I came across this article today and it put a smile on my face. En rejse malaria forsker kom på tværs af en “elektronisk myggebalsam” til salg i sin in-flight katalog. At være en intelligent mand, han indså dette var alt og totalt BS. He also realized this product probably sells best while in-route to malaria ridden . . . → Læs mere: Søndag aften rant: den måde, tingene bør arbejde.
 2 kommentarer - (Kommentarer er lukket)  Entomologi, Skepsis  Pictures, JREF, Malaria, Mosquitos, Pseudovidenskab, Svindel og bedrageri, Skepsis Look above, I’ve created a new page for techniques. Ever wonder how something is done? Ask me how and I will illustrate. Del dette!
Know this butterfly? It’s OK, no one really does. It is in the genus Apodemia (Riodinidae), but the taxonomy of this group is a disaster… and don’t even get me started on the subspecies. This specimen was photographed in September, meaning it is most likely to be Apodemia mormo (mormo) based . . . → Læs mere: Ugens dumme buttefly Del dette!En af fordelene ved at være en entomolog er at rejse og indsamle. Jeg lagde et par tusinde miles på bilen hver sommer, og det er to af de bedste steder i Arizona at indsamle. Det øverste billede er fra Baboquivari -bjergene (Baboquivari Peak i midten), Brown Canyon Research Station. . . . → Læs mere: I marken Del dette! Kommentarer er lukket Entomologi Arizona, Indsamling, Entomologi, Risici ved Indsamling, Indvandring Despite being pretty disinterested in butterflies, they are pretty to look at. Here is a really great video by a guy I know down in Southern CA. His time-lapse videos of lepidoptera life cycles are pretty impressive, and this one in particular is beautiful. If you cut to about 3:00 i, you will see dozens . . . → Læs mere: Time-lapse sommerfugle Del dette!The brief comment about Linus Pauling and Vitamin C below made me remember this video first posted a while ago by Pharyngula. This is Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR, and a Nobel Prize winner. His invention basically made DNA analysis possible. But like Pauling, he is also completely and totally nuts. If you have . . . → Læs mere: Trist men sandt Del dette!Dette er et gammelt billede af mig, så det er ikke perfekt. Hvis du kan fortælle mig denne sommerfugl til arter, får du en high-five. Hvis du kender underarten, Jeg sender dig en ny pakke med #3 stifter i rustfrit stål! Kun antydning: Det er fra det vestlige USA. . . . → Læs mere: OK sommerfugl mennesker, hvem er jeg? Del dette!Today I found this article in NY times health – udråber fordelene ved akupunktur anvendes til depression lindring hos gravide kvinder. Jeg har et par problemer med journalisten, Shirley S. Wang, undlade at forblive skeptisk i hendes stykke. Men det kommer ikke som nogen overraskelse, so I won’t bother to point out obvious flaws . . . → Læs mere: NY Times FAIL – Akupunktur Del dette! En kommentar - (Kommentarer er lukket) Skepsis Akupunktur, Alternativ medicin, Bad Science, Sundhed, Medier I love Ming Tsai and his cooking empire as much as the next 3-am TV viewer. Faktisk, his recipes are fantastic and you should make them yourself. But I have noticed an odd tendency for him to say (paraphrased) “you should always use organic, it’s much better for you”. This leaves me a bit puzzled. . . . → Læs mere: Ming Myte Del dette![youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc] I really enjoy this autotuned Sagan, makes me with I was this eloquent. Watch more videos here at the Symphony of Science. Del dette! |
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