I must admit, I'd never really thought about this one (although I suspect littlies would find it amusing). However, it does appear that silence, in this case, is definitely not golden (and it's got a lot to do withe the mixture of gases produced during bacterial fermentation in the gut).
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more quirky science songs
Lately I’ve been amazed and entertained by some of the quirky science music videos out there (some are parodies, some not). Here are two of the latest to catch my eye. This one – this one we’re sooo going to show in the first-year cellular & molecular paper 🙂 And this works for me too […]
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This is not biology at all 🙂 I’ve previously seen (& linked to) videos of people walking on the surface of a mix of cornflour and water. (Marcus will be able to explain the physics behind it.) But now – via PZ Myers – we have: Walking on Custard! If my embedding skills fail, follow the […]
Continue readingevery major’s terrible (apologies to gilbert & sullivan)
I have spent a lot of time lately advising students on their programs of study. (This is one of the reasons my blogging has been sparse of late: I have been filling in while we are ‘between’ registrars & as a result have almost nil ‘spare’ time.) One of the things we often talk about […]
Continue readingscientists *do* have a sense of humour :-)
Scientists, like everyone else, have a sense of humour. (It’s just that sometimes their ‘in-jokes’ may come across as somewhat incomprehensible.) And taxonomy seems to offer fertile ground to indulge that wit. What else can you think, when there’s a tiny tiny snail with the genus name Ittibittium; a fly called Pieza kake (say it […]
Continue readingthe end of the world is nigh. again…
So, it seems that Harold Camping is back – this is the man who said the world would end in May this year. Apparently he Got It Wrong, and the deadline is now 21 October ie Friday next week. Given where NZ sits relative to the dateline, I’m sure we’ll be among the first to […]
Continue readingchemistry cat strikes again
Sorry, but it’s Sunday afternoon & I just couldn’t resist 🙂 (I really can’t see why PZ doesn’t like lolcats!)
Continue readingchemistry cat to the rescue
It is Friday & I still have the lingering effects of the flu 🙁 I hate being sick; the brain doesn’t work properly, for one thing. So thinking of something sensible to write is actually rather difficulty 🙁 But wait, is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Chemistry Cat, from a distant place […]
Continue readingwonderful wordle: if my dishwasher had wings
As a bit of light relief from my current admin, I wandered over to Wordle to see how my blog ‘visualises’ itself at the moment. From which I gather that a hot dishwasher is beneficial, & evolution may one day fit it with wings… Wordle. I like it 🙂
Continue readingevolution according to futurama
One of my students sent me the link to this video (obviously thinking I could do with a bit of light relief from marking!): Futurama’s take on evolutionary arms races 🙂
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