Psichologija streikuoti vėl!

Liūdna istorija neseniai padarė savo kelią iš Belizo – Amerikos Krokodilas Švietimas šventyklą sudegino ant žemės. Iš pirmo žvilgsnio tai buvo tik gaila, ataskaita apie mokslinių tyrimų ir išsaugojimo priemonės, kuri buvo prarasta tragiško gaisro. Kad, tačiau, nėra visa istorija. Pasirodo . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Psichologija streikuoti vėl!

Skeptikai šuniuke

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 linkbut if that fails, the event starts at 9pm.

If you’re not . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Skeptikai šuniuke

Taip, Respublikonai Turi Hate Me Too.

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

Matyt, my job is a giant waste . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Taip, Respublikonai Turi Hate Me Too.

Pointless news, this time from Nature

Fresh off the desk of the Nature News is a feature pondering a world without mosquitos (or -toes). How is this news? Perhaps there is some new vector control we all need to hear about! Gerai, check out the article from the latest edition of Nature titledA World Without Mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pointless news, this time from Nature

(Grinteris) Ghost House

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 tripbut I have lots and lots of processing to do. While I play catch-up, enjoy this clip. Kiek aš žinau, there is no direct relation. . . . → Skaityti daugiau: (Grinteris) Ghost House

Pasaulinės rūšių įvairovės įverčiai

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). Estimates conducted by the authors indicate that projections above 30 million have probabilities of <0.00001. Their estimated range is more likely to be between 2.5 ir . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Pasaulinės rūšių įvairovės įverčiai

D’oh!

Can’t find a way to link the direct video (not even VodPod), but here is the link to the Daily Show site. How many physicists pulled their hair out when they heard this one? Yikes, he is the newly appointed spokesman. Don’t worry Neil, you’re not going anywhere after this.

Having not aired yet . . . → Skaityti daugiau: D’oh!

Mūšis į kalną

If there is one thing that I learned in college, it was how to easily distract myself. I tend to keep my TV on in the background while I’m working on my computer, especially late at night when I am usually fighting a winning war against sleep. The other night something did catch my . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Mūšis į kalną

Turi būti lėtas naujienos diena…

Su Korėja balansuoja ant karšto karo krašto, ekologinė katastrofa neregėto proporcingai ir pilietinių neramumų Jamaikoje (kažkas harshed jų Mellow) – tiesiog malonumui šiandienos antraštės iš kitų šaltinių – CNN užima laiko pūkas iki jo pirmame puslapyje.

I usually . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Turi būti lėtas naujienos diena…

How easy is it

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 myselfholy s#@% I don’t believe in this crap!”. The . . . → Skaityti daugiau: How easy is it