Some tea news, for thee: “Insect tea, a wonderful work in the Chinese tea culture,” Lijia Xu, Huimin Pan, Qifang Lei, Wei Xiao, Yong Peng, Peigen Xiao, Food Research International, epub January 17, 2013. The authors, at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and at the Ministry of Education, in Beijing, China, explain: “Insect tea… […]
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A look back at the loudest penis
As 2011 fades into history, let’s take a look back at Dr. Windmill [pictured here] and the loudest penis of the year. That loudness rating pertains to the publicity received, as much as to the decibels produced. Here’s a BBC Report by Ella Davies, on June 30: ‘Singing penis’ sets noise record for water insect […]
Commercial power generation: Not bug-free
This commercial for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor claims [perhaps accurately!] to show that a few bugs can provide enough power to run the chip: [HT Ernesto Charles]
The mantis on the monitor
A mantis playing with (or being played with by a human via) a cursor. This epic one-minute nature adventure was video’d by Maria Plumb and Rod Thompson (and propagated by BoingBoing):