Not too long ago I posted about the device above – a cool looking glass bulb which supposedly uses light to scare away flights. That claim hit my skeptical nerve, 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. The “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 Wildposted 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 (gra słów nie przeznaczonych). 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 postów. 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.
Jak o $2,000? A może wiesz, w trakcie studiów, który potrzebuje tego? BioQuip oferuje roczne stypendium “popierać [student] odsetek studentów w entomologii”, ale wiecie, jak wiele osób w ubiegłym roku zastosowano? 3. I niestety to jest rzeczywiście wysoka, Jestem prawie pewien, że poszedł nieodebrane nagrody w poprzednich latach. 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!) ((Dobrze, Dobrze, 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! Udać się tutaj i tutajto see how you can apply. Spread the word.
Dobrze, nie bardzo. W rzeczywistości nie zbierają motyle, a zwłaszcza nie te olbrzymie birdwings. Są to wspaniałe zwierzęta, ale poza tym, że ogromna, są one również droższe (średnie okazy iść na około sto dolarów). 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). Ale…it’s still just a butterfly.
Oto kilka zrzutów ekranu z jednego z moich ulubionych podcastów, Moth! Dla tych, którzy nie są świadomi, należy to sprawdzić – i się dziwić, że to nie jest faktycznie związane entomologia. Prawdziwe historie powiedział na scenie, które wahają się od zabawne aby serce. ALE, mają pojawił się na mojej GOP – who can tell me why?
Podczas gdy przygotowują się do większej liczby stanowisk merytorycznych, cieszyć się krótki film wideo z Kalifornijskiej Akademii Nauk kolekcji motyli. dr. Norma Penny robi wspaniałą robotę dzielenie niektórych naszych klejnotów, to jest po prostu źle wideo nie jest już dłużej (lub o ćmy!).
Sprawdź ten zwiastun filmu “Nagrywanie Nieba” – “Niebo płonie”. Dokument o rehabilitacji lasów deszczowych Guancaste w północno-zachodniej Kostaryce. To wygląda jak piękny film…teraz muszę tylko znaleźć kopię.
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