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Happy #GeekPrideDay & #TowelDay! 🎉🎉
What better way to commemorate than catching up on some #geekstudies?
Take a look at our ongoing 2026 volume and see what we've been up to so far: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
@pathoftitans.bsky.social introduced a new playable Tylosaurus species to the game, with feedback from the actual paleontologists who described the new species.
Their new video includes an interview with Amelia Zietlow, from the @amnh.org, who led the research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0N-...
We have a new article fresh out of the transmutation circle! 🚨
Our authors explain how the famous Equivalent Exchange of #FullMetalAlchemist relates to the Conservation Laws of real-world science.
#GeekStudies #scicomm #FMA #鋼の錬金術師
An analysis of 141 films since 1919 finds geologists are usually portrayed as likable characters, though nearly a third of on-screen geologists die, most often by murder or geological events. doi.org/hb3tq4
New from @jgeekstudies.bsky.social
"Sea bunnies retained their presence in the pantheon of kawaii animals, and now they are a common sight in souvenir shops and gashapon machines as well as making a few appearances in anime"
jgeekstudies.org/2026/05/01/a...
#Culture #Nature #SeaSlugs #Biology
We have a new article! 🚨
@krakenscholar.bsky.social and Carlo Cunha talk about the kawaii sea slug 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢, better known as the “sea bunny, and its place in pop culture.
#geekstudies #nudibranchs #marinebiology #超かぐや姫 #CosmicPrincessKaguya #CPK
A very interesting read about the "new Japonisme", penned by a scholar specialized in the history of modern Western art and Japonisme.
While in our world, molluscs are the second most diverse animal group. But their representation in game universes (like Magic: The Gathering) is skewed, and someone felt the need to look into that!
(and maybe research expense some boosters)
🧪 #MTG
Link: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
The partnership between Cairn devs' and "ONF-Acting for the Forest" once again illustrates how video games can contribute to environmental conservation, as I concluded in my previous study.
Something I notice more and more -for the good !!
#conservation
jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
Hornet’s silk isn’t just cool, it has parallels in real biology.
A science breakdown for Silksong fans, by @aumpuma.bsky.social
#GeekStudies #scicomm #HollowKnight
Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Carlo M. Cunha2 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Po…
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Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Carlo M. Cunha2 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Po…
The term neo-Japonisme has some currency today, but is the global popularity of Japanese culture really something to be likened to the Japonisme of the nineteenth century? An art historian looks at wh...
Abraham U. Morales-Primo Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico. Email: aump.puma (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Silk is o…
Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…
We are partnering with the ONF–Acting for the Forest program to bring back Mountain elms to the Oisans forest in the Alps! In Cairn, Kami’s slopes are lush with life, and so should the Ecrins mountain ridge 🗻
youtu.be/SLpf-atLfIg
Cairn is all about the beauty of the mountains!
Working to protect them felt like the natural next step.
Tune into the EAF to learn more about our conservation efforts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcFk...
