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Scientists In Australia Just Identified A Previously Unknown Stick Insect — And It Weighs As Much As A Golf Ball "Acrophylla alta" is likely the heaviest insect in Australia.

Your cool creature of the week is this new (to us!) ginormous stick insect that they’ve just discovered in Australia.

At 15 inches long, it’s more of a branch insect than stick insect, and is now officially Australia’s heaviest insect! #science

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Aww, nice!! Well deserved, Debbie!

🎶 the summer I turned feral 🌊

Just got an ad telling me that "seniors born between 1979-1986 may benefit" from such and such, and if this is my kick into hagdom, who am I to argue?

Fellow hags and crones, we'll take over from here. 🧙‍♀️

Yeah! It’s a really beautiful colour, and also one you can’t really make with others. Great to mix with other natural tones too!

"I need ChatGPT to brainstorm" dear human person the whole point of brainstorming is to find new ways or angles when approaching a problem, the "let's regurgitate the complete stolen corpus of human achievement"-machine doesn't help you brainstorm - it stops you from brainstorming.

Question for parents: what's your KID'S favourite shark?

Asking for, well... me. 🦈🦈🦈🦈

(Yes you can answer if you don't have kids, but only if you're uncommonly obsessed with sharks!) 😉

What bubbles up is anger. Yes, scientists are supposed to float above personal biases and politics, Marvel writes. “But I don’t think that we enhance our credibility by pretending we feel nothing when we are ignored or belittled or insulted. It hardly makes us more honest to lie about our emotions. So here it is: I’m mad. I am angry at the cynicism, the lies, and the greed. I feel burning rage when I hear the same tired talking points, the falsehoods repeated credulously by people who should (and do) know better. I’m annoyed at how I and my fellow scientists have been treated. And I am absolutely furious when I see the uncertainty inherent in the scientific method twisted into something evil. Scientists don’t know everything, it’s true. But my God, I want to scream, we don’t know nothing.”

Lately, reading the work of intelligent, reasoned, thoughtful, ethical people is a salve to me.

Here are some thoughts from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social's new book 'Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet', and already know I will be raving about it for awhile.

Cathartic. 🌏

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of July!

Oh, thank you Shelley! Hope you love it!

Cobalt teal blue!

Fun Stuff for Kids This page is just for curious kids (and the grownups who love them). Here you’ll find videos, printables, and cool extras based on my books — from weird animal facts to creative challenges, drawing id...

Educators! Did you know I've got tons of free videos, drawing tutorials, virtual visits, and writing stuff for kids on my website?

Avanti, avanti! ✏️
www.jesskeating.com/forkids

reactive bioluminescent algae illuminate iris van herpen’s haute couture show in paris

Algae but make it fashion.

www.designboom.com/design/react...

Tyrannosaurus Rex's Bite Force Measured 8,000 Pounds, Scientists Say "That's like setting three small cars on top of the jaws of a T. rex — that's basically what was pushing down," a researcher says. Humans bite with a measly 200 pounds of force.

Your unhinged animal fact of the day is that scientists have determined how strong T. Rex Bite was -- and it's the equivalent of being crushed by three cars.

That's 431,000 PSI of bite force.

(For context, humans have a bite force of ~200 PSI.)

So yeah. Chomp.

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I added one!

Ohhhh he's beautiful!! Give him a hug from me!

Fig trees convert atmospheric CO₂ to stone, research reveals Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss scientist...

WHOA. So this is cool. Scientists have learned that fig trees can convert CO2 into STONE.

This is good news for a) climate change and b) nerds who enjoy the neat stuff that nature is always up to.

#science phys.org/news/2025-07...

Inspiring Picture Book Biographies About Women in STEM | Brightly These captivating biographies about trailblazing women in STEM are perfect for reading during Women’s History Month and all year long!

Wow, really lovely to see not one, but THREE of my books on this list from Brightly! Thanks, team!

With everything *gestures widely* these days, books about women in STEM are more important than ever. Let's keep making and sharing them! www.readbrightly.com/picture-book...

I feel this entire blog post in my soul (and arguably, I *did* have a breakout book...it just only paid in exposure and the percentage of readers who followed me was tiny).

Wow, just sitting here reading this and nodding every three seconds. Oof.

Aw, this scam is forever around, it seems. In case any new writers need to hear it, YOU do not pay the publisher. The publisher pays you.

Ah yes, good point!! Let me write the necessary essay please!

I'm convinced this is the ad equivalent of the dudebro yelling about his finance job at the airport, while on his phone.

They could solve this by having a single question at the end of the survey: "Please explain any issues you have with the previous questions." That would flush out out. 😉

How to: Make a Limpet Ring Poem - The Travelling Bookbinder How to: Make a limpet ring poem Bookart project celebrating Iona Driftwood Binding Retreat. Inspired by Hannah Nunn's Tiny Treasures

Today in cute stuff that will grow your creativity: Make a limpet ring poem!

This is very cute and easy to do with kid readers. #edusky www.thetravellingbookbinder.com/2025/07/how-...

If it helps, today is the second shortest day in history.

This is because the Earth is expected to complete its rotation approximately 1.34 milliseconds faster today than the average 24 hours.

The Italian island named the world’s most colourful destination According to science.

Creative break! Here are the world's most colourful places
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Ugh, solidarity! It takes SO long for your body to catch up. But it can!!