What if I told you that hugging your baby more could change their brain and shape their future happiness?

The science shows that love and affection in infancy are biological necessities for a healthy brain and emotional development. Let’s dive in.⬇️ 1/7

If this doesn't encourage you to clean your phone more often, I don't know what will 🤣

This Scientist Sunday goes to Mary Anning (1799-1847), a self-taught paleontologist and fossil collector. Her discoveries along England's Jurassic Coast revolutionized our understanding of prehistoric life and extinction.⬇️1/6

Murmurations are a fascinating example of self-organizing systems. Each bird follows simple rules based on its neighbors without a central leader.

Studies suggest each bird tracks about 6-7 nearby neighbors, adjusting position, speed in real time.

Here is a simulation run with Python!🤓 2/2

Bird murmurations, especially seen in starlings, are mesmerizing displays of coordinated, fluid movements by thousands of birds in the sky.

But did you know that one of the primary reasons for murmurations is defense against predators like falcons and hawks? ⬇️ 1/2

Japanese honey bees have a fascinating defense strategy called thermoballing.
When a giant hornet invades their hive, bees swarm around it, vibrating their muscles to generate deadly heat!
The temperature within the swarm can rise to around 46°C (115°F), which is lethal to the hornet!

Slow motion of the Chinese flying tree frog displaying different strategies for high-stakes landings on thin branches of varying sizes!

A master of aerial acrobatics!

📹Science
doi: 10.1126/science.z521z8b

How do plants maximize their exposure to the sun? Through phototropism!
Phototropism is the process of turning in response to a light source. A plant achieves this with a hormone called auxin. ⬇️1/3

This Scientist Sunday we are honoring Larry Tesler (1945 - 2020), a computer scientist who profoundly shaped the way we interact with technology. If you have ever used "copy" and "paste" on a computer. That's thanks to Tesler!⬇️1/7

Hubble identified Cepheid variable stars ("cosmic lighthouses" that pulse with a predictable brightness) in the Andromeda "nebula," which allowed him to calculate its distance.
This distance was so great that it proved Andromeda was not a part of the Milky Way but rather a separate galaxy!