… is a single person, a few thousand years ago. I knew they were recessive, but I didn’t realize they were that recent. I wonder how recently green eyes developed?
Via Obi’s Sister.
Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Behind blue eyes
Thursday, April 10th, 2008I don’t know if it’s a good resolution, but I think it’s a *great* resolution
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Phil Plait’s New Year’s resolution.
I wonder if I can match it?
Looky here!
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007It’s the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods.
And for more to look at, here’s a set of links to astronomical image galleries.
Huminahuminahumina
Friday, October 19th, 2007That’s certainly a mouthful. I’m not sure I’d dare try to pronounce it, myself. Safer to use a speech synthesizer to get it correct.
And you thought ‘Alien’ was fiction
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Learn the truth at Scribal Terror.
Beware the blob!
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007It’s been fairly wet for Denver recently. When that happens, I tend to see large mushrooms show up in my lawn (the largest ones here are about 6″ or so across):
This evening, I needed to mow the lawn before it rained again. I found this beneath one of my rosebushes:
I figured it was some sort of fungus, so I did a websearch for photos I could match it with. I found an Australian page (Adelaide area, which is interesting to me because I have relatives there) that identified it as a slime mould (his spelling).
Given that, I found another page that identifies it as an early stage of Fuligo Septica, commonly known as scrambled egg slime or dog vomit slime mold, and there are some disgusting photos of the later stages. It is, apparently, the only slime mold that can concentrate heavy metals without damage to itself.
What I found slightly unnerving is the statement that “This creeping fungus moves very slowly in amoeboid fashion.”
Gaaah!
Stormy weather
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Warren Meyer at Coyote Blog has an interesting post about storm frequency and the claims of various climate change advocates.
And, on the subject of storms, it’s been raining a lot here, lately. This is what one of my planters currently looks like:
