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Rob Steven, PhD

@robsteven.bsky.social

Educator, scientist, skier.

241 Followers  |  103 Following  |  11 Posts  |  Joined: 07.01.2025  |  1.6402

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Costume contest: Vote for the best disguises in the animal kingdom These species pretend to be something other than what they are β€” to scare off predators, lure prey or hide.

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A fun and informative look at biological mimicry in the spirit of Halloween!

27.10.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t forget to floss! An innovative approach for vaccine delivery In a recent issue of Nature Biomedical Engineering, Ingrole et al. explore a new approach for needle-free vaccine delivery through the mouth. They devise and test a dental-floss-based flu vaccine as a...

Don’t forget to floss! An innovative approach for vaccine delivery: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
One day you may receive your vaccinations by flossing instead of injection!

16.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

29.04.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18997    πŸ” 4075    πŸ’¬ 622    πŸ“Œ 477
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Elbows up, Canada.

22.03.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 52558    πŸ” 13425    πŸ’¬ 1500    πŸ“Œ 2312

Hahahaha nice one Luke!

26.02.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is 67 cases--a tiny fraction of TB's global burden, which exceeds 10,000,000 active cases per year.

But the longer we allow a curable illness to infect and kill millions, the more TB we'll see in the U.S. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease, and TB anywhere is a threat to humans everywhere.

27.01.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1739    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 10

No.

27.01.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Could we ever regrow our adult teeth? Inside the effort to regrow β€˜permanent’ teethβ€”stem cells, gene-editing, drugs, and more.

Would be great if I could just regrow that missing molar in the back of my mouth! Might be possible at some point. Interesting read, particularly for you dental students out there.

23.01.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice!

22.01.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If I’m gonna have cereal for breakfast it’s got to have a high fruit to cereal ratio!

19.01.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stephen King himself recommends 11/22/63. Anyone read it? Do you agree?

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Meteorite strike in P.E.I. 'not like anything we've ever heard before' An Island homeowner captured what's believed to be a first: the sight and sound of a meteorite striking the earth. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin speaks with Chris Herd, the meteorite collection...

Small meteorite recorded smashing into ground. Kinda cool.

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Skiing above the clouds.

07.01.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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