Seksuāla, Seksīgas alus pudeles

The 2011 Ig Nobel ceremony took place yesterday at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. The award is sponsored by Improbable Research, an organization that gathers fascinating, odd, and outright hilarious research papers that triumph the idea that not all science is boring. Among this year’s distinguished recipients was fellow entomologist and blogger David Rentz, who received the . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Seksuāla, Seksīgas alus pudeles

Augošais mikrokosmoss

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The microscopic insect world is a very different one from ours and we rarely are given glimpses into it. Thanks in part to the impressive Phantom camera system and the Flight Artists project researchers have filmed the minute (1mm!) Trichogramma wasp (Chalcidoidea) in flight. These insects are . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Augošais mikrokosmoss

Pirmdiena kode

 

This week’s moth is a video of a dancing micro from the Philippines (taken by Warren Laurde). As you might suspect this is a mating display that ends in a pretty spectacular headstand. There are lots of other microleps that have dancing or display behavior, but there are almost no other videos online . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Pirmdiena kode

Bioloģija par Ghost

Tas kode ir tikai apmēram tikpat reti kā tās paranormāls vārdamāsa (izņemot to, ka tā ir īsta) – tas Gazoryctra sp. ģimenē Hepialidae. Viņi pārstāv bazālo celma LEPIDOPTERA un ir pazīstams kā spoku kodes vai SWIFT kodes. Spoks – jo tēviņi dažu sugu ir zināms lidot . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Bioloģija par Ghost