New story on the Avian Hybrids blog, featuring transposable elements in the octopus genome. Something different. 😉
Life in the octopus genome: Transposable elements as ecological opportunists
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/l...
Based on the BioEssays paper by Stefan Linquist et al.
Precise genome editing of human embryos triggers praise and alarm www.nature.com/articles/d41... ... I have some thoughts...
Today, I was gently reminded that my age is closer to 50 than to 20.
There are only two possible conclusions: either my birth certificate is a lie, or we’ve got math all wrong.
These look gorgeous!
My Tractor Beam (@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social) story Desert Beetle Song is now available in Portuguese!
*awesomeness overload*
Robot beetles, technological snarky djinn, and sassy four-year-old included.
#writing #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #shortstory
My Tractor Beam (@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social) story Desert Beetle Song is now available in Portuguese!
*awesomeness overload*
Robot beetles, technological snarky djinn, and sassy four-year-old included.
#writing #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #shortstory
Sometimes, you just need to listen to your... liver?
Do you live in NY? Ever been to East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca?
If so, you may have unwittingly walked over one of the largest and oldest populations of regular miner bees ever recorded.
"... between 3.1 and 8.0 million bees."
"... could have existed for ~90 years."
#science #biology
You, yes you, should go follow Orbital Studies. The world needs more science writing with lyricism!
The ‘base editing’ technique that researchers used is far from ready for the clinic, but critics worry that it will spur a rush to commercialize the approach.
