I got a 7/7 for interpreting cat behavior ^_^ theconversation.com/do-you-speak...

Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”? by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social www.biographic.com/critical-min...

I cannot wait to see these guys live in two weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=icGY...

Read more about the developing field of phytomining--including the recent scientific and commercial advances--in today's story by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social: Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That www.biographic.com/critical-min...

That's where "phytomining" enters the picture. This nascent industry is using special metal-accumulating plants to develop a less destructive way to mine--or should we say farm?--metals.

But what if there was another way? What if there was a way to obtain the metals we want--nickel, cobalt, cadmium, zinc--without the need for destructive strip mining or deep sea adventures?

Whether it's coal, or oil, or diamonds, or cobalt, we love to fight over resources. Right now, the rush for critical minerals is sparking environmental destruction and human rights abuses. It's sending would-be miners prospecting on the very bottom of the sea, and stoking conflict around the world.

An update on this story - grad students are now exempt from the cap in student visas. 🧪

Today's mood is a super weird mix of djenty powerviolence and atmospheric electronic stuff that I found.... somewhere. Blast beats + piano? Theseus - Fromjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98k...

I read a really good book on Carrington years ago that I'd suggest if you're interested in space weather www.amazon.ca/Sun-Kings-Un...

"I wanted to check in and see how much “Gulf of America” had stuck in news media. The answer is: not very much." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

"A solar storm on par with the infamous Carrington Event could potentially wipe out every satellite orbiting our planet, leaving us in a precarious and expensive predicament... Such a powerful solar storm is inevitable and will hit our planet sooner or later." www.livescience.com/space/the-su...

“All of the main commercial [AIs] are just too nice,” Evans says. They are “not going to produce the level of conflict and diverse perspectives that are required for really pathbreaking work.” www.science.org/content/arti...

"The findings are evidence that chimps use metacognition, or thinking about thinking, to weigh evidence and plan accordingly" www.livescience.com/animals/chim...

It’s Nearly Time to Say Goodbye to the International Space Station. What Happens Next? www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

"The butt-drag impression is the first fossil of its kind to be described from anywhere in the world. In addition, these are the only possible fossilised hyrax tracks ever to be identified." theconversation.com/worlds-first...

World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

Important caveat is "for now." They can't keep this up forever if the seas and the climate keeps keep warming, pointed out researchers. But these fish showed surprising resilience (and so did the next generation) in the face of repeated ocean heatwaves > read more in my @biographic.bsky.social story

Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Today's mood: I Thought You Were Real - L Ʌ V Σ N www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTa...

“There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5,” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said ahead of the storm. “The question now is the speed of recovery. That’s the challenge.”"

Please repost: We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

Holy shit.

I can haz? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today. Remarkable satellite imagery.

Today's mood is a real slapper: Coven - Gost www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT6m...

We think of them as pets, but the vast majority of the world’s dogs live free-range in the environment. Understanding them could be key to helping urban wildlife thrive. www.biographic.com/canis-famili...

NBC News is tracking changes in the prices of eggs, bread, ground beef, chicken and other grocery items to monitor the impact on consumers’ food bills.

Just in case you forgot: hakaimagazine.com/news/nine-ye...

Check out this video of bats swooping out of an aardvark burrow as a genet snoops around the entrance! Incredible, I knew tunnels were diversity hotspots (e.g., tortoises), but I didn't realize the scale involved. 🦊🌎 Story here: www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYvI...

Today's mood: Around the Fur - Deftones www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz5G...

For years, I've been using these same resources to explain to writers what made Hakai Magazine's admittedly odd news section tick. It's the same viewpoint I've carried over to @biographic.bsky.social, and I'm happy I finally put it somewhere permanent colinschultz.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/d...

Each Friday, I write a briefing on what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Week 40: - UVA signed a dangerous deal - AWS outage pain - Incoming grad cohorts ⬇️ - Shutdown, alt-MMWR, & imminent loss of food aid for 42 million & much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Doing News the Hakai Magazine Way colinschultz.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/d...

We hear a lot that climate change will bring "winners and losers". But who will win, and who will lose? And why? And, how? Well, for these fish, winning seems more likely than not. The "how" is still up in the air.

Today's mood, the band that got me through my final year of university: A Small Spark Vs. a Great Forest - Norma Jean www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Xf...

Alrighty then www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...

Today's mood: Embers - The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Y8...

[email protected] is hiring a Contributing Editor for their Ocean Desk mongabay.org/opportunity/...

In case you missed it: we are hard at work on a deep dive into how the Trump Administration's policies are affecting biodiversity. bioGraphic's news editor, @colinschultz.bsky.social, wants to know: what do you, our readers, want to know more about this topic? What questions do you have?

Today's mood: Target Acquired - 156/Silence www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEKw...

"The plaintiffs, including former Nunuvut premier Paul Quassa are suing Canada for permitting and facilitating non-consensual experiments on Inuit in the late 1960s and early 1970s." www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

"Usually, stress causes animals to grow more slowly. But these fish, from heatwave-weary parents, grew quickly." www.biographic.com/these-fish-c...

Today's mood: Architects - Rise Against www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3x...

Ocean heatwaves are getting hotter, longer and more frequent. But what if some marine life could pass on resilience to multiple heatwaves to future generations? A paperclip-sized fish holds clues. My latest for @biographic.bsky.social www.biographic.com/these-fish-c...

Sometimes science gives an interesting result, but no clear explanation of how it happened. That's what's going on here, and I find it both hopeful and fascinating In some yet-unknown way, these fish can adapt to marine heatwaves, and pass that on to their kids www.biographic.com/these-fish-c...

Read more about the unexpected fortitude of fish in the face of ever-increasing heatwaves in These Fish Can Adjust to Heatwaves—And Pass the Resilience on to Their Offspring by @ashleybraun.bsky.social www.biographic.com/these-fish-c...

Strikingly, Shama and her colleagues found that not only could they prompt three-spined sticklebacks to develop more resilience to extreme heat, but that these benefits—somehow—get passed on to their offspring.

Evolutionary biologist Lisa Shama, of the @awi.de, tested whether fish could better withstand extreme heatwaves if they are first subjected to a shorter, less intense one. “It’s this idea that when you put a little bit of stress on something, it builds up tolerance to that stress,” Shama says.