2016 : Let there be fair AI...
2019 : Oh, wait!
2026 : Rogue AI everywhere killing people and whatnot.

HAMMERFALL - Last Man Standing (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records

#Geol204playlist For the rise of Homo sapiens youtu.be/IOmMZBZGBps?...

A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑

ICB blog
Here are three examples from #SICB2026 ( @sicb.bsky.social )
of how academic societies and #conference organizers can successfully integrate #art into the conference experience:

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Name use by companion parrots Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species produ...

Companion parrots use names in flexible ways
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One of the most famous mosasaurs, Tylosaurus proriger, submerges after taking a breath. It is dark above and light below, as tentatively suggested by some palaeocolour data. The challenges of interpreting scaly reptile palaeocolour, and the tiny scraps of colour data we have for this animal, preclude much confidence in chromatic interpretations of this species, however. Also, if you stare at this long enough, you'll see a few sharks. No foolin'.

Been thinking marine-reptiley thoughts today. Here's one of my latest #paleoart efforts along that line: Tylosaurus proriger. The colour is based on fossil colour data, although it's far from certain that this animal was black and countershaded.

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Earth Day 2026: Carbon Catchers YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History

🌎In celebration of #EarthDay, watch this video by the Museum's Science Visualization team to learn how animals and plants work together to store carbon and stabilize our climate.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

Please stand by for more.

Yes, second on that. Better safe than sorry.

Wow! I'm glad you're in good enough shape to do the doodle, but damn!!

Rapid growth in a Neandertal infant from Amud Cave in Israel Neandertal infants are rarely found, with only a few individuals documented in the literature. Therefore, their growth and development remain poorly u…

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Baby Neanderthals may have had a rapid growth spurt compared to modern babies Baby Neanderthals may have been much larger and grown much more quickly than their modern Homo sapiens counterparts, according to a new study of the most intact Neanderthal infant skeleton. Neandertha...

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two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

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Paul Barrett will be hosting a technical talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about Zimbabwe’s dinosaur heritage and new fieldwork that has yielded surprising results.

Paul is Head of Fossil Vertebrates & Palaeoanthropology at the Natural History Museum, London. He has published nearly 250 scientific papers.

Another case of Elon's Disease

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New large pterosaur tracks from Korea and their implications on terrestrial behavior - Scientific Reports Pterosaurs were important components of Mesozoic ecosystems, occupying diverse ecological niches from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. Among them, neoazhdarchians have been hypothesized...

Possible track of a hunting pterosaur

Jung, J., Kim, K.S., Xing, L. et al. New large pterosaur tracks from Korea and their implications on terrestrial behavior. Sci Rep 16, 12363 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New large pterosaur tracks from Korea and their implications on terrestrial behavior - Scientific Reports Pterosaurs were important components of Mesozoic ecosystems, occupying diverse ecological niches from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. Among them, neoazhdarchians have been hypothesized...

Possible track of a hunting pterosaur

Jung, J., Kim, K.S., Xing, L. et al. New large pterosaur tracks from Korea and their implications on terrestrial behavior. Sci Rep 16, 12363 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

An ornithomimosaur from the Campanian Cedar District Formation (Nanaimo Group) of Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada Despite decades of intensive collecting effort in the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group of Vancouver Island, no definitive dinosaur remains have been reported. Here we describe an isolated theropod cauda...

Victoria M. Arbour, Timon S. Bullard, and David C. Evans (2026)

An ornithomimosaur from the Campanian Cedar District Formation (Nanaimo Group) of Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada

FACETS 11: 1-7

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New material of the toothed platypus Obdurodon insignis (Monotremata: Ornithorhynchidae) from the late Oligocene Pinpa Local Fauna at Billeroo Creek, South Australia connectsci.au/az/article/4...

Insectivores and rodents (Mammalia) from Ses Fontanelles (Eivissa, Pityusic Islands) and their implications for the Early Pliocene evolution of the endemic faunas in the Western Mediterranean islands - Journal of Mammalian Evolution Journal of Mammalian Evolution - In this paper, the small mammal association of Ses Fontanelles (Eivissa, Pityusic Islands, Spain) is described. This assemblage comprises a soricid, Myosorex sp.,...

Agustí, J., Furió, M., Piñero, P. et al. Insectivores and rodents (Mammalia) from Ses Fontanelles (Eivissa, Pityusic Islands) and their implications for the Early Pliocene evolution of the endemic faunas in the Western Mediterranean islands. J Mammal Evol 33, 9 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s109...

Smilodon fatalis canine and alveolus junction gap: Using MicroCT scans and 3D Slicer Abstract. The cranium of the sabertooth cat Smilodon fatalis from Rancho La Brea, now called La Brea Tar Pits and Museum (LBTPM), has been extensively stud

Smilodon fatalis canine and alveolus junction gap: Using MicroCT scans and 3D Slicer academic.oup.com/iob/article/...

Hyaenodonta from the Middle to Late Miocene deposits of the Siwaliks of Pakistan with a brief account of Indian subcontinent hyaenodonts - PalZ New fossil material identified as ‘creodonts,’ particularly hyaenodonts, from the Siwaliks of Pakistan provide significant new information on this important group of carnivores. Three hyaenodont taxa are identified based on these new fossils. Deciduous dental remains identified as ?Megistotherium/Hyainailouros sp. provide important new data on large hyaenodonts and their presence in the Miocene of southern Asia. Fossils identified as Hyaenodon cf. H. pervagus potentially provide important new temporal and biogeographic data on a highly speciose genus of hyaenodont. While the genus is known throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere (Asia, Europe, North America), these new fossils represent the first record of the genus from the Siwaliks, expanding its range in southern Asia. They also represent the youngest temporal occurrence of the genus (Middle Miocene). Another fossil represents a new species, Metapterodon anari sp. nov. This genus was previously tentatively identified from the Siwaliks, but this new material provides definitive evidence of its presence. Not only does this confirm its presence in the Miocene Siwalik deposits of the Indian subcontinent but also represents an important temporal occurrence for the genus. It represents the youngest occurrence of the genus worldwide but may also represent the youngest occurrence of any hyaenodont. The new material provides important new data on some of the less well-known ‘creodonts’ of the Siwaliks, and this data is important for not only our understanding of some of the youngest hyaenodonts near their eventual extinction, but the complex mammal communities preserved on the Indian subcontinent.

Mahmood, K., Abbas, S.G., Jasinski, S.E. et al. Hyaenodonta from the Middle to Late Miocene deposits of the Siwaliks of Pakistan with a brief account of Indian subcontinent hyaenodonts. PalZ (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s125...

PeerJ Toothed whales independently evolve specialized suction feeding without converging on skull shape peerj.com/articles/211... @peerj.bsky.social

Bone microanatomy and weight-bearing adaptations in the giant proboscidean Deinotherium giganteum (Kaup, 1829) Bone anatomy reflects the mechanical and functional constraints to which the skeleton is subjected. In graviportal taxa, the primary constraint is gravity, requiring specific adaptations in bone struc...

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Size Disparity in Putative Primate Adaptive Radiations and Other Mammalian Clades Introduction Adaptive radiation is commonly viewed as the rapid production of phenotypic disparity and taxonomic diversity. Among primates, two clades have been identified as potential adaptive radi.....

Size Disparity in Putative Primate Adaptive Radiations and Other Mammalian Clades - Scott - 2026 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

No evidence that hominin dispersal across Eurasia was part of a wider turnover in mammal distributions - Nature Communications Hominin dispersal out of Africa may have corresponded with exchanges of other fauna out of Africa. Here, the authors examine taxonomic and functional similarities in Eurasian and African fossil commun...

Sun, J., de la Torre, I. & Bibi, F. No evidence that hominin dispersal across Eurasia was part of a wider turnover in mammal distributions. Nat Commun 17, 3575 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

It took almost exactly 3 years to go from, "check out these cool pictures of US presidents as wrestlers" to people throwing molotovs at Sam Altman's house