Serahkan saja pada Mythbusters

 

Belum lama ini saya memposting tentang perangkat di atas – bohlam kaca tampak keren yang seharusnya menggunakan cahaya untuk menakuti penerbangan. Klaim itu menyentuh saraf skeptis saya, and I discussed it in my previous post. Over the past weeks I’ve been researching reasonable methods to test this claimand like much of my researchI procrastinate and end up watching TV. But every once in a while it pays off; and to my amazement I stumbled upon the Mythbusters and their Bug Special (Season 8, episode 26). One of their mini-myths was exactly thisthat bags of water can scare away flies! The test was designed pretty well, however the concept as to why it would have worked is flawed. As I discussed in my previous post, flies would and should be able to handle refracted and reflected light. Itu “invisible walltheory did not hold up as you can imagine and the bag of water did zero to repel fliesand it might have actually attracted a few who were looking for a droplet or two of moisture around the edges. I am still left wondering if the motion of scattered light would have any effect on fly behavior (however unlikely). Looks like I missed my opportunity for a Mythbusters consult!

 

Some really cool tilt-shift

Alex Wild posted a few days ago about thefreelensingphotography technique. You can get some really cool results, especially with creating the illusion of miniaturesbut so far I haven’t been brave enough to give it a shot (no pun intended). I came across this impressive compilation of Haitian images on NPR today that is both tilt-shifted and stop-motion!

 

Crash

*Update*If you were previously subscribed to any posts, it looks like you will have to re-subscribe. I have decided though to skip on the entire-blog subscription and just stick to individual posts.

It’s always something. I updated my theme the other day and a glitch in the software caused a crash. Everything was put back together by the Southern Fried Scientist, but now I need to pick up the pieces and find a new theme to host my page. Stay tuned, I need to rebuild, and it will probably take me a day or two to get everything back to working order!

A ghost is born

Welcome to the new year, and nearly a full year of blogging! It’s amazing how fast the time flew by, but again it always does. As you likely noticed December turned out to be my weakest posting month with a whopping 2 posts. Resolution: more posting!

Now I haven’t started blogging about music (for those who get the Wilco reference), but I am taking us back to the ghost moth of previous posts.

Continue reading A ghost is born

Apakah Anda seorang undergrad?

Bagaimana $2,000? Atau mungkin Anda tahu seorang undergrad yang membutuhkan ini? BioQuip menawarkan beasiswa tahunan untuk “mendorong [sarjana] minat mahasiswa di bidang entomologi”, tapi menebak berapa banyak orang melamar tahun lalu? 3. Dan sayangnya itu sebenarnya tinggi, Aku cukup yakin bahwa penghargaan tersebut telah diklaim di masa lalu. Chris Fall of BioQuip made this announcement a few days ago at the Entomological Collections Network meeting in San Diego (which was wonderful, more to follow on that and the EntSoc meetings!) ((Oke, Oke, I know my posting has been sparse lately))

The word needs to get out, so I will do my part. It would be great to see more professors, grad students and enthusiastic undergrads asking BioQuip about their stash of free money! Go di sini dan di sini to see how you can apply. Spread the word.

'Tis musim untuk memberikan

Aku tahu apa yang saya berharap untuk dari santa tahun ini!

Baik, tidak benar-benar. Dalam kenyataannya saya tidak mengumpulkan kupu-kupu, dan terutama tidak ini birdwings raksasa. Mereka adalah hewan yang menakjubkan, tapi selain dari yang besar, mereka juga mahal (spesimen rata-rata pergi untuk sekitar seratus dolar). Bagian yang layak diberitakan dari cerita ini adalah berapa harganya di pelelangan. Sebelum saya memberi tahu Anda harganya… ini adalah kelainan langka kupu-kupu langka (sayap depan hampir berwarna hijau pekat, yang aneh). Tapi…itu masih kupu-kupu.

Continue reading ‘Tis the season for giving

Genius Pers XIV

Berikut adalah beberapa screenshot dari salah satu podcast favorit saya, The Moth! Bagi mereka yang tidak menyadari hal itu, Anda harus check it out – dan terkejut bahwa itu tidak benar-benar entomologi terkait. Kisah nyata mengatakan live di atas panggung yang berkisar dari lucu untuk memilukan. TAPI, mereka telah membuat sebuah penampilan di GOP saya – who can tell me why?

Cal Academy Butterflies

Sementara aku bersiap untuk pos lainnya substansi, menikmati video singkat dari California Academy of Sciences koleksi kupu-kupu. dr. Norm Penny melakukan pekerjaan yang baik berbagi beberapa permata kami, itu hanya terlalu buruk video tidak lagi (atau sekitar ngengat!).

Senin Madness

Bwahahahahahahaha. Sungguh menakjubkan betapa banyak crazyness wanita ini crams ke dalam wawancara ini. Itu begitu buruk itu benar-benar menjadi sulit untuk menertawakan…

Aku sedang bekerja pada mengedit gambar saya dari perjalanan saya, sehingga menantikan!

Membakar Surga

Lihat trailer ini untuk film “Membakar Surga” – “Sky adalah Membakar”. Sebuah film dokumenter tentang rehabilitasi hutan hujan Guancaste di North Western Kosta Rika. Ini terlihat seperti sebuah film yang indah…sekarang saya hanya perlu menemukan salinan.