I will make it no secret. I’ve been asking my wife for years if we could get a glow-in-the-dark ant farm. Now that our daughter is 3, the moment is imminent when I will probably enjoy our new pets more than she will. So when I saw news today that Milton Levine had died, “the co-creator of ant farms,” I felt sad.
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Farewell to the Creator of the Ant Farm
Posted in Animals, Environment, Life, Science, tagged ant, ant farm, ants, ants and earthquakes, creator of ant farm, earthquakes, glow in the dark ant farm, Milton Levine, pets on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Scientists in Mexico Design a Customized Solar Power Air Conditioner
Posted in Environment, Science, Energy, tagged solar power, solar energy, California, solar air conditioner, air conditioner, Mexico, Center for Energy Investigation, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Investigación en Energía, Wilfrido Rivera, aire acondicionado solar, geothermal energy, solar ice maker, energía solar on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Scientists at Mexico’s Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico have developed a solar powered air conditioner that is appropriate for their country’s hot and humid climate.
Protein from Jellyfish Might Improve Memory of Alzheimers Patients
Posted in Animals, Environment, Science, tagged aeqourin, Aequorea victoria, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, bioluminescent, calcium, crystal jellyfish, GFP, jellyfish, medicine, memory, oceans, protein, Quincy Bioscience on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Wisconsin based biotechnology company claims that one of their clinical studies has shown that a protein extracted from a unique species of bioluminescent jellyfish helps improve the memories of Alzheimers patients.
My Nerdy Attempt to Map U.S. Biodiversity
Posted in Animals, Environment, Science, tagged Alaska, Animals, biodiverse, biodiverse states, biodiversity, biodiversity hotspot, California, ecotone, endemic species, endemism, Eratosthenes, magic markers, map, mapmaking, mapping software, maps, nerds, nerdy, New York, Photoshop, plants, species richness, Texas, U.S., United States, wildlife on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There have been a number of times when I have wondered which states are the most biodiverse in the nation. I was surprised to discover that this information is not easily found, so I set out to make my own map and resource that would help people to easily obtain this information. And, yes, I [...]
Not Another Shark Movie
Posted in Animals, Environment, Movies, Science, tagged Animals, conservation, documentaries, documentary, education, endangered species, Facebook shark, fear, great white sharks, knowledge, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Movies, oceans, Our Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Science, Sean Aronson, shark attacks, shark research, sharks, surfers, surfing, tigers, White Shark Cafe on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now that his film has been released, Aronson thinks he has added something valuable and new to “what has been said” about great whites.
Do Ants Count Their Steps? Watch this Great 4 Minute Video to Find Out
Posted in Animals, Science, tagged ants, desert, National Public Radio, NPR, research, Science, video on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the day after Thanksgiving, NPR decided to strangely dump a fantastic piece of evergreen content on the internet. Why they would choose to do this on a day when more people weren’t paying attention I don’t know. It’s an animated video that humorously illustrates an experiment that was designed to find out if ants have internal pedometers– basically, if when they go back and forth to the nest they are counting their steps.
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