FlyingSquid

Crafty little buggers.

Renaissance polymath Christiaan Huygens, whose namesake is the Huygens Probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan, speculated on life on Saturn and Jupiter. Of course, he thought they were solid worlds that beings similar to humans walked on, but he tried to base his ideas in rational thought tempered by the knowledge of the seventeenth century.

This is on one of my mother's maples. What is it and what should she do about it?

That will be a fun dig if they can locate it.

To sum up- legitimate news outlets wanted time to delve into the facts of the case, but the reporters wanted it published quickly. Now they have a very questionable story. This is why journalists need to be working with scientists when it comes to reporting sensational science stories.

And by a while ago, I mean 2017, but I just stumbled upon it and remembered no one ever was able to identify it for me back then.

Edit: Forgot to say this is Indiana, USA.

Eating insects is one of those ideas that never quite seems to catch on. The United Nations endorsed the idea a decade ago, but, in the West at least, bugs remain mostly absent from supermarket shelves. Faced with an indifferent—or disgusted—public, scientists have been exploring other options. One is to feed the insects instead to livestock, which are not so picky.

Of course, the insects need to eat, too. To date, they have mostly been reared on leftover chicken feed. But the supply of that is limited, and if insect-reared meat is to take off, new sources will be needed. In a paper in Applied Entomology, Niels Eriksen, a biochemist at Aalborg University, suggests feeding them on the waste products of the beer industry.

It's not the best solution to feed livestock with insects, but until we can get people to stop eating livestock, this is a more sustainable solution.

That said, I've eaten insects more than once and, with one exception (giant water beetle), it was not an unpleasant experience once you get over the ick factor. Several insects I've had taste nutty, close to pecans. Ants are more cirtusy, I'm guessing due to the formic acid. It's too bad we can't get the West more interested in eating insects.

I haven't tried any arachnids yet, although a friend who tried scorpion said it was relatively tasteless.

Weather is big news in Alaska. In a place where many people’s lives and livelihoods are directly tied to the environment, knowing what’s in the forecast is often a question of survival. Very soon though, the state’s most reliable source of meteorology media is set to disappear.

“Alaska Weather,” a daily 30-minute TV show that has broadcast across Alaska for the past 47 years, is going off the air due to a lack of funds. In lieu of the news, residents seeking information on their state’s weather will be forced to lean on spotty, sub-par internet. Friday evening will be the final television installment of “Alaska Weather,” as first reported by Alaska Public Media.

We really need more funding for public science communication in the U.S. People don't think of weather reporting as communicating science, but it absolutely is.

And in this case, a lack of communicating science may kill people.

Hello, I'm a Reddit refugee and I was a prolific poster on r/skeptic. I would love a Lemmy skeptics community, but I haven't found an active one anywhere. Mander seems like a good place for one. If I started one, would people be interested?