Four posts, zero papers, one missing c.

Our favorite four posts about life in science, not the literature.

By Stephen Royle (@steveroyle.bsky.social) · Bluesky - View the original post

Our take: Endocytosis is how cells swallow stuff from outside, and it’s spelled with two c’s. The textbook cover kept one.

By Dr. Jess Hebert (@jesshebert.bsky.social) · Bluesky - View the original post

Our take: She was mid-explanation when the pumpkin dog appeared. The explanation lost, and it wasn’t close.

By Rebekah Rogers (@evolscientist.bsky.social) · Bluesky - View the original post

Our take: One inch. The replacement freezer grew one inch, the doorway stayed standard, and the -80 lost.

By Dave Baltrus (@surtlab.bsky.social) · Bluesky - View the original post

Our take: Arriving two years before the money is the loneliest schedule in science. This week a megaplasmid turned up at 1.58 million base pairs, and his old grant reviews had called the whole idea clinically irrelevant.

That’s the four. See you tomorrow morning.

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