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On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life - Universe Today #biology

The #GreatLakes Are Hiding a Secret Underworld of Tardigrades and Rock-Eating Fungi
#Science #biology #tardigrade

The Great Lakes Are Hiding a Secret Underworld of Tardigrades and Rock-Eating Fungi
Scientists have discovered an almost entirely hidden world of living organisms hundreds of feet below Earth's surface.

When thinking about what will happen to #math we can take a look at the sciences. Take biology, for example.
Who does #biology for fun and without technology? And if you do that, what level can you reach?
How many people below the level of say MPI Director do original research?
What’s the group size, ie ratio of professor to non-professor researcher?
What is the role of PhD students in a big biology lab?
Do the labs/groips cooperate or compete?

A Spanish ecologist, Pedro Romero-Vidal, was looking at a 1611 painting by Jan Brueghel and noticed what is likely a greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) snacking on a bird while in flight. So cool. #ArtHistory #bats #art #brueghel #birds #biology #chiroptera https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2536525123

I wish that iNaturalist offered an easy way for an observer to disclose that they have blindly/optimistically accepted the suggested identification even though they have absolutely no idea what the organism actually is. Would be a huge help to people who fix all those incorrect IDs, plus make it easier to craft helpful comments to the observer. A simple tick-box on the upload window would work. #inaturalist #identification #nature #taxonomy #biology

Some "before" photos, explained on the Alts.
#MetalCasting #art #ContemporaryArt #sculpture #insects #termite #abstract #organic #geometric #SciArt #wood #biology #entomology #casting #xylophague #collaboration

Was hoping this article in the New York Times would be about bats eating mosquitoes but I was wrong. Headline and a single sentence in the article were there to make bats seem like friends (they are, but not because of how many mosquitoes they eat, which is very few). Digital version [follow gift link] has a different headline. #bats #chiroptera #mosquitoes #nyc #newyork #insects #nature #biology #journalism #nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/nyregion/bats-nyc-highline-prospect-park.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.CO8C.VYStaJ_P2guq&smid=url-share

This is the companion piece of this brass cast: #MetalCasting #art #ContemporaryArt #sculpture #insects #termite #abstract #organic #geometric #SciArt #wood #biology #entomology #casting #xylophague #collaboration

In case useful for teachers starting the semester, my blog has gratuitous advice on lab notebooks, conference posters, oral presentations, lab write-ups, and plagiarism. Pitched for undergraduates but hopefully useful for all ages. #conferences #posters #academics #teaching #college #plagiarism #education #teachers #blog #school #biology #science #undergraduate https://colinpurrington.com/

I did find some phone pics of the process. The most interesting steps are missing, but it's better than nothing.
#MetalCasting #art #ContemporaryArt #sculpture #insect #beetle #abstract #organic #geometric #WoodWorm #carcoma #SciArt #wood #biology #entomology #casting #xylophague #collaboration

(Re-uploading to this instance)
Brass cast little sculpture of a wood cube showing tunnels carved by a woodworm. Of course the tree was already firewood when I found it, I only cut it into a rough cube. And the woodworm was long gone: Wherever you are, I hope you're OK, it was nice making this collab with you.
#MetalCasting #art #ContemporaryArt #sculpture #insect #beetle #abstract #organic #geometric #WoodWorm #carcoma #SciArt #wood #biology #entomology #casting #xylophague #collaboration