The BBC has video up of romancing mosquitoes creating their high, keening love songs:
… Read the rest “Love is… mosquitoes buzzing in harmony.”Males and females each have their own characteristic flight tone – which they create by beating
This seems natural to me, but also seems like the kind of thing that drives more literally minded thinkers out of their heads. A University of Rochester neuroscientist has just found that… Read the rest “Hard Decision? Don’t think about it.”
Taken at the Lockheed facility, the image shows “the optical metering truss and secondary baffle.”
And important-looking people in orange jumpsuits, … Read the rest “Science Art: Early Stages of Hubble Construction, 1980.”
New Scientist sheds light on a deep-sea mystery – a bizarre fish eye that mirrors rather than lenses:
… Read the rest “The Mirror-eyes of the Spookfish.”The most important source of light at that depth is other creatures, as 80% emit
Chumbawumba are, of course, best known for that inexplicable “I Get Knocked Down” song. They’re actually a keenly politically aware group of protest poets, about … Read the rest ““Charlie” by Chumbawumba. A Darwinian folk song.”
PopSci believes that pink iguanas are real. Because, as it turns out, pink iguanas are real!
… Read the rest “Pink Iguana!”Even after the first pink iguana sighting came in 1986, no scientists bothered to actually examine
The same mysterious civilization that left us the lines and inspirational giant pyramids also left puzzling piles of human heads… and PhysOrg.com reports that the more we learn … Read the rest “Trophy Heads of Nazca.”
No! Say it ain’t so! The Overcoming Bias blog has this study from the Journal of Experimental Psychology that shows that interesting details interfere with learning:
… Read the rest “Be Boring.”In both experiments,
Charles R. Knight is a scientific illustrator more people need to know about. A paleoartist, even.
He brought dinosaurs (and other things) to life.
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