La Chelle Dame Sans Merci

La Chelle Dame Sans Merci

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Chelle Starr. Head journalist at ScienceAlert. Bugs, books, black holes, and mayhem

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I feel like @aptshadow.bsky.social might appreciate this one: scientists have discovered that Portia jumping spiders experience REM-like sleep, and even make up for it when they're deprived. THE SPIDERS ACCRUE SLEEP DEBT. πŸ•·οΈ www.sciencealert.com/spiders-can-...

sciencealert.comSpiders Can Rack Up REM-Like Sleep Debt (And May Even Dream), Just Like HumansTucked in a corner of an enclosure, swaddled in darkness, a tiny spider sleeps.

I feel I should probably mention that I am egregiously bad at social media. I feel nervous about interacting with strangers and find being in the public sphere likewise uncomfortable. So I'm here and a real human, just social-media inept. Please enjoy this picture of Poppet giving side-tongue.

Last week, after a normal day of frolicking, napping, and enjoying snacks, Spooky the greyhound suddenly collapsed. She never got up again. Official cause of death was cardiac tamponade, probably as a result of hemangiosarcoma. I miss her more than I could have imagined. πŸ’”

I don't know whether to be flattered that someone thinks my byline is reputable enough to make them look good, or offended that they used such terrible writing to impersonate me This article is 100 percent fake, btw. ScienceAlert uses a capitalised headline style, and we don't have on-page teasers

1,200 years ago, Chancay artists were making tattoo lines as thin as 0.1 millimeter. That's on a par with current-day microneedling -- and they were probably doing it with sharpened bones or cactus spines. Look at how beautiful they are 😍πŸ§ͺ

sciencealert.comBreathtaking Tattoos Revealed on Peruvian Mummies From 1,200 Years AgoThe intricate details of tattoos inscribed on the skin of South American mummies are now revealed in all their breathtaking glory.