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?"
#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?"
#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?"
#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/
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After a decade of urchins devastating kelp forests, researchers are finally fighting back — and bringing the literal hammer down.
…
All totaled, divers destroyed more than 260,000 urchins.
The results shocked even the scientists.
… sea star wasting disease … killed billions of sunflower sea stars worldwide, a major urchin predator.
”
#Kelp #SeaStars #Urchins #PurpleUrchins
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2025/11/02/new-strategies-may-help-oregons-struggling-kelp-forests-bounce-back/86818900007
#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
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
A new study uncovers the long-elusive cause of sea star wasting disease. Researchers have identified the responsible bacterium after more than a decade of investigation — a breakthrough for marine ecosystems and species recovery.
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"
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