Mantisland

You know you want to check out the rest….

Exquisite photos. I may be ordering some prints (now that I may no longer be dirt desperate uninsured poor!) if I can figure out how.

Bugs

Is it a good sign or a bad sign that I haven’t actually sat down and figured out which bugs do what and how and whatfor on Umayma until I starting writing book 3?

Ah well. There’s a spreadsheet now.

Bug Sculptures!

Bugs!

My Crazy Book Bugs Are REAL SCIENCE!

Escherichia coli (E. coli) can give you a severe case of food poisoning or, with a little genetic engineering, a useful plastic. Scientists at San Diego–based Genomatica, Inc., have announced success in manipulating the bacteria to directly produce butanediol (BDO), a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers, thereby providing a more energy-efficient way of making it without oil or natural gas.

So when do I get to be labeled a hard SF writer? heh heh

Parasite Induces Host to Suicide

Ways our behavior is altered by parasites, starting with the humble grasshopper.

Artifacts

Bees at war.

Kewl.