There's more than one way to web a "duck" #Evolution

Is the genetic code a real code? This debate will not die. Hopefully this helps: youtu.be/1dqvxP6DoU0?...

Great video, covering a lot of non-trivial stuff very nicely!

Now with convenient chapters for easy navigation through the topics, just in case anyone doesn’t have a full hour spare to listen to me and @statedclearly.bsky.social talking about social insects 🐜

And here it is, my interview with @juliet-turner.bsky.social youtu.be/v_46GqZDZCk?... We saved the twitter slop for the end so trolls might learn something as they desperately wait to see if she mentions them. Also, shoutout to @alexwild.bsky.social for letting her use his photos in this!

I'm normally a pretty private person, but today marks a significant personal milestone where I have now lived for as long as a "non-Christian" as I had growing up a sincerely believing Christian into my 20s. I've touched briefly on my experiences in some of my comics...

I made this for my interview with Dr. Juliet Turner. Video is out soon!

I'm sure you've heard about the so called "fertility crisis", but is it real? If so, how real and what's causing it? Here it is from a biological view: youtu.be/uTtsBqy3U2k?...

Marjorie and Pence are fascinating characters, no? Not sure what to make of this.

LeDNA is a low-cost, open access tool ready to be deployed around the globe to democratize education in genetics and CRISPR gene editing technology go.nature.com/3Wybiyb rdcu.be/eNF06

youtu.be/2dV5s6v2v8Q?... Does anyone know the person behind this animation? The YouTube channel says to contact them via spronk3d.com, but this website no longer exists. I suspect Chris Spronk from Lithuania is the animator but I can't find his current contact info.

#daily 46: #study snake

Can we really "do our own research"? Um... People are trying on twitter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy8w... I think @jordancollver.bsky.social will like this.

My attempted tribute to Jane Goodall: youtu.be/17NRTljja9w

US healthcare is like a beautiful grocery store full of colorfully packaged items but most have no price tag, those that do are far lower than billed at the counter, and you never know if you're even allowed to buy anything until the cashier checks with your insurance "provider". What went wrong?

Great, now even drugstore purchases signal your party affiliation.

I moved from Oregon 7 years ago but was recently summoned to Jury Duty there. I sent an email explaining and asked what my civic obligations are. I got a surprisingly friendly response: "Thank you for this information. I’ve excused you from jury duty. Have an awesome weekend!"

I can't remember if I've said so already, but the second Pets Tell Tales book, this time about Ancient Rome, is available to pre-order NOW: shorturl.at/vZONu

This X-ray of a Komodo dragon is rad! That is all. www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13...

One for the #SciArt feed. Rik is too humble to admit it here, but he's the one who came up with the idea for this illustration! Looking forward to sharing more of these when the document is published.

I will be on CTV Montreal News tonight around 6:20PM to talk about the fact that we're reading fewer books and what it might mean for our critical thinking skills.

Nice cell division observed on Zeiss LLS7 yesterday! Sample: @romainguiet.bsky.social

We’re back, baby! I’m shipping to the USA again! I’m happy to say that customers in the US can buy my stuff again, and that the shipping price-increase due to the new tariffs is minimal (50p!) So please check my bio for all the details and go grab yourself some stuff! Please share.

Folks the paper is on the cover of the latest issue of Science.

Synthetic organic chemistry is a thing. It's funny how much confusion language can cause.

Happy Publication Day to @rikworth.bsky.social for Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt from @hachettechildrens.bsky.social, which I was lucky enough to get to draw. This wasn't our first comic together and it certainly won't be our last (read as unthreateningly as possible).

I designed an experiment using the concepts of intelligence as described by @paulstamets.bsky.social and @drmichaellevin.bsky.social. Is tap water intelligent? 6 minutes is all you need to find out: youtu.be/YVt-QHudRDA?...

Why would some people risk their lives for their pet dogs, when that same person doesn't think twice before eating an equally sentient pig? I see philosophers struggle with the "logic" here. My advice to the philosophers: Study Darwin. youtu.be/CLDxzKvuESk?...

Scientist: "This remains an active area of research and ongoing empirical exploration." Napoleon Dynamite translation: "We don't flippin' know yet but we're trying. Jeez!"

The repurposing of old traits for new functions is so important in evolution that scientists keep rediscovering it & thinking it needs a name: Trait conversion Preadaptation Co-option Neofunctionalization Moonlighting Exaptation Stingers are coopted ovipositors. www.youtube.com/shorts/5n89p...

US: We're taking away your science funding unless you promise not to hurt the president's feelings Europe: Here's tons of free money, please come do your science here, however you see fit www.science.org/content/arti...

A dog's job is to chase stuff humans throw, and act deeply satisfied while receiving subpar back rubs.

This lizard is pregnant! I talk about it in the new Stated Clearly animation: Darwin's Monster youtu.be/CHvclYKy85w?... These photos are by Dr Rebecca Pyles who studies the evolution of pregnancy and live-birth in reptiles.

Yep, I am following the other guy named Jon Perry who also does art on the internet but is not me: @perryjon.bsky.social There's actually another one of us who does really nice wildlife sculptures but I haven't seen him on Bluesky.

It's true that much published science fails to be replicated by others, but 1) That is science doing exactly what it's supposed to do! 2) Much of this would be solved by reforms to scientific publishing (fewer journals, more open access, less reliance on only publications for career currency)

It's a bank holiday Monday here in the UK, the perfect time to prepare for the afterlife by preordering a copy of Pets Tell Tales!

There's a fun debate on YouTube: Should science communicators normalize the fact that birds are reptiles? I know @tetzoo.bsky.social likes to normalize birds as dinosaurs but how far should we take clade speak? "People are fish"? How bout "whales are fish"? youtu.be/cxX3CdR9D0M?...

Note to #ScienceTeachers, the new animation now has NGSS categories added to it. HS-LS4-1: Communicating Common Ancestry HS-LS4-2: Process of evolution HS-LS4-4: Natural selection and adaptation. www.statedclearly.com/videos/darwi... #biology

I really, really like chameleons. That is all.

Hey @squamatespod.bsky.social! So -- I just listened to ep 33, devoted to chameleons. Nice work. Point number 1. Hey, look... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/11... :) Point number 2. You spoke about 'possible future evolution' of chameleons and -- le shock! No mention of... cont

It's new animation day! I realized, after it went live, that @tetzoo.bsky.social should have been credited in the science advisor section. He helped me on the snake evo consensus question. Sorry, Darren! I'll find a way to make it up to you! youtu.be/CHvclYKy85w?...

The interwebs say they’re about 2 ft long. Here is @statedclearly.bsky.social with one and it’s as long as his arm. Tambo Condor works with conservationists and the feathers are ethically collected.

If short-form scrolling videos were banned, not just on TikTok, but everywhere, how much would this boost national productivity?

What is gain of function research and should we ban it? youtu.be/V-dG5fYbk6s?...

"No expert could identify it!" "It can only have been a creature unknown to science" -- are the sort of things they say. I'm afraid that they are never accurate. Example 1: Santa Cruz’s Duck-Billed Elephant Monster, Definitively Identified ... tetzoo.com/blog/2021/11...

We've also got a dung beetle. And a bee. Most are still mammals, but there are plenty of birds and some reptiles too. Gotta get an amphibian in there at some point... maybe the next book 🤞

I appreciate crows and ravens! From a t-shirt design I did some time ago for @statedclearly.bsky.social #InternationalCrowAndRavenAppreciationDay

Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation. Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday

Snake biologists: How do you feel about where I set the "certainty-o-meter" here for the burrowing snake (Fossorial) hypothesis? Should I have it higher, lower? Side note: The scale was drawn for me by @jordancollver.bsky.social years ago. I added the gauge today to illustrate confidence levels.

Today's the day! My new book MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER is finally out! If you want to understand why tech billionaires are so obsessed with impossible ideas about space and AI — and why that's dangerous — this book is for you. #MoreEverythingForever www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-...