Although many species of frog have been scientifically classified by smell (a feat honored by the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in biology), relatively few ants have been so analyzed. That situation has now begun to be remedied. This study “The True Odor of the Odorous House Ant,” Clint A. Penick and Adrian A. Smith, American Entomologist, vol. […]
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The art of short-circuiting (a metaphorical coconut)
Qubais Reed Ghazala explains how he builds new kinds of instruments by carefully bending, twisting, or otherwise deforming or even breaking things that were designed to be other than what Ghazala eventually had in mind for them. He wrote a study: “The Folk Music of Chance Electronics: Circuit-Bending the Modern Coconut,” Qubais Reed Ghazala, Leonardo […]
Lime in the Coconut: Research
This week’s Fruit-in-Nut Study of the Week is: “The use of lime and salt for manuring coconut palms,” M.L.M. Salgado, T.A. Ceylon, vol. 103, 1947, pp. 121-123. For further coconut studies of that same vintage, see the Coconut Time Line for 1947. BONUS: Harry Nillson sings the song “Lime in the Coconut” [thanks to investigator […]