Non troppo tempo fa ho postato sul dispositivo di cui sopra – un bulbo di vetro fresco guardando che presumibilmente utilizza la luce per spaventare voli. Questa affermazione ha colpito il mio nervo scettico, and I discussed itin my previous post. Over the past weeks I’ve been researching reasonable methods to test this claim – and like much of my research – I procrastinate and end up watching TV. But every once in a while it pays off; and to my amazement I stumbled upon theMythbusters and their Bug Special (Season 8, episode 26). One of their mini-myths was exactly this – that 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. Il “invisible wall” theory did not hold up as you can imagine and the bag of water did zero to repel flies – and 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!
Alex Selvaggio posted a few days agoabout the “freelensing” photography technique. You can get some really cool results, especially with creating the illusion of miniatures – but 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!
*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!
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 theWilco reference), but I am taking us back to the ghost moth ofprevious posts.
Come su $2,000? O forse si sa studente non ancora laureato che ha bisogno di questo? BioQuip offre una borsa di studio annuale per “incoraggiare [studente universitario] l'interesse degli studenti in entomologia”, ma indovinate quante persone applicato l'anno scorso? 3. E purtroppo questo è effettivamente alto, Sono abbastanza certo che il premio è andato non reclamati negli anni passati. 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!) ((Ok, Ok, 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! Goqui e quito see how you can apply. Spread the word.
Io so quello che sto sperando from santa di quest'anno!
Bene, non proprio. In realtà io non colleziono farfalle, e soprattutto non queste birdwings giganti. Sono stordimento, ma oltre ad essere enorme, sono anche costosi (i campioni medi andare per circa un centinaio di dollari). The newsworthy part of this story is how much it went for at auction. Before I tell you the price… this is a rare aberration of a rare butterfly (the forewing is almost a solid green blush, which is freakish). Ma…it’s still just a butterfly.
Ecco alcuni screenshot di uno dei miei podcast preferiti, La falena! Per coloro che non sono a conoscenza di esso, si dovrebbe verificare – e di essere sorpreso che in realtà non è entomologia correlate. Storie vere raccontato dal vivo sul palco che vanno dal divertente da straziante. MA, hanno fatto la sua comparsa sul mio GOP – who can tell me why?
Mentre si preparano per ulteriori posti di sostanza, godere di questo breve video dalla California Academy of Sciences collezione di farfalle. Dr.. Norm Penny fa un ottimo lavoro di condividere alcune delle nostre gemme, è semplicemente troppo male il video non è più (o circa falene!).
Bwahahahahahahahahah. E 'incredibile quanta follia questa donna stipiti in questa intervista. E 'stato così male che in realtà è diventato difficile da ridere…
Sto lavorando sulla modifica mie immagini dal mio viaggio su strada, quindi rimanete sintonizzati!
Dai un'occhiata a questo trailer del film “Bruciare Cielo” – “The Sky is Burning”. Un documentario sulla riabilitazione delle foreste pluviali Guancaste in North Western Costa Rica. Sembra un bel film…ora devo solo trovare una copia.
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