#simple science

[wolf-tail]

Me after naming my Beetlelands fan baby Grub

[floyags]

...AND DON'T WORRY 'BOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS!

[poesia-colagem-dispersos]

RPC | 2017

[Simple Science. Lisboa, Alambique, 2019]

[getout-ofyourownway]

I feel like certain music is meant to be consumed only while traveling. It doesn't hit the same no other way.

[science-simplified]

First Infographic of the Blog!

The aim of these is to be short and sweet, but informative and easy to understand.

Please give me any feedback you have!

[markscherz]

I put it to you that Scaphiophryne marmorata is peak frog.

Why?

Well first, it's pretty round, which is key.

Now get a load of those fingers.

Big, expanded discs at the end, ideal for climbing.

But what's happening back there with those toes? No discs there. Those are good for walking and hopping around on the ground.

Now, let's gently turn them over

First, excellent tum, 17 out of 10, no notes.

But what's that at the base of the foot? Those big projections? Yep, those are spades. This climbing, hopping frog is an excellent digger!

I like to think of these Scaphiophryne as all-terrain frogs. They're basically good at everything. They defy our categorical labels of 'arboreal', 'terrestrial', or 'fossorial', and say 'por qué no los tres?'—but in Malagasy, so 'nahoana no tsy izy telo?'

[thevibesaregay]

cats are demons

I love them

[spirk-trek]

As I Do Thee Fanzine | Deeb, 1989

[ser-rctslcyer]

Marc and his hat - 1x03

Moon Knight (2022)

[apsciencebydan]

The Amazon Ant nest which provided me with the coolest single creature I may ever find nearly 2 years ago is still there and active! I wondered if it would survive this past winter and a burn, and was glad to see both species out and about yesterday. Polyergus longicornis can no longer feed themselves, so they raid the nests of Formica dolosa ants and carry back "slave" workers to care for them. So if you find a nest, there will be two ant species in the same burrow. Usually you will just see the Formica out and about doing maintenence on the nest, but if disturbed the Polyergus and their large mandibles will come out ready to fight. Or if you're really lucky you'll catch them on a raid, which is quite a sight.

OR, if you're prepared to use your entire allowance of luck for your life, you'll catch a gynandromorph male/worker just emerged. 👀

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source

[unvierte]

𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 - 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 ( 𝐢𝐟-𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 = 𝐮𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞)

𝗇𝖺̃𝗈 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗈 𝗊𝗎𝖾 𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝗆 𝗆𝖾𝗎 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗈, 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖼̧𝖺, 𝖾𝗎 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗂 𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖺́𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗌.

𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀.

𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿.

[junebuggeryy]

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if you have a MAD SCIENTIST. on ARFIGHT. you are in DANGER. of ME

[uncanny-tranny]

"haha, are you an art gay, a science gay, or a math gay"

Actually, I find the division between art, science, and math to be a very nebulous idea and useless when you actually interact with the universe. The more you learn about the world, the more you surround yourself with art and science and math, and you'll never be able to see it any other way and it will be beautiful. When I take your hand, it won't be the science of our atoms closing the distance between us that we will experience, but the math of our fingers interlocking and the art of our bodies that we will experience. You are math and you are science and you are art, and nothing will make you any lesser💛

[cowboy-caboodles]

The fact that Bruce has canonically turned into the hulk from nightmares makes me so sad so I tried doodling something cute for it instead !!😭

guys i can’t stop thinking about THEMMMM something about rare pairs make me want to chew up my couch like a rabid dog grrr BARK BARK

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the thing about academic literature is that sometimes incredibly complex hyperspecific terminology and phrasing really is the best, clearest, most efficient way to communicate a concept while minimizing nuance and potential for misinterpretation. tbh it drives me up the wall when people take that personally and misconstrue it as elitism and deliberate obfuscation when the goal is to be as objective as possible in such an inherently subjective medium as written language. obvs some authors take it to an extreme— pretty common disclaimer for humans in general— but the rule of thumb is if you can choose between a common word or phrase that kinda matches the thing you need to say and has a variety of colloquial meanings, and a niche word that has exactly one definition, you should pick the niche one every time.

the other thing is that most academic literature is aimed at other academics, because that's who it's most vital and time-sensitive to reach with the info. entry-level science communication geared toward the layperson should not be expected from interacademic communication and scientific journals, the same way you wouldn't tell two ESL spanish-speaking people to speak english when chatting privately in their own home.

on top of all that, i think people criminally undervalue teachers and public speakers. "simple english" is deceptive; it's an entirely separate skill (and honestly an art form) to rephrase something complex into simpler terms, even if you know the actual concept front to back. asking someone who deals almost exclusively in academic vernacular to suddenly try and write in simple english for a layperson is an extremely tall order and devalues both the work they put into developing that academic-language mindset and the equally impressive work of educators who actually are able to perform that translation work and regularly do so as a career