Archive for the 'General Biology' Category

Reform through Annoyance- It could work!

Nov17, 09 at 1345

The main way environmental activists have tried to get apathetic parties interested in a certain cause is through economic means. If they make a particular conservation effort also economically viable, they stand a better chance of making the effort a reality. I propose a more unorthodox method; use people’s annoyance to further a cause.

Saving the Fish; Or Info Hell Finale

Jun3, 09 at 1158

I would not bore my readers with the below project:


Maybe I don\’t compare with Jules Verne\’s masterpiece, but it was rather large.

However, since this was a feat of biojournalism, here are a few excerpts from the essay:

Dividing up the Fish:…

Movie Review: Earth

May6, 09 at 1106

I didn’t see the new Disneynature film on Earth Day, sadly enough, but I did go and see it before it vacated the big screen.

Earth is a documentary of epic scale.


Earth from space

I grew up watching the discovery channel (before Animal Planet…

Pear Information Overload!

Oct6, 08 at 2342

I have finally realized that for anything you are curious about, you can find more information than you want.

Consider the Pear.

I love pears, having grown up with a bartlett pear tree in our side yard and memories of the coming…

Bioluminescence- Sparklies in the Water

Apr21, 08 at 2150

I completed 5 dives this weekend for my advanced scuba diving certification. The adventure dives I completed included a deep dive, navigation dive, search and recovery, naturalist and a night dive.

The night dive was the one I was the most…

Echinoderms Vs. Mollusks-Part II

Apr3, 08 at 2217

Well, in terms of the psychology experiment, I definitely was correct in my previous post regarding the argumentative factor of the Echinoderms Vs. Mollusks.

In fact, there is even a blog response by Kevin at Deep Sea News regarding my cavalier attitude…

The Loudest Plant?

Mar21, 08 at 1626

A horse goes “neigh”…. The cat goes “meow”. Pig goes ‘oink’.  The plant goes….

Wait…. The plant?

Apparently, plants can now be identified by the sound they make. According to ScienceNOW, ” Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can identify some…

First Day of Spring!

Mar20, 08 at 1601

Okay, well, personally I felt it was already getting to be spring… most of the time I assume that as soon as its March, its spring.

So why is there a specific date for the start of Spring? It has to…