Moth tasting in Napa

It was a beautiful day today in the bay area, so I headed up to Napa and the Pope Valley. I was scouting some new territory for a small flower moth, Heliolonche celeris, that apparently is waiting for more contiguous nice weather to emerge. This season has been a bit tardy because of all of . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Moth tasting in Napa

Genijus spaudos, prieš. IV

Another installment of Genius of the Press, and perhaps a bit of a softball. (Yikes these are easy to find) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article?

I may drive too much

The clouds broke this afternoon in San Francisco and the sun began to shine. The upcoming warm weather induced an all too familiar feeling, one that I should be out collecting insects and not sitting indoors! While I have already been to a handful of places this spring, I have a long season of collecting . . . → Skaityti daugiau: I may drive too much

Medical Research for the Science Fair

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I am really at a loss for understanding yet another positive acupuncture study that was as well designed as my 8th grade science fair project. Suteikta, I was a nerdy science kid, but I could do a better job drunk. I think I should conduct a followup study in which I test the . . . → Skaityti daugiau: Medical Research for the Science Fair

Aquamoth part 3

A continuation of the aquamoth series, this time with video from Science Friday! Taip, I have to link it because wordpress won’t embedThanks Ted, figured it out!