It’s a beautiful day, I have peppers to plant, so how about a pretty photo and an interesting story….from someone else.
Gynandromorph Moth
“This is a rare example of a gynandromorph moth, recently hatched at the Natural History Museum in London. While the left wings of this Antheraea frithi are female, the right wings are clearly male.
Sadly [...]
One of the cool things about my new job is that I get to manage several units of a research facility. One of the most aggravating things about my new job is that I have to manage several units of a research facility.
I have two employees that I swear, one of these days, I am [...]
I’m a fan of the C&C blog, and I really wanted to have more people read this post, with an awesomely delivered smack-down to Sara Lee, for their new line of “sustainable” coffee.
“The statement that UTZ is the most credible and comprehensive certification program is just false.
The most comprehensive and credible program for “protecting, preserving [...]
One of the interesting side effects of the new DNA technologies is the ability to tweak existing organisms to make them more what we would like. The most recent example involves releasing mosquitoes engineered to produce sterile offspring. Their larva are supposed to die before becoming adults.
Since it’s the adult females that do the [...]
A new(ish) article (Feb 2008 ) out in Herpetological Conservation and Biology (PDF) finds that a staggering amount of amphibians in the Midwest are roadkill. The total list of all the vertebrate things killed on roads is just depressing as hell. (The list is too long to reproduce here.)
While lots of things died on the [...]
I thought it was interesting that as I am struggling with the issue of anonymity, Feministe was also discussing this issue. It seems like women especially come in for abuse online–something I’ve mentioned before. (And which several bits of research support.)
I think Merlin Mann was spot on when he said “email combines intimacy and [...]
Mindcore interviewed me about killer bees, crab lice, and a bunch of other things. My interview starts at 33:37.
Also, great music at the end–aparently there is an industrial metal song about pubic lice. Who knew?
BTW, he got a little confused about the taxonomic status of lice–they are insects, not chelicerates. But hey, he’s interested [...]
Again, one of the little “I love being a scientist” emails that I get via a listserver:
“We have been conducting a civet project in Indonesia for the past few years and are now looking at expanding our research. We are interested in looking into diet composition through faecal sample analysis, however scat has proved relatively [...]
I am still trying to disconnect myself from the blog, and my addiction to being online, so I can try to get some work done. Alas, I still seem to be having trouble focusing.
I just discovered the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, via 43 folders. So now I have a new thing to [...]
I’m actually really enjoying my blog vacation and getting lots of work done. I found this, though, and had to share: World Naked Gardening Day was May 3rd. (NSFW–naked people with hoes!)
Bummer that I missed it, but that isn’t even past our frost free date here in Michigan. Shrinkage!!!
[Waggle of antennae to Fracas [...]
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