Archive for the 'General Nerdiness' Category

Singing Mice…what’s next?

November 2nd, 2005 @ 10:06 am · Posted by Ashley

This is for you S.G. ! You know who you are after that little email this morning ;)

This is my definition of an odd quirk of biology :D

Male mouse sings a song of love

Don’t worry, the score is still 0 to 1 :)

Microbes branching out into the wacky world of electronics

October 28th, 2005 @ 1:51 pm · Posted by Ashley

This is for all you electronic geeks out there, you know who I’m talking to. Scientists have now found a way to merge my wonderful world of biology to electronics. This should really be interesting to some of you. Anyway, here’s the link.

Read on, and enjoy :)

‘Cellborg’ merges microbe and machine

Did somebody say naked…DNA that is

October 3rd, 2005 @ 12:05 pm · Posted by Ashley

I found this little blurb quite interesting. Of course, this link goes to a personal favorite biology blog. I link to it a lot, so if you haven’t already, you may just want to check the blog out for yourself and set up an automatic feed like I have. Anyway, enjoy :D

Interesting DNA fact

More Tantalizing Squid News

September 28th, 2005 @ 10:49 am · Posted by Ashley

This is truly turning out to be squid week or something. Anyway, thought this article was interesting too. They caught one of the giant squids on camera. That’s a nice change from a dead one washed up on the beach. Check it out, it at least has a cool picture :D

Scientists capture giant squid on camera

Here is another article describing the same thing, only it has a couple of more pictures and a video you can watch. It’s pretty cool. Go check it out :)

Live Giant Squid Caught on Camera

A Connection with History

September 19th, 2005 @ 9:26 am · Posted by Jonathan

I think that it is fascinating that Harriet, the giant tortoise captured by Charles Darwin in the Galapogos Islands, is still alive. Unfortunately, Harriet currently lives The Crocodile Hunter’s Austrailia Zoo, so there is virtually no chance of me ever getting to see her. Reading just a little about Harriet’s story instilled in me a sense of awe over the scope of her lifetime. 175 years is a long time.

Who Knew?

September 15th, 2005 @ 8:39 am · Posted by Ashley

This was just too good! So good in fact that I felt like I needed to post about it. It will definitely give you something to think about.

Female bats share mates with their moms

BTW, who comes up with these crazy research ideas and how on earth do they get funding for it? I’d like to study bat family trees and get paid for it. Where do I sign up ;) Any other takers :D

Every polyp for himself…or is it?

August 24th, 2005 @ 9:17 am · Posted by Ashley

Just nerding out… :D

Enemy anemones wage all-out war: When the tide rolls back in, it,s polyp vs. polyp

All you wanted to know and more about naked mole-rats

August 17th, 2005 @ 8:50 am · Posted by Ashley

Here is a link I got off of one of my biology sites. I actually thought the article was interesting. Before reading the article, I really didn’t know anything about naked mole-rats. Now, I know more than I probably wanted to :)

Enjoy kids :P

The Naked Truth About Mole-Rats

Oh, and for those of you who are truly crazy about naked mole-rats, here is a link you might also enjoy. I have to be honest, I’ve not checked this one out yet…but I’ve been very tempted…

Naked Mole-Rat Cam

Okay, so now I’ve checked it out. It’s kind of confusing. The link will take you to a page about cheetahs. So, just scroll further down the page and you should see the naked mole-rat cam. Thus far, it’s been kind of entertaining…..only a true biologist could say that of naked mole-rats ;)

BTW folks, the naked mole-rats are very active this morning. I’m not sure if they will decrease their activity as the day goes on. Better watch now while their really moving :P

Follow the M’s and W’s…

August 16th, 2005 @ 12:49 pm · Posted by Ashley

Thought this was kind of interesting. They’ve combined two things that I really like…how could it be bad… :D

Harry Potter and the genetics lesson

High Nerd

August 12th, 2005 @ 12:25 pm · Posted by Jonathan

I am nerdier than 87% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!

Well, Geof was wrong. According to the quiz, he is in fact, nerdier than I am.