Nog een niet zo moeilijke GOP-uitdaging, found here from the Scottish TV website. Wat is er mis met het onderstaande verhaal?
 6 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten)  Entomologie  Wedstrijd, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Media, Motten A short clip from the brilliant show, Quite Interesting. The start of the discussion is in regards to cochineal bugs – although they refer to them as beetles! (see buggirl) Deel dit!This genius of the press is extra special, not for its difficulty, but for its redundancy. I found the same story carried on two separate sources, with different images – and both equally incorrect! I can imagine that it won’t take long for someone to point out exactly what’s wrong with these stories (hint, er . . . → Lees meer: Genius of the Press XI Deel dit!And while I catch up you can watch some creepy Isabella Rossellini re-enact the mating strategies of a bedbug. You should also read, if you haven’t caught it already, the excellent bedbug article written by the distinguished (and my former professor) May Berenbaum. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MakIB_IJnu0&feature=search] Deel dit!This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Texas. I don’t know the true provenance of this image, but it came my way from Omar Bocanegra via Mike Quinn on the Texas Lepidoptera list-serv. Deel dit!Dan op Myrmecos Alex Wilde alleen maar om mijn aandacht bracht een nogal persoonlijke aanval van een paar republikeinse senatoren (Tom Coburn, R-Okla., en John McCain, R-Ariz). Nogmaals ik begonnen om te reageren, maar gezien hoe dicht bij huis dit raakt, Ik voelde een langere adem tirade naderen… Blijkbaar, mijn werk is een gigantische verspilling . . . → Lees meer: Ja, Republikeinen Moet Too Hate Me. Deel dit! Reacties zijn gesloten Entomologie, Scepticisme Entomologie, Logische Fallacies, Media, Pseudowetenschap, Republikein, Scepticisme Fresh off the desk of the Nature News is a feature pondering a world without mosquitos (or -toes). How is this news? Perhaps there is some new vector control we all need to hear about! Goed, check out the article from the latest edition of Nature titled “A World Without Mosquitoes“. I originally came . . . → Lees meer: Pointless news, this time from Nature Deel dit! 4 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten) Entomologie, Scepticisme Entomologie, Gezondheid, Malaria, Media, Mosquitos, Scepticisme Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? Toegegeven, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism… Deel dit!Welcome to volume eight of the inconsistently reoccurring series, Genie van de pers. I came across this article recently regarding an endemic Puerto Rican butterfly. Who can tell me exactly why this report is misleading? It may be a little trickier than the standard GOP (I suggest discarding any previously associated acronyms with those letters). . . . → Lees meer: Genius of the Press VIII Deel dit! 5 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten) Entomologie Vlinders, Behoud, Wedstrijd, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Media Who can see what’s wrong with this article? Deel dit! |
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