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@Lara@metalhead.club · 6h ago
If anyone has a job for a micro biologist with lab experience in or near #Berlin or knows someone who knows someone, please let me know. Also, please share this post, thank you kindly. #Jobs #biology #science #FediHire #FediHired
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · 18h ago
Do octopus brains work like humans’—or is there another way to be smart? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-octopus-brains-work-like-humans-or-is-there-another-way-to-be-smart/ #biology #neuroscience #science #STEM
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · 18h ago
Fibre’s structural integrity keeps plants strong – and its indigestibility keeps your digestive system healthy https://theconversation.com/fibers-structural-integrity-keeps-plants-strong-and-its-indigestibility-keeps-your-digestive-system-healthy-280248 #health #chemistry #biology #science #STEM
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · 3d ago
Heat and cold alter how animals fight disease. As the climate changes, this knowledge may be vital https://theconversation.com/heat-and-cold-alter-how-animals-fight-disease-as-the-climate-changes-this-knowledge-may-be-vital-276623 #climatechange #environment #health #science #biology #STEM
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@HybridMind42@mastodonapp.uk · 6d ago
Cicadas don’t fight predators. They avoid them. By emerging in prime-number cycles, they minimise overlap with predator populations. Persistence through timing, not resistance. “When the Boundary Is Time — Cicadas” https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/phase-2-when-the-boundary-is-time?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac #SystemsThinking #ComplexSystems #Biology #Ecology #Evolution #BoundaryDynamics #BFPF #HybridMind42 #Adaptation #PatternRecognition #Time
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@HybridMind42@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 26, 2026
Over the past series of posts, I’ve been exploring how systems fail—and how some persist. Across engineering, biology, and digital systems, the same structural patterns keep appearing. This post brings them together. It’s a simple index of ten case studies, each showing a different way a system can fail, adapt, or disappear. No new theory here—just the map. “The Boundary Failure Series — A Master Index of Systemic Persistence” https://substack.com/@hybridmind42/note/c-249620403?r=75c2ac #SystemsThinking #ComplexSystems #BoundaryDynamics #BFPF #HybridMind42 #FailureAnalysis #Resilience #Engineering #Biology #Physics #StructuralAnalysis #Adaptation
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 24, 2026
Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival https://theconversation.com/coral-reefs-are-secretly-connected-across-vast-oceans-and-thats-crucial-for-their-survival-278424 #ecology #marine #biology #science #STEM
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@tksst@fediscience.org · Apr 22, 2026
🦦🍫 Giant #otter triplets born at #Chester Zoo weigh about 200 grams each at birth. These offspring of first-time parents Bonita and Manu belong to the largest otter species on Earth. The pups will eventually reach 2 meters in length and weigh more than 30 kg. 👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/new-otter-babies/ #otters #wildlife #conservation #biology #nature #animals #zoology #chesterzoo #science #ecosystem #mammals
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@pling@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 22, 2026
I've finished the octopus and labelled him, and also stitched a bit more of the tree, adding the label for the Gastropods. A little bit more tree to do then I'm on to the last two animals of this part – the nudibranch and the snail. Pattern by Climbing Goat Designs. #WIPWednesday #WIP #crossStitch #biology
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@drrjv@vmst.io · Apr 22, 2026
What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels? Evolution has created the flagellar motor, a combination propeller/brain that enables single-celled bacteria to move toward food sources. It’s an electric motor that rotates at several hundred revolutions per second — faster than the flywheel in a race car engine — to twirl a tail-like flagellum that pushes the cell along. When the flagellar motor rotates counterclockwise, it propels the cell through the water 10 or more times its own length in a second. https://bit.ly/4vISKM5 #Evolution #creationalism #biology
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Boosted by Philip C James @PhilipCJames@mas.to
@Dormouse@troet.cafe · Apr 18, 2026
#Wildlife #biology, #ecology, and #animalwelfare research present a consistent picture: wildlife populations regulate themselves when habitats are intact and natural predators are present. Hobby hunting as a leisure activity is not a conservation service. And #ecosystem s do not collapse without hobby hunters. For as long as myths continue to shape policy, evidence-based wildlife management will remain the exception. https://wildbeimwild.com/en/jagdlobby-mythen-6-behauptungen-im-faktencheck/
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 17, 2026
Meet kungaka – ‘the hidden one’. This ancient lizard could be the rarest reptile in Australia https://theconversation.com/meet-kungaka-the-hidden-one-this-ancient-lizard-could-be-the-rarest-reptile-in-australia-279561 #biology #nature #science #STEM
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@AcademicEurope@mstdn.business · Apr 14, 2026
Job Alert Leiter:in (m/w/d) Deadline: 2026-05-08  Location: Germany - Dortmund   https://www.academiceurope.com/ads/leiterin-m-w-d/ #hiring #AnalyticalScience #LabManagement #QualityManagement #LifeSciences #chemistry #physics #biology #leadership
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 12, 2026
The human body isn’t a masterpiece of design – it’s a patchwork of evolutionary compromise https://theconversation.com/the-human-body-isnt-a-masterpiece-of-design-its-a-patchwork-of-evolutionary-compromise-279343 #anatomy #biology #evolution #science #STEM
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@HollyCo26588808@universeodon.com · Apr 12, 2026
[inhales deeply, holds breath] Um... dude... have you ever, like, wondered why, you know, humans don't have tails? [exhales slowly] https://www.popsci.com/science/why-humans-dont-have-tails/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark #stem #science #biology #evolution #humans #interesting
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@pling@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 01, 2026
I'm working on the cephalopods on the Animals Tree of Life – I've finished the nautilus now and have made a start on the octopus. Pattern by Climbing Goat Designs. #WIPWednesday #WIP #crossStitch #biology
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 31, 2026
These snakes steal poison from their prey—here's how they know they have enough https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-snakes-steal-poison-from-their-prey-heres-how-they-know-they-have/ #zoology #biology #nature #science #STEM
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 27, 2026
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint how https://theconversation.com/mosquitoes-carrying-malaria-are-evolving-more-quickly-than-insecticides-can-kill-them-researchers-pinpoint-how-275391 #immunology #health #science #STEM #biology
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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 25, 2026
The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem for millions of people https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-great-fish-migrations-are-collapsing-thats-a-problem-for-millions-of-people-278970 #biology #nature #climatechange #science #STEM
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@13@2137.social · Mar 24, 2026
Venus Flytrap Takes Ride Through a Particle Accelerator https://hackaday.com/2026/03/23/venus-flytrap-takes-ride-through-a-particle-accelerator/ #Science #Biology #Cellularbiology #Particleaccelerator #Radiation
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