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#rockcod (Lindbergichthys nudifrons) nesting behavior more complicated than expected:

"Seeing comparable organisation in Antarctic waters undermines the idea that cold, dark seas only support simple or scattered life."

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Thousands of fish nests accidentally found under Antarctic ice
What looked like a flat, lifeless stretch of the Weddell Sea suddenly turned into something else: a carefully organised breeding ground built by thousands
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January 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Physicist/chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett invented non-reflective glass in 1938.

It revolutionized optics & led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. First woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. She was born #OTD in 1898. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
Black-and-white photograph of American physicist and inventor Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898–1979), the first woman to receive a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge, working in a laboratory. She is shown in profile, intently focused on adjusting a scientific apparatus with her left hand while peering into a large glass tank possibly filled with liquid. She wears cat-eye glasses, a short-sleeved blouse with a scalloped Peter Pan collar and white cuffs, and her hair is neatly styled in soft waves. The background reveals shelves lined with glass bottles and lab equipment, capturing the mid-20th-century research environment at General Electric where she pioneered non-reflective glass coatings and thin-film technology. The image conveys concentration, precision, and pioneering scientific dedication. Side-by-side demonstration of Katharine Burr Blodgett's 1938 invention: non-reflective glass. Left: three colorful yarn balls (red, blue, yellow) are clearly visible through coated glass with no glare. Right: the same balls appear blurred and distorted by reflections through ordinary clear glass. A powerful visual proof of the invisible coating that revolutionized lenses, windows, and screens.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Populations of endangered animals on an island have increased by 90-100% in five years, after effectively controlling non-native predators.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Predator-free' fence project praised for restoring Kangaroo Island's native wildlife
Five years after feral cats were removed from inside the Western River Refuge on Kangaroo Island, populations of endangered species have boomed.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
This is beautiful.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 15
So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…
April 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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mariannedenton.bsky.social
“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’”
~Rachel Carson
Silent Spring, 1962

Fight for the precious things.
A small all black fuzzy bee covered in pollen in the light pink bud of a landscape tree with multiple pollen covered stamens.
March 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
winnie16.bsky.social
Gorgeous bird and great Alt text description.
March 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
winnie16.bsky.social
After the fire.
Pure white flower on thin green stems that have small sticky yellow gold balls scattered randomly. Background of burnt branches with green new growth behind them.
February 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Sophie Woodrow, contemporary ceramics artist who creates ceramic figures #womensart
Photo of a row of four white alien looking ceramic figures against a light brown background.
December 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM