A sad story has just made its way up from Belize – the American Crocodile Education Sanctuary has burned to the ground. At first glance this was merely an unfortunate report about a research and conservation facility that had been lost in a tragic fire. That, ach, is not the entire story. It turns . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Psychics strike again!
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Tonight, if you’re in San Francisco, you should make your way to Showdogs bar (near the SoMa) for skeptics in the pub with the honorable James Randi! I’ll be in attendance, along with a few fellow entomologist friends. Try this facebook link – but if that fails, the event starts at 9pm. If you’re not . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Skeptics in the Pup Comhroinn seo!Over on Myrmecos Alex Wild just brought to my attention a rather personal attack from a pair of republican senators (Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz). Once again I started to comment, but given how close to home this hits, I felt a longer winded diatribe approaching… Apparently, my job is a giant waste . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Is ea, Ní mór Poblachtánaigh fuath liom Me Too. Comhroinn seo! Comments dúnta  Feithideolaíocht, Amhras  Feithideolaíocht, Fallacies Loighciúil, Meáin, pseudoscience, Poblachtacha, Amhras Is gné nua é ó dheasc an Nature News a dhéanann machnamh ar dhomhan gan mosquitos (nó -toes). Conas atá an nuacht seo? B'fhéidir go bhfuil roinnt rialú veicteoireach nua ann nach mór dúinn go léir a chloisteáil! Bhuel, seiceáil an t-alt ón eagrán is déanaí de Nature dar teideal “Domhan gan mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Nuacht gan chiall, an uair seo ó Dúlra Comhroinn seo! 4 tuairimí - (Comments dúnta) Feithideolaíocht, Amhras Feithideolaíocht, Sláinte, Maláire, Meáin, Mosquitos, Amhras I’m back from the road with thousands of specimens, a little weary and ready to sit still for a bit. In all it was a wonderful trip – but I have lots and lots of processing to do. While I play catch-up, enjoy this clip. Ar feadh m'eolais, there is no direct relation. . . . → Leigh Nios mo: (Grinter) Ghost House Comhroinn seo!This recent article in the American Naturalist has taken a second look at some of the famously inflated species estimates, some going high as 100 million (Erwin, 1988). Léiríonn meastacháin arna seoladh ag na húdair go réamh-mheastacháin thuas 30 milliún Tá dóchúlachtaí <0.00001. Tá a raon measta níos mó dócha go mbeidh idir 2.5 agus . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Estimates of Global Species Diversity Comhroinn seo!Ní féidir a fháil ar bhealach a nascadh leis an físeán díreach (ní fiú VodPod), ach anseo tá an nasc chuig an Taispeáin Daily láithreáin. Cé mhéad fisicithe tharraing a gcuid gruaige amach nuair a chuala siad an ceann seo? Yikes, tá sé an urlabhraí nuacheaptha. Ná bíodh imní ort Neil, nach bhfuil tú ag dul in áit ar bith tar éis an. Tar éis nach bhfuil aired fós . . . → Leigh Nios mo: D'OH! Comhroinn seo!Má tá rud amháin gur fhoghlaim mé sa choláiste, bhí sé conas a distract go héasca féin. Claonadh agam a choinneáil ar mo teilifíse ar sa chúlra agus tá mé ag obair ar mo ríomhaire, go háirithe go déanach san oíche nuair a tá mé ag troid de ghnáth le cogadh a bhuaigh i gcoinne codlata. An rud oíche eile a rinne ghabháil mo . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Cath Uphill Comhroinn seo!Le Chóiré teetering ar an imeall le cogadh te, tubaiste éiceolaíoch ar comhréir bhfacthas riamh roimhe agus corraíl sibhialta i Iamáice (duine éigin harshed n-mellow) – díreach tar éis a ainm a lua de ceannlínte an lae inniu ó fhoinsí eile – Bíonn CNN an t-am a fluff suas a leathanach tosaigh.
Mé de ghnáth . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Ní mór a bheith in aghaidh an lae nuachta mall… Comhroinn seo!to fake a UFO encounter? I recorded this video two years ago over the desert of Arizona. To confess, it made my heart skip a beat at first. I turned around and there were three glowing lights floating silently above me. I literally thought to myself “holy s#@% I don’t believe in this crap!”. An . . . → Leigh Nios mo: How easy is it… Comhroinn seo! |
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