Ed Yong is offline

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16 September 2026 23:45

Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/

Atal Pande

atal-pande.bsky.social

21 July 2026 22:36

Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀 We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Lauren Sumner-Rooney

laurensr.bsky.social

13 May 2026 12:55

Beautiful new preprint from Antonio and Andres on the evolution of eye loss in spiders! Find the full thread below for details on unequal losses across parallel visual systems, possible regains of eyes, 1000s of surveyed species, ecological and developmental clues, and a gratuitous dinosaur emoji 🦕

Wendy Valencia Montoya

wendyssae.bsky.social

02 April 2026 13:57

My PhD paper on my beloved cycads and beetles on the cover of Science!!! Check out how we studied thermal infrared as a pollination signal, from molecular mechanisms to the wonders of behavior... science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Peter T. Rühr

peter-t-ruehr.bsky.social

08 March 2026 03:10

Fresh from the Press! 🚨🤖 Kitchen #sponges release #microplastics during everyday dishwashing. In our OA paper we quantify this using #CitizenScience + lab experiments. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.en... I built the #robotic test stand to simulate sponge abrasion: meet #SpongeBot!