It's I'm giving away THREE copies of my biography, CODE BREAKER, SPY HUNTER. For a chance to win, comment and retweet. (US only, ends 11/12)

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Happy update day! We're celebrating with our new episode on the hugest butterfly of them all, the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing! Make sure to tune in while you play ✨🦋 https://t.co/Qh1O5HDkSy

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The Exhibition! —Check out artworks about + Biology by 40+ Art & Design students. 🙌🏾#TBT to our collab w/ for . —Online Gallery: https://t.co/lgKfPmWOaA

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"What I like most is that the possibilities are endless and that art and science can work together to inspire and spark curiosity."

Medical illustrator & Tori Rogers chats with Vrinda Nair in our latest feature.

https://t.co/vGtzX0bD5k

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Congrats to the for their World Series win! Antonia would love to hit a home run for

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Results from the
Haopterus (on a old Bolong), Shunosaurus, Plateosaurus (devouring it's son) and Pristinailurus.

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30: CONJUGATION

Sharing antibiotic resistance plasmids by conjugation has turned the much-ignored opportunist A. baumanii into a pathogen of repute. Carbapenemases for the win?

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What are you doing this weekend? You could create your submission for our challenge co-hosted with ! There's still time to submit your visual metaphor.

Be a science spy! We love this submission from

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Orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula). When the school's lead (only) female dies (or is displaced), the male fish next in hierarchy changes gender to take her place.

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Working on a channel update video! We'll be answering a few questions, and we'd love to know yours! Questions about our content? Questions about on ? Our favorite bacterium?

Ask on or community tab here! 🎉https://t.co/zMdwl03hyS

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28: ADHESION

Infectious disease can be caused by mere stickiness, as with misfolded Prion proteins. We all have Prions, but if infectious misfolded Prions stick to them, they mis-fold too & the stickiness spreads.

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Our new paper on tooth modeling (and model simplification) of extant and extinct reptiles is out. https://t.co/ANqWr4LAAX



Please check out the 🧵below for details.
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26: COMPETITION

Dengue fever virus has 5 serotypes that compete for hosts. Primary infection with 1 makes further infection with another much more dangerous. So it’s a real killer competition!

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We love this submission to our challenge from ! Submit your visual metaphors this week!

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To extend our knowledge of art-science interactions, from spoke with us today about his & engagement projects, including work with the , gardens & the

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Things that have come up during today's check-in meetings w/LHL virtual fellows:

1) Fantômas, the villainous French criminal mastermind
2) The possibility of using to teach undergrads about
3) The Underpants Gnomes from

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25: TRANSPOSON

Also known as jumping genes, they’re a handy tool in a many pathogen's toolkit. Transposons give Cryptococcus neoformans the genetic room it needs to adapt & resist antibiotics during infection.

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“Be a science spy! Avoid the lasers of misinformation & follow the science to get to the facts!” 🤓 We love this challenge submission from 💜 See others at https://t.co/4yx0YQvR3c & submit yours before the end of the month!

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