Just when I need it, xkcd fires out the perfect comic! I was just exhorting our Insects & People students to keep their study of insects separate from their study of word origins.
Posts under ‘fun’
Sunday Night Movie: C is for Cookie
I haven’t any idea how Cookie Monster relates to our usual buggy topics, but you’ll feel happier after watching this:
Etch-a-blog!
Look what arrived in my inbox this morning: Thanks, Kim! I’m tempted to make this a blog banner.
Sunday Night Movie: Koozebanian mating ritual
From Kermit the Frog’s illustrious nature documentary career: (h/t Mr. I Love the Ants)
Cold winter day…
…warm, caffeinated beverage in a new Beetles in the Bush mug. Thanks, Ted!
Sunday Night Movie: Are We The Baddies?
Mrs. Myrmecos and I are setting some sort of record for world’s longest layover at LAX. We’ve tried everything: coffee, several glasses of beer, Terry Pratchett. Yet our departure time is still hours away. Miraculously, I have found enough free wifi to hook us up with a Sunday Movie. Here’s a clip from the brilliant [...]
Sunday Night Movie: Pythagasaurus
A short geek film by Peter Peake: If you are a fan of That Mitchell & Webb Look- and really, why wouldn’t you be?- you will recognize the style.
Inside an ant nest, a realistic view
For all the photographs I’ve taken of ants working inside their nests (like, say, this), it doesn’t look anything like that to the insects.
Bioluminescence
What happens when you send ultra-sensitive low-light cameras into the ocean with one of the world’s premier film crews? Fantastic, almost magical footage of glowing water: This clip is a preview for a show that airs tonight at 9PM on National Geographic Channel. I pass this along because I am a huge fan of Martin [...]
Sunday Night Movie: What is Dark Matter?
I’m rather enjoying the One Minute Physics series on YouTube. That’s the sort of nerd I am, I guess. This one tackles dark matter, and how researchers know it exists.
A personal weblog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
