAS
Experiments have shown that when one plant is attacked by a pathogen or herbivore,
this can lead to other plants connected to the same mycorrhizal ...
www.pnas.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"We thought plants that are being munched on send warning signals to others, allowing them to boost defences. Turns out, plants are actually selfish jerks and their neighbours resort to chemical eavesdropping": a new @biology.ox.ac.uk paper by @stuwest.bsky.social
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Let's talk about why goats have those striking rectangular pupils!
The shape of the pupil reflects the sharpness of images created on the retina.
A goat sees sharp images in a wide (but vertically narrow) panorama, appropriate to a grazing animal that isn't particularly fast.
The shape of the pupil reflects the sharpness of images created on the retina.
A goat sees sharp images in a wide (but vertically narrow) panorama, appropriate to a grazing animal that isn't particularly fast.
November 11, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Let's talk about why goats have those striking rectangular pupils!
The shape of the pupil reflects the sharpness of images created on the retina.
A goat sees sharp images in a wide (but vertically narrow) panorama, appropriate to a grazing animal that isn't particularly fast.
The shape of the pupil reflects the sharpness of images created on the retina.
A goat sees sharp images in a wide (but vertically narrow) panorama, appropriate to a grazing animal that isn't particularly fast.
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Please, science Bluesky. I am begging. I need to know the most ridiculous looking species.
Please tell me what the weirdest little weirdos on the planet are.
Give me your weirdest animal facts.
My feeble grip on sanity is dependent on you.
Please tell me what the weirdest little weirdos on the planet are.
Give me your weirdest animal facts.
My feeble grip on sanity is dependent on you.
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Please, science Bluesky. I am begging. I need to know the most ridiculous looking species.
Please tell me what the weirdest little weirdos on the planet are.
Give me your weirdest animal facts.
My feeble grip on sanity is dependent on you.
Please tell me what the weirdest little weirdos on the planet are.
Give me your weirdest animal facts.
My feeble grip on sanity is dependent on you.
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We're having a discussion about which interesting animal behaviour would be terrifying on a different species. The rules are
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
January 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We're having a discussion about which interesting animal behaviour would be terrifying on a different species. The rules are
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
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We also suspect they had tetrachromatic vision (ours + UV) like modern birds & excellent hearing, with particularly sensitive reception in low frequencies we can't hear.
What I'm saying is, "their vision is based on movement" is like saying "the jaguar can't sense you if you don't do the macarena."
What I'm saying is, "their vision is based on movement" is like saying "the jaguar can't sense you if you don't do the macarena."
January 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We also suspect they had tetrachromatic vision (ours + UV) like modern birds & excellent hearing, with particularly sensitive reception in low frequencies we can't hear.
What I'm saying is, "their vision is based on movement" is like saying "the jaguar can't sense you if you don't do the macarena."
What I'm saying is, "their vision is based on movement" is like saying "the jaguar can't sense you if you don't do the macarena."