This week in science
2y 13d ago in science@mander.xyz from mander.xyzGreat summary, thanks!
Despite the great images of IO the linked article comes with this mud pearl "[University of Arizona's Large Binocular Telescope] With two primary mirrors measuring 8.4 m (~27.5 ft), it has a collecting area slightly greater than that of a 30-meter (98.4 ft) telescope."
Caption this.
2y 1mon ago in science_memes@mander.xyz from mander.xyzOriginal sketches for the drinking scene on the Predator movie.
Panel Discussing Potential Clinical Implications of Geert's Viral Shift Predictions [Jan 2024] (JN1)
2y 3mon ago in publichealth@mander.xyz from odysee.com"Published on 13 Jan 2024"
1h01m57s "ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine are very valid options"
sigh...
Decades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish university
2y 4mon ago in science@mander.xyz from www.theguardian.comA -190°C liquid nitrogen tank.. how long did it take to boil off?
Rare cross-shaped reliquary unearthed from medieval knight's home in Poland
2y 7mon ago in archaeology@mander.xyz from www.livescience.comaccording to Science in Poland.
A cross from the 15th century.
Was Poland not widely Christian by that time?
NASA's Curiosity rover reaches Mars ridge where water left debris pileup
2y 8mon ago in astronomy@mander.xyz from phys.orgSame content on archive .ph
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth's climate is part-way through a 'termination-level transition'
2y 9mon ago in earthscience@mander.xyz from theconversation.comYou could start a submariner company to visit famous sunk ships.
Can you help me id this larvae
2y 10mon ago in bugs from mander.xyzThanks! Seems like handpicking the larvae on the first generation was not thorough enough. Now it's a horde. Today it's looking bleak for one of the 4 plants ':)
The consumption of leaves is astonishing.
On the positive, this has been a good science project for my 5 yo. Catching larvae and pupae, and watching the birthing moth.
We're not eating tomatoes (from these house plants anyway) but we're having some fun.
That Regal moth is awesome! The caterpillar too. And I think i'd surrender the tomatoe plants to them the first time I saw them around.
I believe now this is a Tomato Looper, aka Golden Twin-spot moth --- Chrysodeixis chalcites.
From a 12yo reddit post with a very very similar larvae on tomato plants, somebody said it was a cabbage looper (wiki).
But after chancing a search for "tomato looper" I finally found a different species with a very very similar larvae and from there a name and good photo for the moth, Golden Twin-spot.
Now to find how to save the plants!..
Can you help identify this?
2y 10mon ago in arachnology@mander.xyz from mander.xyzThanks! Had seen that paper once you guys pointed me to R. sanguineus and I had a chance to shower the kid.
I also found this site useful for ticks anatomy, on TicksSafety.com.