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  1. #mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
    © #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

    #Photo:
    #Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

  2. #mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
    © #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

    #Photo:
    #Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

  3. America 250: How has telescope technology evolved since the dawn of the U.S.?
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>Optical telescopes have come a long way in the past two-and-a-half centuries — from the homemade
    #technology #telescope #america #evolved

  4. America 250: How has telescope technology evolved since the dawn of the U.S.?
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>Optical telescopes have come a long way in the past two-and-a-half centuries — from the homemade
    #technology #telescope #america #evolved

  5. Everything May Be Evolving Into #Crabs, But Their Sideways Walking Only Emerged Once
    The irresistible urge to turn into a crab doesn't apply to their sideways scuttling.
    However, not every part of this tried-and-tested body plan has #evolved repeatedly. In a new study, Japanese scientists at Nagasaki University have shown that the iconic sideways scuttle only evolved once, most likely from a single common ancestor that lived around 200 million years ago.
    iflscience.com/everything-may-

  6. Everything May Be Evolving Into #Crabs, But Their Sideways Walking Only Emerged Once
    The irresistible urge to turn into a crab doesn't apply to their sideways scuttling.
    However, not every part of this tried-and-tested body plan has #evolved repeatedly. In a new study, Japanese scientists at Nagasaki University have shown that the iconic sideways scuttle only evolved once, most likely from a single common ancestor that lived around 200 million years ago.
    iflscience.com/everything-may-

  7. #Chernobyl #Fungus Seems to Have #Evolved an Incredible Ability
    Clinging to walls of one of most #radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.
    Fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing #radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. Proposed mechanism is referred to as #radiosynthesis.
    sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fun

  8. #Chernobyl #Fungus Seems to Have #Evolved an Incredible Ability
    Clinging to walls of one of most #radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.
    Fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing #radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. Proposed mechanism is referred to as #radiosynthesis.
    sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fun

  9. Some technologists have argued that, over the past decade, machines have #evolved to attain intelligence, some enthusiasts even claiming mechanical sentience. Yeah, whatever.

    But one thing is undeniable: since 2016, humans have #devolved, losing our humanity, empathy, comity, conscience, and intelligence.

    Thanks, #AI and #SocialMedia.

  10. Some technologists have argued that, over the past decade, machines have #evolved to attain intelligence, some enthusiasts even claiming mechanical sentience. Yeah, whatever.

    But one thing is undeniable: since 2016, humans have #devolved, losing our humanity, empathy, comity, conscience, and intelligence.

    Thanks, #AI and #SocialMedia.

  11. RE: mastodon.social/@sflorg/116131

    Eyes, as light-sensing organs of the #lens #eye type, have #evolved independently multiple times in the animal kingdom. But what did a representative of the early #vertebrate lineage look like? According to G. Kafetzis et al. (2026), a worm-like #ancestor possessed #medianeyes bring #homologous to the modern #pinealgland of the #brain. Published in #CurrentBiology. #evolution

    © this text #StefanFWirth March 2026

    #Reference
    G. Kafetzis et al. (2026),
    doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.

  12. All #vertebrates #evolved from a distant worm-like ancestor possessing a single median eye, which eventually gave rise to modern paired eyes and the brain's pineal gland.
    #EvolutionaryBiology #Biology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/02/ebio0225260