iie [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoSome parasitic wasps have evolved mutualistic relationships with viruses.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
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DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoEarth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth’s orbitplus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkEarth, the Sun and a bike wheel: why your high-school textbook was wrong about the shape of Earth’s orbitplus-squaretheconversation.comDivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square1fedilink
InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoAll terrestrial life on Earth depends on a microbial community that lives in bedrock, eats granite and turns it into soil. [short thread]plus-squarebsky.appexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkAll terrestrial life on Earth depends on a microbial community that lives in bedrock, eats granite and turns it into soil. [short thread]plus-squarebsky.appInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square1fedilink
DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoDuring the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the dayplus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkDuring the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the dayplus-squaretheconversation.comDivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square3fedilink
DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoHow food preferences are linked to cognition and brain health – and why a balanced diet is superiorplus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
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Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoSperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attackplus-squarewww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months ago(A) Detail of skin pattern of a giant pufferfish, which bears resemblance to B. (B) A computational simulation for a simple reaction-diffusion system.plus-squarehexbear.netimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1image(A) Detail of skin pattern of a giant pufferfish, which bears resemblance to B. (B) A computational simulation for a simple reaction-diffusion system.plus-squarehexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square2fedilink
RNAi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoI want to [redacted] every single nerd appearing hereliorpachter.wordpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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abc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-27 months agoSick cows in 2 states test positive for avian fluplus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkSick cows in 2 states test positive for avian fluplus-squareweb.archive.orgabc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square5fedilink
happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoA recurrent nova visible to the naked eye will likely happen between now and September.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkA recurrent nova visible to the naked eye will likely happen between now and September.plus-squarewww.youtube.comhappybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square1fedilink
FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoWhat’s Eating The Titanic?plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
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cosecantphi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 months agoFrom four light years away in the night skies of the Alpha Centauri system, the Sun is clearly visible as part of Cassiopeia, easily outshining the rest of the constellation by a wide marginplus-squarehexbear.netimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
arrow-up159arrow-down1imageFrom four light years away in the night skies of the Alpha Centauri system, the Sun is clearly visible as part of Cassiopeia, easily outshining the rest of the constellation by a wide marginplus-squarehexbear.netcosecantphi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square7fedilink
geese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoParrots love playing tablet games. That’s helping researchers understand them.plus-squarenews.northeastern.eduexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkParrots love playing tablet games. That’s helping researchers understand them.plus-squarenews.northeastern.edugeese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square11fedilink
SkibidiToiletFanAcct [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoThe only genus of insects that lives on the open ocean. They lay their eggs on floating objects like cuttlebones or feathers.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkThe only genus of insects that lives on the open ocean. They lay their eggs on floating objects like cuttlebones or feathers.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgSkibidiToiletFanAcct [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square4fedilink
BodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoClimate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territoryplus-squarewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkClimate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territoryplus-squarewww.nature.comBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoFalling Into Uranus (Simulation)plus-squareyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkFalling Into Uranus (Simulation)plus-squareyoutu.beTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square11fedilink
EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoMathematicians plan computer proof of Fermat's last theoremplus-squarewww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkMathematicians plan computer proof of Fermat's last theoremplus-squarewww.newscientist.comEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoNew 'Chicken from Hell' Discoveredplus-squarewww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
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an_engel_on_earth [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 months agoFor Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm - The New York Times | Ghostarchiveplus-squareghostarchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
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git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoUC Irvine study: vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public healthplus-squarenews.uci.eduexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkUC Irvine study: vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public healthplus-squarenews.uci.edugit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square28fedilink
