A collection of insect April Fool’s jokes

Several great April Fools jokes popped up this week around the web, but I think the NCSU Museum is the hands-down winner with their report on earwigs in…ears. Complete with Xrays.  And a Rickroll.
Gossamer Tapestry is runner-up with “Butterflies to Fight Global Warning.”
I was also quite taken with ThinkGeek’s Spazztroid cereal.  180mg of caffeine per [...]

Cool new technique for insects in amber

You know, sometimes science stuff happens that’s so cool, I squeal like a girl and prance about in glee. Waggle of the antennae to Gena Gulamentum* for the tip:
“The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, produces an intense, high-energy light that can pierce just about any material, revealing its inner structure…. Tafforeau [...]