AgnosticWeb.com - Natures wonders:Bees making plastic! https://agnosticweb.com/ An Agnostic's Brief Guide to the Universe en Natures wonders:Bees making plastic! (reply) The researcher complains they can't figure out how to break it down!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=from-pollen-to-polyester&print=true

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8614 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8614 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:01:14 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Natures wonders:Now about parrots (reply) Seem to be as smart as crows in counting numbers after one year of training:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/science/pigeons-can-learn-higher-math-as-well-as-monk...

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8606 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8606 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:33:23 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Natures wonders:Crows learning (reply) Crows learn easily:


http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/aesops-crows-understand-physics.html

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8564 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8564 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:56:43 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Natures wonders: Magnetic bacteria! (reply) How do these guys reproduce? They can't become monopoles. Fascinating research:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-bacteria-break-a-magnet&WT.mc_...

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8544 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8544 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:06:24 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Natures wonders: Bees house hunt (reply) Dancing bees conduct a house hunt. They signal and by majority choose a new spot for a new swarm.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-house-hunting-honey-bees-complex-brains.html

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8490 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8490 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:06:44 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Natures wonders: Bacteria on the attack (reply) Breaching an enemy's walls. How did this evolve?


http://the-scientist.com/2011/12/01/breaching-the-wall/

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8484 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8484 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:35:14 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Natures wonders: Why witches use eye of Newt http://the-scientist.com/2011/12/01/eye-of-newt/

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8468 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=8468 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:47:07 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell