Current Biology

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21 October 2026 15:39

This piece of land art is the burrow of a mud-shrimp. One example of animals as geological agents, burrowing through and mixing sediments. Such 'Bioturbation' is the focus of a primer in our Life&Earth special, from the doyen of the field, Jack Middelburg Dig in! 🪏 👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Angela Liu

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20 October 2026 19:19

Guys, “The Mourning Robot” won 2nd place in the Rhysling Awards! Huge thanks to all the readers and @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for giving this one a home. This poem (+ spec poetry in general) has taken me to so many places this year (nebulas! hugos! my first pub in China!), and I am so grateful.

M L Clark

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17 October 2026 11:29

Today, so help me, I am going to write again. Even though - and because - the world is full of cruelty and sorrow. #PoetryBreak

Will Ratcliff

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17 October 2026 10:33

1/ There are a ton of cool papers coming out on evolutionary transitions in individuality right now! Here are five recent ones I've really enjoyed, spanning Snowball Earth, volvocine algae, plasmids that fuse into a new individual, the relatives of animals, and... water kefir

PLOS Biology

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17 October 2026 08:08

Fucci genetic systems are commonly used to monitor cell proliferation in living cells. This study develops FuChi, the first avian Fucci reporter line that enables precise cell cycle tracking during embryonic #development . 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/3UvdclJ