Melatonin is a naturally produced molecule that has long been suspected to play a role in healthy sleep. Now, Caltech researchers have discovered a mechanism through which melatonin promotes sleep, using zebrafish models in the laboratory. www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...

A shocker from Garisto in Nature, re: grants at the National Science Foundation (NSF). "Staff... told Nature that they had received verbal instructions in the interim to spend as if Trump’s budget proposal for 2026 was in effect." Which would have been a 57% cut. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I missed that someone finally managed to find and photograph the rare punk rock ant Camponotus thadeus.

The coming global food crisis Hunger and even famine are foreseeable consequences of the war on Iran. Now the world must act to shield the poorest from effects that will continue long after the fighting stops. www.ft.com/content/3634... archive version: archive.is/7cMSo

"A homicidal maid was the downfall of a family of Bay Area millionaires" That's a banger of a headline! www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

We are all paying attention to spring trees, but flowers seem to get all the attention. Vegetative growth, as buds open and leaves enlarge, are doing complicated, interesting things, and they are certainly worth a close look.

We've known that the proteins in the epigenome control DNA expression, but we thought they were just on-off switches. They're not. They're more. This is pretty remarkable. 🧪🔬🧬 news.ncsu.edu/2026/04/each...

After months months of wailing and gnashing of teeth, lo, in the 11th hour, a global extension appears. Who could have predicted such a thing? (he asks fasceciously) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

🧪 🦟 🎨Based on a recent post by @nmoiroux.bsky.social‬ I decided to post something I did a couple of years ago on the bird site. Enjoy! Keep reading for amazing mosquito paintings! bsky.app/profile/nmoi...

Transformers! More than meets the eye! This VERY ANGRY ROCK is actually a brown box crab (Echidnocerus foraminatus), a king crab found off the Pacific coast of North America. The impressively compact shape is a defense posture, but there's an even neater feature not shown here. (📷:zedasd)

Is there some reason why 'The tomato is actually fruit, not a vegetable!' has been a go-to revelation for decades, while the fact that the exact same applies to the cucumber, its unshakable comrade-in-salad, is never brought up?

My deep dive on the current U.S. drought and what's next for all of us. Down ⬇️ www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

Huge hidden cave under castle with prehistoric hippo bones 'once in a lifetime' find. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Biologists Confirm Not Much Evolution Happened Today theonion.com/biologists-c...

This is an example of what can be achieved when people decide to deal seriously with water supply problems. Given the increasing likelihood for long-term mega-drought in the western US, time's a wasting for everyone else. www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...

I love that this was a plant breeding project driven by a high school student with help from her mother. #PlantBreeding #Horticulture 🌱🧪🧬 www.hortidaily.com/article/9829...

How every layer of science's "self-correcting machinery" failed when Iva Veseli and I simply wanted to reproduce the findings of a high-profile study on gut microbiome and autism: merenlab.org/2026/04/15/u...

Former Gov. Sonny Perdue, the first Republican governor of Georgia since Reconstruction, just announced that he is retiring from his role as chancellor of the state’s higher education system. #gapol www.ajc.com/education/20...

Man it's gotta be rough when your attendance numbers can't even come close to a minor league hockey team. in the south. Pic of a Rock Lobsters game at the same venue.

Presentation of a US flag to Dr.bGale Buchanan by a representative from Congressman Austin Scott's office.

Had the honor this morning to attend Dr. Gale A. Buchanan's exit seminar on the UGA Tifton Campus. He leaves a giant legacy at Tifton, at UGA at USDA, and on US agriculture.

One of the wilder midterm stories: former Dolton, IL Democratic Mayor Tiffany Henyard—dogged by FBI probes, alleged misuse of funds, lawsuits, deficits, and extortion-style accusations—lost re-election 88–12% in 2025. Now she’s running in Georgia in 2026… as a Republican.

Behold Arachnocampa luminosa, aka the New Zealand glowworm. The larval forms use their blue-green bioluminescence to lure prey into silk snares (meanwhile, the adults take the form of tiny gnats).

Chinese cars have become ore affordable and better than American cars. Doesn’t seem Great for America. M The Affordable Car Is Dead. What Happened? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.

Cracking subway ad in Tokyo.

#Kinase condensates enrich ATP and trigger #autophosphorylation. A new paper from @lindsaycase.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Watch the video. Read the whole damn paper. Birds. Are. Amazing. #birds 🌿

LOL. The taste of glue from licking all those stamps and pasting them into redemption books for Mom is a long lost memory from rainy childhood days. 🤑 www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cust...