Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Marso 25, 2010 Dumating ako sa kabuuan ng buong-tekstong PDF ng maaaring mabuhay sa lupa o sa tubig artikulo tanga at kinuha tree na nagpapakita ng radiation ng species pangkat na ito at maaaring tunay ebolusyon ng mga katangian na maaaring mabuhay sa lupa o sa tubig. Kawili-wiling upang tandaan ang mga kaso ng hugis, at ang bawat isa ay tanga katutubo sa sarili nitong bulkan sa Hawaiian kapuluan.
Ito ay isang Bayesian-aaral ng isang tatlong gene phylogeny itinayo sa EF1-alpha, CAD at COI. Kung sinuman ang gusto ng isang kopya ng papel, padalhan ako ng tala. Na nakuha mula sa: Rubinoff D., Schmitz P., Maramihang mga aquatic invasions ng isang katutubo, panlupa, Hawaiian tanga radiation. PNAS Marso 2010.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Marso 25, 2010 UR6FVJ2S3B8H
Walang mali sa itinatag na relihiyon…
Mababasa mo ang lahat tungkol sa kanyang kwento mula sa NY Times. Sa palagay ko ang pinaka nakakatakot sa buong iskandalo sa pag-aabuso na ito (scandalsssss) ay talagang naniniwala ang simbahan na ito ang gawain ni satanas – hindi ang baluktot na kaisipan ng indibidwal na mga tao. Oo, “ang Diablo ay nagtatrabaho sa loob ng Vatican”, kaya bakit parusahan ang isang tao na nangangailangan lamang ng demonyo na natalo? Oh teka, ni hindi nila pinatalsik ang mga pari sapagkat ito ay isang “tukso” kasama ng bata, bingi, mga lalaki. Kung gayon paano na ang mga pari na ito na napakadaling matukso ay naiwan sa mga posisyon ng kapangyarihan? Madali ang sagot… tulad ng anumang gobyerno, ang simbahang Katoliko ay malalim na walang kakayahan.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Marso 25, 2010 For all those who abstained from voting (I want to assume some readers must have known the identity of our mystery caterpillar, but were too lazy to comment), here is the answer (after the break).
Continue reading Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, noong ika-24 ng Marso, 2010 
Another amazing animal from Hawaii – a completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (isip mo, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. The novel adaptation in these insects is the ability to live comfortably, and apparently indefinitely, on dry land o submerged in fresh water – a trait distinctive to these 12 new species of Hyposmocoma (Cosmopterigidae). This is unique not only to Insects, but to all known animals. Marami, syempre, amphibians. But unlike these caterpillars they require moisture to survive and often desiccate rapidly. Hyposmocoma thrive in desert like conditions, or submerged for weeks. Not only were 12 different species discovered (that are also the first known caterpillars to eat snails), but it even appears as if this amphibious ability has evolved three separate times. Clearly the selective pressures on small lepidoptera in these areas are extreme.
The Lepidoptera as a whole have evolved a full range of adaptations, including species that are parasitic, detritivorous, fungivorous, endophagous, carnivorous (also on Hawaii), aquatic and now fully amphibious. Hummm, sounds like a bad song (to this music). Malinaw, leps are cooler than any other order.
Perhaps if I were Rubinoff I may have named one moth Hyposmocoma aquamana. Syempre, Aquaman was pretty worthless on the land… so maybe it should have been H. potioaquamana (potio- coming from the Latin for superior or more effective).
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on March 22nd, 2010
Spring has come to northern California and moths are on the wing. I took a quick trip up to the Sierra foothills over the weekend and hiked up the steep slopes above the American River. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california poppy. The hostplant, gayunman, ay Coreopsis stillmanii and grows in small patches of serpentine soils on southern facing slopes along the central valley. Narito ang isang Xanthothrix sitting on the host.
This moth was originally described as a form of X. ranunculi sa 1925 (form roughly equals subspecies today), and then completely forgotten about and unseen until 1990. It was left out of a major revision of the subfamily, so the legitimate status as a subspecies or full species remains unknown. Manatiling nakatutok.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Marso 19, 2010 Yet another installment of my favorite series, the genius of the press. This article comes from ABC news, who can identify this caterpillar? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.
Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, sa Marso 19, 2010  (larawan ng credit)
Ang monarchs Sinimulan na ang kanilang hilaga tagsibol paglipat at maaari mong kahit na ang isa sa lalong madaling panahon (Hindi kapana-panabik na kung nakatira ka sa FL o HI kung saan man mayroong buong taon residente, o sa CA kung saan may mga nakahiwalay na overwintering spot). Ulat mula sa kanilang mga lokasyon taglamig sa Mexico gayunpaman ay nakakalungkot; sa posibleng pinakamababang sukat ng populasyon mula noong colonies ay natuklasan sa 70 ni. Ang ilang mga masamang bagyo sa at sa kahabaan ng ruta ang mga butterfly ni, ipinagsama sa mga tirahan fragmentation at pagtotroso, Maaaring pinatay 50-60% ng Mexican populasyon monarch (ayon sa mga ulat sa ibaba).
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Ay espesyal na ito ang anumang bagay upang maging nag-aalala tungkol sa? Hindi ko lalo na sa tingin kaya. Taya ng Panahon ay ang key player sa rekord mababang populasyon sa taong ito ni, at maaari kong isipin ang butterflies na nakita mga numero na ito masama bago sa amin mga kawani na tao ay sa paligid upang bilangin ang mga ito. Ako Taya anumang bagay sa populasyon sa paggawa ng isang pagbawi sa taon na dumating, Hindi mo na kailangang patakbuhin sa paligid screaming, ang monarch ay magiging sa iyong hardin na ito tag-araw at mga susunod na.
Monarchs ay medyo at mga anak pag-ibig ang mga ito, kaya hindi ito tumagal ng isang kahabaan ng imahinasyon upang malaman kung bakit kaya magkano ang pagsisikap ay ilagay sa pagsubaybay sa kanila. Ngunit bilang isang lepidopterist, walang ay bilang boring bilang isa pang ulat sa “kalagayan” ng monarchs Zzzzzzzzzzzz. Malamang kong naniniwala doon ay mas pressing isyu na nag-aalala tungkol, tulad ng accelerating rate ng biodiversity pagkawala sa harap ng pang-agham kamangmangan. Monarchs gawin ang isang mahalagang papel bilang isang pampublikong mascot at kahit bilang isang figurehead species na makakatulong sa mapanatili ang mahalagang tirahan – ngunit gamitin ang mga ito bilang isang paa sa pinto para sa karagdagang edukasyon hayaan. Oo, ang Monarch Butterfly Pondo, ay nagsusumikap para sa proteksyon at pagpapanatili tirahan. Ang isang mahusay na bagay. Nauunawaan ko na ito Nakakamit ng isang positibong kinalabasan, ngunit kung bakit lamang sa pangalan ng monarch? Ito ay tila tulad ng isang kamangha-manghang pagkakataon para sa pag-aaral ng agham na nai-round down lamang sa “i-save ang monarch”. Ang mga gubat maglingkod bilang higit pa sa isang kanlungan sa isa butterfly species at kahit na higit sa “isang mahalagang carbon lababo at oxygen generator”.
Aking pagpapakahulugan.
Sa halip iminumungkahi kong ito. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng malayo, order ng magnitude, higit pa kawili-wiling:
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Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, noong ika-13 ng Marso, 2010 Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, noong ika-13 ng Marso, 2010 Na parang hindi sapat na masama ang mga pamantayan sa edukasyon sa bansang ito, Texas has decided to make them worse. Ang isang kamakailang pagtulak mula sa isang konserbatibong lupon ng paaralan ay muling isinulat ang kasaysayan, literal. Ang lohika ay maaaring medyo mahirap sundin, ngunit sinubukan nila “balanse” kasaysayan sa pamamagitan ng pag-iniksyon ng mas konserbatibong mga ideyal (isip mo, no one is a historian on the board). What is to be changed:
- Adding confusion on separation of church and state – (oo, we know it’s not literally in the constitution. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.)
- Discussing how christian ideals helped to found our country.
- Conservative resurgence in the 80’s and 90’s, including the Moral Majority and the NRA.
- Discussing the violent nature of some civil rights movements and republican support of congressional civil rights votes.
- Adding that Germans and Italians were interned as well, not just the Japanese during WWII.
- Adding how senator McCarthy was correct in being paranoid over communism.
- Replacing the word “capitalism” with “free-market enterprise”.
- Removal of Thomas Jefferson from sections of the book.
This entire change is ghastly. I don’t have a problem mentioning some republican presidents and their positive role in history, or the role of the GOP. History may be written by the victors, but it should strive towards fair and balanced. The alterations made above are absolute bullshit and only serve to further their conservative, religious, agenda. What really pisses me off is the alteration of the civil rights movement and Japanese internment. Just because a bunch of old, fat, white men in congress realized they better pass civil rights laws does not mean they should deserve credit for it. At, are they really expecting us to believe that internment was not focused on the Japanese? That entire chapter in our US history is undeniably horrible and shameful, it was also fueled by racism. I do not understand how supporting bigotry and racism is considered a conservative value. Why must they unashamedly, and ignorantly, re-write history to further their agenda? The poisoning of the GOP and conservative values by religion is all to clear in this case. The bread and butter of religious fundamentalism is inculcating the youth. This strategy is very successful when you encourage large families and insane devotion. Now that the majority of conservatives are religious they are spinning their webs onto our children (well, your children).
The worst is yet to come. Texas and California are the largest textbook markets in the country. If they pass legislation mandating the alteration of texts then the publishing companies must fall into line. Since printing different versions of books for different states is financially unfeasible, then only ONE book gets printed for US schools. If Texas successfully adds this BS to the history books then every public school in the US gets force fed (or as republicans like to say – rammed down our throats) these books.
What is a conservative today if not religious? What is coming next: insertion of more “balanced” ideals of global warming, cloning and evolutionary biology. Manatiling nakatutok.
Fail to Texas.
Sa pamamagitan ng Chris Grinter, on March 10th, 2010 I post someone else’s. Came across this series in a PZ Myers lecture, pretty entertaining and you should go check out Mr. Deity yourself.
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