Not too long ago I posted about the device above – a cool looking glass bulb which supposedly uses light to scare away flights. Toto tvrdenie hit môj skeptický nervy, and I discussed itin my previous post. V uplynulých týždňoch som sa skúma prijateľné metódy testovania toto tvrdenie – 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” fotografickou technikou. Môžete získať nejaké naozaj cool výsledky, najmä s vytvorením ilúzie miniatúr – ale zatiaľ som nebol dosť odvahy, aby to skúsiť (žiadna slovná hračka určená). I came across this impressive compilation of Haitian images on NPR today that is both tilt-shifted and stop-motion!
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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. Zostaňte naladení, 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.
Ako sa o $2,000? Alebo možno viete, študentkou, kto potrebuje tento? BioQuip ponúka ročné štipendium na “podporovať [vysokoškolák] Záujem študentov v entomológiu”, ale odhadnúť, koľko ľudí aplikuje v minulom roku? 3. A bohužiaľ to je v skutočnosti vysoká, Som si celkom istý, že ocenenie je preč nevyužitá v minulých rokoch. 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! Gotu a tuto see how you can apply. Spread the word.
Dobre, naozaj. V skutočnosti nemám zbierať motýle, a už vôbec nie tieto obrie birdwings. Sú omračovanie zvierat, ale okrem toho, že obrovský, sú tiež drahé (priemernej vzorky ísť asi sto dolárov). 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.
Tu sú niektoré screenshoty z jednej z mojich obľúbených podcastov, Moth! Pre tých, ktorí si nie sú vedomí toho, mali by ste ho vyskúšať – a budete prekvapení, že to nie je v skutočnosti, entomológia, súvisiace. Skutočné príbehy povedal naživo na javisku, ktoré sa pohybujú od roztrhanie srdcervúce. VUT v Brne, oni robil vzhľad na mojom GOP – who can tell me why?
Aj keď som sa pripravujú na ďalšie posty látky, si tento krátky video z Kalifornskej akadémie vied zbierku motýľov. DR. Norma Penny robí skvelú prácu zdieľať niektoré z našich klenotov, to je jednoducho príliš zlé video nie je dlhšie (alebo o mory!).
Pozrite sa na tento trailer k filmu “Horiace neba” – “Sky Burning”. Dokument o rehabilitácii dažďových pralesov Guancaste v severozápadnej Kostarike. Vyzerá to, že krásne filmu…teraz už len nájsť kópiu.
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