Am dat peste acest articol astăzi și a pus un zambet pe fata mea. Un cercetător malarie călătoresc dat peste un “protecție contra țânțar electronice” de vânzare în catalog în zbor. Fiind un om inteligent, el a realizat acest lucru a fost totală și BS totală. De asemenea, el a realizat acest produs, probabil, se vinde cel mai bine în timp ce în drum spre malarie călărit . . . → Citeste mai mult: Duminica noapte declama: modul în care lucrurile ar trebui să funcționeze.
 2 comentarii - (Comentariile sunt închise)  Entomologie, Scepticism  Billeder, JREF, Malaria, Mosquitos, Pseudoștiință, Escrocherii și fraudă, Scepticism Look above, I’ve created a new page for techniques. Ever wonder how something is done? Ask me how and I will illustrate. Trimiteți acest!
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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Stupid buttefly of the week Trimiteți acest!One of the perks of being an entomologist is traveling and collecting. I put a few thousand miles on the car every summer and these are two of the best places in Arizona to collect. The top image is from the Baboquivari Mountains (Baboquivari Peak in the middle), Brown Canyon Research Station. . . . → Citeste mai mult: In the field Trimiteți acest! Comentariile sunt închise Entomologie Arizona, Colectare, Entomologie, Pericole de colectare, Immigration 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 în, you will see dozens . . . → Citeste mai mult: Time-lapse butterflies Trimiteți acest!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 . . . → Citeste mai mult: Sad but true Trimiteți acest!This is an old image of mine, so it’s not perfect. If you can tell me this butterfly to species you get a high-five. If you know the subspecies, I’ll send you a new pack of #3 stainless steel pins! Only hint: It’s from the western USA. . . . → Citeste mai mult: OK butterfly people, who am I? Trimiteți acest!Today I found this article in NY times health – touting the benefits of acupuncture used for depression relief in pregnant women. I have a few problems with the journalist, Shirley S. Wang, failing to remain skeptical in her piece. But this comes as no surprise, so I won’t bother to point out obvious flaws . . . → Citeste mai mult: NY Times FAIL – acupunctura Trimiteți acest! Un comentariu - (Comentariile sunt închise) Scepticism acupunctura, Medicină alternativă, Bad Știință, Sănătate, Mass-media I love Ming Tsai and his cooking empire as much as the next 3-am TV viewer. De fapt, 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. . . . → Citeste mai mult: Ming’s Myth Trimiteți acest![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. Trimiteți acest! |
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