The special Ants issue of the magazine (volume 30, number 2) has just gone out to subscribers. It’s got copious details about ants and ants research and ant researchers. And more. Lotsa stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. The magazine is in PDF format. You can buy a copy, or buy a subscription.
“Magpies swoop bald men more often, eight-year-old’s viral survey finds,” says an Australian Broadcasting Corporation report. Some years ago, Australia’s Department for Environment and Water offered this advice: “Magpie swooping season is here! Find out why they swoop and how you can try and avoid them”. And this suggestion: “Carry an open umbrella above your […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has five segments. Here are bits of each of them: Time for love — Valentine’s Day celebrates coupling. Alan McWilliam tells Feedback about an offer he received, before the most recent Valentine’s Day, from a US-based biotechnology company. It couples charm with other qualities. Alan says: “I […]
Birders, heed David Sibley‘s improbable advice about how to identify rare birds: If you think that you, of all people, have found a rare bird, ask yourself the following questions: Is this identification correct? Can you think of even one explanation that works as well or better to explain what you have seen? Do the […]