The Museum of Natural History currently has this bioluminescence exhibit that sort of sucks, but is very educational. Hanging out with an old acquaintance there, we read about anglerfish, which dangle luminescent spiny bits of themselves (the luminescence comes from bacteria) to attract prey ( Read more... )

Following a lunchtime chat with microhylidae, I have discovered:

Bees are really, really important. Most people know this: the honeybee population is dying out, and it has been for the past four years.

No bees, no pollination of our crops -- no crops, no food -- that's bad. But it's much more drastic than I realized: this article says it's a 29 percent loss ( Read more... )