Freelance science writer, general enthusiast.
Joined April 2009
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12 Jul 2023
Uh oh, jumping spiders are being cool again.
12 Jul 2023
Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/3k7
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8 Jun 2023
Enjoyed talking to @thebigstoryfpn about boat-sinking orcas, which I wrote about for @sciam. link.chtbl.com/TheBigStoryCY…
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27 Apr 2023
70 —-> bowing dust —-> snow
#ColoradoSpring
27 Apr 2023
⛅️ Clouds increase with a high near 70° in Denver today, but…
🌧️ A sharp cold front will bring a few storms, rain, and blowing dust between 5-8pm tonight. Showers overnight may briefly flip to snow, little/no accumulation in #Denver.
#9wx #COwx
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28 Mar 2023
i wrote about being tired ftw.usatoday.com/2023/03/nas…
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25 Mar 2023
For years the NIH has been investigating scientists with China ties in secret, ending many careers with scant evidence of wrongdoing. But it’s been impossible to get the story out; no one ever wants to talk—until now.
Astounding reporting from @jeffmervis science.org/content/article/…
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16 Mar 2023
A seconds-old zebra shark, produced in an aquarium in Australia, hatched in a tank in a nursery in an Indonesian dive resort, destined for release in wild Raja Ampat seas.
The egg is called a “mermaid’s purse.”
Young zebra sharks resemble venomous sea snakes to scare predators.
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15 Feb 2023
This woulda been a pretty legit state.
15 Feb 2023
The 49th state that never was.
Residents of WY, MT, and SD contemplated breaking away and making their own state—to be called Absaroka—in the 1930s.
It was done mostly as a protest against fed/state policies and lack of aid during the Depression.
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24 Jan 2023
Diagnosis: Earth’s inner core might be slowing down
Treatment: nothing, but might be interesting!!
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14 Dec 2022
A beardfish, Polyspinatus fluere, from the Eocene Fur Formation in Denmark. The holotype seen here has a fish vertebrate lodged in its throat suggesting it ate other fish as part of its diet.
#FurWeek
Credit to @SiriusPalaeo for alerting me to this!
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29 Nov 2022
Video showing fissures erupting on the Northeast Rift Zone of #MaunaLoa this morning. Fountains of fissure 3 were measured up to 25 m (82 ft) in height. More spectacular photos and videos available on the Mauna Loa website. ow.ly/uZrj50LQzIF #MaunaLoaErupts
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25 Oct 2022
Goniatite fossils - stone copies of the shells that littered what was an ancient sea floor, during the late Carboniferous period over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
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10 Oct 2022
As someone with a complex relationship with the black widows constantly trying to make their homes on my patio, I loved this @ThisAmerLife segment: thisamericanlife.org/780/set…. Answering the question you didn't know you had: Why were so many black widow fatalities male in the '50s?
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5 Jul 2022
Nobody will remember:
- Your salary
- Your fancy title
- How busy you were
- How many hours you worked
People will remember:
-Your general body plan if you're buried in an anoxic environment in a subsiding sedimentary basin & get exposed by erosion again in the geologic future
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28 Apr 2022
One of my favorite things about working on the tundra is the variety of animal track "states" that you can find.
First up: absolutely picture perfect, fresh wolf tracks
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27 Apr 2022
These little guys are too fascinating.
27 Apr 2022
A new study of Homo naledi remains from South Africa’s Rising Star cave system suggests that these hominins––who lived between 335,000 and 236,000 years ago––may have intentionally buried their dead.
archaeology.org/issues/466-2…
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18 Apr 2022
The fellowship of the deep. 🧙🏼✨
It's uncommon to see gatherings like this in the deep abyssal plain. These invertebrates—an octopus, tanner crab, and a couple of sea cucumbers and anemones were observed off the coast of Half Moon Bay at 1,949 meters (6,395 feet) deep.
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15 Apr 2022
Ok sure psych studies from the 1960s probably don’t replicate but the methods still slap
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