Equilibria Blog

We love doing science & we want to share it with you. Equilibria is a window into the world of the scientific profession. @m_emmonsbell/@talinden/@realarikshams

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Aaaand we're live! Check out Equilibria's intro post where we explain who the heck we are and why we're doing this!
https://t.co/DvN5kJ1MVD

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Diversity makes countries *and* organisms better! Check out our latest exploring the vast diversity of cell types, and the mechanisms by which cells specialize in particular tasks.

https://t.co/ohoTLBK908

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Also! The ability to explore questions like this one depends on a sound democracy and regard for inquiry and truth. Make a plan to vote Nov 6 ;) <3

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Hey you! Want a speedy introduction to the coolest biological quandaries? Check out the first of our Small Intros to Big Questions series. We write short n sweet contemplations about the unanswered questions that keep us up at night.
https://t.co/J0uIFxjRKN

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Thanks to the relentlessly talented and Twitter-less Josh Cofsky for his contributions to this post.

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Time for an @EquilibriaBlog throwback! @talinden describes the altruistic habits of mouse sperm, who can cooperate with their relatives in the race towards egg fertilization. The awesome science comes from @hopihoekstra's lab!
https://t.co/b6YyLE8VnU

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Photokinetic bacteria can be arranged into complex and reconfigurable patterns, including portraits, using a digital light projector https://t.co/Zo8eM0puCp

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Help: How do you pronounce “FASTA”?

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Think YOUR neighbors are annoying? Try living next door to a cancer cell..! Read @m_emmonsbell's newest for some surprisingly dramatic neighbor-vs-neighbor rivalry
https://t.co/RRN3urVSrH

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Hbd Darwin! 🎂🎉🔬🐦 #IStudyEvolution of multicellularity to understand how the first animal — your great-great-great-...-grandparent, a teeny little ball of cells — originated >600 million years ago. #DarwinDay #evolutionisawesome

[Eric Copenhaver @ecopenhaver]

I'm so amped to have written a guest post for @EquilibriaBlog (who's doing great work). It's an expose on my day-to-day life of an atomic physicist. #RealTimePhys https://t.co/u1XfdarOLU

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Ever wonder what it’s like to wake up in the morning and push the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe? Turns out it might be more familiar than you think. (Our first @equilibriablog guest post!) https://t.co/uIAAtnUnLy

[Human Doodles @m_emmonsbell]

.@EquilibriaBlog is back to business after an extended winter-break-and-quals induced hiatus! We're excited to introduce our first guest writer, @ecopenhaver -- read about his adventures in atomic physics! https://t.co/U9LaEWxl9x

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Ever wondered what it's like to be an actual dark matter scientist? Read our first #guestpost by @ecopenhaver, where he describes a day in his life as an atomic physicist at UC Berkeley! #darkmatter #physics #lasers #science… https://t.co/gQHxE8yed6

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Happy holidays from all of us at EqBlog! Thanks for this awesome artwork, @sophiameb 👏

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Whoa! You’ll bee sorry if you don’t check out these gorgeous orchid #bees! These were @talinden’s actual research subjects in Costa Rica. Look at that collection! 🌸🐝
#beeautiful #somanybeepuns #DailyCritter https://t.co/8Qa4UHGEHI

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Yesterday’s #DailyCritter Day 18: Moreeeee orchid bees! 🐝🌸👩🏻‍🔬 Read on to learn all about this critter’s trendy new pollen-packed fashion accessory and why orchids are NOT the upstanding honest citizens you think they are! https://t.co/8VjZIt0Wxe

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

A precise sequence of left-right asymmetries, combined with mechanical constraints, is enough to drive the looping of the embryonic heart https://t.co/sOqaKmHqJw

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Pictured here is Rhea Perlman’s spirit animal, the Rhea americana. #DailyCritter #serheasly #rhearear https://t.co/B0T9KHpJN6

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Finally, today’s #DailyCritter Day 15 is the greater rhea (Rhea americana), the New World cousin of the ostrich! Are these birds truly flightless or just lazy? Find out this and more: https://t.co/zjhQVLcpPj

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Even if you’re tiny enough to fit on a blade of grass, a few push-ups a day can do wonders for your #confidence. But awesome pics aside, check out this post to see @talinden’s #worstpunyet #ohgod #DailyCritter https://t.co/kydPh0FlWi

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#DailyCritter Day 14 was a twofer: Anolis lizards! Can you guess why these critters do push-ups? #GymTanLizard https://t.co/gPxHN0M95S