Science Etcetera, Mercuryday 20090218

Posted on 18th February 2009 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera
  • Parasitic wasps, which paralyze caterpillars with their sting, got the paralyzing particles from a virus.

    • Catepillar Infected with Parasitic Wasps

    Catepillar Infected with Parasitic Wasps
    Credit: mbschn
  • Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds (ht Oranchak)
  • The 25 Random Things About Me fad running through Facebook presently provides an excellent case study in how memes spread.
  • Men are more tolerant of other men, than women are tolerant of other women.
  • Cutting back on eating beef could cut the cost of fighting climate change by $20 trillion, as less cows would be producing methane and farmlands would sequester carbon in the plants that grow on their unused plots.
  • A “Lucky Guess” might be indicative of a good subconscious memory.
  • In response to Louisiana boycotting science, scientists are boycotting Louisiana.
  • The average teenager spends one hour and 40 minutes a week looking at porn online.
  • Filed under visualizing data: a one mile scroll. I gave up despite the encouraging markers.
  • Unfolding the Earth – Myriahedral projections (ht Oranchak)



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