A few questions came up during the webinar this afternoon that we didn’t have a chance to get to.
Continue reading “Webinar Follow-Up: Dinosaur Polls and More”
Author: Matt Kristoffersen
Many animals have evolved camouflage, but nobody quite pulls it off as beautifully as the octopus and its tentacled cousin the cuttlefish. These invertebrates, which belong to a group called cephalopods, are covered in microscopic pigment organs that they can squeeze and stretch to take on the patterns around them. They can curl their tentacles to assume different shapes, and they can even change the texture of their skin to bumpy or smooth, as necessity demands. Continue reading “Shape-Shifting Across The Globe”
This Thursday at 2 pm EST, I will be taking part in a virtual book party. The slots are filling up, but there are still some left. Register here.
What’s a virtual book party you ask? In this case, fellow Discover blogger Chris Mooney and I will each give a 15 minute talk about our new books. From the slipper-and-pajama’d comfort of your home or office (if you wear slippers and pajamas at the office), you can listen to us speak and behold our slide presentations in real time. After we’re through, there will be time for a virtual conversation between you and us.
The event (which will last about an hour) is hosted by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. They’ll be giving away copies of The Tangled Bank to two lucky audience members. Hope to some Loom readers can join us!
Originally published February 23, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
Open Laboratory 2009, an anthology of science blogging goodness, is out! Get your copy now. (Full disclosure–I’m in there.)
Originally published February 23, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
In my newest podcast , I talk to a kind of viral Indiana Jones. Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona chases down the evolutionary origins of viruses such as HIV and the flu no matter what it takes–including getting dangerously ill in the middle of a civil war. Check it out.
Originally published February 22, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.