🫵 Your ancestors were extremophiles
August 31, 2026 at 7:21 PM
🫵 Your ancestors were extremophiles
Re-reading Project Hail Mary before watching the movie.
A superb science mystery, the book is dream sci-fi for a biologist: multiple forms of extraterrestrial life (+ first contact), extremophiles, & invasion ecology (space-dispersing parasites of stars, predator-prey dynamics, biological control)!
A superb science mystery, the book is dream sci-fi for a biologist: multiple forms of extraterrestrial life (+ first contact), extremophiles, & invasion ecology (space-dispersing parasites of stars, predator-prey dynamics, biological control)!
March 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Re-reading Project Hail Mary before watching the movie.
A superb science mystery, the book is dream sci-fi for a biologist: multiple forms of extraterrestrial life (+ first contact), extremophiles, & invasion ecology (space-dispersing parasites of stars, predator-prey dynamics, biological control)!
A superb science mystery, the book is dream sci-fi for a biologist: multiple forms of extraterrestrial life (+ first contact), extremophiles, & invasion ecology (space-dispersing parasites of stars, predator-prey dynamics, biological control)!
November 24, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Amazing thread: every time we expand the range of what's possible for terrestrial extremophiles, the likelihood life exists elsewhere in the galaxy goes up for me.
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Amazing thread: every time we expand the range of what's possible for terrestrial extremophiles, the likelihood life exists elsewhere in the galaxy goes up for me.
No, leave those poor Venusian extremophiles in peace. They don't deserve that!
September 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
No, leave those poor Venusian extremophiles in peace. They don't deserve that!
Things feel very scary right now! Almost everyone I know is trapped perpetually on the edge of panic.
And yet for the last few weeks I've felt curiously optimistic. You can listen to me explain why on this special episode of It Could Happen Here:
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And yet for the last few weeks I've felt curiously optimistic. You can listen to me explain why on this special episode of It Could Happen Here:
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The Age of Extremophiles
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · April 27 · 37m
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April 27, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Things feel very scary right now! Almost everyone I know is trapped perpetually on the edge of panic.
And yet for the last few weeks I've felt curiously optimistic. You can listen to me explain why on this special episode of It Could Happen Here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
And yet for the last few weeks I've felt curiously optimistic. You can listen to me explain why on this special episode of It Could Happen Here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Humans are extremophiles.
May 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Humans are extremophiles.
Social media is dying but the die hard Posters who remain are extremophiles slowly adapting themselves to caustic/infernal/hypersaline ideological environments as normies flee and only those with the most extreme views remain.
Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!
Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, and Enduring Polarization
| Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media
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April 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Social media is dying but the die hard Posters who remain are extremophiles slowly adapting themselves to caustic/infernal/hypersaline ideological environments as normies flee and only those with the most extreme views remain.
Some Extremophiles Could Survive an Asteroid Impact on Mars, and the Dangerous Journey to Earth
Some Extremophiles Could Survive an Asteroid Impact on Mars, and the Dangerous Journey to Earth
Panspermia is the idea that life was spread from world to world somehow. New research shows that one type of Earthly extremophile can survive the extremely high pressure from asteroid impacts on Mars, be blasted into space, and maybe even survive the journey to Earth.
www.universetoday.com
March 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Some Extremophiles Could Survive an Asteroid Impact on Mars, and the Dangerous Journey to Earth
It feels wrong that some of the most impressive beings in all of creation are called "extremophiles" like they're some sort of terrifying pervert
May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It feels wrong that some of the most impressive beings in all of creation are called "extremophiles" like they're some sort of terrifying pervert
Life finds a way, even in some of the harshest environments on Earth. Meet the extremophiles:
The Organisms That Make Earth’s Harshest Places Home | Quanta Magazine
Extremophiles that thrive in the most unforgiving environments aren’t just biological curiosities. Understanding their resilience has many implications for us.
www.quantamagazine.org
July 24, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Life finds a way, even in some of the harshest environments on Earth. Meet the extremophiles:
Volcanic National Park flourished at 63ºC, propelling it into the exclusive club of “extremophile” organisms existing in Earth’s most severe environments. Extremophiles found in places from the poles to the ocean floor offer evolutionary insights and potential practical applications.
September 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Volcanic National Park flourished at 63ºC, propelling it into the exclusive club of “extremophile” organisms existing in Earth’s most severe environments. Extremophiles found in places from the poles to the ocean floor offer evolutionary insights and potential practical applications.
I was a ranger Old Faithful for a bit. I loved talking to folks about bacteria mats, extremophiles & the Taq polymerase discovery.
If it weren’t for America protecting Yellowstone in 1872, when would this amazing discovery happened? Just forget that we quickly learned it grows in your water heater.
If it weren’t for America protecting Yellowstone in 1872, when would this amazing discovery happened? Just forget that we quickly learned it grows in your water heater.
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I was a ranger Old Faithful for a bit. I loved talking to folks about bacteria mats, extremophiles & the Taq polymerase discovery.
If it weren’t for America protecting Yellowstone in 1872, when would this amazing discovery happened? Just forget that we quickly learned it grows in your water heater.
If it weren’t for America protecting Yellowstone in 1872, when would this amazing discovery happened? Just forget that we quickly learned it grows in your water heater.
Really cool! Smaller than GFP and reversibly binding last-generation rhodamine dyes. De novo pan-rhodamine binders for fluorescence microscopy from mammalian cells to extremophiles www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Congrats @bohuang.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @mullinslab.bsky.social et al
September 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Really cool! Smaller than GFP and reversibly binding last-generation rhodamine dyes. De novo pan-rhodamine binders for fluorescence microscopy from mammalian cells to extremophiles www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Congrats @bohuang.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @mullinslab.bsky.social et al
flamingos are extremophiles tho
January 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
flamingos are extremophiles tho
My favourite extremophiles.
September 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My favourite extremophiles.
welcome to the family 'extremophiles' ☺️✨
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June 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
welcome to the family 'extremophiles' ☺️✨
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New episode of It Could Happen Here
After a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, @iwriteok.bsky.social takes a look at the current political environment to explain why previously normal people keep taking extreme action with ever-growing frequency.
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After a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, @iwriteok.bsky.social takes a look at the current political environment to explain why previously normal people keep taking extreme action with ever-growing frequency.
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The Age of Extremophiles
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · April 27 · 37m
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April 27, 2026 at 5:20 AM
New episode of It Could Happen Here
After a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, @iwriteok.bsky.social takes a look at the current political environment to explain why previously normal people keep taking extreme action with ever-growing frequency.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
After a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, @iwriteok.bsky.social takes a look at the current political environment to explain why previously normal people keep taking extreme action with ever-growing frequency.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Not a mobile phone in sight. Just extremophiles living in the moment 🥰
January 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Not a mobile phone in sight. Just extremophiles living in the moment 🥰
Me, breathless, bursting through the doors to the chapel seconds before the vows: The Minions are bioluminescent extremophiles
June 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Me, breathless, bursting through the doors to the chapel seconds before the vows: The Minions are bioluminescent extremophiles
Such organisms are defined as extremophiles.
September 23, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Such organisms are defined as extremophiles.
Decoding extremophiles: insights from bioinformatics, machine learning, and data-driven approaches
#microbiology #extremophiles #bioinformatics #MicroSky
doi.org/10.1093/bib/...
#microbiology #extremophiles #bioinformatics #MicroSky
doi.org/10.1093/bib/...
Decoding extremophiles: insights from bioinformatics, machine learning, and data-driven approaches
Abstract. Life thrives in Earth’s most inhospitable environments, from boiling hydrothermal vents to hypersaline lakes and frozen polar deserts, thanks to
doi.org
May 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Decoding extremophiles: insights from bioinformatics, machine learning, and data-driven approaches
#microbiology #extremophiles #bioinformatics #MicroSky
doi.org/10.1093/bib/...
#microbiology #extremophiles #bioinformatics #MicroSky
doi.org/10.1093/bib/...
I’m out running errands right now, and my weighted tardigrade plush is with me for stimmy comfort, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to show him to you all. Very neat little animals, tardigrades; They’re what’s called extremophiles, meaning they can live under very extreme conditions!
September 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM
I’m out running errands right now, and my weighted tardigrade plush is with me for stimmy comfort, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to show him to you all. Very neat little animals, tardigrades; They’re what’s called extremophiles, meaning they can live under very extreme conditions!