This is an A. borealis phorid fly female, depositing eggs into a worker honey bee. Photo by Christopher Quock.
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Hour One- 2pm ET
One Scholar’s Take On The Power of The Placebo
New research suggests placebos may have the power to heal in certain applications. (more)
Debate Persists Over Publishing Bird Flu Studies
A microbiologist and a biosecurity expert debate the risks and benefits of publishing two studies. (more)
Levitating Fruit Flies To Learn About Space Travel
Using a powerful magnet, physicists are levitating insects to study the effects of zero gravity on biological systems. (more)
Hour Two-3pm ET
Parasitic Fly Threatens Honey Bee Populations
A biologist discusses the behavior of a parasitic fly that can cause honey bees to behave erratically, then kill them. (more)
Winter Wonderland? Wonder No Longer
A panel of experts discusses the different scientific phenomena that combine to make up the winter season. (more)
SciFri Blogs
Science and Art in Antarctica Posted January 4, 2012 by Laura Von Rosk, landscape artist turned Antarctic research and ice diving assistant, spent the last...
It Don’t Bug Me Posted December 23, 2011 by Kids these days are crazy about “vintage.” “Vintage” 8 tracks, “vintage” t-shirts, “vintage” mayonnaise –...
The Coast is Clear — For Climate Change Mayhem Posted December 5, 2011 by . Early November brought Alaska its worst storm in decades. It was described as “historic,”...
Science and the Arts
The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination by Julie Anderson, Emm Barnes, and Emma Shackleton. (University of Chicago Press, 2012.) Coffee table book alert. Actually I probably wouldn’t put The Art of Medicine on my coffee … Continue reading
As a published author and successful painter, James Prosek has more tools than most artists for communicating what he sees in nature. But he’s dissatisfied. Mostly with Linnaeus and his eponymous system for naming the natural world. (Remember? Kingdom, Phylum, … Continue reading
Visit the Sci-Arts HomepageNoteworthy: Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar
Need a laugh? Get some good science jokes (and a bunch of groaners, too) in our chat with three science comedians.
Newsbriefs
Darwin’s Fox: The Rarest In South America
Darwin’s fox can’t find enough temperate rainforest on Chile’s southern coast.
Lake Tanganyika Heating Up, Warmest In 1,500 Years
Lake Tanganyika in east Africa is getting warmer, say geologists from Brown University.
Clues To Biofuel Production In A Gribble’s Gut?
A hungry marine crustacean excels at turning wood into energy.
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