Greg Priest (@gregpriest.bsky.social)さんのイラストまとめ

#OTD in 2009, the Vatican launched a 5-day conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Charles #Darwin's Origin of Species

The conference was intended in part to confirm that belief in evolution by natural selection is compatible with Catholic teachings

#HistSci #HistSTM

“What ho, Jeeves!" I said, entering the room where he waded knee-deep in suit- cases and shirts and winter suitings, like a sea-beast among rocks. "Packing?"

"Yes, sir," replied the honest fellow, for there are no secrets between us.

#wodehouse

I had to retweet this.

Pretty much entirely because of “PterosaurPtuesday”

Maps to one of my favorite children’s books, P is for Pterodactyl https://t.co/de04YpkY5G

Some fabulous images of the aurora borealis from @PublicDomainRev!

Two favorites are Frederic Edwin Church’s painting from 1865 (Smithsonian) and a photo of the aurora above Roald Amundsun’s ship Maud from 1918-1925 (National Library of Norway), but lots more worth seeing https://t.co/Dh2DYsxxzw

Galaxies evolve, too, in a way

@NASA image shows spiral galaxies in a massive gravitational tug-of-war. The spiral galaxy on top seems to have the upper hand, and will likely ultimately incorporate the lower one

H/T @Trojans53

Image (from Hubble): https://t.co/FNdAXan5ip

Gray was probably Charles #Darwin’s foremost American champion. A devout Presbyterian, G struggled valiantly to reconcile natural selection with his faith. The 2 had a 25-year correspondence on the question. Although D did not share G’s faith, he deeply appreciated G’s struggles https://t.co/pIE9WDi5Si

@NYAMHistory @IsisJournal Gray was probably Charles #Darwin’s foremost American champion. A devout Presbyterian, G struggled valiantly to reconcile natural selection with his faith. The 2 had a 25-year correspondence on the question. Although D did not share G’s faith, he deeply appreciated G’s struggles

I’ve always thought early mammals crept around at night to avoid being eaten by dinosaurs.

A fossil of this fellow had a small dino in its stomach, showing that predation was a two-way street.

https://t.co/wtM0jZOM1P

The Gashlycrumb Tinies is my favorite alphabet book. It was given to me as a gift by friends of my parents when I was in junior high. (It didn’t occur to me at the time to wonder why.)

Followed (albeit distantly) by P is for Pterodactyl https://t.co/vq3rkPPSNq

One of #Poe’s most successful publications during his lifetime was The Conchologist’s First Book, a popular version of Thomas Wyatt’s Manual of Conchology

Although he was hired mostly for his name, it was not hack work. Poe relied on new work by #Cuvier to propose a new taxonomy https://t.co/Gh9kdGvMM4