Why Headlines Matter
I was browsing MSNBC tonight trying to stay up to date on goings on from around the world (well, at least the stuff that my Twitter feed hasn’t taught me already), when I saw this headline in the...
View ArticleRemember: Publish First, Publicize Second
Well this is fun1: an entomologist in New Zealand has decided to name a recently discovered moth species after the movie Avatar. The moth in question was recently discovered on a parcel of land in...
View ArticleA taxonomic misunderstanding
I was browsing Malcolm Campbell’s (highly recommended) weekly science link collection this morning, and came across an article in Nautilus on the newly described olinguito species. I was really...
View ArticleZooBank Robbery
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been tracking the newly described animal species that have made the news with their introduction to science, with the intent of understanding what factors make a...
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