Saturday, July 24, 2010
![This bomb-dropping worm, Swima bombiviridis, is among the top 10 species discovered in 2009, according to the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. The annual roundup winnows down a list of about 20,000 species described each year to just a few mind-benders.
"It is a great way of getting the public involved in biodiversity," says Mary Liz Jameson, a biodiversity scientist at Wichita State University and chair of this year's selection committee. While the criteria for selection include scientific significance, Jameson admits that "the cool factor" also plays a part.
For example, the bomb-dropping worm found off the coast of California "has these green gills it can kind of throw off, and the predator will follow the gill instead of following the [worm], so it is tripping up the predator," Jameson said. "It's really cool."](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tJTJ8byG1cx6jUtToGAvMDFJSxreRMENe9Nnz3K521rcQ_xCV_M6-xz7H82s3O4qaWQEd5v67gPWvsOSZjZIbJZg7VhVRVx2LTmXnMCfAjDfzqT2OKwAzs844Lfpkxbmn7_OZdtJIxRJEAizcNXPlsM-Wb5cf2zia4aMhZ6kxWTiE=s0-d)
Friday, July 23, 2010
Non-existent 'analyst' befriends security experts
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:59:24 GMT ]
A researcher created an entirely fictional analyst, listed "her" on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks, and gathered over 300 friends from the U.S. military, the intelligence community and security companies.
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:59:24 GMT ]
A researcher created an entirely fictional analyst, listed "her" on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks, and gathered over 300 friends from the U.S. military, the intelligence community and security companies.
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