I found this getting ready for my freshman seminar, and wish I could make every faculty member I know watch it.
This is from the maker of the wonderful “what is web 2.0?” video.
I so wish that when I get my video editing suite I could be this creative.
In this week’s Cell, a completely new idea about how pheromones work at the molecular level is described for fruit flies.
Activation of Pheromone-Sensitive Neurons Is Mediated by Conformational Activation of Pheromone-Binding Protein. John D. Laughlin, Tal Soo Ha, David N.M. Jones and Dean P. Smith. Cell 133(7). doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.046
You might remember that pheromones are detected [...]
Someone told me about this, and I think it’s just the coolest thing ever:
Dairy farmers in Sullivan County, N.Y, are being visited by the CheeseMobile, a trailer with a custom-built, state approved dairy plant inside. The 12-by-36-foot unit is complete with boiler, air handler, sinks, coolers and a cheese makeroom containing all the necessary [...]
I got nothing, so how about you amuse yourself with these photoshopped bookcovers? Most amusing!
Other sources of amusement/bafflement:
You could not make stuff like this up.
“Two United States Senators implicated in extramarital sexual activity have named themselves as co-sponsors of S. J. RES. 43, dubbed the Marriage Protection Amendment. If ratified, the bill would amend [...]
I am way swamped, and have had a rather stressful day, so here’s a pretty photo.
Enjoy, and check out Kaycatt’s other lovely photos.
It’s Thursday of National Pollinator Week, and today let’s look at some other forgotten pollinators: flies. Specifically, carrion-fly and dung-flies that pollinate plants, a process called sapromyophily.
The flowers these flies pollinate produce smells mimicking decaying flesh, urine, or farts. These smells are created in part by the happily-named amines putrescine and cadaverine.
(Helpful Hint for [...]
It’s Michigan News, and it’s AWESOME. Richard Lenski is not only a swell guy, but a world-class researcher. He recently published some fascinating work on E. coli evolution.
Then, the owner of Conservapedia demanded to see his data. It was clear that he hadn’t read Lenski’s paper at all. Their entire correspondence is reproduced at Bad [...]
I mentioned the book “Forgotten Pollinators” on Monday of National Pollinator Week, and I wanted to follow up on that today. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (ASDM) hosts a Forgotten Pollinators Website to help focus interest on some of the lesser known migratory pollinators.
While pollinators in general are facing many threats, migratory pollinators are most at [...]
I am happy to report that the lawsuit against Kathleen Seidel (a blogger that covers vaccines and how they are NOT related to autism) has been tossed out of court–and the lawyer that filed it sanctioned!
As a sanction from this court, Clifford J. Shoemaker is ordered to attend within three months, a continuing legal education [...]
It’s National Pollinator Week, and here’s a neat site for you–a complete list, continuously updated, of crops of importance to humans that insects pollinate.
Some of the fruits and vegetables are obviously recognizable, and remember that clover and alfalfa are an important food crop for many of the animals we eat. There are also crops that [...]
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