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How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

Starfish don't have hands but they got feet :)

#echinoderms #seastars #MastoArt

Starfish don't have hands but they got feet :)

#echinoderms #seastars #MastoArt

Starfish don't have hands but they got feet :)

#echinoderms #seastars #MastoArt

Starfish don't have hands but they got feet :)

#echinoderms #seastars #MastoArt

#Seastars have sticky suction cups foot that help them hold tight

Las estrellas de mar tienen ventose de cada pie tubular que les ayudar

#Seastars have sticky suction cups foot that help them hold tight

Las estrellas de mar tienen ventose de cada pie tubular que les ayudar#Seastars have sticky suction cups foot that help them hold tight

Las estrellas de mar tienen ventose de cada pie tubular que les ayudar

For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing some dancing starfish. So I did.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I also finished a floral-network piece, on watercolor paper. It's really nice to have more time for drawing again.

I've shared these in posts for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi (all levels):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/140222503
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-October-2025-P5P01M567L

#inktober2025 #inktober #ink #drawing #art #starfish #seastars #SciArt #MastoArt #wip #GenerativeArt

For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing some dancing starfish. So I did.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I also finished a floral-network piece, on watercolor paper. It's really nice to have more time for drawing again.

I've shared these in posts for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi (all levels):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/140222503
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-October-2025-P5P01M567L

#inktober2025 #inktober #ink #drawing #art #starfish #seastars #SciArt #MastoArt #wip #GenerativeArt

For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing some dancing starfish. So I did.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I also finished a floral-network piece, on watercolor paper. It's really nice to have more time for drawing again.

I've shared these in posts for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi (all levels):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/140222503
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-October-2025-P5P01M567L

#inktober2025 #inktober #ink #drawing #art #starfish #seastars #SciArt #MastoArt #wip #GenerativeArt

For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing some dancing starfish. So I did.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I also finished a floral-network piece, on watercolor paper. It's really nice to have more time for drawing again.

I've shared these in posts for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi (all levels):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/140222503
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-October-2025-P5P01M567L

#inktober2025 #inktober #ink #drawing #art #starfish #seastars #SciArt #MastoArt #wip #GenerativeArt

For today's #inkyDays drawing, I felt like drawing some dancing starfish. So I did.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I also finished a floral-network piece, on watercolor paper. It's really nice to have more time for drawing again.

I've shared these in posts for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi (all levels):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/140222503
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-October-2025-P5P01M567L

#inktober2025 #inktober #ink #drawing #art #starfish #seastars #SciArt #MastoArt #wip #GenerativeArt

Marine mystery solved: Bacteria identified as the cause of sea star wasting disease, a breakthrough for ocean ecosystems. #SeaStars #MarineLife #Ocean

https://www.vox.com/science/421961/sea-star-wasting-disease-cause-new-research

Marine mystery solved: Bacteria identified as the cause of sea star wasting disease, a breakthrough for ocean ecosystems. #SeaStars #MarineLife #Ocean

https://www.vox.com/science/421961/sea-star-wasting-disease-cause-new-research

Marine mystery solved: Bacteria identified as the cause of sea star wasting disease, a breakthrough for ocean ecosystems. #SeaStars #MarineLife #Ocean

https://www.vox.com/science/421961/sea-star-wasting-disease-cause-new-research

Marine mystery solved: Bacteria identified as the cause of sea star wasting disease, a breakthrough for ocean ecosystems. #SeaStars #MarineLife #Ocean

https://www.vox.com/science/421961/sea-star-wasting-disease-cause-new-research

Marine mystery solved: Bacteria identified as the cause of sea star wasting disease, a breakthrough for ocean ecosystems. #SeaStars #MarineLife #Ocean

https://www.vox.com/science/421961/sea-star-wasting-disease-cause-new-research

Discovery of #SeaStarWastingDisease cause sheds light on #kelp forest collapse and recovery https://phys.org/news/2025-07-discovery-sea-star-disease-kelp.html

"This comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has killed billions of #SeaStars... The 4-year investigation eventually pinpointed the microbial culprit: a strain of the bacterium #Vibrio pectenicida... The loss of #SunflowerSeaStars, which support #KelpForests by feeding on kelp-eating #SeaUrchins, has had widespread and lasting effects on ecosystems"

Discovery of #SeaStarWastingDisease cause sheds light on #kelp forest collapse and recovery https://phys.org/news/2025-07-discovery-sea-star-disease-kelp.html

"This comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has killed billions of #SeaStars... The 4-year investigation eventually pinpointed the microbial culprit: a strain of the bacterium #Vibrio pectenicida... The loss of #SunflowerSeaStars, which support #KelpForests by feeding on kelp-eating #SeaUrchins, has had widespread and lasting effects on ecosystems"

Discovery of #SeaStarWastingDisease cause sheds light on #kelp forest collapse and recovery https://phys.org/news/2025-07-discovery-sea-star-disease-kelp.html

"This comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has killed billions of #SeaStars... The 4-year investigation eventually pinpointed the microbial culprit: a strain of the bacterium #Vibrio pectenicida... The loss of #SunflowerSeaStars, which support #KelpForests by feeding on kelp-eating #SeaUrchins, has had widespread and lasting effects on ecosystems"

Discovery of #SeaStarWastingDisease cause sheds light on #kelp forest collapse and recovery https://phys.org/news/2025-07-discovery-sea-star-disease-kelp.html

"This comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has killed billions of #SeaStars... The 4-year investigation eventually pinpointed the microbial culprit: a strain of the bacterium #Vibrio pectenicida... The loss of #SunflowerSeaStars, which support #KelpForests by feeding on kelp-eating #SeaUrchins, has had widespread and lasting effects on ecosystems"

OMG it's finally happened! Researchers at #UW have determined the cause of sea star wasting disease. This epidemic has been ravaging sunflower seastar populations for over a decade. Until now, it was hypothesized to be caused by a virus. They discovered that it is actually caused by the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.

As someone who has been following the latest research on this topic since the outbreak, I am beyond thrilled that they have discovered the pathogen behind this.

https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/08/04/researchers-have-found-the-culprit-behind-sea-star-wasting-disease/

#seastar #seastars #starfish #BreakingNews

OMG it's finally happened! Researchers at #UW have determined the cause of sea star wasting disease. This epidemic has been ravaging sunflower seastar populations for over a decade. Until now, it was hypothesized to be caused by a virus. They discovered that it is actually caused by the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.

As someone who has been following the latest research on this topic since the outbreak, I am beyond thrilled that they have discovered the pathogen behind this.

https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/08/04/researchers-have-found-the-culprit-behind-sea-star-wasting-disease/

#seastar #seastars #starfish #BreakingNews

Scientists solve mystery of what’s killing billions of starfish off California and the West Coast

For years, it has been one of the biggest mysteries in marine biology: What is killing the starfish?…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #climatechange #MontereyBay #NOAA #seastars #Starfish
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/60731/

Scientists solve mystery of what’s killing billions of starfish off California and the West Coast

For years, it has been one of the biggest mysteries in marine biology: What is killing the starfish?…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #climatechange #MontereyBay #NOAA #seastars #Starfish
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/60731/

"[I]n August 2025, after another year-and-a-half of work confirming and reviewing their findings, Gehman and her team have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution identifying Vibrio pectenicida, a saltwater-loving bacterium that works its way into sea star fluids, as the likely “dominant pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease.” Gehman’s team has tracked down the killer."

https://www.biographic.com/unmasking-the-sea-star-killer/

#SeaStars #Bacteria #WastingDisease

"[I]n August 2025, after another year-and-a-half of work confirming and reviewing their findings, Gehman and her team have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution identifying Vibrio pectenicida, a saltwater-loving bacterium that works its way into sea star fluids, as the likely “dominant pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease.” Gehman’s team has tracked down the killer."

https://www.biographic.com/unmasking-the-sea-star-killer/

#SeaStars #Bacteria #WastingDisease

"[I]n August 2025, after another year-and-a-half of work confirming and reviewing their findings, Gehman and her team have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution identifying Vibrio pectenicida, a saltwater-loving bacterium that works its way into sea star fluids, as the likely “dominant pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease.” Gehman’s team has tracked down the killer."

https://www.biographic.com/unmasking-the-sea-star-killer/

#SeaStars #Bacteria #WastingDisease

"[I]n August 2025, after another year-and-a-half of work confirming and reviewing their findings, Gehman and her team have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution identifying Vibrio pectenicida, a saltwater-loving bacterium that works its way into sea star fluids, as the likely “dominant pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease.” Gehman’s team has tracked down the killer."

https://www.biographic.com/unmasking-the-sea-star-killer/

#SeaStars #Bacteria #WastingDisease

"[I]n August 2025, after another year-and-a-half of work confirming and reviewing their findings, Gehman and her team have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution identifying Vibrio pectenicida, a saltwater-loving bacterium that works its way into sea star fluids, as the likely “dominant pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease.” Gehman’s team has tracked down the killer."

https://www.biographic.com/unmasking-the-sea-star-killer/

#SeaStars #Bacteria #WastingDisease

(04 Aug) A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/krhng Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/GlhbL ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/zuqkh #biology #infectious-diseases #outbreaks #sea-stars

(04 Aug) A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/krhng Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/GlhbL ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/zuqkh #biology #infectious-diseases #outbreaks #sea-stars

(04 Aug) A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/krhng Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/GlhbL ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/zuqkh #biology #infectious-diseases #outbreaks #sea-stars

(04 Aug) A Mystery Killer Wiped Out Billions of Sea Stars. Biologists Just Solved the Case. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/krhng Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/GlhbL ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/zuqkh #biology #infectious-diseases #outbreaks #sea-stars