Some people count sheep to fall asleep. I count Leaf Sheep 💤 The Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is a species of sea slug that performs kleptoplasty! They eat algae, then suppress the chloroplast into their cells to perform photosynthesis. This cute slug eats the sun 🌙

Finally!🤗Confession: we’ve been looking forward to this tweet all year! 😉It's one of our favourite holiday posts: the #Xmas #equation - a perfect combination of #math, merriment & seasonal cheer! 😃❄️🎅🎉🎄

This is a gorgeous lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata) filmed in the waters of Curacao's Piscadera Bay. The lettuce sea slugs are capable of kleptoplasty, i.e. they steal the chloroplasts from the algae they eat and make them to work in their own tissues.

Physics laureate Giorgio Parisi on the importance of self-confidence. Parisi was awarded the 2021 physics prize for discovering hidden patterns in disordered complex materials. Today it is his 74th birthday - happy birthday! Read our interview with him: nobelprize.org/prizes/physics…

These are leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae). they live in the sea grazing on algae They supplement their diet retaining chloroplasts in algae and use them to photosynthesise light into energy, a process called kleptoplasty 📹Catrin Pichler

Four extraordinary scientists and their blackboards: Lise Meitner Vera Rubin Maria Goeppert Mayer Margaret Burbidge

The smell of the air after a storm is caused by Geosmin: a chemical released by dead soil bacteria. Humans are sensitive to it, capable of detecting concentrations ~5 parts per trillion. It's theorised in our evolutionary past this helped us seek out water.

A Tale of Four Blackboards: Albert Einstein: estimating the age of the universe Niels Bohr: final blackboard depicting quantum thought experiment called the Einstein Box Richard Feynman: final blackboard with inspiring words John Wheeler: thinking in pictures

The leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is a species of sea slug that can perfom photosynthesis using chloroplasts retained from algae they feed on. 📽: Catrin Pichler

Sometimes you have to try a couple of things before you know where your heart is. But once you know, there is no stopping you. It's very much true in research as well in terms of broad subject area, specific direction, methods that you use, and so on. #You#Can#Do#It

It is so important to develop good interpersonal skills when working in a team, e.g. in a research lab. If you can do this effectively, not only it will make you better but everyone else around you will also become more productive. Remember, together we can achieve so much more!

Remembering the remarkable contributions of Nobel Laureate Sir C. V. Raman on his birth anniversary.

Hugely honoured to have been selected as the next Director General of CERN. CERN is an incredible organisation where scientists from Europe and beyond have come together to uncover the mysteries of the Universe - incredibly exciting!

If you really want to help the research in India, please scrap PMRF. It is creating inequality in the labs for the same work. Even trained postdocs are earning less than the PMRFs, who are untrained student... how can this be justified!! timesnownews.com/education/pm-r…

Biomass for cooking still very common in rural India - contributes to household & ambient air pollution & impacts women & children’s health negatively. Universal access to LPG through targeted subsidies could solve both problems

The story of Albert Einstein's most famous photo, taken on his 72nd birthday on 14 March 1951 by photographer Arthur Sasse. Einstein was so pleased with the photo, he put it on greeting cards to be sent to friends: theguardian.com/artanddesign/p… #EinsteinsBirthday #PiDay2025

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐧 As the Western academic world faces an unprecedented funding crunch, with reports of university departments shutting down and entire research fields under threat, India

Deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. MR Srinivasan, a stalwart of India's nuclear energy program. His instrumental role in developing critical nuclear infrastructure has been foundational to our being self-reliant in the energy sector. He is remembered for his inspiring

The passing of Dr. Jayant Narlikar is a monumental loss to the scientific community. He was a luminary, especially in the field of astrophysics. His pioneering works, especially key theoretical frameworks will be valued by generations of researchers. He made a mark as an